The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Port of Los Angeles recently introduced the Alternative Maritime Program (AMP), which will have ships plug into cleaner land-side power once they reach the harbor.

April 8 - The Metro Investment Report

Rome rekindles the economic potential of the river Tiber.

April 7 - The Independent

A new transit partnership is now airing pro-public transit advertising spots on major television stations across the U.S.

April 7 - Public Transportation Partnership For Tomorrow

Lower Manhattan's business improvement district has announced plans to build a wireless network which will provide information about local businesses and free Internet access within a 5-minute walk of any downtown location.

April 7 - The New York Times

Approximately 1,000 members of Los Angeles' burgeoning system of neighborhood councils met for their twice-yearly congress.

April 7 - The Los Angeles Times

The architect of the Sydney Opera House, Joern Utzon, has won the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize.

April 7 - Reuters

In a rare study that uses specific employment data, researchers in Ohio found that economic development incentives have very little effect on job creation.

April 7 - Journal Of Regional Science

New research claims that the earth was warmer during the Middle Ages, weakening the argument by environmentalists that greenhouse gases are causing global climate change.

April 7 - The Daily Telegraph

Is Anaheim the New Brooklyn? With no soaring skyline or grand public spaces, "Boomburbs" are the ubiquitous background noise of the greater metropolis.

April 7 - Planetizen

Economics and gentrification is causing the extinction of local movies houses.

April 7 - The New York Times

Is the consevation subdivision concept being misuesd to promote projects that cause urban sprawl?

April 7 - Tallahassee Democrat

FEATURE

Is Anaheim the New Brooklyn? With no soaring skyline or grand public spaces, Anaheim and similar "Boomburbs" are the ubiquitous background noise of the greater metropolis.

April 7 - Jennifer LeFurgy and Robert Lang

The APA honors the most outstanding efforts in the art, science, and profession of community planning.

April 6 - American Planning Association

A conservancy group is 'rewilding' a vast preserve just 50 miles north of the nation's second-largest city.

April 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Carol Schatz discusses Los Angeles' new downtown development strategy.

April 6 - The Planning Report

Buffalo's New World Street Market aims to improve life on the West Side one street at a time.

April 6 - ArtVoice

The small community of Hermon is fighting to reclaim its name after being nearly forgotten since 1903.

April 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Gov. James E. McGreevey who has vowed to stamp out sprawl is seen by many builders as a "smart growth zealot."

April 5 - The New York Times

The Bush administration wants states to manage the vast Section 8 housing programs.

April 5 - The New York Times

A new Bush administration cost-benefit analysis tool could significantly change the way the government assesses and regulates environmental threats..

April 5 - Common Dreams