The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Neighbors are tired of living next door to boarded-up houses. Philadelphia considers a bill requiring boards to be replaced with windows and doors.

January 28 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Former Calfiornia Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg discusses next steps for saving the Imperial water deal.

January 27 - The Metro Investment Report

Michael Pyatok argues that CNU members too often serve clients who co-opt New Urbanism by simply repackaging suburban sprawl in more seductive "urbane" clothing.

January 27 - Planners Network

The Los Angeles Times profiles Martha Welborne, an architect and champion of L.A.'s highly-successful Rapid Bus.

January 27 - The Los Angeles Times

The Illinois Supreme Court put local governments on notice that all parties must be given the floor during land use related public hearing proceedings.

January 27 - Nature

Jerry Scharlin, the outgoing administrator of Los Angeles' redevelopment agency, reflects on the agency and problems with redevelopment.

January 27 - The Planning Report

Michican state senate majority leader says Michican Republican leaders are "totally committed" to the Smart Growth Commission.

January 27 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Public transit cannot compete with automobiles -- even during a snow storm in St. Louis, writes Wendell Cox.

January 27 - The Public Purpose

Will form-based zoning codes supplant conventional 0rdinances?

January 27 - American Planning Association

Responding to a PLANetizen Op-Ed by members of the Pro-Urb listserv, Richard Carson proposes an alternative to New Urbanism -- the Golden Mean.

January 27 - Planetizen

Mixed-Use developments are lifting downtrodden Boston neighborhoods.

January 27 - The Boston Globe

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January 27 - Richard H. Carson

An exhibition explores the future for sustainable architecture.

January 26 - The Washington Post

To save money, Amtrak will close down its office in Chicago's Loop.

January 26 - The Chicago Tribune

Washington Post editorial approves of architect Rafael Viñoly's plan for the extension to the Kennedy Center.

January 26 - The Washington Post

A proposal to use giant rubber dams in L.A.'s river would create a new artificial lake in Downtown Los Angeles.

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

The Segway Human Transporter attracts attention on the streets of New York. Some find it irresistible but others question whether it belongs on the sidewalks.

January 25 - The New York Times

Is it really too much to ask a developer to justify, in detail, why his building needs to dwarf everything else in the neighborhood?

January 25 - The Boston Globe

Big retailers are opening smaller stores after realizing that not everybody likes shopping at a "superstore."

January 25 - The New York Times

Anti-SUV ads are having an impact. Massachusetts state government is eliminating all but the most essential sport utility vehicles in the state's fleet.

January 25 - The Boston Globe