The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Dual-purpose Depots
Chicago's oldest suburbs face an "unprecedented train-station building boom."
Regional Summit on Traffic Congestion, Land Use
Official from Franklin County as well as surrounding counties will meet to discuss regional growth, traffic congestion and land use problems.
City Seeking To Lure Builders
Housing developers are shunning Philadelphia; here's what the city needs to do to bring them back.
CRA Mishandled 7 Real Estate Deals
An audit discovered that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency paid $1.57 million more than appraisals for land.
New Urbanism: A Better Suburbia?
Is New Urbanism--a reaction to featureless sprawl--the "cure for suburbia's ills?"
Support For New Guggenheim
City will donate land and money for the proposed new Guggenheim museum in lower Manhattan expected to cost $678 million and to be designed by Frank O. Gehry.
Appalachia's War: Poorest Struggle Back
First part of a three-part series about the rebirth of Appalachia.
Appalachia: The Region's Status
Appalachia is 200,000-square-mile region that spans 13 states and is home to 22 million people.
An Ocean Of Renewable Energy
World's first commercial power station that generates electricity from ocean waves has been connected to Britain's national grid.
No Hothouse Deal
The failure of the U.N. climate talks at The Hague to reach a consensus on global warming makes further international action on global warming unlikely and may also worsen the problems the talks were intended to tackle.
Saving History
The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to save 1950s "Googie" architecture scorned by traditionalists.
Waste Waterworld
The "Ewww!" factor and the $600 million Groundwater Replenishment System project to turn sewage into drinking water.
Utah Monument Leaves Residents Bitter
New tourist monuments don't always have the desired effect. In Utah, the new monument resulted in lost jobs.
Climate Pact Fiasco Leaves Business Awaiting Rules
The failure of the U.N. talks on global warming is a setback for U.S. businesses.
Global Warming Talks Collapse
Unable to resolve differences, 170 nations could not conclude an international treaty on global warming.
LA's Street Numbering System
Ever wonder how a large city's street numbering works? The LA Times disects LA's massive street grid.
Hothouse
Chances of a meaningful agreement at the U.N. summit on global climate change are slim.
Homeless Want To Be Homeless
Columnist Jill Stewart argues that the ugly secret about homelessness is that many homeless want to remain homeless.
The Science and Politics of Global Warming
Why the U.N. summit on global warming matters.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
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.
