The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
How Many People Use Your City's Parks?
Counting users may be a challenge, but it can make all the difference when it comes to getting parks funded.
Clone Towns: When Chain Stores Take Over
More than 40 percent of British towns have been so overrun by chain stores that they have become "clone towns," according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation.
Queens -- NYC's Fall-Back Borough
Once again, Queens is preparing to bail out its other, more glamorous boroughs, this time by offering itself for a new stadium in time for the 2012 Olympic bid.
Botanical Garden Would Bring Tourists To Louisville
The Louisville Botanica gardening group is betting that if they build a botanical garden, tourists will come.
Green Building Matrix
The APA publishes a matrix surveying municipalities with green building guidelines.
Developer Capitalizes On Lifestyle-Shopping Center Craze
Retail Construction Magazine ranks RED Development as the second largest retail constructor.
Immigrants Settling Down In California
Over the last 25 years, immigrants have taken on a more active role in communities, according to a study by the California Demographic Futures.
Redevelopment Going Full Speed In South Los Angeles
Since the 1992 riots, development has been slow in the area. But, all of that is changing at a steady pace.
Potential for Housing Downturn has Economists Worried
Consumer spending driven by home equity loans has been keeping the economy alive. Unfortunately for the global economy, it can't be sustained.
The Benefits Of Congestion Charging
The mayor of London urges world mayors that to unclog city streets and fight global warming by adopting congestion charging.
Mets Set On Jets Nyet
New York City's Olympic dreamers get themselves a new stadium site, just a subway ride away from the old one.
Reevluating Development In Free-market Houston
As the effects of Houston's continued outward sprawl hit suburbanites as well as those in the city, there are renewed calls to examine planning issues.
Chicago Transit Authority In Dire Straits
The beleaguered organization needs more funds to continue running past this year.
Hernan Diaz Alonso's Critical Architecture
Architect Hernan Diaz Alonso draws his inspiration from science fiction, cartoons, and the darker side of alternate worlds.
Malibu Homeowners Bulldoze Beach
Are the bulldozers at Malibu's Broad Beach engaged in innocent shoring or is it an effort to move the public beach to private land?
Congressional Delegation To Ensure Houston's Transit Funding
Houston's transit plan takes a small step for commuter-kind.
Update From CNU 2005 Pasadena Conference
At the Congress for the New Urbanism Conference in Pasadena, arguments were made for both sides of the issue on sprawl in greater Los Angeles.
The Next 'Great Society' Will be Urban
A new urban political movement called "Cities for Progress" is encouraging progressive politics at a local level to address issues facing cities and at the same time counter federal -- and largely rural -- conservatism.
Gentrification Reality Tour: Neither Benign Nor Benevolent
Claims that the threat of gentrification are grossly exaggerated belie a fundamental misunderstanding of the real threat, writes Charles Shaw in this week's Op-Ed.
'Starter Mansions' Oust Bungalows In Walkable Neighborhoods
As more buyers focus on diverse, walkable city areas the tear-down trend comes to Columbia, SC
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)
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.
