The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Last week, Mayor Villaraigosa presented his vision for a more livable L.A., including the addition of fifty pocket parks.

November 21 - The Los Angeles Times

Saddled with an aging fleet of buses and infrequent schedules, the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency has secured federal funds to replace most of its fleet and build a new transit center.

November 21 - Napa Valley Register

Showing the arcane nature of NY governance, the decision as to whether Brooklyn residents will be able to have preferential parking in their neighborhoods is now being debated 150 miles away in the assembly and state senate chambers in Albany.

November 21 - Brooklyn Daily

Grist profiles Dylan House, a Brooklyn architect and "change agent" that is involving underserved community groups in charrettes to plan their urban spaces.

November 21 - Grist

Locals expressed fear and resistance over a revision to Chattanooga, Tennessee's urban growth plan.

November 20 - Chatanooga Times Free Press

A radio interview with New Urbanism co-founder Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk talks about remaking suburbia, and the new realities of development.

November 20 - WMFE-FM 90.7

Travel+Leisure Magazine presents a gallery of "the world's strangest buildings", which it presents as sites "worth a detour."

November 20 - Travel+Leisure

They're no longer totally synonymous with sprawl, reports Lew Sichelman, and are beginning to be found in in unlikely places--indicative of a move to brownfield over greenfield development. Changing consumer preferences explain why.

November 20 - Chicago Tribune

Like many cities, Fort Collins, CO is cash-strapped, but its plans are no longer dominated by handling sprawl. With development pressure out of the picture, a democratic blueprint for connecting residents to culture as well as space has emerged.

November 20 - The New York Times

A study conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 1990s found that living in poor neighborhoods can actually hurt your health.

November 19 - TheCityFix.com

A new report predicts how - and where - we'll be living in the near future, and where planners and developers should focus.

November 19 - The Atlantic Cities

Amanda Fung reports on NYC Landmarks chair Robert Tierney's legacy, who has preserved more districts than any other in his role. Was this the only way to preserve architecture and economic value of places, as he asserts?

November 19 - Crain's New York Business

In Guatemala City, Campus Tec, a single tech firm building, shows early signs of promise for the city's "Silicon Valley dream."

November 19 - The New York Times

Proliferating faster than bike lanes or bike parking racks may be the chevron symbols in the pavement with bicycle icon informing cyclists and motorists alike to "share the road". But can too many sharrows be a bad thing, asks Grist's Elly Blue.

November 18 - Grist

A new report from Stanford University looks at the changes in incomes and neighborhoods.

November 18 - The New York Times

Roberta Brandes Gratz writes that "When we talk about strategies for city growth and economic development, women aren't often offered seats at the table." Jacobs was the exception, and represented a challenge to male-dominated planning.

November 18 - The Atlantic Cities

Ryan Holeywell reports that Congress and the Obama Administration are set against gas taxes, even as voters across the country are approving them to fund transportation and transit projects.

November 18 - Governing Magazine

Planners have debated for decades that surveillance cameras don't deter crime, more "eyes on the street" do. A recent study shows that the cameras are worth their expense, in some cases.

November 18 - Urban Institute

The NRDC gives cities a report card on their stormwater management strategies. Philadelphia tops their list.

November 18 - EarthFix

Diana Limbach Lempel talks about the importance of allowing cities room to change, to experience entropy and remain elastic.

November 18 - POLIS