The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Spill Floods River with Oil
The largest U.S. tanker spill in a decade involving half a million gallons of crude caused a shutdown of Mississippi ship traffic and set off a large cleanup effort to protect the environment.
Boston's Big Dig Gets Green Light
Federal officials have approved funding for one of the most complicated and expensive road projects in the nation's history.
Alaska Residents Remain Divided Over Arctic Oil
The world's last great wilderness is also a "political football."
Pollution May Doom Downtown L.A. Schools
L.A. School Board says environmental problems in downtown L.A. may prevent new schools from being in the area and "require some existing schools to shut down."
South America's Expanding Exodus
The "largest exodus from South America in a decade" is transforming the region and will impact the U.S. as well.
L.A. Area Makes Big Air-pollution Gains
In the last five years, smoggy Southern California has made significant gains in fighting air pollution.
Maryland Fights Back Against Sprawl
Maryland battles back urban sprawl with some of the toughest anti-sprawl measures in the nation.
What Drivers See in Signs Examined
Are sign ordinances too strict?
Trailblazing
Municipalities are realizing that canals, though not as beautiful as natural streams, can be "recreational gold mines."
Saving California's Open Spaces
California's growth will devastate the state's remaining open spaces. Gov. Davis must make preservation a priority.
Toontown Is Warning Your Town
While Los Angeles is trying to be more mass-transit-friendly, New York seems to be headed in the other direction....and "paying the price in worsening traffic and congestion."
A Recipe For Urban Sprawl
What does it take to create sprawl?
Bash And Build
Bulldozers tear across North Jersey demolishing historic homes and replacing them with "Bigfoot" houses and "McMansions."
Appalachia's War: Life After Coal
Last part of three-part series on the "rebirth" of the region.
Environmentalists Sue To Stop High-Tech Campus
Environmentalists are suing the city of San Jose to stop a new technology research park by Cisco Systems.
Regional Transit Study To Cover 8 Counties
A fast track 18-month project will study the transit future for an eight-county region and its outcome could have a " far-ranging impact on future life in Western Pennsylvania."
JFK Aims To Build Green Campus
John F. Kennedy University aims to build the nation's first environmentally friendly campus.
City Council To Take Close Look At CRA
The LA City Council is considering taking over the management of the CRA. The City Controller says unlawful activity may have occurred.
Half Of SC's Shoreline Unsafe
Contamination by urban runoff pervades over half of the shoreline from Santa Barbara to San Diego.
Sprawl Vs. High-Density Housing
A survey shows that overcrowding in San Francisco has made residents more open to innovative housing concepts.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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