The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
The Ultimate Location Incentive
Tax-free zones may be the new unbeatable lure for businesses. Business Facility Magazine profiles several successful policies.
FHA Home Mortgage Insurance Program Is Strong
A report issued by Deloitte & Touche says the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is in its strongest financial condition.
Seattle Residents Weigh Tunnel Replacement Option
The idea of replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel, built alongside a new Elliott Bay sea wall, is beginning to catch on with Seattle residents.
Housing, Bonds Top CA Lawmakers' Priority Lists
Despite the lack of money -- or maybe because there is no money -- lawmakers could still pass a number of policy bills related to planning.
Dr. Gridlock: Readers Respond To Sprawl
Readers' comments about sprawl, suburbs, and commuting. [Link corrected.]
London Experiments With Congestion Pricing
In an effort to dramatically reduce traffic in London, a £5 toll will be levied on drivers entering the city.
Is Smart Growth An Anti-Terrorism Tool?
Speakers at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference say smart growth can improve security.
Stupid Sprawl: Enemy Of Smart Growth and Regionalism
Logan Jenkins says "smart growth" is actually "old growth."
Do Urban Growth Boundaries Work?
Portland's urban growth boundary is either the key to livability or the cause of high housing prices.
REITs And Modernization
Lehman Brother's David Shulman discusses the lasting benefits of the REIT Modernization Act of 1999.
Land Deal In Detroit Falters
A $50 million land deal in Detroit is scrapped when the buyer argues that wetlands and contamination reduce future development value.
BioMap Aids Conservation Efforts
A map of Massachusetts' environmentally critical areas aids efforts to conserve undeveloped land and protect endangered species.
Altanta Commuters Find Alternatives To Driving Solo
Georgia's Clean Air Campaign says a survey shows an increase the number of commuters using alternatives to driving alone to work.
Coalition Aims To Bring Back Elegance To Downtrodden Area
A coalition of businesses seeks help from landscape architecture students and environmental artist John David Mooney to bring elegance back to a downtrodden area of Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
Continuity And Architecture
Herbert Muschamp explains why some of the best new architecture in New York is created by foreign architects and not architects from the U.S.
Technology Is Changing The Railroad
Information technology is having a dramatic impact on a decidedly old-world industry -- railroad freight.
Book Review: 'The City In Mind'
A review of "The City In Mind: Meditations On The Urban Condition" by James Howard Kunstler
Playa Vista: A New Urban Tech Paradigm?
The Southern California region may be producing a new model of high-tech-development that provide a new formula for the digital age.
Parking Is Not Necessarily A Good Thing
Incentives to discourage drivers are catching on across the country, and many are offering transit incentives.
Open Carpools To All
A study for the Minnesota Department of Transportation says that carpool lanes are only operating at 50% capacity.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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