The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Hummer not Big Enough for You? Try a Smart Truck
At 8,000 lbs, the "Smart Truck" will dwarf the Hummer.
Reality TV Redoes Small Towns
A cable channel (no, not Disney) is filming a new reality TV show in which a design team will "reimagine, repaint, repair, and restore small towns" across the U.S.
Unforeseen Downside To Farmland Preservation
Pity the farmer who has placed his land in a preservation program only to face eminent domain use of land for an underground pipeline.
The Arrival Of TOD On Metro Montreal's Fringe
Transit-oriented development comes to Montreal in the form of 'Le Village de la Gare'.
Shanghai's City Planners Struggle With Unremitting Growth
While Shanghai has been rising faster and higher than any city in the history of the world, the city itself is slowly sinking.
Excited About The Exurbs
David Brooks thinks the Republicans won this election because they did what he could not -- communicate to people living in the exurbs.
A Federal Housing Strategy Urged for Canada
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is advocating a four-point strategy to address Canada's affordable housing crisis.
Ireland Removes Limits On Superstores
Ireland may eliminate its 65,000 s.f. retail size maximum limit so that superstores can be built.
Americans Trading Freeways For Rails
Commuters fed up with driving are starting to seek housing near transit stations.
Finding A Lesson In A Town's Vision
Columbia: Can the town founded by James W. Rouse on utopian principles survive the next generation?
Splendid and Subtle Urbanism for the Modern
The latest addition to the Museum of Modern Art takes over a whole block of midtown Manhattan – and demonstrates how "modernism has moved from the cultural fringe to the mainstream."
Would You Pay To Protect Open Space?
An emerging national trend indicates that citizens are increasingly willing to pay to protect open space.
Author Warns of an 'Ecological 9/11'
If humanity doesn't change the way it treats the planet, it may take an ecological disaster to "wake us up."
Seattle Region Experiencing A Building Boom
Seattle region commercial construction is roaring back to life, surprising developers, contractors and economists.
Sprawl In Your Backyard
Balancing progress and preservation in a Pennsylvania county.
When Does A Liquor Store Become A Nuisance?
Neighborhood residents find that closing an unruly local liquor store -- is a lesson in planning gone awry.
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What if you could really see what it would look like?
<body>The Sierra Club is using photomontage images online to demonstrate what "smart growth" can look like and feel like <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/transformations/index.asp" target="_self">http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/transformations/index.asp</a>. Several photos show the difference between existing sprawl and potential smart growth solutions. <br><br>Photomontage is a visualization technique that is becoming increasingly popular as a tool to demonstrate what the future might look like under different design or build-out scenarios.
Is it Possible to Get the U.S. Off Oil?
Yes it is, according to Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute. The key is in finding efficiencies, not new sources of power.
Can Chicago Capture The New Economy The Old Fashioned Way?
Chicago is one of the world's most wired cities? Will technology define Chicago's future as a fiber optic hub instead of a transit hub?
Review: 'The End Of Environmentalism'
Joel Makower reviews the paper "The Death of Environmentalism" by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus.
City of Moorpark
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City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
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