The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Community Service Requirement 'Unfair'
Public housing residents not in school or working will soon be required to give 8 hours of community service a month.
Tango: A Homemade Electric Car
An eclectic father-son team have built a thin electric car in Spokane, Washington. What is most surprising is its top speed (130 MPH) and its weight (about the same as a Camry).
Nature's Revenge?
Global warming is interfering with oil exploration efforts in Alaska.
Planning Ahead To Age In Place
In anticipation of future needs, Baby Boomers are modifying their homes to fit universal design standards.
Digital Divide Program Takes Unexpected Turn
LINCOS, an internet program targeted at the rural poor in Costa Rica draws and benefits the rich.
Pulling The Plug On The Electric Car
Celebrities, engineers, environmentalists, electric car enthusiasts and a bagpiper gather at a mock funeral to mourn the loss of their short-lived electric cars.
Testing The Waters
It's getting easier to keep track of what's in the water.
New Ideas For An Old Museum
New director of the oldest public art museum in the country dumps design, puts renovations on hold.
TIF Gives Project A Lift
TIF dollars will be used to subsidize the development of the controversial Montgomery Wards site in Chicago, which has been slowed by a weak economy and delays in negotiating city subsidies.
Residents Fight Sprawl To Protect Rural Character
A new system that limits the number of homes built annually has pitted large landowners against residents who fear the loss of rural character.
The Architecture Of Toshiko Mori
Toshiko Mori, the current chair of the architecture department at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, emerges as an architect and educator.
An Introduction To The New Urbanism
An editorial in the Journal of Markets & Morality introduces The New Urbanism from a market perspective.
Friday Funny: Invasion Of The Flash Mobs
"Flash mobs" are a hit in New York and this unusual urban activity is now spreading around the world.
Dry Times
Development and landscape design in times of drought.
Western WA Light Rail Gets $15 Million
The light rail clears its first hurdle by getting some funding in Congress.
Revisiting The Vision
The Town Courier presents a special insert-report on a 'Tune up Charrette' for Kentlands, MD.
AIDS: More Than A Disease
As the number of AIDS infections continue to increase all over the world, organizations like the World Bank are 'belatedly' acknowledging its economic impact.
Cowboy Conservationists Circle Wagons Against Sprawl
A trust run by ranchers has something in common with open space organizations.
Housing And Jobs For The Homeless
HUD and the Department of Labor are teaming up to provide permanent housing and jobs to chronically homeless individuals.
Climate Activists Heat Up The Battle
With Maine taking on CO2 emission reduction for the state and three New England Governors going to court to get greenhouse gases included in the clean air act, the battle for climate protection is heating up.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
