The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A small and distinct subculture of African Americans on the island of St. Helena on the coast of South Carolina is increasingly threatened by developers who want to bring a supermarket and golf courses to the island.</p>

February 6 - The Economist

<p>This piece from the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> asks some experts how a new president could potentially reduce the nation's congestion.</p>

February 6 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This opinion piece from the <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</em> argues that the city has many reasons to support streetcar proposals.</p>

February 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>A train capable of reaching speeds of 224 mph has been unveiled in France.</p>

February 6 - BBC News

<p>According to an increasing number of theorists, modernist planning and urban renewal practices have produced nothing but an overly simplified, paternalistic urbanism that has in time proved unable to mirror the complexity of urban life.</p>

February 5 - The Urban Reinventors Online Urban Journal

<p>The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine profiles several "extreme" commuters from San Francisco to Sacramento aboard the Amtrak Capital Corridor train. Complete with great photos and anecdotes, it portrays the Amtrak bus and train ride quite accurately.</p>

February 5 - San Francisco Chronicle Magazine

<p>If you want to get a sustainable building or community built, you have to know your audience. Architect and urban planner Andres Duany offers a field-guide of target groups.</p>

February 5 - New Urban News

<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has blocked an Army Corps of Engineers pumping project that would have drained and damaged up to 200,000 acres of Mississippi wetlands -- its first block of a Corps project in nearly 20 years.</p>

February 5 - Time

<p>Mortgage lenders are increasingly imposing new loaning restrictions on risky areas encompassed by entire ZIP codes and county lines, creating what some are calling the "new redlining".</p>

February 5 - The Washington Post

<p>The United Arab Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi are generating a lot of speculation and interest as they develop into two major cities, but Abu Dhabi's focus on infrastructure sets it apart -- and ahead -- of its neighboring emirate.</p>

February 5 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>This editorial argues that one-way streets kill downtowns, and they need to be converted to two-ways to help save downtown areas across the country.</p>

February 5 - The Courier-Journal

<p>Increasing bicycle use in Seattle may depend on how well the city can address the danger of the "right hook" -- right turns at intersections that cause many of the city's bicycle accidents and fatalities.</p>

February 5 - The Seattle Times

<p>In Cairo, the problem of street children was once ignored, but is now a growing concern in the public consciousness. Numerous services and aid agencies have developed in recent years to help the city's impoverished children.</p>

February 5 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Robert Steuteville comments about the long-standing links between New Urbanism, good placemaking, and the environment.</p>

February 5 - New Urban News

<p>A new greenbelt has been proposed for Reno, Nevada, as a way to encourage people to visit the city's downtown -- and area typically avoided due to its "rough-looking" character.</p>

February 4 - Reno Gazette-Journal

<p>The redevelopment of the original center of Denver has brought a boom of new residents to the formerly avoided downtown area.</p>

February 4 - Arch News Now

<p>As part of an effort to reduce the state's budget expenses, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a plan that would close 48 state parks.</p>

February 4 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Heavily armed police officers will now be joining the ranks of daily commuters in New York's Subway system as part of a new counter-terrorism effort funded by federal transportation grants.</p>

February 4 - The New York Times

<p>Levittown, Long Island has undertaken a green makeover, complete with individualized energy audits that enable improvements to reduce each home's carbon footprint by 20%. But greening the houses doesn't make for a green neighborhood.</p>

February 4 - Time

<p>A downtown renewal effort in Mississauga, Ontario, looks to update its street grid by following the lead of other major world cities.</p>

February 4 - The Toronto Star