The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Sprawl In The Spotlight
The April issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment presents an review of the top websites exploring the issue of sprawl.
Smart Growth Saves Money
In Michigan as elsewhere, fiscal distress accentuates the need for reforming wasteful development patterns.
Why Zoning Doesn't Mean Quality Of Life
The Charlotte Observers offers a summary of how zoning and "matter of right" allows for the building of junk, regardless of city plans or desires for a quality environment.
How To Measure A City's Success
Communities across the nation have launched formal "indicators" projects.
Europe's Tallest Building?
In England, architects and developers are pushing the boundaries to build mind-numbingly tall buildings.
Commuting Across The English Channel
The local council in Kent is planning to encourage families priced out of the housing market to move to France and commute daily to work from through the Channel Tunnel.
Stopping Cities From Zoning For Sales Taxes
California lawmakers are working on a proposal that would give cities a larger share of property taxes, and less incentive to build more big box retail stores.
Hundreds Discover Freeway Expansion Threatens Their Homes
Even though the freeway expansion project has gone on for over two years, hundreds in Southern California find out their homes are threatened.
What Works, What Doesn't In Smart Growth Policy
Lessons for Michigan from other states.
Los Angeles' Newly Hip Downtown For Rent Only
Welcome to the 'new' downtown Los Angeles, where it's hip to rent a trendy converted loft in an historic building.
Buying Economic Development
A retired businessman has become a celebrity as he buys up land in Tuscumbia, Alabama to return the town to the busy place he remembers.
Saving Boston's Boylston Street
Can Boston's Boylston Street ever become the city's Champs Elysees? No, but it might become a sophisticated mixed-use boulevard.
East Coast Vs. West Coast
It turns out that the New York-Los Angeles dichotomy is more opinion than fact. The two places are becoming more alike.
New Urbanism: A Conspiracy For Small Towns?
Columnist Bill Roberts argues that for small western towns, embracing new urbanism is akin to suicide.
Education: At What Cost Success?
Sylvia Lavin, chairwoman of UCLA's department of architecture and urban design, has dramatically boosted the school's reputation. But is the cost too high?
Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate
If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.
PRT: Public Transit Of The Future?
Thirty years in development, a Minnesota inventor debuted SkyWeb Express, a personal rapid transit (PRT) system that has some people excited about the future of public transit.
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Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate
If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.
Why The SBA Cares About Sprawl
The SBA agrees to evaluate environmental and growth impacts of its loans as part of a lawsuit settlement.
Reinventing McDonald's Architecture
McDonald's asked 30 designers to come up with new plans for restaurants and two designers make the finalist list.
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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