The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Eleven western states are expected to see tremendous population growth in the next five decades.

June 27 - The Denver Post

While the number of miles driven on U.S. roads remained steady last year, the number of passengers riding buses or trains rose to the highest level since 1959.

June 27 - USA Today

Though the last few decades have seen rapid suburban sprawl, several North Shore communities are embarking on redevelopment projects to put life back into older neighborhoods and rescue failing downtowns.

June 27 - The Chicago Tribune

The A.D. Makepeace Company plans a massive development of 3,500 new homes in three Massachusetts communities.

June 27 - The Boston Globe

Some communities are looking at reducing the amount of free parking lots, and dismantling the zoning codes that mandate them, in hopes of encouraging people to leave their cars at home and use other forms of transportation.

June 27 - The Seattle Times

Is the American Dream really the same as urban sprawl? National Geographic investigates.

June 27 - National Geographic

Project Share, a non-profit organization that matches "home providers" with "home seekers" in Berkeley and Oakland, is helping to meet housing needs in the Bay Area and finding seniors the extra help they need.

June 27 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The casual carpool system in the East Bay is quite possibly a utopian vision come to life. And it's been operating for more than 20 years.

June 27 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Newcomers to Washington D.C. must decide whether they want to endure a long commute from a home in the suburbs, or live in the urban core and give up the dream of owning a home.

June 27 - The Washington Post

Preservationists have evolved into savvy entreprenuers, environmentalists and developers.

June 26 - The Planning Report

With residents in the San Fernando Valley favoring secession from the city, David Fleming suggests that Los Angeles should adopt a system of Boroughs to ease local governance tensions in the city.

June 26 - The Planning Report

California builders find that solar panels increase home value -- and boost respectability of solar energy.

June 26 - The Los Angeles Times

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced its 2001 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

June 26 - National Trust For Historic Preservation

A new real estate niche emerges -- communities for multigenerational residents.

June 26 - Wall St. Journal

Gov. Glendening's campaign to restrict suburban sprawl has ignited a battle over farmland in Carroll County slated to be developed into housing.

June 26 - The New York Times

A National Geographic photographer summarizes her thoughts in writing about sprawl in the U.S.

June 26 - National Geographic

New Jersey's Atlantic City-to-Brigantine tunnel highway is a fascinating case study about the challenges in major infrastructure development.

June 26 - Engineering News Record

Despite some of the best minds in the nation and its creativity in movies and technology, California lags behind the rest of the nation in controlling growth.

June 26 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The airport, the interstate, the real estate, the networks - ingredients that make Charlotte one of the newest high tech hot spots.

June 25 - The Charlotte Observer

Maryland Governor Glendening warns that he intends to start using a neglected 25-year old law that allows the state to bring court challenges against potentially harmful rezoning decisions.

June 25 - The New York Times