The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
A Four-Wheeled Segway
Roll over SUVs, the Centaur is here.
The New Market For Suburban Builders: Downtown
Large suburban developers are increasingly moving into blighted and urban properties.
Summerlin: One Of Nation's Best-Selling Planned Communities
Plannned community near Las Vegas is home to more than 87,000 people.
Public Transit Riders With Two Cars
A growing number of commuters are taking public transit and keeping a car at both ends of the train trip.
Improving Life in Mega-cities
Enrique Peñalosa on how life can be improved for people in mega-cities.
The Benefits Of Scrapping Old Cars
Are vehicle buy-back programs reducing emissions?
A Turnaround For Southern California
The future isn't coming: it's already here, in Southern California. But is the region ready for what's in store?
A New Approach To Urban Economic Development
InnerCity Entrepreneurs represents a new approach to urban economic development -- channeling help to companies that have moved beyond the startup phase.
The Location Of Homelessness
Shelter downsizing, closure and relocation, as well as the creation of smaller facilities for specialized groups, appear to have spread sheltered homelessness to different locations throughout the metropolis over the 1990s.
Party Cars: Southern California's Transit Subculture
A subuculture common on East Coast commuter trains begins to emerge in Southern California.
What Does A Typical Transit Rider Look Like?
An advertisement seeks to change the stereotype of a transit rider.
The New TOD: Technology-oriented Development
A North Philadelphia neighborhood includes technology as the foundation for an economic development plan.
An Unusual Transit Solution
A study commissioned by officials in Ogden , UT, concludes a gondola system would be cheaper than a light rail line.
Buying The Farm
Voters in northwest Michigan will decide in November whether to pay farmers to waive their development rights.
Rail's Problems Of Success
Growing ridership is causing crowding and delays on the Orange Line in Northern Virginia.
I'On: Columns Sell Houses
Architectural columns signify New Urbanism for I'On, a luxury subdivision in the South.
Web-Based GIS Essential For Cities
A data-rich Web site that displays GIS-generated maps is now an essential tool for cities seeking to recruit new business.
Benefits Of Social Equity Policies
A report by the Economic Roundtable for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency analyzes the direct economic impacts of six social equity policies.
Libeskind, Arad, And Calatrava Discuss WTC
Daniel Libeskind, Michael Arad, and Santiago Calatrava, meet for the first time and discuss the WTC Project.
Nashville's New Plan: Remove Downtown Interstates
The new 'Plan of Nashville' offers a new vision of downtown which replaces the interstate loop that circles downtown with parks and mixed use development.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
