The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Real estate developers are beginning to realize the inherent benefits in sustainable development.

August 1 - National Real Estate Investor

A bill to tax large-scale retail stores draws surprisingly broad support.

August 1 - New Rules Project

A corruption probe in Carson, CA has expanded to include members of the powerful West Basin Municipal Water District.

August 1 - The Los Angeles Times

Some of Britain's wealthiest companies are also the country's worst polluters.

August 1 - The Guardian Unlimited

Some early experiments at mixing incomes in developments around Chicago's Cabrini-Green community are just not working.

August 1 - The Chicago Tribune

Electricity-generating wind turbines would add to the list of alternative energy sources on the islands of Boston Harbor.

August 1 - The Boston Globe

Manhattan activists get what they wanted: along the degraded, industrial waterfront, a sinuous new park and an environmental center.

August 1 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

Despite the prosperity of the 1990s, robust inner city retail development did not follow.

July 31 - The Brookings Institution

Are Canadian cities better than U.S. cities in terms of transportation, housing , and the environment?

July 31 - New Canadian

Columbia University plans a 17-acree multibillion-dollar expansion in West Harlem.

July 31 - The New York Times

Congress weighs the sprawl-induced fat problem.

July 31 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Car sharing companies hope to entice city residents to abandon their cars and rent by the hour - changing the dynamics of urban transportation in the process.

July 31 - The Next American City

You want passenger rail? You've got to pay for it.

July 31 - Times Union

'Fierce' competition amongst architecture firms vying for the North Point development in Cambridge, MA, reflects a slow economy and an interesting site.

July 31 - The Boston Globe

McGill University professor of architecture Avi Friedman talks about maintaining vital and healthy cities, in the context of Canada's largest city, Toronto.

July 31 - The National Post

The Bush Administration proposes legislation that would 'split Amtrak into operating and maintenance companies and open them to competition from outside contractors.'

July 31 - The Boston Globe

Houston joins other cities in pushing 'tours' of local enclaves -- the quirky and overlooked sites.

July 31 - The Christian Science Monitor

Several transportation experts are arguing that the costs of congestion are overstated, and that there are benefits to congestion.

July 31 - The Los Angeles Times

In Wisconsin, opponents of its "Smart Growth" law worry about erosion of properties rights and complain that land-use plans are too expensive.

July 30 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Musican/Artist Ani DiFranco and manager Scot Fisher return to where their hearts and roots are to save a landmark.

July 30 - The Buffalo News