The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

How will the events of September 11 affect the national conversation about how and where we should grow?

October 5 - New Colonist

The Pew Oceans Commission is expected to report that sprawl and waste runoff are threatening the nation's East and West coasts.

October 5 - The Sacramento Bee

In a letter to the editor, a Washington Post reader says the World Trade Center towers did not have to comply with New York City building codes as they were part of a state agency-sponsored project.

October 4 - The Washington Post

In Long Island, NY, the demand for high-end million-dollar homes continues in a slowing economy.

October 4 - The New York Times

The Bus Rapid Transit systems generally had lower capital costs per milethan the Light Rail systems in the cities reviewed.

October 4 - U.S. General Accounting Office

How resistent are cities? Can a city's economy survive a severe blow such as the September 11th attacks on New York?

October 4 - The New York Times

If sustainable design is to survive, it needs media coverage, star architects, and a few early successes.

October 4 - MetropolisMag.com

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff rejected suggestions that they pay reparations for their mistakes on the project.

October 4 - The Boston Globe

American Institute of Architects plans to ask architects to alert the F.B.I of any suspicious requests for building plans.

October 4 - The New York Times

Despite the terrorist attacks in the U.S., Shanghai's financial center still shows interest in building the world's tallest building.

October 4 - People's Daily

The owner of the World Trade Centers has brought several prestigious architects and developers on board to discuss redevelopment.

October 4 - Grid Magazine

After losing up to 20% of available office space in lower Manhattan, the NY real estate market surges back to life.

October 4 - Wall St. Journal

A $756 million convention center and hotel is being constructed in Washington D.C. even as the hotel industry faces an uncertain future.

October 3 - The Washington Post

Car sharing -- where customers pay for the amount of time they use a car -- is taking off in San Francisco, Boston and Seattle.

October 3 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Houston Chronicle special report on deforestation.

October 3 - The Houston Chronicle

Sears Tower occupants evacuate the building several times due to bomb hoaxes.

October 3 - The New York Times

Kansas City has been one of the most notable, if largely unheralded, high-tech success stories in the United States.

October 3 - REIS

Ridership is up, but the nation's rail system is still suffering.

October 3 - The Boston Globe

An editorial in the Wall Street Journal comes out strongly against federal subsidies for passenger rail travel.

October 3 - Wall St. Journal

Communities benefit when schools are physically closer to communities.

October 3 - Michigan Land Use Institute