The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The City Council in Maumee City, OH, is stymied by outdated zoning code.

June 5 - Toldeo Blade

The U.S. Postal Service will expand its testing of the Segway Human Transporter to six new cities.

June 5 - CNET News

Welcome to Rancho Santa Fe, where the per capita income is $113,132. 'It's Beverly Hills in the country.'

June 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Craig Robins plans a "New Urbanist" community for Miami, Florida

June 5 - Newsweek

A $16.9 billion proposed transit plan aims to overhall Miami-Dade County's piecemeal mass transit system.

June 5 - The Miami Herald

Is Mayor Daley driving the Modernist architecture comeback in Chicago?

June 5 - The Chicago Tribune

Fairfax County, VA passed a law that prohibits paving over front lawns to convert them into oversize driveways. Opponents say the law unfairly targets immigrants.

June 4 - The Washington Post

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to change rules to encourage recycling and reuse of electronic waste,.

June 4 - Wired

Seattle monorail planners have tentatively adopted a $1.23 billion plan to expand the monorail from one to 14 miles.

June 4 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

To promote the 'livability' movement, a congressman from Oregon goes on a tour of the Midwest.

June 4 - The Oregonian

Claiming that light rail will interfere with research equipment, Arizona State University wants the city to realign the new route.

June 4 - The Arizona Republic

Four new studies on housing in Chicago, Boston, and San Diego examine the changing racial landscape based on 2000 Census data.

June 4 - Harvard University

Palm Beach County's development guidebook aims "to protect and enhance rural settlements" but county commissioners find it hard to define what "rural" is.

June 4 - Sun-Sentinel

Neal Peirce writes about the Paris' "great green secret."

June 4 - The Washington Post

We need to get serious about climate change and redesign our energy system.

June 4 - The New York Times

Wisconsin's Smart Growth directive angers communities.

June 4 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Singles in the Washington area are using a "traffic-friendly dating strategy."

June 3 - The Washington Post

Census 2002 numbers show commuting times in 41 states increased in the 1990s.

June 3 - The Guardian Unlimited

This June, the 10th annual Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) will be held in Miami, Florida.

June 3 - The Town Paper

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 faces challenges.

June 3 - The New York Times