The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Anger Grows At Acropolis Museum Demolitions
<p>Greek and international protest grows over proposed demolition of historic buildings between Tschumi's Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis hill.</p>
San Diego Lures Second Home Buyers
<p>Homebuyers increasingly look to developing downtown San Diego, California, as the site for their second homes.</p>
Atlanta Could Secede, But It Shouldn't
<p>Metropolitan Atlanta could feasibly survive on its own if it were to secede from the state of Georgia, writes Otis White. But as he explains, Atlanta would be much better off as part of the state than as its own, if only there were more cooperation.</p>
Houston's Pending Transit Revolution
<p>Despite initial studies showing too hefty a price tag, Houston is now on its way to dramatically expanding its light rail transit system.</p>
Upstate New York Needs Regional Cooperation
<p>New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has proposed that struggling communities in upstate New York form a regional cooperative to more effectively develop their economies.</p>
Cincinnati Considers Streetcar Proposal
<p>Despite running a deficit, Cincinnati officials are strongly considering the construction of a streetcar system to spur economic development.</p>
Israel's Polluted Coastal Waters 'Appalling'
<p>Zalul, an Israeli environmental organization dedicated to preserving the country's marine environments, has released a report harshly critical of municipal sewerage and industrial wastewater practices.</p>
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Planning By The Plate
<p>Most people don't know anything about planning. Sure, they may understand the general gist of it, but many planning concepts just haven't yet made it into the public consciousness. In an effort to accelerate the education of the public, here's an easy-to-use pictorial guide that relates some of those not-so-familiar planning concepts to something we're all familiar with: food.</p>
Seattle To Vote On Roads, Transit Package
<p>A $47 billion proposal to add new lanes and build 50 miles of light-rail heads to the ballot box, though some wonder if conventional plan is really money well spent.</p>
Making Plans To Resurrect A Dead Commercial Corridor
<p>A team of planners in Akron are trying to create some optimism for the future of one of the city's most blighted stretches of highway.</p>
How Much Is An Entire Neighborhood Worth?
<p>A developer with plans for a major urban development in Bethesda, Maryland is trying to buy out an established community of 60 single-family homes.</p>
Looking At The Bilbao Effect
<p>The concept of using cultural facilities to spur economic development was pioneering by this Spanish rust belt city 10 years ago. Today, many cities want to follow in its footsteps.</p>
Becoming The 'Singapore of Africa'
<p>Government officials in Rwanda are looking to the high-tech sector as a way to bring the country into economic viability. Rwanda is wiring up in hopes of becoming Africa's tech center.</p>
Fighting Crime With Design
<p>Law enforcement in Sacramento, California are using urban design to reduce crime in the city.</p>
Detroit Expands Casinos For More Cash
<p>Desperate for jobs and tax revenue, the City of Detroit has permitted its three original casino operators to build new larger complexes.</p>
From The Projects To Section 8
<p>Traditional public housing complexes are on the way out in Atlanta as the city looks to move all of its low-income residents to a system of renting with Section 8 housing vouchers.</p>
Cities To Go Dark
<p>San Francisco and Los Angeles will turn off their lights tonight in a voluntary effort to show how simple changes in behavior can have a big effect, especially on big city skylines.</p>
The Race To Be The 'Greenest' City
<p>A local columnist touts Sacramento, California, as an up and coming star in the green city movement.</p>
10 Things to Remember as Philadelphia Rewrites Zoning Code
<p>Philadelphia has appointed a Zoning Reform Commission to rewrite its 1962 Code. Two leaders who advocated for the rewrite share what they learned from other cities.</p>
Tear Down That Stop Sign!
<p>A European experiment that removed traffic signs to improve pedestrian safety has spread to Australia.</p>
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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