The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Heather Smith talks with urban designer Andres Power about his work creating parklets within the San Francisco Planning Department.

September 3 - Metropolis Magazine

Planning nerd bloggers like David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington are finding that they can have significant influence in the world of D.C. planning and development.

September 2 - Washington City Paper

In Portland, two examples of how stealthy implementation of solar-powered technology is changing the rhythm of daily life.

September 2 - EnzymePDX.com

Video L.E.D. screens with images of musicians are going up throughout Lincoln Center as part of the overall look and feel of the concert hall.

September 2 - The New York Times

In 1991, author and sociologist Saskia Sassen predicted that cities would make a comeback in her book The Global City. Now that her prediction has come true, Christina Larson talks to Sassen about what makes a "global city."

September 2 - Foreign Policy Magazine

Gene Fredericks wants to turn empty big box stores into hydroponic and aquaponic growing centers using the latest technologies.

September 2 - Grist

Glen Bottoms at The American Conservative attempts to answer the question.

September 2 - The American Conservative

Darius McCollum, 45, of New York, loves transit. He loves it so much, he has a habit of taking New York City subways and buses for a spin, and has been arrested about two dozen times for doing just that.

September 2 - The New York Times

Rick Cole, City Manager of Ventura, California, says the recent scandal over inflated city staff salaries in Bell could have been easily avoided with a few simple precautions.

September 2 - Citiwire.net

Do urban areas have the monopoly on livability? Transportation 4 America says no, and presents 12 case studies to prove it.

September 2 - T4America

The L.A. Department of City Planning is experiencing radical changes in leadership, planning process, and organizational structure. The leaders--past, present, and, future--of planning in L.A. gathered in August to discuss a vision for the future.

September 2 - The Planning Report

Reporting from the Venice Architecture Biennale, Justin McGuirk says that this year reflects a focus on the user experience of buildings.

September 1 - The Guardian U.K.

Kids from Walt Whitman Middle School in Brooklyn wanted to know why there were so many empty lots around their school. The Center for Urban Pedagogy worked with the kids to understand why, and created a video document from what they found.

September 1 - Places

Governor David Paterson signed The Smart Growth Public Policy Infrastructure Policy Act on Monday, which directs the state to invest in infrastructure in dense communities rather than sprawling ones.

September 1 - New Urban Network

Bill Fulton visits his family in Rockville, Maryland, and discovers that a young family looking for suburban space can find it within walking distance of the library, the Metro stop, and mixed-use development.

September 1 - California Planning & Development Report

Capitol Bikeshare will launch in September with over a thousand bikes. ReadsetDC goes behind the scenes to see the bikes and infrastructure as it is assembled.

September 1 - ReadysetDC

Jerry Soverinsky picks the most ambitious transportation projects of the century so far, from a tunnel in Turkey to an ice road in Canada.

September 1 - AOL Travel

Representative Earl Blumenauer talks about the recent defeat of livability programs in the Transportation Appropriations Bill.

September 1 - The Planning Report

With 62,000 square miles of the country flooded and affected by monsoons, Pakistan's infrastructure is expected to be set back for years.

September 1 - The New York Times

Singapore, one of the world's most livable cities, is facing a population boom that some say will give the city a crowded and unpleasant future. Recent weather-related destruction highlight some of its growing pains.

September 1 - Yahoo