The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Cities Ask Business To Fund Housing
CP&DR Editor William Fulton evaluates the return of linkage fees -- will they do any good — or any harm?
Truck-Only Lanes?
California soon may advance two separate studies on the feasibility of constructing truck-only lanes along heavily congested state roadways.
Racial Issues In Urban Planning
Racial tension is no more likely in multi ethnic neighborhoods, but Californians prefer to live in areas where their own ethnicity is the majority.
Cell Phone Towers Aren't Going Away
After several years in decline, new cellular phone towers are on the rise again, and this time designers are getting better at hiding them.
El Toro Airport Won't Fly
A new FAA report concludes that air flight plans for the former Orange County Marine Base are seriously flawed.
Public Safety Partnerships
Companies in older neighborhoods are working with corporate, government, police and community leaders to reduce crime by building more sustainable neighborhoods.
A Better Transit Future in SD
San Diego Association of Governments begins process to update its 20-year Regional Transportation Plan.
Profiles of Clean Air Innovation
Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals releases report profiling cities' success in improving air quality.
Report on GIS in Education
Report from the annual GIS in Education conference held at California State University.
Increased Scrutiny Slows Central Valley Dairies
California is the nation’s largest dairy state. With annual production at $3.6 billion, the dairy industry is the largest agricultural sector in California.
What Cities Need To Know About Green Power
Green energy comes from environmentally preferable, renewable resources like the sun and wind. Western City Magazine explains why cities should care.
Two Growth Measures In Lawsuit
Supporters of a measure to limit urban growth in southern Alameda County have sued the Board of Supervisors for putting a rival proposal on the ballot.
LA's Water Replenishment District
New Times LA features an expose on the LA Water Replenishment District, which was a nice, quite bureaucracy for years...
Slower Growth at Architecture Firms
Nation's architecture firms report a "modest slowdown" in May.
Religious Land Use Act
Passed by both houses of Congress, the President is expected to sign the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. A similar previous law was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1997.
SF's Plan for Dot-Com Offices
San Francisco's dot-com firms have been seeking to be classified as research or in some category that would be exempt from the office cap.
Coastline Pollution Worst In Nation
California had more than half of the nation's total beach closures or postings. The problem is even more acute in Southern California counties. Runoff from streets and lawns is the primary threat.
SF Waterfront Sports Arena
San Francisco's Mayor and port commissioners are considering building a sports arena on the waterfront near Pacific Bell Park.
Gridlock in Folsom
A much-needed bridge is being held hostage to politics, causing traffic atop Fulsom dam to slow to a craw.
End Of The Line For L.A. River Park
LA Weekly comes out against the first major decision of the new Area Planning Commission.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
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.
