The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Dreams Of Houses

INTBAU's features it's latest essay, "Dreams of Houses" by Scottish historian Roger Emmerson.

July 6 - INTBAU

Design For Living, Barely

Two nonprofits sponsor a cubicle-design competition for Dilberts on Manhattan's Skid Row.

July 5 - Planetizen

Affordable Housing Matters To Business

San Diego is no longer ranked number one for business; the lack of affordable housing is one factor cited.

July 5 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

New Brownfields Rules

The U.S. EPA and 25 interest groups have been meeting to devise new brownfields rules to encourage redevelopment of tainted sites.

July 5 - Wall St. Journal

Can The Arts Energize A City?

Many cities are building architecturally compelling museums and performing arts centers to attract national attention.

July 5 - Smart City


Three-Tier Regional Transit Plan

A favorable review of the regional mass transit plan for the Kansas City area.

July 5 - The Kansas City Star

An Aerial Skyway For Portland?

Don Larson proposes an aerial skyway for Portland, OR.

July 4 - The Oregonian


Milwaukee Undoes 'Urban Renewal'

Milwaukee Highland Park development will be replaced by more attractive housing in a $30 million HOPE VI project.

July 4 - BizJournals

Urban Surveillance System Could Track Vehicles In A City

The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance system that is capable of tracking every vehicle in a city.

July 4 - Wired

National Parks In A State Of Crisis

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today challenged the Bush administration to cease its damaging national park policies and show leadership to protect America's treasures.

July 4 - National Parks Conservation Association

Centrists Stand Alone In California Budget Squabble

Republican California Assemblyman Keith Richman addresses the budget negotiation, responsible politics, and the loneliness of being a centrist in state politics today.

July 4 - The Metro Investment Report

City Journal's Attack On ACORN

A recent attack from the Right prompts an appreciation of the venerable grassroots organization, ACORN.

July 3 - Shelterforce Online

Denver Hotel To Be Reinvented As $45M Mixed-Use Project

A closed Denver hotel will be reinvented at a mixed use project as part of an "urban village" along the edge of downtown.

July 3 - National Real Estate Investor

Superior Court Voids LA CRA's Central City Redevelopment Plan

Los Angeles' proposed downtown redevelopment project disrupted by Superior Court ruling.

July 3 - The Planning Report

Cold Stone To Hard Rock

Hard Rock stakes its first urban claim in the home city of the blues.

July 3 - The Slatin Report

Planners Seek New Heights For Seattle Monorail

Parts of the Seattle monorail may need to rise as high as six stories.

July 3 - The Seattle Times

Big Dig Chief Found Negligent

The Securities and Exchange Commission finds former Big Dig chief James Kerasiotes negligent, but that he did not intend to deceive bondholders.

July 3 - The Boston Globe

It's Not Sprawl...It's A New Town

Mountain House, CA, is "the newest new town of the new millennium."

July 3 - Ventura County Star

Sound Transit

Can Joni Earl turn around Sound Transit -- an agency that was once synonymous with "train wreck."

July 3 - Seattle Weekly

Democrats Make Environmental Debate 'User-friendly'

Democratic presidential candidates are expanding the environmental debate to include social justice, national security and morality.

July 3 - The New York Times

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Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.