The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Maya Riviera's ecology has been 'concessionized'. Now, new development at a popular Mexican destination threatens ecological disaster.

January 21 - The Los Angeles Times

Columnist Steve Duin of The Oregonian follows the case of seemingly misused historic tax breaks in Portland.

January 20 - The Oregonian

The world's first commercial high-speed Maglev train takes 8 minutes to complete a trip that takes 45 minutes by car.

January 20 - Wired

City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century.

January 20 - PBS

Some Hollywood celebrities are buying new hybrid cars but others who claim to support environmental causes are energy hogs travelling in limos and private jets.

January 20 - The New York Times

Most of that land in the US is not where the people are, or are headed. Cities on the coasts are overcrowded; rural heartland communities are dying.

January 20 - The Atlantic Monthly

As New Urbanism catches on in New Zealand, some experts worry about the popularity of exclusive, gated, walled, and segregated subdivisions developed to create a "sense of community."

January 20 - Stuff, New Zealand

Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession is hopelessly mired in a failed past.

January 20 - Planetizen

The Bush administration is quietly eroding environmental protection laws in favor of landowners and corporations.

January 20 - The Guardian Unlimited

Professional Builder Magazine gives, then withdraws, award to APA for its Growing Smart Project.

January 20 - American Planning Association

Is Boston's preoccupation with history resulting in timid, dull, and ugly architecture?

January 20 - The Boston Globe

FEATURE

Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession's avant-garde is hopelessly mired in a failed past.

January 20 - Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy

A new California law prioritizes smart growth principles a priority as the state distributes billions in infrastructure spending.

January 19 - The Sacramento Bee

A provocative exhibition explores the future of architecture, urban planning, abd building technologies.

January 19 - The Washington Post

Is the Hummer H2, a civilian version of a military off-road vehicle, the perfect automobile for city driving?

January 19 - The New York Times

Blaming SUVs is the new national pastime.

January 19 - Reason Online

Centuries after the Dutch created New York's Battery, a Dutchman is asked to give Battery Park a needed makeover.

January 18 - The New York Times

Toronto's waterfront is an asset.

January 18 - The Toronto Star

Portland designer Kevin Cavenaugh's projects prove that urban infill doesn't need to be boring or unprofitable.

January 18 - Business Journal Of Portland

Cutting-edge tolling technology creates a new revenue stream for transportation infrastructure and new transportation value for all motorists.

January 18 - Reason Public Policy Institute