The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Mr. And Mrs. Ground Zero
'The Libeskinds' -- The winning architect brings his wife along. Or does she bring him along? Introducing Daniel and Nina Libeskind.
Small Towns Confront An Urban Problem
Homelessness is on the rise in America's rural areas.
Profile Of A New Town
An award-winning urban village is climbing the hills of Issaquah, WA.
Bullet Train Dispute Turns Ugly
The millionaire supporter of Florida's bullet train clashes with Governor Jeb Bush
Virginia Beach's Green Line
Virginia Beach has relied on a strong municipally enforced boundary to stop sprawl. But pressure is mounting to open the 'green line.'
White House Announces Historic Preservation Initiative
Text from First Lady Laura Bush's speech to the National Association of Counties.
Real Environmental Racism
That the world's poor cause environmental destruction is a disturbing tenet propounded by many environmentalists.
Los Angeles' Invisible Architect
Welton Becket's mid-century civic designs are the city's latest retro treasures
National Trend Toward Edge Cities Continues
The newly-released journey-to-work Census data confirms a decades-long national trend toward 'edge cities.'
Nation's Most Chaotic Traffic Pattern
New Jersey has one of the nation's most chaotic traffic patterns. Is mass transit up to the challenge?
An Industrial Nightmare In San Francisco?
The SF Weekly details the story of how San Francisco planners, trying to save the city's dwindling industrial base, have damaged the city's economic future.
Reverse Commuting Picks Up Speed
The nation's commuting patterns are getting more complex.
The SmartCode: A Weapon To Fight The Sprawl War
'The SmartCode', published by urban design firm DPZ is now available as an alternative to conventional zoning regulations.
Residential Reuse Of Industrial Sites Increasing
The urban living boom is causing many to re-examine the residential potential of industrial and brownfield sites.
Ohio's Slanted Pavement
How Ohio's highway spending shortchanges cities and suburbs.
Federal Programs Blamed For Segregated Neighborhoods
Government promotion of home ownership leads to segregated neighborhoods.
Flood Of Money Yields Scant Improvement In State Roads
Exclusive study finds deep cracks in costly repair program, greater need for "fix it first".
The World's Most Fortified Building
The soaring new U.S. Embassy in Nairobi -- built to replace the previous one bombed by terrorists -- could be a model for security.
Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities And Suburbs
This paper on Ohio's transportation spending places a disportionate fiscal burden on urban jurisdictions while supporting the spread of development into exurban and rural areas.
Intimate Anonymity
Israeli architect and academic Hillel Shocken, is an attempt to decode why cities have been so successful as human habitats for so long.
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.
