The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Can The Arts Energize A City?
Many cities are building architecturally compelling museums and performing arts centers to attract national attention.
Three-Tier Regional Transit Plan
A favorable review of the regional mass transit plan for the Kansas City area.
An Aerial Skyway For Portland?
Don Larson proposes an aerial skyway for Portland, OR.
Milwaukee Undoes 'Urban Renewal'
Milwaukee Highland Park development will be replaced by more attractive housing in a $30 million HOPE VI project.
Urban Surveillance System Could Track Vehicles In A City
The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance system that is capable of tracking every vehicle in a city.
National Parks In A State Of Crisis
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) today challenged the Bush administration to cease its damaging national park policies and show leadership to protect America's treasures.
Centrists Stand Alone In California Budget Squabble
Republican California Assemblyman Keith Richman addresses the budget negotiation, responsible politics, and the loneliness of being a centrist in state politics today.
City Journal's Attack On ACORN
A recent attack from the Right prompts an appreciation of the venerable grassroots organization, ACORN.
Denver Hotel To Be Reinvented As $45M Mixed-Use Project
A closed Denver hotel will be reinvented at a mixed use project as part of an "urban village" along the edge of downtown.
Superior Court Voids LA CRA's Central City Redevelopment Plan
Los Angeles' proposed downtown redevelopment project disrupted by Superior Court ruling.
Cold Stone To Hard Rock
Hard Rock stakes its first urban claim in the home city of the blues.
Planners Seek New Heights For Seattle Monorail
Parts of the Seattle monorail may need to rise as high as six stories.
Big Dig Chief Found Negligent
The Securities and Exchange Commission finds former Big Dig chief James Kerasiotes negligent, but that he did not intend to deceive bondholders.
It's Not Sprawl...It's A New Town
Mountain House, CA, is "the newest new town of the new millennium."
Sound Transit
Can Joni Earl turn around Sound Transit -- an agency that was once synonymous with "train wreck."
Democrats Make Environmental Debate 'User-friendly'
Democratic presidential candidates are expanding the environmental debate to include social justice, national security and morality.
Picking A New EPA Chief
The Senate should think hard about changing the tenor of the nation's environmental debate.
Enhancing Sustainability Through Nature's Services
An innovative research project measures "nature's services" supporting approximately 50,000 residents in a dense urban Los Angeles neighborhood.
Building Housing Over Rail
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is accepting proposals for residential development near the Red Line's Porter Square station in Boston.
Urban BioWarfare Facilities Make Neighbors Nervous
Most experts agree that the level 4 facilities would probably be pretty safe, since they are made of numerous isolation chambers that researchers would enter in moon-style protective gear. Whether they are suitable for urban areas is a matt
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.
