The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Bud Ovrom discusses the challenges ahead as he assumes the leadership of the CRA in LA in the midst of severe budget cuts and pending lawsuits.

April 1 - The Planning Report

The right to build the largest number of owner-occupied homes in Minneapolis in recent history is up for grabs.

April 1 - Star Tribune

Tokyo's architecture is unique and "defiantly Japanese."

April 1 - MetropolisMag.com

A cultural complex planned at Ground Zero will include a Museum of Freedom.

April 1 - The New York Times

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) could be weakened by recent government proposals and actions.

April 1 - E-The Environmental Magazine

How government policies have inadvertently sabotaged public transit.

April 1 - Planetizen

Over-regulated housing markets are expensive and the limited availability of land creates sprawl.

April 1 - The State

Smart growth planning effor will include a public Education campaign.

April 1 - The Indianapolis Star

The wetlands of Southern Iraq, the largest wetland ecosystem in the Middle East and considered to be the Biblical location of the Garden of Eden, could disapper in five years.

April 1 - United Nations Environment Programme

A builder hired private investigators to go undercover, gain trust, and secretly tape city officlals for two years.

March 31 - The Star-Ledger

A former mill town, Post St. Joe, FL. is now a top beach destination.

March 31 - CNN

Scotland has dramatically modified land ownership laws by entitling small-scale tenant farmers to buy the land they rent.The new law will probably change the way Scotland is farmed and hiked

March 31 - The Los Angeles Times

The future of architecture includes interactive structures that change shape.

March 31 - The Globe and Mail

A suspect featured on 'America's Most Wanted' is arrested by police after not paying his fare on L.A.'s Blue Line.

March 31 - The Los Angeles Times

War can be devastating to the environment but sometimes nature benefits from human conflict.

March 31 - The Economist

Sunday was the first day of the national American Planning Association conference in Denver, Colorado. 5,000 are expected.

March 31 - Planetizen

Jersy City is hip and prospering.

March 31 - The New York Times

A scorecard system being discussed in Denver offers a market-based alternative to zoning for encouraging smart growth.

March 31 - The Denver Post

General Motors Canada has pulled an ad campaign suggesting that transit buses are full of "creeps and weirdos."

March 31 - The Vancouver Sun

FEATURE

How government policies have inadvertently sabotaged public transit.

March 31 - Michael Lewyn