The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Architect Norman Foster, who worked with Buckminster Fuller towards the end of his life, recently rebuilt Fuller's Dymaxion Car to exacting specifications. Metropolis Magazine interviewed Foster about what we can still learn from the Dymaxion design.

March 21 - Metropolis Magazine

Corey Hill examines the experimentation at work to rebuild Detroit, from green manufacturing to community-led economic initiatives. But the municipal and state governments may be getting in the way.

March 21 - AlterNet

The financial consequences of sprawl are steep, and also broad, affecting budgets in places we might not even think of, writes architect Steve Mouzon.

March 21 - The Original Green Blog

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With gas prices increasing rapidly, Scott Bernstein of the Center for Neighborhood Technology says the most effective solution is to reduce the demand by creating more "location-efficient" communities.

March 21 - Scott Bernstein

This latest report from <em>The Brookings Institution</em> tracks economic recovery in 100 American metropolitan areas

March 21 - The Brookings Institution

A new poll of California residents finds that perceived quality of life in the state has dropped.

March 21 - San Francisco Chronicle

An urban renaissance is underway in Oakland, where a population surge and a fleet of trendy shops has revived parts of a formerly crime-ridden city.

March 21 - Los Angeles Times

This post crunches the numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau to track population growth in America's largest metropolitan areas between 2000 and 2010.

March 21 - Urbanophile

Cities should be mad about the federal government's cutting of discretionary spending and not reducing defense spending, according to this column from Neal Peirce.

March 20 - Citiwire

Florida isn't getting high speed rail, but it will soon have a deeper port that's able to accept more shipments.

March 20 - Transportation Nation

The New School is now offering an undergraduate degree in urban design. <em>Urban Omnibus</em> talks with the program's director about why the program was created and what it intends to accomplish.

March 20 - Urban Omnibus

This podcast from <em>The Guardian</em> explores why cities have grown in population and what economic forces are behind this shift.

March 20 - Guardian

Salt Lake City is aggressively expanding its light rail network thanks to a voter approved tax increase. This post wonders whether the city could follow mimic a proposed plan in Los Angeles to speed up the use of those taxes.

March 20 - The Source

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In 2009 we worked with Ron Thomas, Mary Means, and Goody Clancy to help plan and run a large 500+ person visioning event in the town of Shreveport. We set up the event the night before with computers at every table for brainstorming and a [...]

March 19 - Ken Snyder

Tony Hsieh, CEO of shoe retailer Zappos.com, wants to change how people think about Las Vegas and create a more people- (and business-) friendly community downtown.

March 19 - Las Vegas Sun

Analyst Vikram Mansharamani thinks China's construction bubble is going to burst, and he says the number of skyscrapers going up in the country is a clear indicator.

March 19 - Tech Ticker

Randy Salzman says that Australian cities like Perth and Melbourne have found "the key to moving individual transportation behavior away from the convenience of the single-occupancy vehicle."

March 19 - Miller-McCune

This video from <em>Streetfilms</em> explains the concept of congestion pricing and looks at how it can affect cities and their mobility.

March 19 - Streetfilms

As one of the highest ranking federal officials to take on the role of city mayor, newly elected Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel could provide a boon to his city and others.

March 19 - Governing

It's official, says the EPA: Living in a TOD reduces greenhouse gas emissions more than living in a green, single family home and driving a Prius. The study places major emphasis on local land use decisions in an effort to fight climate change.

March 18 - New Urban Network