The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Electing the Shape of Communities
This paper provides a comprehensive listing of the more than 550 growth-related ballot measures put before voters on election day 2000 plus an analysis of major proposals and a list of implications for the growth debate in the future.
The New, Green Post Office
The U.S. Post Office has caught the green bug and is making environmentally-sensitive designs its standard.
Europe As A Model For Senior Neighborhoods
American cities that want to keep their aging residents in the urban core will have to adopt European models for housing.
Ohio's Dirty Secret: Brownfields
The Ohio EPA, has started to clean some of its brownfield sites, but the list of brownfield properties is no longer public.
Seedy Chic In Pasadena, California
Old Pasadena has a successful shopping and entertainment district, and it includes pawn, porn and tattoo shops.
CA Power Needs Alienating The West
Other western states have the same power needs as California and they fear that California will bleed them dry.
Getting Uppity In Suburbia
Why do U.S. suburbs have aristrocratic British names? The answer lies in the secrets of "real estate branding."
Giving The Suburb A Sense Of Town
A bedroom community attempts to create sense of place.
Technology Requirements For The Disabled
New regulations require all technology to be accessible to people with disabilities. What effect will this have on state and local governments?
Putting More Housing Into Less Space
Northeast Ohio builders find great demand for cluster development.
Silicon Valley's New E-permit System
A public-private effort in Silicon Valley has resulted in a new, homegrown e-permitting system.
Redesigning California: No Good Paradigm
California does not have enough housing, electricity, water, schools or freeways. And people keep coming. What should we do?
The New Architecture Of Public Buildings
New York's new federal courthouse, designed by Richard Meier, is the largest public building since the New Deal.
Bishops Sound The Alarm For Environment
U.S. and Canadian bishops call for better stewardship of the environment of the vast Columbia River watershed.
Context-Sensitive Design In Wisconsin
Milwaukee transportation planners and consultants explore ideas to make a large highway reconstruction project more neighborhood-friendly.
L.A.'s Most Civil Neighborhood
Los Angeles' Lafayette Square is a model of civility in a city of grittiness. And it's not your average gated community.
A Call For Sound Coastal Planning
At a conference on coastal growth sponsored by the Georgia Conservancy and other environmental groups, Edward T.McMahon, director of land use programs for The Conservation Fund called for careful growth control along Georgia's coastline.
Local Codes Prohibit New Urbanism
While smart growth is a hot topic, cities don't have any regulations that allow compact development.
Sprawl: Wildlife Enemy Number One
A new report finds that urban sprawl is the most dangerous threat to native animals and plants and their habitats.
Building An Urban Soul
More and more communities are realizing they need a downtown -- and trying to build them from scratch.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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.
