The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Thieves elude neighbors in a remote area of Placerville, CA,--and steal a prefabricated house.

August 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A unique zoning law and carefully kept historical records in Massachusetts have created a loophole that is being exploited by developers.

August 5 - The Boston Globe

Neal Peirce on why states and cities are facing "fiscal hell."

August 5 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Many transit advocates favor BRT over fixed rail line. It's just as convenient, and lower cost. Critics say a bus is still a bus.

August 5 - The Seattle Times

The success of the new 2.56 billion Woodrow Wilson Bridge project depends on one-eighth of an inch.

August 5 - The Washington Post

Market forces are verwhelming good intentions in Decatur, where minority residents are being priced out of the rapidly gentrifying city east of Atlanta.

August 5 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Traditional neighborhood developments have been approved for greenfield sites in exurban Albany, NY.

August 5 - Times Union

The notion that Los Angeles' newest rail line will help to create "a network of accessible urban villages dominated by a teeming downtown" is fundamentally flawed.

August 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Longtime residents of the median strip of a Maryland highway may be able to sell their land for commercial uses.

August 4 - The Baltimore Sun

Developers oppose a call to pay for new schools by levying higher fees on construction of new homes.

August 4 - Sun-Sentinel

A dozen design firms are targeted to recover Big Dig overuns that total up to $102 million.

August 4 - The Boston Globe

"No matter how utilitarian it is, a building can have beauty." Even a parking garage.

August 4 - Austin American-Statesmen

In this interview, California State Parks' Acting Director Ruth Coleman addresses her department's approach to developing and programming parks in urban centers.

August 4 - The Planning Report

The "flash mob" phenomenon hit Boston over the weekend. They are synchronized, collective, and so far, pointless.

August 4 - The Christian Science Monitor

A Springsteen concert at the new Rentschler Field, a state-owned stadium in East Hartford, CT, raises questions over the its intended uses.

August 4 - The Hartford Courant

Cities and towns all over the country are paving the way for the return of brick-laden streets.

August 4 - USA Today

A district attorney symbolizes a battle between new and old visions in rural Humboldt County, California.

August 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Southwestern Pennsylvania may benefit from a Slovak sewage project.

August 3 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Earth Liberation Front is suspected after a nearby banner is found: "If you build it, we will burn it."

August 3 - The Los Angeles Times

Cracking down on substandard conditions in an expiring-use apartment complex in Joliet, IL could have unintended consequences for Section 8 holders.

August 3 - The Chicago Tribune