The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Local governments try to make college student be better neighbors in residential neighborhoods.

March 4 - USA Today

The Urban Light Transport system, known as Ultra, is set to become fully operational in the Welsh capital in 2005.

March 4 - E4engineering.com

The political, legal, and financial challenges faced by architect Daniel Libeskind are immense.

March 4 - The New York Times

In our rush to adopt the newest technologies we overlook the impact that everyday technologies — like e-mail — can have on government's ability to engage citizens.

March 4 - American Planning Association

The quintessential "Suburban Lawn" is slowly being replaced by other more innovative design ideas.

March 4 - Orange County Register

Is your city's permitting process difficult? The Tel Aviv Municipality (Israel) permitting system is much, much worse.

March 4 - Haaretz

If you thought the recession would make smart growth policies disappear, look again. Neal Peirce reports from the National Governors Association.

March 4 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for the The New Yorker magazine, discusses Libeskind's winning proposal and the WTC selection process on Fresh Air.

March 4 - National Public Radio

To the dismay of hikers and homeowners in the area, a motorsports club project near Blue Mountain in Eastern Pennsylvania has been given a jump start.

March 4 - The Washington Post

The design selected for the WTC site was not the same design the public saw. Both teams were forced to significantly revise their proposals...

March 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Harvard program helps create homeless shelters, low-income rental housing and home ownership programs for middle-income residents.

March 3 - Harvard University

New Urbanists make a plea for saving HOPE -- a program for converting failed public housing projects to mixed-income developments.

March 3 - New Urban News

Houston has never made small plans. Now the city is developing an ambitious plan to retrofit a city that has been shaped by sprawl.

March 3 - The Arizona Republic

A landmark map reveals a link between indigenous peoples and healthy ecosystems.

March 3 - National Geographic

Is ethnic retailing a phenomenon that lasts for only one generation?

March 3 - Urban Land Magazine

The Libeskind plan is an "excellent choice" but...

March 3 - The Washington Post

A new two-year visioning program will examine the demands of anticipated growth in the Southern California region over the next 25 years.

March 3 - The Planning Report

Water wars, common in the western U.S., have hit the East Coast.

March 3 - The New York Times

Joel Hirschhorn offers tips for smart growthers on how to stand your ground against the fine-tuned rhetoric of conservative libertarians.

March 3 - Planetizen

A daring design by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh could transform the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

March 3 - The Washington Post