The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Rail critics identify eight "myths" about Honolulu's proposed $2.6 billion rail system.

March 8 - Harvard Design Magazine

A Washington Native American tribe confronts the state for building over the burial sites of its ancestors.

March 8 - Seattle Weekly

If the "Peak Oil" theory is true, something must be done. If it is not true, something must still be done to curb the instability, pollution, terrorism and war inherent in the petroleum economy.

March 8 - Truthout

Michigan's Jennifer Granholm thinking bigger, playing tougher

March 7 - Michigan Land Use Institute

A major transit-orienteddevelopment in Atlanta is moving at its own measured pace.

March 7 - The Slatin Report

Farmers and tility companies explore tapping wind energy potential of farmlands.

March 7 - Michigan Live

Proposed budget cuts to Amtrak leave advocates wondering why the U.S. generously subsidizes other forms of transportation, but not passenger rail.

March 7 - Times Argus

Wal-Mart's latest solution to ordinances that limit the size of stores is to build two smaller stores side-by-side.

March 7 - The Washington Post

The Center for Law in the Public Interest publishes an open letter to the city's next mayor and planning director calling for a new vision.

March 7 - Center For Law In The Public Interest

Use of minent domain for redevelopment activities in some San Francisco Bay Area cities is controversial.

March 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Stephen Johnson is praised by environmentalists but must serve an administration with focused on economic growth.

March 7 - The Christian Science Monitor

President Bush nominates Stephen Johnson as the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

March 7 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Los Angeles was never designed to be a dense, East Coast or European-style city dominated by a strong central core.

March 7 - The Los Angeles Times

Study explores the relationship between transportation options, health, and open space in urban areas.

March 6 - Medford Mail Tribune

The Imperial Valley is Southern California's last affordable market. It's rapidly becoming a massive suburb.

March 6 - The Los Angeles Times

A new exhibition asks whether top designers can rescue manufactured housing from the public's disdain.

March 6 - Repeat

Would you pay $6 billion for a 13-stop system?

March 6 - Seattle Weekly

If something major isn't done soon to solve the United States' intractable budget problems, the world will face an economic shakeup unlike anything ever seen before.

March 6 - Macleans

The Washington, D.C. sewer system –- which will eventually outsize its subway system -– needs a little work.

March 5 - Washington City Paper

Hardly anyone knows that the second largest city in the nation is seeking a new planning director.

March 5 - Los Angeles Downtown News