The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>St. Louis and Philadelphia are entering the final weeks of competition to become the host of a new Major League Soccer expansion team. One city has stadium plans, the other has investors. Neither has both.</p>

January 1 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

<p>Condo developers in Milwaukee are responding to the slowdown in the housing market by slowing down development.</p>

January 1 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

<p>1808 - 1908 - 2008, 2108. The New York Times looks at two centuries of predictions and invites ten New Yorkers to imagine New York City a century from today, in 2108.</p>

January 1 - The New York Times

<p>High design is entering the realm of affordable housing, with numerous projects around the country garnering acclaim.</p>

January 1 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Israel has announced plans to require green building standards on new constructions, but some say the requirements don't go far enough.</p>

January 1 - Haaretz

BLOG POST

<p class="MsoNormal"> For students facing the end of their masters programs, an individual exit project, paper, or thesis is often part of the final semester. Over the years I’ve watched many very competent students struggle with this process and delay graduation for years because they could not complete their thesis or project “book”. Over the following months I am going to focus on the various parts of the process of writing these documents—from literature reviews and research questions to time management and creating informative illustrations. To help those currently near the end, in this entry I focus on key trouble spots for those a few months from graduation. </p>

December 31 - Ann Forsyth

<p>Beginning tomorrow, smoking will be banned in all public restaurants, bars and cafes in Paris, a city where smoking is as much a part of the culture as an addiction.</p>

December 31 - International Herald Tribune

<p>For the fifth year straight, Amtrak is reporting record highs in ridership. But funding remains a major concern for the struggling transit service.</p>

December 31 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>In this video from <em>Streetfilms</em>, Donald Shoup discusses and shows how parking reform can work. Toy cars and stop-motion animation included.</p>

December 31 - Streetfilms

<p>San Francisco's latest and perhaps most glorious restoration is the 1890 De Young Building that was the original home of The Chronicle has now been converted to a Ritz Carlton after having been an undignified office building for the last 43 years.</p>

December 31 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>The dam would have forced the flooding of one of China's most visited tourist sites and displaced more than 100,000. Plans are still in the works for a hydropower dam on the river, but the exact location is uncertain.</p>

December 31 - The Guardian

<p>Millions take public transit in New York every day. <em>The New York Times</em> is beginning a month-long series looking at the commute and culture of public transit in the city.</p>

December 31 - The New York Times

<p>The 866-passenger Hawaiian Superferry has begun operations despite months of controversy over its environmental consequences. With an environmental impact statement due in 18 months and plenty of opponents, the Superferry is not yet in the clear.</p>

December 31 - The New York Times

<p>This column from <em>The Washington Post</em> looks at the housing and development trends presented by the American Institute of Architects' Home Design Trends survey.</p>

December 31 - The Washington Post

<p>A new Canadian study shows that people in smaller, less affluent cities are happier than those in larger, rapidly-growing ones.</p>

December 31 - The Globe & Mail

<p>In 2008, $10 tolls will be awaiting some Inland Empire commuters to Orange County who use the 91 Express Lanes of the Riverside Freeway, depending upon what day and time they travel home.</p>

December 31 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>One German planner's influence has been seen in projects across the world. Now he's refocusing his eyes on his home country.</p>

December 30 - Der Spiegel

<p>This report from <em>NPR</em> looks at the shortage of affordable housing in America.</p>

December 30 - NPR

<p>The first thermal plant in 16 years opened this summer in southern Nevada. And America's most expensive private development - a new hotel and casino complex on the Strip - is getting LEED certified.</p>

December 30 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Proposals for planned communities have taken a sharp downturn in Idaho since last year. A deteriorating housing market and the lack of infrastructure are being cited for delays in development.</p>

December 30 - The Idaho Statesman