The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Eleven towns are weighing the costs and benefits of recent plans tailored to each community, with the option to pick and choose among the various proposals.

January 26 - Biloxi Sun Herald

Strategists take note as Virginia’s new governor tackles sprawl. Could "smart growth" tip the next presidential election?

January 26 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The country is dominated by an unhealthy and chaotic system dominated by the car, argues a local planning professor.

January 26 - The Age

The Prime Minister's claim that the 21st century will be India's century seems doubtful given the 'squalid' rural village conditions and 'urban hellholes.'

January 26 - The Indian Express

Topics include linking development, infrastructure, and drinking water policies; protection of water resources with higher-density development; and smart growth and stormwater management.

January 26 - Environmental Protection Agency

The state supreme court is reviewing a similar case, with the opportunity to reduce the eminent domain power provided to local governments in Kelo, in this commentary.

January 25 - Reason.org

Sir Peter Hall discusses the transformative potential of PRT as part of a National Building Museum/APA exhibit and speech.

January 25 - APA / National Building Museum

Neal Peirce sees hope for New Orleans as citizens play a central role in planning the wounded city's recovery.

January 25 - The Washington Post Writers Group

After years of false starts, a plan is unveiled to expand New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center.

January 25 - The Slatin Report

Despite a drop in Men's Fitness magazine's standings, Portlanders have their chin up about exercise.

January 25 - Willamette Week

In San Francisco, legislation aimed at stopping conversions may actually increase evictions of renters, as more groups enter into 'tenancy-in-common' agreements.

January 25 - San Francisco Weekly

Nevada Power is trying to raise the Southern Nevada temperature limit for air conditioning cut-off due to unpaid energy bills from 105 to 110 degrees, angering many.

January 25 - Las Vegas City Life

The early version of the 'Forward Dallas Comprehensive Plan' focuses on making the city more pedestrian-friendly.

January 25 - Dallas Morning News

An interview with the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse on topics from water resources to long-range planning and the U.S.'s isolationism.

January 25 - Albuquerque Weekly Alibi

The ethnic group known for fighting for the U.S. in Vietnam faces adversity after their last refugee camp closes in Thailand.

January 25 - Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages

Using the dualmode system, electric cars would function normally in a small neighborhood, but would hop on a dedicated track for longer trips.

January 24 - Detroit Metro Times

Is there an inherent bias in the geographic and racial-ethnic patterns of Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) boards?

January 24 - The Brookings Institution

Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who will become Canada's new prime minister has promised to opt out of the Kyoto treaty.

January 24 - Calgary Sun

This second annual survey by Demographia rates and compares the affordability of the one hundred major urban property markets in the six nations covered.

January 24 - Demographia

Has the time come for this smaller, automated, electric transit service, the cousin of the Detroit People Mover?

January 24 - Detroit Metro Times