The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The CEO of Southern California transit agency Metrolink offers his response to three fatal commuter rail vs. auto collisions within the last few weeks.

February 2 - The Los Angeles Times

New public opinion research suggests that broad regional coalitions against urban growth might be difficult to create.

February 2 - Reason Public Policy Institute

University of Arizona cutbacks include a recommendation for elimination of the School of Landscape Architecture and School of Planning.

February 1 - The Arizona Republic

An economic boom enjoyed by Glasgow and Edinburgh will stagnate unless planning officials address transport infrastructure, abandoned land and rising house prices.

February 1 - The Scotsman

Atlanta's water privatization was the largest privatization of infrastructure in the United States. Now that the contract is cancelled, what does this say for the future of water privatization?

February 1 - Reason Public Policy Institute

At a conference titled "Great Universities and Their Cities" the the president of Yale University said that universities are "uniquely poised to strengthen urban America."

February 1 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Report urges the consolidation of building codes into one simple guideline, incentives for towns to accept housing with greater density in their midst; and the creation of a panel to overhaul outdated zoning rules.

February 1 - The Boston Globe

Commissioner and gubernatorial appointee Cynthia McClain-Hill discusses the recent turmoil regarding the structure of the CA Coastal Commission.

January 31 - The Planning Report

Is new urbanism "re-urbanizing" the city, or simply creating cuter cookie-cutter suburbs? Is it creating sustainable development?

January 31 - Planners Network

USC Law Professor and former chair of the city and county planning commissions, George Lefcoe, argues against the use of tax-increment financing for LA's Staples Center development.

January 31 - The Planning Report

California is considering dramatic new rules that would require developers to address air pollution impacts.

January 31 - The Record

Metra announced plans for a suburban rail link between O'Hare International Airport and the Chicago suburbs.

January 31 - Chicago Sun-Times

A new underground people mover will ferry passengers from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport to the proposed light rail system.

January 31 - The Arizona Republic

Ian Roberts blames urban planners for the looming war in Iraq.

January 31 - The Guardian Unlimited

The barons of Brentwood, Tennessee find the prospect of people walking to work in nearby offices about as attractive as second-hand smoke in a doctor’s office.

January 31 - Citistates Group

Old and new clash on site proposed for development of a 24-story glass office tower. Several Civil War-era buildings will be razed if construction continues as planned.

January 31 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

In what is shaping up to be an international trend, transportation planners in Mumbai, India are considering following London's lead in taxing drivers entering the central city.

January 31 - The Times Of India

At a time when northern cities want to shed their "rust-belt" image as manufacturing centers, a piece of proposed public art in Milwaukee reinforces that very notion. But it might not do so for much longer.

January 30 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Los Angeles planner assesses a newly-passed ordinance promoting new housing in L.A.'s commercial corridors.

January 30 - The Planning Report

A major benefactor clashes with art museum.

January 30 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel