The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Filling The G A P S In Neighborhoods
Detroit has vacant land in between neighborhoods and needs new housing but developers aren't rushing in. Why?
Our Great Condo Future
Salon interviews T. Coraghessan Boyl, author of "A Friend of the Earth," a fiction about environmental degradation, "ecotage", and condos.
EPA Celebrates 750th Superfund Cleanup
Pepe Field, NY is the 750th site that EPA has cleaned up since the federal Superfund program began in 1980.
Los Angeles: Hapless Giant?
Columnist Dan Walters asks: Is LA's political clout clouded by a population that is heavily low-income?
Land Compensation Approved For Salton Sea Tribe
U.S. Congress has approved land compensation for Native American tribe that lost half its reservation to flooding.
HUD Selects Candidates For New Masters Program
U.S. Housing and Urban Development announced the first candidates selected for the HUD Masters Program in public policy.
Huntington Beach Sewer Leaks Kept Secret
Fouled waters off the city's shore kept the beach closed for two months in 1999. The city knew the extent of the leaks.
Amtrak's High Speed Train Launches
Amtrak's first high-speed train is rejuvenating hopes for rail travel in America.
Culver City's High-Tech Advantage
Culver City, CA has created it's own high-tech nirvana in the The Heart of Screenland.
Earmarking Funds for Public Transit
Maryland plans to double mass transit ridership with $750 million proposal.
New Mission For Brownfields
The NGA Center for Best Practices discusses how to attack sprawl by revitalizing older communities.
A Sewer Runs Through it
A story of raw sewage, public health, environmental justice, and politics.
New Urbanism: Back To The Future
Columbus' new zoning strategy is a "radical departure" for the city and could make it a national trend-setter.
Across The Bay Bridge
Modern pressures for car-pooling bring back echoes of a more innocent era.
Public Beach Access Fight
Santa Barbara case has implications for public beach access on both coasts. Wendy McCaw says that her easement is illegal.
Livermore Tries To Decide If It Should Go North
County's November approval of urban growth limit measure comes in the way of city's long planned development.
Price Of Restoring Rivers
Dismantling dams is no longer a radical movement; it is gaining mainstream acceptance. But it may be more expensive to remove these dams than it cost to build them and could have devastating environmental impacts.
States Ranked By Open Space Funding
The Land Trust Alliance has gathered the results of open space protection measures for each state for the last three years.
APA Poll Finds Support For Managing Growth
The results of the American Planning Association poll show broad public support for a federal Smart Growth Agenda.
ZEV Incentive Program Released
The California EPA's Air Resources Board approved guidelines for zero-emission vehicle incentives.
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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