The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

What eats up more acreage in the Phildelphia suburbs than sprawling homes? New schools.

March 10 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Amtrak's outgoing president comments on the financial and political troubles of the nation's passenger railroad.

March 9 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

According to the National Academies of Science, a $3 million computer planning model to assess the environmental impact of development in the Florida Keys may produce "misleading results."

March 9 - Sun-Sentinel

Chandler, Arizona struggles with how to keep its quaint feel as the number of diverse residents grow.

March 9 - The Arizona Republic

After 15 months of work, a mayoral task force has created a $363 million plan to breathe life into the moribund Downtown Pittsburgh retail corridor bounded by Fifth and Forbes avenues and Market Square.

March 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

According to emagazine, it's thanks to the Highway lobby that we’re all now stuck in traffic.

March 9 - Emagazine

George D. Warrington will resign as Amtrak President to become the executive director of New Jersey Transit.

March 8 - The Washington Post

A former Atlanta developer now specializes in guiding other developers through tricky historic urban infill projects.

March 8 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A long-time pattern of uneven development has put a severe strain on public services in the core of Los Angeles County.

March 8 - The Los Angeles Times

A review of the renovation of New York City's Grand Central Terminal.

March 8 - MetropolisMag.com

Samuel Mockbee, winner of the 2000 MacArthur Foundation 'genius' grant will continue to influence architecture.

March 8 - MetropolisMag.com

The Los Angeles Conservancy has prepared a set of guidelines to guide alterations to historic buildings in downtown Los Angeles.

March 8 - Los Angeles Conservancy

David Rumsey's vast private collection of rare 19th and 20th century maps is available online. GIS enables users to compare old maps with modern data.

March 8 - Wired

Christopher Hawthorne reviews the latest projects of "Americas Newest Urbanist," Maya Lin.

March 8 - MetropolisMag.com

Privately-run parks and public spaces can solve many problems. But how "private" is too private?

March 8 - The Boston Globe

The new U.S. Statistical Abstract does a remarkably good job of answering the question: Just what is America?

March 8 - Wall St. Journal

A report by three industry associations finds that wind power is the "fastest-growing energy source" in the world.

March 7 - Wired

The booming city of Decatur is trying to hold onto its longtime residents amid gentrification.

March 7 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

New bridge planned in San Francisco, the largest public works project in California's history, will be one of the safest structures in the Bay Area.

March 7 - National Geographic

The collapse of the World Trade Center towers may bring about changes in the national building standards and codes.

March 7 - The Washington Post