The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

New York City officials said that tall skyscrapers at the site of the World Trade Center are not "economically practical" and preferred a victims' memorial and smaller structures.

January 5 - Sun-Sentinel

Is Detroit's sour attitude to public transportation finally ending? It looks that way in the city that invented mass production of private vehicles and ardently pursued the nation's sprawling development patterns.

January 4 - Michigan Land Use Institute

To avoid turning into bedroom community, Hartford, WI, embraces New Urbanism.

January 4 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Los Angeles county and city officials say a major billboard company has violated ordinances by installing billboards along freeways.

January 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepares a proposal to rehabilitate a 16-mile stretch of the Santa Clara River that supports threatnened species.

January 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The biggest redevelopment agency in California may put itself out of business unless the state Legislature comes to the rescue.

January 4 - California Planning and Development Report

The Greater Toronto region in Canada faces urban sprawl and a transportation crisis.

January 4 - The Toronto Star

Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan talks with experts about the latest developments in the automobile industry.

January 4 - National Public Radio

Amtrak's political protectors have once again forestalled the liquidation of the "government's national passenger railroad".

January 4 - Wall St. Journal

William Freh discusses what the demographic complexion reflected by the Census 2000 data means for real estate investment.

January 4 - REIS

Decades of concealed pollution by corporate giant devastated Anniston, AL.

January 4 - The Washington Post

Monsanto created one of the most contaminated areas in the U.S. The corporate giant knew about the pollution and concealed it for nearly 40 years.

January 3 - The Washington Post

Based on updates to the 2000 Census, HomeStore.com publishes its list of the ten cheapest places to live.

January 3 - Homestore

Residents of Boca Raton, FL. do not want storefronts to be converted storefronts into luxury townhomes but prefer to keep a shopping center.

January 3 - Sun-Sentinel

Many in New York see the installation of huge signs advertising Citigroup as a sign of corporate commitment.

January 3 - The New York Times

Architects, designers, researchers, and students have created a map of the area around the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers in New York.

January 3 - The New York Times

Planning for building security in urban downtowns is a balancing act. How much security at what aesthetic cost?

January 3 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Anthony Downs evaluates the argument that better transit will reduce sprawl, and concludes that sprawl will prevail.

January 3 - Governing

Joel Kotkin offers his perspective on the "New Geography of Wealth" -- where smart people are now concentrated.

January 3 - REIS

Facility City publishes its list of the four biggest economic development deals of 2001.

January 3 - Facility City