The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Do Traffic Calming Measures Work?
Opponents of traffic calming measure offer up a host of complaints. Many neighborhood residents have "buyer's remorse."
Florida High Speed Rail Network Discussed
Florida High Speed Rail Authority heard proposals for an Orlando-to-Miami high-speed train.
Etiquette For Boarding A Japanese Train
The differences between how rail commuters in Tokyo and Osaka board the train.
Dealing With Traffic Congestion
Jay Ambrose searches for an answer to traffic congestion.
Decaying Cincinnati Factory Revitalized
Abandoned factories across the country are eyesores and economic development challenges. Cincinnati has taken an innovative historic preservation approach.
Debate Rages Over America's Largest Mall
Readers debate a recent Atlantic Monthly article on The Mall of America. Is the scale of development troubling?
Largest 'Green' Development In U.S.
Harlmen will be home to a groundbreaking, energy-efficient, affordable multifamily housing condominium using "smart" technologies.
Clean Coal And A Hydrogen Future
Can "clean coal" slow down global climate change? The Economist review the latest technologies.
The World's Largest Man-made Island
A consortium in Kuwaiti is planning to construct two distinct palm-shaped islands with residential, commercial and tourism elements.
Security Measures Don't Have To Be Ugly
National Capital Planning Commission task force has proposed a $800 million plan to provide better-looking security for monuments in the nation's capital.
Amtrak To Lose $1 Billion...Again
For the second year, Amtrak is expected to report an annual loss of $1 billion.
Sustainable Growth And The Environment
How sustainable development and the environment can co-exist.
Moratorium Talk In Tampa Bay Area
With the Tampa Bay area barely recovering from a 4-year drought, and even tighter water restrictions imposed last month, residents complain that they are forced to conserve while developers build more homes.
Ikea Builds Russia's Biggest Mega-mall
Russia's biggest mall is being constructed on the Moscow outskirts by Ikea.
Smart Growth Advocated At NAACP Convention
Sociologist Robert Bullard advocated Smart Growth at National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's national convention.
Recreational Trails And Property Rights
The government is edging for control of a popular recreation trail through rural Massachusetts, and part of a 200-mile network.
Census Factoids: 2001 Statistical Abstract
Every day, the U.S. Census Bureau offers a factoid culled from the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Web Site Gives Easy Access To Land Data
New BLM Web site offers legal and GPS information about land, a valuable tool for GIS projects.
Preserving Revolutionary War Sites
$10 million initiative introduced to protect Revolutionary War sites in New Jersey.
Candidates Debate Sensible Growth Issues
Illinois candidates answer questions about how they'll address local and regional growth as governor.
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.
