The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Actor Brad Pitt's efforts to rebuild housing in New Orleans are not just flashy PR, but rather a reminder that architecture can make a difference, according to this article from <em>Metropolis</em>.</p>

March 20 - Metropolis Magazine

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<p> It's tough to say what the impact of a decision like this is for the US market, where there are already so many obstacles to making money on the last mile. </p>

March 20 - Anthony Townsend

<p>The families of victims of the hijacked September 11 Flight 93 have secured more than 900 acres of land in Pennsylvania for a permanent memorial.</p>

March 20 - The New York Times

<p>Sprawl around Budapest has created a major smog problem for the Hungarian capital.</p>

March 20 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>This piece from <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education</em> looks at the role design plays in encouraging interaction amongst academics and calls out for better planning.</p>

March 20 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

<p>This video from <em>StreetFilm</em> shows the extensive traffic calming efforts taken by one beach community in Australia.</p>

March 19 - Streetsblog

<p>Buildings are being renovated all over downtown Washington D.C., and as they rise so does the city's tax revenue.</p>

March 19 - The Washington Post

<p>With a newly formed regional transit authority, Tampa Bay, Florida, may be ready for a regional transit system. Many want to do it right.</p>

March 19 - The Tampa Tribune

<p>Lawrence, Kansas has been named the most walkable city in Kansas, and the 38th most walkable destination in America. However, city officials are not resting on their laurels.</p>

March 19 - Lawrence Journal-World & News

<p>After a recent shooting death in Toronto, one writer lays the blame for urban violence on city planners.</p>

March 19 - The National Post

<p>This video from the <em>BBC</em> looks at the ten cities that have sprung up outside of L.A. as a result of the subprime mortgage meltdown.</p>

March 19 - BBC via YouTube

<p>The Golden Gate Bridge District, in agreeing to apply congestion pricing to the bridge, has saved the $158 million Urban Partnership grant for the Bay Area in the nick of time, but has created turmoil with S.F because of where the revenue goes.</p>

March 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>An industry is sprouting in Las Vegas based on the preservation of the city's infamous mob history.</p>

March 19 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>China is increasingly making efforts to preserve its historic places and buildings.</p>

March 19 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>A ring road covering more than 1,500 miles in Afghanistan has eased shipping in the country, but traveling along the new pavement is still dangerous.</p>

March 19 - NPR

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The Federal Reserve’s bailout (arranged liquidation to some) of Bear Stearns over the weekend seriously calls into question the headlong march toward neoliberalism that has been ascendant for the past few decades.

March 18 - Lance Freeman

<p>The small Arkansas town of El Dorado has experienced an economic rebirth since an oil company offered to pay college tuition and fees for all graduating high school seniors.</p>

March 18 - Nate Berg

<p>The highly anticipated mixed-use Grand Avenue project in downtown L.A. has just secured $100 million in funding. This new funding is expected to kickstart the project's construction, which has been delayed for months.</p>

March 18 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Robert Pollin &amp; Heidi Garrett-Peltier writing in <em>The Nation</em> show that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq that could have been much more productively invested in public goods like sustainable infrastructure.</p>

March 18 - The Nation

<p>An innovative proposal seeks to deal with both vehicle and internet congestion by placing Wi-Fi access transmitters in cars driving through urban areas.</p>

March 18 - Baseline