The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
A Sharp Population Decline Predicted For Japan
<p>A new report has been released in Japan that projects a sharp drop in the country's population over the next 50 years. The report predicts that a declining birth rate will cause a decrease of more than 30% by 2055.</p>
New York City Rail Projects Win Huge Federal Funding Awards
<p>The LIRR connection to Grand Central has been awarded the largest Federal funding allotment ever committed to mass transit. The new Second Ave. Subway was also awarded substantial funds from the U.S. Dept of Transportation.</p>
Beijing To Introduce Free Park'n'Ride Lots
<p>To encourage more motorists to take advantage of public transit, the city is planning to build free parking lots near new transit stations.</p>
Toronto Receives Award From APA
<p>The American Planning Association has recognized the Ontario "Places to Grow" initiative with a 2007 Daniel Burnham award, the first time the honor has gone to a Canadian region.</p>
Taking Workforce Housing Seriously
<p>The wide range of housing prices in a Milwaukee suburb -- offering affordability for all -- is no accident.</p>
Another Day At The Office
<p>In London, a housing crunch is creating a new trend of converting old office spaces into housing. The majority of the city's new housing developments are actually old office spaces.</p>
Boston To Require Green Building Standards
<p>Boston is set to become the first city in the nation to impose a strict set of green building standards on all new development in the city. The requirements will take effect in January and affect buildings 50,000 square feet and larger.</p>
'Architectural Wonders' of 2006
<p>Sustainable design was the trend of the year for 2006, according to Businessweek.</p>
Urbanism As A Way Of Death?
<p>Economist Jeremy Rifkin warns that unchecked urbanization is fueling unsustainable resource consumption and the destruction of the natural world.</p>
The School Of Environmental Sustainability
<p>As universities across the country are renovating their campuses and buildings to be more environmentally sustainable, one university is taking the subject into the classroom as its School of Sustainability opens next month.</p>
Smart Growth Success In Metro D.C.
<p>Arlington, Virginia, and Silver Spring, Maryland, are two cities in the rapidly growing Washington D.C. metro area that are bucking the trend of handling growth by sprawl and moving towards Smart Growth policies.</p>
$250 Million In Reduced Property Values Claimed In Portland
<p>Claims worth more than $250 million have been filed in Portland, Oregon, where a law passed in 2004 allows property owners to file for compensation from the city when regulations reduce the value of their property.</p>
Fighting Against Light Pollution
<p>A profile of one woman's crusade to get cities to crack down on excess light in cities and bring back dark-skies.</p>
Ten Principles of Post-Peak Planning
<p>The end of plentiful and inexpensive fossil fuels is something cities need to consider in their long-term planning.</p>
City of the 21st Century: Not Business as Usual
<p>At a recent meeting of the Urban Land Institute, delegates discussed what urban development will look like in the 21st Century -- and what it will need to be successful.</p>
Lowering the Bottom Line
<p>From city, neighborhood, block to building-scales, Stephen Mouzon offers ideas to offset high housing costs and economic segregation.</p>
NIMBYism Comes To China
<p>Middle class residents of Shenzhen successful opposed plans for a new freeway, signaling a potential backlash to the country's rapid growth.</p>
America's Great New Towns
<p>Neal Peirce believes that two new developments provide good models for how the nation's communities can be both environment-friendly and economically successful.</p>
A First-Hand Report On London's Congestion Pricing
<p>John Landis, Chair of the City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, provides a fascinating first-hand review of London's congestion charging program, and offers his perspective on transportation and land use in the city.</p>
Gehry's See-Through Symphony
<p>Architect Frank Gehry's design for a new concert hall in Miami Beach blends openness with the next-generation Internet.</p>
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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