The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Synchronized Lights Make Traffic Worse
Lights synchronized to ease jams might be making matters worse. Rush-hour traffic might flow better if lights were set at random.
Painting A Brighter Economic Future
A town plans to brighten its economic future by painting buildings in bold, attention-grabbing colors.
Suburbia Goes Urban
Irvine, the prototypical Southern California surburb, is finding it's urban soul in a mixed use downtown.
New York City's Summer Of 'Silly Summons'
Is New York City's "ticket blitz" for minor infractions meant to generate income for the financially-strapped city?
Smart Growth: A Solution To America's Weight Problem?
The link between health and sprawl makes 'smart' growth look even smarter.
Detroit Pins Hope On Downtown Complex
Detroit, MI, hopes a new urban park will bring urban vitality and street life to its downtown.
Green Technology: Froth Or Foundation?
Green technology has been promoted as an environmentally responsible and fiscally sound alternative, but do green technologies really make good business sense?
Orange County's Largest Urban Infill Project
Tustin Legacy is the largest reuse of obsolete space and will include townhomes, detached homes and paired homes.
Harvard Land Deal Slammed
Does Harvard's acquisition of the 91 acres on either side of the turnpike gives the university too much power?
Ensuring Architectural Quality In Sprawling Subdivisions
Municipalities are hiring architects to ensure that new development is architecturally interesting and does not look resemble sprawling cookie-cutter subdivisions
Seven Habits Of A Highly Effective Park System
With this report Harnik has expanded data collection to 55 cities and has expanded the measures of park-system quality to include what he calls the 'seven habits of a highly effective park system.'
The Bilbao Effect: Can Cultural Landmarks Revive Declining Cities?
Does pouring money in cultural landmarks help revive a declining city?
Overturning Maryland's Smart Growth Policies
Ninety-five percent of Maryland's trips are by way of private automobile. Former Gov. Parris Glendening's smart growth policies are to be overturned.
A Theme Park With An Unusual Theme
In this unusual theme park visitors can experience the lifestyles of the world's poor and learn how to build low-cost housing.
Home Depot Sports Center
An 85-acre, $150-million sports center in Carson, CA, is a new concept in sports center entertainment.
Colin Hubbell: Profile Of A Detroit Developer
Colin Hubbell is a successfulurban developer who's helped build 1,000 homes in his hometown of Detroit in the last six years.
How The West Was Auctioned
In new tactic, environmentalists in Arizona try to outbid ranchers to protect state land.
Migrant Worker Housing Enterprise Or Dangerous Slum?
What do you do when the worst and largest substandard housing development in the region sits on sovereign Indian land, and has become commercial.
Photo Gallery: China's Three Gorges
Flooding begins at China's Three Gorges project. Critics say the project will cause massive environmental damage.
An SUV-sized Tax Loophole
An intentionally-overlooked tax loophole will allow any self-employed person to claim tax deductions for the purchase of an SUV.
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.
