The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

More roads contribute to sprawl. It's time to try alternative approaches to solve traffic problems.

August 6 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

The trend to revitalize downtown areas into mixed use communities may not be quite what it seems.

August 6 - Governing

The Los Angeles City Council considers an ordinance that would require Wal-Mart style stores to fund economic impact studies before opening new stores.

August 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Wendell Cox and Ronald D. Utt accuse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of an "anti-automobile bias."

August 5 - The Heritage Foundation

Environmentalists warn that altered genes could spread to natural populations.

August 5 - The New York Times

Scientists, engineers and architects develop an affordable, energy efficient, and earthquake-resistant house made from the same material used for disposable cups.

August 5 - BBC News

High-mileage motherhood is becoming a standard practice for many American families, despite the equally high stress factor.

August 5 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

While federal funding can help to address urban needs, cities have a responsibility too.

August 5 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The Nation reviews Jane Jacobs' book Dark Age Ahead.

August 5 - The Nation

The Golden State has outlawed big SUVs on many of its roads but doesn't seem to know it.

August 5 - Slate

Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are trying to understand globetrotting pollution.

August 5 - The Christian Science Monitor

Not all cities lost middle-class households in past 20 years.

August 5 - The Brookings Institution

Arizona State University will work with the City of Tempe to develop nearly 100 acres of land around its campus.

August 5 - East Valley Tribune

The largest ports in America are missing major, obvious opportunities to clean up its air and publicly demonstrate its commitment to lowering emissions.

August 4 - Long Beach Press-Telegram

Wired Magazine interviews Cameron Sinclair, director of Architecture for Humanity -- an effort to bring world-class architecture to impoverished areas.

August 4 - Wired

The Planners Network Steering Committee issues a statement opposing Israel's controversial barrier in the West Bank.

August 4 - Planners Network

When roadway improvements do not keep pace with rapid urbanization in smaller towns, the results can be deadly.

August 4 - The Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

I missed <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040801/va_fi_ne/downtown_l_a__reels__em_back_in_1">this</a> story in Variety this weekend. It's about movie theaters in downtown Los Angeles as the latest strategy to "revitalize" the neighborhood where my fellow blogger Chris and I used to drive late, late at night when we were kids, to view the postapocalyptic emptiness of it all.<br /> <br /> A salient bit:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Almost a century has passed since Hollywood staged its biggest premieres in the urban heart of Los Angeles. But tonight's preem of DreamWorks and Paramount's "Collateral" at the 2,000-seat Orpheum Theater could be a turning point for the opulent movie palaces along South Broadway. </blockquote>

August 4 - Anonymous

The Executive Director of the San Bernardino Associated Governments addresses the challenge of meeting the region's infrastructure needs in today's fiscal climate.

August 4 - The Metro Investment Report

Avis and Motorola commission a study to rank the 75 biggest metropolitan areas according to how difficult they are to drive in.

August 4 - USA Today