The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Stupid Sprawl: Enemy Of Smart Growth and Regionalism
Logan Jenkins says "smart growth" is actually "old growth."
Do Urban Growth Boundaries Work?
Portland's urban growth boundary is either the key to livability or the cause of high housing prices.
REITs And Modernization
Lehman Brother's David Shulman discusses the lasting benefits of the REIT Modernization Act of 1999.
Land Deal In Detroit Falters
A $50 million land deal in Detroit is scrapped when the buyer argues that wetlands and contamination reduce future development value.
BioMap Aids Conservation Efforts
A map of Massachusetts' environmentally critical areas aids efforts to conserve undeveloped land and protect endangered species.
Altanta Commuters Find Alternatives To Driving Solo
Georgia's Clean Air Campaign says a survey shows an increase the number of commuters using alternatives to driving alone to work.
Coalition Aims To Bring Back Elegance To Downtrodden Area
A coalition of businesses seeks help from landscape architecture students and environmental artist John David Mooney to bring elegance back to a downtrodden area of Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
Continuity And Architecture
Herbert Muschamp explains why some of the best new architecture in New York is created by foreign architects and not architects from the U.S.
Technology Is Changing The Railroad
Information technology is having a dramatic impact on a decidedly old-world industry -- railroad freight.
Book Review: 'The City In Mind'
A review of "The City In Mind: Meditations On The Urban Condition" by James Howard Kunstler
Playa Vista: A New Urban Tech Paradigm?
The Southern California region may be producing a new model of high-tech-development that provide a new formula for the digital age.
Parking Is Not Necessarily A Good Thing
Incentives to discourage drivers are catching on across the country, and many are offering transit incentives.
Open Carpools To All
A study for the Minnesota Department of Transportation says that carpool lanes are only operating at 50% capacity.
A Historic Lawn Gets Replaced
The Capitol's lawn and grounds are being torn up to be replaced with a "Disneyland-like" orientation center.
California's Obsolete Computers Pollute Asia
An estimated 50 to 80 percent of all electronic waste "recycled" in the U.S. ends up in Asia.
New York Subway Cars Go High Tech
New York's next-generation L train is a technological marvel.
Atlanta Considers Radical Zoning Changes
New zoning seeks to make Atlanta a "distinct and viable alternative to the suburbs."
Radical Measures To Curb Congestion Recommended
Transportation advisors in the U.K. recommend tracking drivers by GPS satellites and charging them for every trip in a monthly bill to ease traffic congestion.
San Francisco Tower Defines The City
San Francisco's Four Season's Tower captures the forces shaping the City, writes John King.
U.S. Exporting E-Waste To Third World
A report titled "Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia" says the export of electronic waste to third world countries is a "cyber-age nightmare" and is responsible for environmental damage.
City of Moorpark
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City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
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