The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Text from First Lady Laura Bush's speech to the National Association of Counties.

March 7 - The White House

That the world's poor cause environmental destruction is a disturbing tenet propounded by many environmentalists.

March 7 - Reason Online

Welton Becket's mid-century civic designs are the city's latest retro treasures

March 7 - The Los Angeles Times

The newly-released journey-to-work Census data confirms a decades-long national trend toward 'edge cities.'

March 7 - The Los Angeles Times

New Jersey has one of the nation's most chaotic traffic patterns. Is mass transit up to the challenge?

March 7 - The Star-Ledger

The SF Weekly details the story of how San Francisco planners, trying to save the city's dwindling industrial base, have damaged the city's economic future.

March 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The nation's commuting patterns are getting more complex.

March 7 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

'The SmartCode', published by urban design firm DPZ is now available as an alternative to conventional zoning regulations.

March 7 - The Town Paper

The urban living boom is causing many to re-examine the residential potential of industrial and brownfield sites.

March 7 - The New York Times

How Ohio's highway spending shortchanges cities and suburbs.

March 6 - The Brookings Institution

Government promotion of home ownership leads to segregated neighborhoods.

March 6 - Slate

Exclusive study finds deep cracks in costly repair program, greater need for "fix it first".

March 6 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The soaring new U.S. Embassy in Nairobi -- built to replace the previous one bombed by terrorists -- could be a model for security.

March 6 - The Washington Post

This paper on Ohio's transportation spending places a disportionate fiscal burden on urban jurisdictions while supporting the spread of development into exurban and rural areas.

March 6 - The Brookings Institution

Israeli architect and academic Hillel Shocken, is an attempt to decode why cities have been so successful as human habitats for so long.

March 6 - INTBAU

Even as Smart Growth garners new supporters, a smear campaign attempts to discredit the movement.

March 6 - The Hartford Courant

Only 11 state departments of transportation (DOT) have bicycle and pedestrian plans, and routinely accommodate bicycles and pedestrians in state highway projects.

March 6 - National Center For Bicycling And Walking

Will Daniel Libeskind's success rebuild the reputation of the architectural profession?

March 6 - The Guardian Unlimited

The nation's largest real estate franchise, is calling for the National Association of Realtors policing real estate listings on the Internet.

March 5 - Inman News

Philadelphia is a city with a compact downtown and a human scale.

March 5 - The New York Times