The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Report urges the consolidation of building codes into one simple guideline, incentives for towns to accept housing with greater density in their midst; and the creation of a panel to overhaul outdated zoning rules.

February 1 - The Boston Globe

Commissioner and gubernatorial appointee Cynthia McClain-Hill discusses the recent turmoil regarding the structure of the CA Coastal Commission.

January 31 - The Planning Report

Is new urbanism "re-urbanizing" the city, or simply creating cuter cookie-cutter suburbs? Is it creating sustainable development?

January 31 - Planners Network

USC Law Professor and former chair of the city and county planning commissions, George Lefcoe, argues against the use of tax-increment financing for LA's Staples Center development.

January 31 - The Planning Report

California is considering dramatic new rules that would require developers to address air pollution impacts.

January 31 - The Record

Metra announced plans for a suburban rail link between O'Hare International Airport and the Chicago suburbs.

January 31 - Chicago Sun-Times

A new underground people mover will ferry passengers from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport to the proposed light rail system.

January 31 - The Arizona Republic

Ian Roberts blames urban planners for the looming war in Iraq.

January 31 - The Guardian Unlimited

The barons of Brentwood, Tennessee find the prospect of people walking to work in nearby offices about as attractive as second-hand smoke in a doctor’s office.

January 31 - Citistates Group

Old and new clash on site proposed for development of a 24-story glass office tower. Several Civil War-era buildings will be razed if construction continues as planned.

January 31 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

In what is shaping up to be an international trend, transportation planners in Mumbai, India are considering following London's lead in taxing drivers entering the central city.

January 31 - The Times Of India

At a time when northern cities want to shed their "rust-belt" image as manufacturing centers, a piece of proposed public art in Milwaukee reinforces that very notion. But it might not do so for much longer.

January 30 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A Los Angeles planner assesses a newly-passed ordinance promoting new housing in L.A.'s commercial corridors.

January 30 - The Planning Report

A major benefactor clashes with art museum.

January 30 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

APA profiles the history of planning in Denver in preparation for the 2003 APA conference.

January 30 - Planning Magazine

Los Angeles City Councilmember Cindy Miscikowski discusses the steps necessary to properly plan for the redevelopment of LAX.

January 30 - The Metro Investment Report

One of the first skyscrapers to be designed after 9-11, the 7 World Trade Center building uses new safety measures.

January 30 - The New York Times

This paper probes the definition and use of Dillon's rule and finds that it neither prohibits nor hinders action to limit sprawl.

January 30 - The Brookings Institution

An article widely circulated on the Internet details the nation's biggest transit debacles by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, and Parsons Transportation Corp.

January 30 - Charlotte Creative Loafing

The new building for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has created a small tourist boom.

January 30 - The New York Times