The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Architects, designers, researchers, and students have created a map of the area around the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers in New York.

January 3 - The New York Times

Planning for building security in urban downtowns is a balancing act. How much security at what aesthetic cost?

January 3 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Anthony Downs evaluates the argument that better transit will reduce sprawl, and concludes that sprawl will prevail.

January 3 - Governing

Joel Kotkin offers his perspective on the "New Geography of Wealth" -- where smart people are now concentrated.

January 3 - REIS

Facility City publishes its list of the four biggest economic development deals of 2001.

January 3 - Facility City

Residents of Broward County, FL, voice their opinions about new development in the county.

January 2 - The Miami Herald

A dialogue between an Orange County shopper and an L.A. Councilperson about downtown Los Angeles.

January 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Urban adventurers explore abandoned buildings, subway tunnels, and other forbidden places.

January 2 - The Washington Post

We can learn from advances in transportation and congestion planning to develop technology to protect cities from terrorism.

January 2 - City Journal

Because "smart growth" defies an easy definition, it's being applied to all sorts of growth. And much of it may not be smart.

January 2 - The Oakland Tribune

Michael Bloomberg, the new mayor of New York, promised to rebuild and renew the city that has been hit by a recession and the nation's worst terrorist attacks.

January 2 - The Washington Post

New York Times editorial evaluates the Bush administration's commitment to national park system.

January 2 - The New York Times

A Dallas News columnist suggests that it's about time Dallas decide what it wants to be when it grows up.

January 2 - Dallas News

Richard Carson argues there's nothing new or innovative about "New Urbanism." It's just a new name for an old strategy.

January 2 - Planetizen

A review the book "His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren" by Adrian Tinniswood.

January 2 - The New York Times

FEATURE

Richard Carson argues there's nothing new or innovative about "New Urbanism" or "Smart Growth." They're just new names for old strategies.

January 2 - Richard H. Carson

The Segway Human Transporter is designed for covering distances that are too far to walk but too close to drive to. But other devices that do the same thing are already available.

January 1 - Modesto Bee

As New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani left office, he reignited the debate about what should be built on the site of the WTC.

January 1 - The Seattle Times

Three years ago officials predicted a $35 million profit on the new toll collection system. Today's the estimate is $162 million in the red.

January 1 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Portland Development Commission is interested in measuring how much its activities have led to neighborhood gentrification.

January 1 - GlobeSt.com