The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Experiments In Sustainable Forestry
The California Jackson Demonstration State Forest experiment in sustainable forestry has been an economic success. But is the policy driven by the wrong incentives?
Sydney Smartens Up Sprawl
In a "real life version of Sim City", Sydney Australia plans its growth.
Federal Design Quality Improving
Roger K. Lewis reviews the General Services Administration 2002 national design awards for federal architecture, historic preservation, interior design, engineering, graphic design and construction excellence.
Smart Growth Can Deliver Affordable Housing
Do smart growth policies increase the cost of building homes or help make home prices more affordable?
Questions To Ask About The State Of The Air
The Reason Public Policy Institute offers four questions reporters should ask about the ALA's "State of the Air" Report.
Evolution Of The City After Modernism
After the death of urban modernism, what kinds of city await us?
Anthems In The Architecture
World Trade Center design needs the human touch.
Corporate America And The Environment
As government funds to support environmental R&D dry up, corporate American is finding it worthwhile to pick up the bill.
Chronicle Opines On SF Airport Expansion
The $3.5 billion battle plan to extend San Francisco International Airport runways appears to be dead.
New Criticism Of Libeskind's WTC Design
New questions are being raised about Daniel Libeskind's vision for Ground Zero.
MA Endangered Species Act Is Byzantine
The costs and delays of wetlands development rules prompt Massachusetts officials to consider changes.
Jacksonville Seeks To Expand Skyway Rapid Transit System
Jacksonville weighs options whether expanded avenue would make a good corridor to run its underperforming Rapid Transit System.
Life After Sprawl In Los Angeles
Civic leaders and the University of Southern California roll out a new urban policy "action plan" for Southern California.
Transit Solutions Require Devolution And User Fees
Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation argues in support of devolved powers for transportation planning and for user fees to support new projects.
Wright's Utopian Residential Neighborhood
Usonia -- 47 hourses over 97 acres of hills in the New York City suburb of Pleasantville -- was the community Frank Lloyd Wright developed.
Operation Snow Fence: Saving Lives And Dollars
With PennDOT cooperation, high school students install miles of living snow fence along I-79 to improve safety, establish wildlife habitat, and beautify the countryside.
More Carpool Lanes For L.A.?
A proposed new 31-mile stretch of carpool lanes from Studio City to Thousand Oaks would cost $3.36-billion.
Univ. And City Team Up For Neighborhood Revitalization
Ohio State is trying to improve its neighborhood by transforming a 7.4-acre site into a mixed-use project intended both to attract shoppers and stimulate investment.
Smart Growth Plan Promotes Leapfrog Development?
Does the 1999 'Town & Country Plan' for Columbia, South Carolina promote leapfrog development?
Structural Reforms Examined For California's Budget
California Director of Finance Steve Peace discusses the challenge ahead in brokering a state budget agreement.
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
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