The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>New Yorkers are hoping that a recent temporary public market will eventually become permanent, providing a centralized place where residents can shop for local foods.</p>

January 8 - The New York Times

<p>Owing to political fragmentation and 20 different mayors, the Canadian city of Montreal is becoming increasingly dysfunctional and must be simplified, writes Lysiane Gagnon.</p>

January 8 - The Globe & Mail

<p>More and more commuters on the East coast are leaving their cars at home and riding the bus to work. The transit agencies in the region are hoping to continue this trend by appealing to those riders who don't rely on the bus as their primary transit.</p>

January 8 - The New York Times

<p>This piece from the <em>Los Angeles Times Magazine</em> looks at the recent trend of including public squares in high-profile L.A. projects, and examines why they don't really work in the traditional sense.</p>

January 8 - Los Angeles Times Magazine

<p>James Howard Kunstler reflects on how the housing crisis fallout will affect American society in an election year.</p>

January 8 - Jim Kunstler's Blog

<p>According to columnist Ken Miller, government agencies can learn a lot from the television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".</p>

January 8 - Governing

<p>Blue boxes painted on the street at key Portland intersections are part of an effort to reduce the amount of bikers hit by cars turning right.</p>

January 8 - The Oregonian

<p><em>City Limits Weekly</em> presents a rundown of some of the biggest housing-related issues facing presidential candidates this year and looks at the policies and records of those vying to take over the country's top post.</p>

January 8 - City Limits Weekly

<p>Following PG&amp;E's bankruptcy, the private nonprofit Stewardship Council was assigned the task of conserving and reorganizing PG&amp;E's 140,000 acres located in the Sierra Nevada and Upper Cascade Mountains.</p>

January 8 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A land subdivision in Oregon approved under the state's Measure 37 is going forward, despite the fact that it should have been significantly scaled back after the passage of Measure 49 in November. Many view this case as a test of what 49 will allow.</p>

January 8 - The Oregonian

<p><em>The Guardian</em> has released a list of the "50 people who could save the planet," including some urban innovators who are changing the way the world thinks about cities.</p>

January 7 - The Guardian

<p>Johnson County's rural residents fear the expansion of nearby Overland Park is a land grab that will perpetuate suburban sprawl, thereby diminishing their quality of life.</p>

January 7 - The Kansas City Star

<p>In this column, Neal Peirce argues that the country needs to take a step back in time to the regulations and policies of the early 1970s to solve the current mortgage meltdown.</p>

January 7 - The Denver Post

<p>Years of low rainfall are causing many in California to think hard about diminishing supplies of water. In this commentary, author Peter Gleick argues that wise water use and management -- not big-scale infrastructure projects -- is the solution.</p>

January 7 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This op-ed by Eduardo Peñalver, a Cornell professor of property and land-use law, suggests that escalating gas prices and declining home prices may drive development inward, presenting a great opportunity to end sprawl using regional planning.</p>

January 7 - The Washington Post

<p>Seattle was recently named as one of the most walkable cities in the country, but one local disagrees.</p>

January 7 - Crosscut

<p>An upscale mixed use development near downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, has been blocked by a city council vote, leaving many to wonder if the ruling was really the correct decision for the city.</p>

January 7 - The New York Times

FEATURE

Two high-profile Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems are currently under construction, and their implementation could serve as a model for how cities can better connect their existing transit systems to improve mobility.

January 7 - Jerry Schneider

<p>The reservoir at China's Three Gorges Dam will fill to capacity this year, flooding more than 400 square miles of land, including some precious historic sites.</p>

January 7 - NPR

<p>The city of Milan, Italy, has instituted a congestion pricing system.</p>

January 7 - BBC