The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

PBS airs an excellent new documentary on the rise of high-speed rail service in the US in the 1930's.

February 7 - PBS

Philadephia predicted rapid urban growth. It turns out that residents are fleeing to the suburbs. What does this mean for planning?

February 7 - The Washington Post

Ellen Dunham-Jones, a national authority on urban sprawl and the new director of Georgia Tech's College of Architecture, sees opportunities for New Urbanism in Atlanta

February 7 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

FEATURE

Architects, engineers and lawyers have professional certifications. Planners have the AICP. But does it matter? Richard Carson argues that it will hurt your planning career.

February 7 - Richard H. Carson

As rapid development explodes across Washtenaw County, MI, residents are fighting back.

February 6 - The Detroit News

Economic interests now shape public space in Berlin, Germany. How will this trend change the role of public spaces in our urban society?

February 6 - Topos

The legal battle over Houston's Metro has switched into high gear. Officials are playing hardball -- with the Olympics.

February 6 - The Houston Chronicle

Manhattan has led the way in the shift from unused industrial facilities to multimedia and new media centers.

February 6 - REIS

Urban sprawl and rapid growth of new streets has helped a St. Louis business that sells area maps.

February 6 - Sun-Sentinel

The Southeast Corridor Project team has received the Urban Design and Planning Merit Award.

February 6 - Transport News

El Segundo's mayor is gathering a lot of support in the suburbs to fight LAX expansion.

February 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Exploding real estate values and gentrification are changing the face of neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada.

February 6 - The Montreal Gazette

In Columbus, OH, an urban neighborhood takes a "smart growth" approach to draw up redevelopment plans. Residents think the redevelopment will enhance their property.

February 6 - The Columbus Dispatch

New Times LA reports that plans to fix L.A.'s famous Hollywood Bowl have taken a suspicious turn: demolition.

February 6 - New Times-LA

Cisco Systems's plan for a 20,000 worker research and developmentcenter has caused a controversial battle.

February 5 - The Sacramento Bee

Brookings report offers insight in the accomplishments of the federalgovernment. Read the results, then take the questionnaire.

February 5 - The Brookings Institution

Perhaps the largest single concrete pour in history took place at Los Angeles' Howard Hughes Center.

February 5 - Business Wire

MOCA's billboards-61 of them throughout LA -encourage motorists to consider urban details as art in the landscape.

February 5 - The Los Angeles Times

A car that runs on compressed air releases exhaust that is actually cleaner than the ambient air. Mexico has ordered thousands.

February 5 - Space.com

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farmland Protection Program offers $30 million to protect farmland from urban developmen.

February 5 - Citizen Online