The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Easing Traffic Congestion on a Tight Budget
One of a series of articles by The Washington Post that examines ways to ease traffic congestion without spending the vast sums required for major projects.
New Urban Neighborhoods Make Big Gains
New Urban News year-end survey finds 37 percent annual growth in new urban planning and construction.
The Worst Cars Of All Time
In our car-oriented culture, it's hard to find a truly awful car anymore. Forbes produces its list of the worst cars of all time.
Support For Sign Language Town
McCook County Commission voted 4-1 to support new sign language town in South Dakota.
The Art Of Place-Making
Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces discusses the elements and essentials of place making.
America's Greenest Building
Los Angeles has two of the most ecologically advanced buildings in the country -- and both are competing for the title of the greenest building in America.
Utah Gas Tax Tries To Keep Pace With Roads, Drivers
Utah lawmakers consider a 5 cent increase in state gas tax to fund transportation needs
Sick Mall Turnaround Specialists
As many as a third of the nation's 1,000 malls are obsolete. A new specialty is emerging for experts in reviving second-tier malls.
The Importance Of Artifact
Lessons learned from a memorial to another kind of terror.
Top Walking Cities
The American Podiatric Medical Association releases its list of the ten best cities for walking.
Suburban Life Not So Cheap After All
A new study finds that living in Toronto's suburbs may actually be more expensive than in the central city.
Schools As Centers Of Communities
Building new schools ought to serve as the foundation for community development, write David Abel and Jonathan Fielding.
Delayed Park Construction Worries Open Space Advocates
'Most of the nearly 300 acres of Boston's city parks that Big Dig officials promised to win support for the massive project are not finished and many are not scheduled to be done until after the roadway project is completed next year.'
CNN Looks At Lack Of Highway Funding
CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight features a segment on the lack of attention given to highway funding in the U.S.
Turbines Could Generate Cash For Public Schools
Several school districts invest in a new approach to raising funds.
A Housing Boom, Led By Boomers
As a generation shops for retirement homes, the US building industry thrives.
New Sustainable Housing Kits Are Also Affordable
With two-bedroom sustainable kit homes priced from AUD$63,000 (around USD$50,000) plus labour, they are becoming a real housing alternative.
California's Bureaucracy And A Park Restroom
An attempt to build a park restroom exemplifies the California's inane bureaucracy.
New Jersey Transit Village Initiative Evaluated
Transit village initiative is one tool in New Jersey's smart growth policy framework.
Here's the Design... Now What?
Dealing with the unsexy details of implementing the World Trade Center Memorial.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
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.
