The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
E-Government And Planning
The APA website introduces a new monthly column exploring e-government solutions to urban planning and development challenges.
Ten Steps To Urban Land Reform
This brief highlights ten action steps that urban leaders can take to turn empty and derelict properties into tax-generating assets.
Sprawl For Dummies
The Star-Ledger offers an introduction to the "McMansionization" of New Jersey.
Land Reform Policies And Practices: Baltimore And Philadelphia
This case study reviews the vacant land and land reform policies and programs undertaken in Baltimore and Philadelphia, providing a guide for urban leaders grappling with this complex issue.
Downtown Cleveland's Success Story
Cleveland now has the fastest-growing downtown among all midwestern states.
San Diego's Successful Toll Carpool Lanes
Critics argue that the popular and successful toll program is economically unjust. Are these 'Lexus lanes' for the wealthy?
Riverside, CA: Poster Child For Sprawl
Southern California's Inland Empire is the nation's worst example of urban sprawl.
Ruling Grants Residents Right Of Cross Examination
Supreme court ruling affects not just Lisle store, but all Illinois municipalities and all zoning cases.
Five Lessons Of Light Rail
Planners in Canada's Waterloo Region consider important lessons while debating LRT and the shape of future development.
Key Elements Of Downtown Revival
Downtown Kansas City needs to create places so compelling that people can't not go downtown.
Aging Viaduct Will Cost Billions To Replace
Replacing Seattle's 50-year old Alaskan Way Viaduct will likely take 30 years and cost $15.7 billion.
The Art Of Planning And Politics
Political astuteness was, and continues to be, a predominant characteristic of planning pioneers and a prerequisite for achieving change.
Mayor Says Immigrants Strain City's Resources
Mayor of Lewiston, Maine, outraged many by his letter saying that Somali immigrants were depleting the city's resources and discouraged new immigrants from moving to Lewiston.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Endorses Monorail Proposal
A monorail through the heart of Seattle would have a dramatic impact on the architectural and cultural fabric of the city.
Is A Public Mall A Public Space?
A case in Las Vegas tests the limits of free speech in private areas supported by public funds.
FEATURE
The Art of Planning and Politics
Most planners disdain playing politics. Yet political astuteness was, and continues to be, a predominant characteristic of the field's pioneers and a prerequisite for achieving change.
This Old Mill
A town fights to save a 120-year-old mill from being demolished.
A Congested Future For Greater Sacramento
The Greater Sacramento area faces traffic congestion and a severe housing shortage according to a comprehensive regional land-use study.
The 'Broken Windows' Theory
Author Bernard Harcourt, criticizes the "broken windows" theory in his new book "Illusion of Order."
Is Seattle's Traffic Congestion Easing?
Recent traffic count data suggest that the number of cars on many state roads is decreasing.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
