The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Residents in San Jose, California, are calling on the city to do something about a recent increase in speeding on residential streets, but officials feel there is little that can be done.</p>

October 2 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>Looking to London as an example, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has plans to expand the city's closed-circuit video surveillance camera system.</p>

October 2 - Newsday

<p>Canada's cities are asking that some of the $14-billion federal budget surplus be directed at them, and at upgrading aging infrastructure, rather than to servicing debt.</p>

October 2 - The Globe & Mail

<p>Levittown, Long Island held a 60th birthday bash for itself on Sept. 30, complete with parades, to celebrate its creation from a potato field for GIs returning from World War II. It would go on to become America's iconic suburb.</p>

October 2 - Yahoo News

<p>Salem, Oregon has used urban renewal areas to bring economic development to many of its neighborhoods. But the success of these areas is variable, and some say it may be time to stop designating places for renewal.</p>

October 2 - Statesman Journal

<p>With a historic small town feel and a population that has embraced its compact walkability, the town of Rowayton, Connecticut, has passed a ban on large trucks crossing though the town as a short cut.</p>

October 2 - The New York Times

<p>Enclosed malls are out of vogue, but new mall-condo hybrids are gaining popularity, and bringing what was once an exclusively "downtown" character out to the 'burbs.</p>

October 2 - The New York Times

<p>Los Angeles has one of the world's most advanced traffic detection systems, enabling it to manipulate traffic signals on the fly by using real-time data. But This data is saved for only a few days, limiting the extensive data's long-term use.</p>

October 2 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>With their vineyards threatened by 2004's land use law Measure 37, Oregon's winemakers are getting behind this November's ballot Measure 49 as a way to preserve their land and their business.</p>

October 2 - The Oregonian

<p>Three newly built houses in Toronto have fallen in line with a citywide plan to promote more infill housing. They have also garnered attention in the world of architecture by being included in a tour organized by <em>Architectural Digest</em>.</p>

October 2 - The Toronto Star

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<p> To paraphrase the New York Times&#39; summation of the Anaheim Angels&#39; rhetorical exodus to Los Angeles a few years ago: some ideas are so stupid that you just have to stand back and watch. To that I would add, some things are so stupid that they deserve derision no matter how long ago they occured. Though it crawled out from the Senate floor in the summer of 2005, SAFETEA-LU -- the $240 billion federal transportation bill -- has, for the past two years, gotten off way too easy. </p>

October 1 - Josh Stephens

<p>On his first trip to Paris, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg enjoyed an unprecedented second glass of red wine at lunch, and eyed the popular bike rental program, pondering its suitability for New York City streets.</p>

October 1 - The New York Times

<p>Despite a recent wave of crime, the Boston Common continues to bring people together from all walks of life.</p>

October 1 - The Boston Globe

<p>Why many cities attempts to create city-wide wireless networks have failed....and why some cities have been successful.</p>

October 1 - Slate

<p>New York City planners are hoping to use a new anti-paving ordinance to stop residents from creating parking lots out of their front yards.</p>

October 1 - Queens Chronicle

<p>Architects in New York are trying to develop new types of long-term temporary housing as part of a design competition sponsored by the city and non-profit groups.</p>

October 1 - Newsday

<p>New research shows that newcomers to urban areas take up twice as much room as longtime residents.</p>

October 1 - The Minnesota Daily

<p>The city's updated blueprint for its downtown area, part of a new citywide master plan, focuses its attention on the area's west side.</p>

October 1 - Small Business Times

<p>A number of ideas for improving public transit and reducing congestion are floating around Los Angeles. But without consensus, it may be a long while before any of the proposed solutions is realized.</p>

October 1 - Los Angeles City Beat

<p>A proposal to expand Seattle's light rail system also includes provisions for extensive road construction, putting transit advocates in the awkward position of voting for both transit and roads.</p>

October 1 - The Seattle Stranger