The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

For some New York families the move from the city to the suburbs is not all that it is cracked up to be.

January 9 - The New York Times

Gail Goldberg, head of San Diego's planning department, will become the General Manager of the Los Angeles City Planning Department, replacing Con Howe, who departed months ago.

January 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Nearly 100 years after the city's devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco's architecture still leaves it particularly vulnerable to another temblor.

January 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Want to see what follows a housing bubble? Look to China's largest city, Shanghai.

January 8 - The Los Angeles Times

The Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research summarizes a recent study by Harvard University economist Edward L. Glaeser that charges that zoning is major cause of the crisis in Massachusetts' housing affordability.

January 8 - The Boston Globe

A law professor publishes an article discussing how to teach a course on sprawl and the law.

January 8 - Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Gov. Rendell, chair of the bi-state Delaware River Port Authority, has threatened a PATCO shutdown if the NJ delegation does not approve funds for dredging the Delaware's main shipping channel.

January 8 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

California Governor Schwarzenegger's bold new infrastructure plan would spend $222 billion over the next decade, but doesn't include even 'one thin dime' for mass transit within cities.

January 7 - The Los Angeles Times

The current Federal election campaign in Canada has been noteworthy for its lack of any discussion about energy security.

January 7 - The Globe and Mail

How the opinions of smart growth practitioners are critical for a process that results in transportation choice, transit performance, and successful community investment by the FTA.

January 7 - Smart Growth Online

The City of New Orleans has started bulldozing buildings in the Lower 9th Ward -- many still containing unidentified remains -- without informing homeowners.

January 7 - CommonDreams

LA's planning department plans to hire 20 staffers to push through a backlog of new housing projects and help advance revitalization efforts for the Los Angeles River.

January 7 - Los Angeles Downtown News

PPS offers striking images of great places (and a few not-so-great) from around the world. [Includes photos.]

January 6 - Project For Public Spaces

Imagine bicycles traveling at speeds up to 50 miles per hour in enclosed tubes hanging above the streets.

January 6 - Smart City Radio

Why is Canada's largest city also its most insecure?

January 6 - Maisonneuve

State and federal highway officials agree on a final plan to build a $2.4 billion highway through Washington's suburbs.

January 6 - The Baltimore Sun

The relatively unknown State Representative Richard H. Baker (R) of Baton Rouge has outlined a massive government plan to help Katrina battered Louisiana rebuild.

January 6 - The New York Times

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose adding special toll lanes -- some exclusively for trucks -- to the state's most congested freeways and easing environmental reviews to speed construction.

January 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Charles Carroll descendants' may allow development of their Doughoregan estate. (Carroll is the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.)

January 6 - The Baltimore Sun

Despite public opposition, Stockholm is pushing ahead with implementation of congestion charging for a trial period.

January 6 - Reuters