The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A group of Los Angeles investors who became friends while at UCLA specialize in opening hip businesses in troubled areas.

January 28 - The Los Angeles Times

The National Association of Realtors endorses the selection of MelMartinez as the new HUD Secretary.

January 28 - National Association Of Realtors

The Research Triangle is experiencing the national trend of slowing demand for office space, and that is making developers think twice.

January 28 - The News & Observer

The Planning Report publishes its reader's thoughts on the new millennium, and the challenges it brings.

January 28 - The Planning Report

Seattle improves traffic flow with newly optimized traffic lights.

January 28 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Conflicts that arise between development and archaeology can best besolved by acknowledging that landowners have rights over finds.

January 27 - Cato Institute

The San Francisco Area's BART has decided to reject the proposal to sell naming rights of transit stations, while cities like Boston hope to take in $20 million from corporate sponsors.

January 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Environmentalists and affordable housing advocates compromise on a plan bringing more development around the famed lake.

January 27 - Las Vegas Sun

State legistators discuss the challenges facing the state in coping with the housing crunch.

January 27 - The Planning Report

Responding to complaints of overcrowding, Washington DC Metro Chief plans to shift more rail cars to Green Line.

January 27 - The Washington Post

Former Vice President Al Gore will be developing a course on community building, and looking to UCLA for help.

January 26 - The New York Times

A scathing report charges that officials overseeing Boston's Big Dig project wasted $83 million.

January 26 - The Boston Globe

Smithsonian-sponsored tours of art and architecture have added Las Vegas to the schedule. "Glitz and fakery is art, too."

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

John Russell Pope designed the Jefferson Memorial, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Archives in Washington.

January 26 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Despite objections from the automobile industry, the CA. Air Resources Board ordered the new cars to be here by 2003.

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

According to a study by the EPA, aging water and sewer systems in the nation's cities, and insufficient funds to repair them could cause serious problems.

January 26 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Las Vegas faces air pollution, traffic congestion, and scarce water supplies. But the city's mayor, an unlikely New Urbanist, has big plans.

January 26 - The New York Times

Eco-friendly homebuilding begins to find acceptance in the industry.

January 26 - American Demographics

Lawmakers in Florida are calling for private investment in the constitutionally mandated high-speed rail system.

January 26 - The Tampa Tribune

Community leaders of Frankford, PA, hope new transportation center will help struggling businesses.

January 26 - The Philadelphia Inquirer