The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>In the city of Portland, local business owners and politicians are calling on the city's residents to counter the massive day-after-Thanksgiving commercial consumption by supporting the local economy on Saturday's third annual "Buy Local Day".</p>

November 24 - The Portland Tribune

<p>Despite a large gap in funding, the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County are hopeful that a downtown Miami ballpark could be built for the Florida Marlins, adding to the synergy of the new performing arts center and American Airlines Arena.</p>

November 24 - The Miami Herald

<p>The City of Santa Monica, California, provides real-time parking availability information on the Internet in hopes of relieving traffic problems from motorists circling for a parking space.</p>

November 24 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Soft-spoken mathematician and wind energy advocate Jerry McNerney defeated Rep. Richard W. Pombo, an opponent of the Endangered Species act.</p>

November 23 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A tour of Delhi, India, one of the world's fast-growing megacities.</p>

November 23 - Urban Tours by Rental Car

<p>An exhibition has opened in Beijing, highlighting the city's attempts to revamp their city planning in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.</p>

November 23 - China Daily

<p>A final Memphis City Council approval this week may annex more than 37,000 residents into the city, as well as several million dollars a year in property taxes, and seven schools from the annexation areas.</p>

November 23 - The Memphis Flyer

<p>A parking enthusiast drives around the United Kingdom to find the best car park experience.</p>

November 23 - BBC News

<p>A recent survey reveals that the vast majority of respondents think Indianapolis needs a rapid transit system.</p>

November 22 - Nuvo

<p>The homeless population increases in Oahu, and the entire state of Hawaii struggles with a shortage of affordable housing. To deal with the problem, state officials have said that 30,000 housing units will be needed in the next two years.</p>

November 22 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>As a record-breaking drought leaves Melbourne dry, the government is considering imposing broad restrictions on water use. Water storage levels are now less than 43% and are expected to drop below 30% by March.</p>

November 22 - The Age

<p>Developers in Chicago are hoping to reuse an old lamp factory building by transforming it into a green merchandise mart.</p>

November 22 - Crain's Chicago Business

<p>At more than $1,168 a square foot, the $1.28 billion sale of 5 Times Square makes it the most expensive office tower to date.</p>

November 22 - The Boston Globe

<p>The city of Columbia, South Carolina, is crafting an innovative strategy to woo high-tech industries in conjunction with a new downtown research campus.</p>

November 22 - The State

<p>The opening of new retail power center on the site of a former steel mill in Cleveland, including the city's first Wal-mart, is powerful juxtaposition of the area's former economic lifeblood and the new direction of economic development -- big-box retail.</p>

November 22 - Cool Cleveland

<p>A plan to be presented to the Nicaraguan National Assembly this month proposes creating a 172-mile waterway to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, offering a rival to the Panama Canal roughly 500 miles to the Southeast.</p>

November 22 - The Christian Science Monitor

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November 22 - R. Umashankar

<p>Several studies are underway to determine if the city would benefit from a congestion pricing scheme similar to London.</p>

November 22 - The New York Sun

<p>With its new redevelopment strategy creating new downtown shops and residences, "urban living" could be the new motto of South Pasadena, California -- a city renowned for its preservation efforts and resistance to change.</p>

November 22 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>The demolition of New Orleans public housing, which many argue are superior to the New Urbanist style mixed-income communities that are slated to replace them, is being challenged by residents who believe they are being pushed out of the city.</p>

November 21 - Christian Madera