The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

How Ohio's highway spending shortchanges cities and suburbs.

March 6 - The Brookings Institution

Government promotion of home ownership leads to segregated neighborhoods.

March 6 - Slate

Exclusive study finds deep cracks in costly repair program, greater need for "fix it first".

March 6 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The soaring new U.S. Embassy in Nairobi -- built to replace the previous one bombed by terrorists -- could be a model for security.

March 6 - The Washington Post

This paper on Ohio's transportation spending places a disportionate fiscal burden on urban jurisdictions while supporting the spread of development into exurban and rural areas.

March 6 - The Brookings Institution

Israeli architect and academic Hillel Shocken, is an attempt to decode why cities have been so successful as human habitats for so long.

March 6 - INTBAU

Even as Smart Growth garners new supporters, a smear campaign attempts to discredit the movement.

March 6 - The Hartford Courant

Only 11 state departments of transportation (DOT) have bicycle and pedestrian plans, and routinely accommodate bicycles and pedestrians in state highway projects.

March 6 - National Center For Bicycling And Walking

Will Daniel Libeskind's success rebuild the reputation of the architectural profession?

March 6 - The Guardian Unlimited

The nation's largest real estate franchise, is calling for the National Association of Realtors policing real estate listings on the Internet.

March 5 - Inman News

Philadelphia is a city with a compact downtown and a human scale.

March 5 - The New York Times

The Ehrlich administration has declared that it will not seek additional transit funding. Is Baltimore falling behind?

March 5 - Sun Spot

An obscure and radical theorist becomes architecture's hottest new star. Here is the story of Daniel Libeskind.

March 5 - Newsweek

In the capital of pedestrian fatalities, a new law aims to make crosswalks inviolate. But in the land of hustle, many doubt that antsy drivers will comply.

March 5 - The Christian Science Monitor

A new report says if current if the current land use, transportation and taxation policites continue, the Chicago region faces an alarming future.

March 5 - The Chicago Tribune

Despite California's sluggish economy and high housing prices, impact fees continue to rise -- and it could lead to a voter revolt.

March 5 - California Planning and Development Report

Neal Peirce discusses the potential and problems of "high-occupancy/toll" and "bus rapid transit" schemes.

March 5 - The Washington Post Writers Group

APA's releases a study on the aesthetic and economic benefits and impacts of on-premises commercial signs.

March 5 - American Planning Association

This brief details the importance of TEA-21 reauthorization for the nation's metro areas and offers a comprehensive policy agenda for Congress' work on the bill.

March 5 - The Brookings Institution

The new Lighthouse Lofts in Atlanta represent a surprising type of new urbanism.

March 4 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution