The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Good Design Is Good Business
The third annual Business Week/Architectural Record Awards program, sponsored by TheAmerican Institute of Architects, recognizes ten innovative projects.
Teaming Up To Fight Urban Limit Line
Developers combine lawsuits against county's urban growth limit.
New HUD Regulations To Provide $2.4 Trillion For Affordable Housing
HUD announced newfederal regulations that require the nation's two largest housing finance companies to buy $2.4 trillionin mortgages during the next 10 years to provide affordable housing for about 28.1 million low- andmoderate-income families.
Gay Population Correlates With Tech Growth?
Respected author Joel Garreau looks at the correlation of homosexual population density to high-tech success.
Lease Security
For companies that use creative space, like internet companies, the only thing harder than finding a space is negotiating for it.
LA Considers Limits On Megastores
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a bank on big-box retailers.
A New Urban Strategy: The Municipal Corporation
Lorain, Colorado is turning over a new leaf with a new business attitute and new construction projects.
Finding A Planning Job
One planner's journey of finding a new job.
Growth Control Ads Go For Emotions
Colorado's beauty is what unites both sides of the growth control debate. The similarities end there.
Telluride's Muddy River
The San Miguel River, which runs through Telluride, Colorado is undergoing a facelift. And it's not pretty.
Why Cars Keep Beating Public Transit
Advances in public transit have yet to put a serious dent in American's desire to drive.
Brownfields Into Greenways
This 900-acre project converting an industrial waste dump to golf courses would be one of the largest reuses of brownfields in New York.
Sprint's New $1 Billion Kansas City Campus
Sprint Corp. is surrounding it's $1 billion headquarters with a decidely quaint parrie landscape.
Five-Point Plan To Reinvest In Cities
A five-point plan encourages city reinvestment and a nationwide poll finds residents support tax dollars being spent to revitalize central cities.
Selling Fuel Cells
Oil companies and the South Coast Air QualityManagement District will join together to formthe California Fuel Cell Partnership in efforts to make fuel cells practical.
Light Rail Comes Of Age
Cities that have built their reputations on sprawl and congestion have finally begun to hop on the light rail.
Hi-Tech Paradise Or Campus Sprawl?
Cisco Systems' plan for a new corporate complex in CoyoteValley was unanimously approved by the San Jose City Council.
Computers And Landfills?
Due to hazardous materials, bulk, landfills don't want to become electronic graveyards
Cleveland, Cincinnati Unite To Fight Sprawl
Greater Cleveland and Cincinnati share the same challenge - fighting sprawl.
Ports, Highways & Sewage Demystified
An Infrastructure Panel Discussion: Ports, Highways & Sewage Demystified, an excerpt from APA's recent regional conference in Long Beach.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
