The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Can Corporate Philanthropy Promote Regional Growth?
Corporate community involvement is fundamentalto the economic vitality of the Philadelphia urban region and the future of business itself.
Fostering The Creative City
City planner Michael Gordon had a personal reason for wanting Vancouver's skateboarding rules relaxed this month -- he rides 22 blocks to work each day. But there's a lot more to it than that
Has The Big Dig Killed Megaprojects?
After two decades of mishaps, the $14.6 billion tombstone for Boston's Big Dig seems to be: "Don't try this at home."
Real Estate Agents Feel Threatened By Online Property Listings
Opponents of a National Association of Realtors' policy allowing realtors to keep listings off the Web say the policy restricts buyer choice.
L.A. Freeway Expansions Run Into Wall Of Opposition
Two high profile, multibillion-dollar freeway expansion projects were met with a resounding public and political outcry in the land of the automobile.
Church, State And Sprawl
Churches in Cleveland's older suburbs are fighting sprawl.
Setting East St. Louis On The Right Track
Kenneth Reardon recounts the decade-long successful effort to revitalize the once-devestated East St. Louis community.
Escaping The Traps Of Tourism
A team from the University of Cincinnati helps the Mediterranean island of Crete tackle the ill-effects of tourism.
Middle Eastern Investors Buy U.S. Properties Despite Tension
Middle Eastern investors are pouring more money into U.S. commercial real estate, even as anti-American sentiment runs high.
New Image For 8 Mile
Community leaders try to break image of road as barrier between have and have nots.
Ballot Approves Sprawling Development
Residents of Buckeye vote in favor of Arizona's largest master-planned community development.
Built-out Inner Suburbs Watch Eminent Domain Test Case
The city of Lakewood, Ohio has plans to redevelop a turn of the century residential neighborhood into the "Shops of the West End."
Los Angeles' Freeway Expansion Gets Rejected
After weeks of community uproar, planners drop plans to expand one of L.A.'s most notoriously-congested freeways.
Amended Everglades Law Sparks Debate
Opponents of the amended Everglades Forever Act say the new law changes the intent of the old -- lacking pollution limits, deadlines and requirements that polluters paywhile proponents say amendments authorize a sound plan.
Can Growth Visioning Save Los Angeles?
A worst-case growth scenario for Los Angeles would have devastating results for San Fernando Valley gridlock.
EPA Chief Whitman Resigns
Criticized by both environmentalists and industry groups, Christine Todd Whitman resigned after two years as the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A Rough Road Ahead
The National Journal offers an in-depth analysis of the growing debate over the highway bill and the road it must travel through Congress.
Sprawling 'Burbs Tighten Up
Developers are taking lessons from traditional city and village neighborhoods to save open spaces, money, and quality of life.
Tiny Fish Could Pull Plug On City's Water Plan
With demand for water rising, Albuquerque hoped to tap the Rio Grande. But fish and farmers also depend on the river.
Fields Of Prayer: Religious Groups Contribute To Sprawl
Religious groups are building places of worship in rural land first and then developing subdivisions around them.
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.
