The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Turning Communities Around
It takes not only retail but plausible scenarios and committed leadership to revive suburbia and the center city.
Chicago's Millenium Park Debacle
Chicago's Millenium park went from a great and simple idea for a central-city park to a public-works debacle.
Saving Nature One Piece At A Time
Roxanne Quimby, a hero to some, is using up her private fortune to buy up chunks of Maine's North Woods. She hope to turn it into a national park.
Redevelopment Gone Bad
A St. Louis suburb mayor sues the city council claiming libel and slandor. The issue? A redevelopment project gone bad.
Sprawl Is A Tangled Issue In the Hudson Valley
In the Hudson Valley, people cannot agree on what sprawl is and whether it needs to be controlled.
Crime Prevention Key To New School Design
The new design of schools is to protect students from violience inside the school.
Moving A Downtown
A riverfront town plans to move its downtown in one of the nation's most complex flood control projects.
California: Housing Is Scarce And Expensive
According to number released by the U.S. Census Bureau, housing costs in California are spiralling up as the state suffers from a housing shortage.
Beauty And The Beastly Project
Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles, is a Frank Gehry design. And it's a challenge to construct.
Does Centralized Planning Work?
The failure of the most centralized land use planning system in modern history provides lessons for planners.
Visiting Sprawl
Suburban development has taken a pummeling in recent years from environmentalists, urban planners, and suburbanites themselves.
'Star-chitects' Create Visual Drama On Campuses
Universities are hiring famous architects to create high-profile campus structures.
'Planning Sage' Seeks To Transform Oakland
Merritt Sher claims he is not in the real estate business but in the business of building communities.
Bicyclists Have Trouble Reaching Bike-friendly Bridge
New York City cyclists wonder why the newly-accessible East River bridges were not made easier to reach by bike.
Active Adult Retirement Communities
Three things matters in selling active adult-retirement communities to the baby boomers: lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle.
Landscape Urbanism
The objective is to create a seamless green urban fabric: fusion, rather than division, is the order of the day.
GAO Reports On Washington Transit
The GAO reports on the many successes at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, but notes that capital planning should be enhanced.
A Demographic 'Snapshot' Of The Nation
U.S. Census Bureau released statistics based on a national survey that provide a detailed look at the major trends shaping the nation.
Transit Oriented Development Vs. Park-and-Ride
Environmentalists and smart-growth advocates want transit officials to encourage transit-oriented developments, but suburban commuters want parking facilities and not much else.
Lifestyle Centers: A Hot New Trend
Big developers say lifestyle centers are too small to bother with. But consumers love them.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
