Airports

The demand for air travel may seem to be on the decline, but it's actually rising -- and playing a major role in determining which places are more economically successful.

February 3, 2011 - The New York Times

The Regional Plan Association has released a $15 billion proposal to expand capacity at congested Kennedy and Newark Liberty International Airports by 50 million passengers per year.

January 28, 2011 - The New York Times

Officials in Ontario, CA, contend that LA/Ontario Airport would be a major driver of development -- if it wasn't mismanaged by an airport authority controlled by the City of Los Angeles.

December 14, 2010 - California Planning & Development Report

Architect Claire Lester reimagines Chicago's O'Hare as a dynamic, multipurpose environment.

November 14, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper

A design company from Barcelona is selling airports on the idea of installing luxury sleep "bubbles" in terminals. Two international airports have reportedly signed up.

September 22, 2010 - Fast Company

Work has begun on a long-sought rail line linking downtown Denver to the city's international airport.

August 31, 2010 - USA Today

Airports are becoming more than airports, with an increasing number expanding their services to being multimodal transit hubs.

July 22, 2010 - USA Today

The Web Urbanist counts down the ten most hair raising airports. "Flying may be one of the safest methods of travel but it doesn't always look that way."

July 17, 2010 - Web Urbanist

British officials are looking to help their efforts to curb carbon emissions by capping growth on airport runways that they say encourage "binge flying".

July 4, 2010 - The New York Times

Planners in Indianapolis have revealed plans for an "aerotropolis" to develop around the city's international airport.

June 28, 2010 - Herald-Times

Will airports become the "anchors of 21st century development," as Prof. John Kasarda believes? Kasarda spoke in Edmonton, Alberta, where planners are considering developing airport-adjacent greenfields into dense development.

June 26, 2010 - Edmonton Journal

Scandinavian countries are often praised for the forward-looking planning practices associated with social democracy. Urban planning there includes lots of enviable features, but a tour of a high-profile project outside Oslo, Norway was a reminder that even an urbanist’s paradise includes political fights, squabbles among interests, and embarrassing delays familiar anywhere else. Progressive politics encourage progressive plans, but the process and pitfalls remain the same.

May 24, 2010 - Greg Smithsimon

Airports are important investments for cities, but are also highly risky because they rely heavily on the whims of the airline business. Alex Marshall looks at how some of the underrepresented airports are coping.

April 26, 2010 - Governing Magazine

The new Canada Line rail service that links downtown Vancouver to the airport has seen steadily increasing ridership since its opening in August.

December 29, 2009 - The Globe and Mail

A private group is proposing a wild scheme to build a much-needed new airport for San Diego as a floating offshore platform.

December 27, 2009 - The Infrastructurist

In Willmar, Minnesota, city officials were not pleased when a mandated environmental review concluded that the 68-year old airport building they wanted to demolish was historically significant.

December 14, 2009 - West Central Tribune

An architect in Berlin has proposed replacing the city's now-unused Tempelhof airport with a giant man-made mountain, dubbed The Berg.

November 13, 2009 - The Architect's Journal

With one of the smallest and busiest airports in the country, San Diego is thinking about upgrading its facilities. One idea is to build a new airport on the ocean.

October 23, 2009 - The Infrastructurist

A historic airfield in Berlin will be transformed over the next year into the city's largest park.

September 2, 2009 - The Local

The construction of a new airport and industrial district on Florida's panhandle characterizes the impact of the St. Joe Company, the state's biggest landowner and one in the midst of drastically changing the area's landscape.

August 19, 2009 - Miller-McCune