The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Water levels have started to rise in China's massive Three Gorges project, one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever involving the resettlement of up to two million people. Is this an environmental catastrophe in the making?

June 2 - The Independent

William Fulton explains how a citizen anti-tax initiative passed 25 years ago has turned out to be a major force in shaping the urban and suburban landscape we see throughout the country today.

June 2 - California Planning and Development Report

Are stream buffers effective or is Fairfax County, VA, using environmental ordinances to slow development?

June 2 - The Washington Post

Is light rail better than busses, or just more expensive? The Los Angeles Times investigates.

June 2 - The Los Angeles Times

The State of New Jersey is nearing buildout.

June 2 - The New York Times

The Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment model is an online tool to assess the water quality impacts of land use change.

June 2 - International City/County Management Association

Manhattan traffic consultant Sam Schwartz, who coined the term 'gridlock', says that London's success has New York reconsidering tolls.

June 2 - The Los Angeles Times

FEATURE

June 2 - William Fulton

The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies presents a free live webcast Monday, June 2, 2003, 10 a.m. to noon, PST.

June 1 - Portland State University

Anaheim has come of age -- and in many respects epitomizes the transformation of southern California.

June 1 - The Christian Science Monitor

Conservation groups have learned that the Bush Administration is planning to undermine one of the most important protections offered by the federal Endangered Species Act: critical habitat designation.

June 1 - Natural Resources Defense Council

City votes to begin negotiations on lot.

June 1 - Tallahassee Democrat

About one-fifth of the streets in Quebec City will be renamed in a massive transformation of the cityscape.

June 1 - The Globe and Mail

A new report advises that federal funding for Canadian urban projects should only be granted to urban projects that are sustainable, and would curb sprawl.

May 31 - The Globe and Mail

A retrospective of the life of developer Willard Rouse and and his role in shaping the Philadelphia region.

May 31 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Playa Vista development in Los Angeles is a case study in how environmental groups can be coopted by industry.

May 31 - AlterNet

Moderately priced condominiums easily draw buyers to Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine district.

May 31 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

Transit researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, publish an assessment of the potential of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) demonstration project.

May 31 - University Of California, Berkeley

A columnist goes off the deep end in reporting on the San Luis Obispo's planning department: "City planning is an oxymoron." [Link corrected.]

May 30 - San Luis Obispo New Times

A new Florida law making it more difficult for seniors to renew their driver's licenses if their vision is failing shows how auto-oriented development and a lack of transportation alternatives has drastic social and financial consequences.

May 30 - National Public Radio