The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Can Albuquerque's planned growth strategy and downtown revitalization finally point the City toward economic prosperity?

May 9 - Alibi

Bush administration policy that proposed using a lower value for a person over 70 compared to a younger person in regulation calculations has been dropped.

May 9 - The New York Times

Developers build cities. But they are frequently accused of building cities we do not want to inhabit. Smart City interviews two distinguished developers.

May 9 - Smart City

Toyota's new building complex is the largest ever to receive a Gold Level Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

May 9 - GreenBiz

A report claims that 10,000 properties have been seized by cities for private developers.

May 9 - The Christian Science Monitor

Paris launches a massive project to create a seamless wireless network and provide Internet connectivity across the city.

May 8 - Europe Media

Alice Beasley of Erickson, Beasley, Hewitt & Wilson LLP offers a legal introduction to takings law in Western City Magazine.

May 8 - Western City

Maglev is expensive and offers "no tangible value."

May 8 - The Washington Post

Brookings Reviews a new book, Mega Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment.

May 8 - The Brookings Institution

Two Canadian firms win the Young Architects competition conducted by the influential Architectural League of New York.

May 8 - The Globe and Mail

Light rail has transformed one of Denver's most dangerous neighborhoods.

May 8 - The Denver Post

Naples hires Anish Kapoor, one of the world's greatest sculptors, to design a subway station.

May 8 - The Guardian Unlimited

Philanthropist Robert Thompson is donating $10 million to knock down 1,399 abandoned properties in Detroit.

May 8 - The Detroit Free Press

The south Miami-Dade county suburban area known as Kendall begins a massive 324-acre central-district redevelopment following New Urbanists principals.

May 8 - Miami Today

A fight is brewing over the naming of Boston's new Central Artery: Liberty Tunnel or Tip O'Neill Tunnel?

May 8 - The Boston Globe

Popular Science Magazine features a Swedish housing complex that is ecologically sound and wired.

May 7 - Popular Science

Celebrity architect Rafael Viñoly, whose design team was runner-up in the WTC competition, takes on a new project which he says is the "most interesting building type today."

May 7 - The Washington Post

Few mixed-use communities nationwide are close enough to each other to reduce the need to drive between them.

May 7 - Urban Land Institute

Critics say redevelopment projects displace longtime residents who cannot afford the new affordable housing.

May 7 - Sun-Sentinel

Metro Atlanta is trying to turn an underutilized four-lane road in downtown into a bicycle path. Is this a good idea or suicide bike path?

May 7 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution