United States

For 17 years land owners have been banned from building on their own property at Lake Tahoe. Finally, an outcome is near.

January 9, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

Neal Peirce writes that an 'international architectural emergency' should be declared in Cuba where great urban spaces with distinguished buildings are in danger of being lost.

January 9, 2002 - The Washington Post Writers Group

History may record that September 11 ended the modernist dream for cities.

January 9, 2002 - Planetizen

This commentary by Bruce Katz outlines his New Year's resolutions for American cities.

January 9, 2002 - The Christian Science Monitor

After the attack on the World Trade Center, monumental architecture and "swagger buildings" are no longer popular.

January 9, 2002 - The New York Times

Is it a case of bad urban planning, or a case of junk science? The CDC's study has struck a nerve.

January 8, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

Tokyo's largest builder says Tokyo's future is in growing upward with office and residential high-rises.

January 8, 2002 - The New York Times

Has America's affluence and comfort -- personified by the suburban dream -- left the country too weak to fight a war?

January 8, 2002 - The Atlantic Monthly

New Jersey Transit hired top industrial designer Cesar Vergara to transform locomotives, buses, passenger cars, signs, schedules, and transit villages in an ambitious effort to rival mass transit in Europe.

January 7, 2002 - The New York Times

Joe Sharkey points out examples of "smart" transportation planning in the U.S. and how airport-train links are beginning to resemble those in Europe.

January 6, 2002 - The New York Times

The Greater Toronto region in Canada faces urban sprawl and a transportation crisis.

January 4, 2002 - The Toronto Star

Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan talks with experts about the latest developments in the automobile industry.

January 4, 2002 - National Public Radio

Amtrak's political protectors have once again forestalled the liquidation of the "government's national passenger railroad".

January 4, 2002 - Wall St. Journal

William Freh discusses what the demographic complexion reflected by the Census 2000 data means for real estate investment.

January 4, 2002 - REIS

Based on updates to the 2000 Census, HomeStore.com publishes its list of the ten cheapest places to live.

January 3, 2002 - Homestore

Anthony Downs evaluates the argument that better transit will reduce sprawl, and concludes that sprawl will prevail.

January 3, 2002 - Governing

Joel Kotkin offers his perspective on the "New Geography of Wealth" -- where smart people are now concentrated.

January 3, 2002 - REIS

Facility City publishes its list of the four biggest economic development deals of 2001.

January 3, 2002 - Facility City

Urban adventurers explore abandoned buildings, subway tunnels, and other forbidden places.

January 2, 2002 - The Washington Post

We can learn from advances in transportation and congestion planning to develop technology to protect cities from terrorism.

January 2, 2002 - City Journal