The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The proper management of traffic congestion is the only solution to our basic mobility problems.

February 4 - The Brookings Institution

Designing shelters for homeless teens includes much more than just providing housing, it means emulating a home.

February 4 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A ten-year plan to end homelessness in Atlanta has many optimistic, but some social workers believe it may be inherently impossible.

February 4 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

Quebec's transport minister suggests that transit agencies could save money by outsourcing work to private companies.

February 4 - Gaithersburg Gazette

Richard Carson takes issue with the overlapping visions of the new urbanists and the environmentalists.

February 4 - Planum: European Journal Of Planning

Secretary Mineta announces the Transportation Services Index (TSI)--an indicator of transportation's impact on the American economy.

February 4 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

Accidents involving school children and motorists raise alarm.

February 3 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Architect and blogger John Massengale offers a virtual tour of Waterford, an old town, urbanist town in Loudoun County.

February 3 - Veritas Et Venustas

The state of the budget has blocked nation-wide highway improvements.

February 3 - The Washington Post

City planners and transportation officials might call it a dream come true.

February 3 - Edmonton Journal

A report from the Third Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference,

February 3 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

A columnist argues that some black leaders' embrace of Wal-Mart and its low wages in poor neighborhoods sends the wrong message.

February 3 - Orlando Weekly

Neal Peirce reviews Baltimore's innovative "Citistat" reporting system that is being copied by cities around the nation.

February 3 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Company sells plans and concepts for adult lifestyle communities to 75 builders in 23 states.

February 3 - The Toronto Star

What kind of policies can Canadian cities expect from the new PM's urban agenda?

February 3 - The Globe and Mail

Considered a compromise between historic preservation and new development, preservationists now rue facadectomies.

February 3 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Twelve photos from the Nashville Banner in 1960 capture the powerful impact of the Nashville sit-ins, a movement of nonviolent protest aimed at desegregating the city's lunch counters.

February 3 - Nashville Scene

Harris County District Attorney rules that the anti-rail group Texans for True Mobility violated no state campaign laws.

February 2 - The Houston Chronicle

Southern California could become one of the nation's biggest gambling centers as a result of a gaming battle being fought between card clubs and casinos run by Indian tribes.

February 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Architecture projects have quicker turnaround requirements, in spite of technology.

February 2 - The Detroit News