The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Building housing fro the homeless in Seattle is saving the city more than $3 million per year, according to this editorial from the <em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</em>.</p>

January 13 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

<p>Located seven miles south of the town of Loreto in Baja California Sur, the Villages of Loreto Bay is an 8,000-acre new urbanist development that strives to be North America’s largest sustainable resort development.</p>

January 13 - Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

<p>In Washington, D.C., the historic preservation office will not allow a ramp to the front door of a 1930s rowhouse, so elderly residents must live in the basement that has access to a back alley.</p>

January 12 - The Washington Post

<p>Part of a week-long series, Randal O'Toole and blogger Will Campbell debate why some cities are good for cyclists, how they got there, and why L.A. is still far off.</p>

January 12 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Canadian officials will revisit plans to create a high-speed rail system connecting Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.</p>

January 12 - CBC

<p>Citing staff inexperience, the head of Georgia's Department of Transportation has raised the idea of abandoning all of the state's toll road plans.</p>

January 12 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Plans to develop a transit village around one of the San Francisco Bay Area's BART stations is gaining support, but some local officials are voicing concerns over the increased load on city infrastructure and services.</p>

January 12 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>The satirical newspaper <em>The Onion</em> lists some dubious water conservation strategies being contemplated in American cities.</p>

January 11 - The Onion

<p>The infamous 1,100-mile Iditarod sled dog race course has been adjusted due to urban sprawl moving into the traditional course route.</p>

January 11 - The Seattle Times

<p>A slowing economy will lead to the era of the 'ghost mall', according to this article from <em>Slate</em>.</p>

January 11 - Slate

Funding shortages are leaving officials at the national parks with little or no power to acquire new lands, enabling private interests to buy up sensitive lands before they can be protected federally.

January 11 - The Christian Science Monitor

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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana">Often times I’m struck by the advances we’ve made in mapping, modeling and depicting our cities.  What was once the purview of mapmakers, surveyors or architects is now a democratized, engaging process that brings unexpected results.  And the more advanced the technology, the more transparent our cities seem to become.  </span></p>

January 11 - Scott Page

<p>The fate of industrial properties is the subject of a huge, ongoing battle in Los Angeles. City planners and economic development boosters want to prevent conversions to residential uses — much to the consternation of free-market advocates.</p>

January 11 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>Efforts to improve Europe's network of high-speed rail systems may also result in loosened border crossing rules.</p>

January 11 - Der Spiegel

<p>Engineers have cited safety concerns in advising against tree planting along streets, but recent research shows that the rare tree-lined street may be less dangerous than the much more common street lined with parked cars.</p>

January 11 - Access

<p>As part of a week-long series, Randal O'Toole and blogger Will Campbell discuss and debate bike commuting and what cities should or shouldn't do to encourage it.</p>

January 11 - The Los Angeles Times

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The Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago: Municipal Economy, first written in 1911 as a way to educate Chicago students about the City’s Plan of 1909, provides remarkable insight into America’s diminished socio-cultural ambitions.

January 11 - Mike Lydon

<p>This report from <em>NPR</em> looks at the growing pains experienced by one Seattle suburb.</p>

January 11 - NPR

<p>This video from <em>Streetfilms</em> looks at the bike boxes painted on New York's streets and explain how to use them.</p>

January 11 - Streetsblog

<p>This article form <em>The New York Times</em> looks at the success of Times Square and talks with real estate experts about whether this success is really such a good thing.</p>

January 10 - The New York Times