The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Quintessential edge city Tysons Corner doesn’t want to be one anymore.

April 22 - The Washington Post

Grist environmental columnist Umbra Fisk challenges enviros with a (very) difficult quiz on climate change.

April 22 - Grist Magazine

Finding a solution the water problem in the western U.S. is not going to be easy.

April 22 - The Idaho Statesman

The nation's traffic signals fail in almost every aspect of execution.

April 22 - MSNBC

The fastest growing city in the US gets no love from city officials.

April 22 - Opinion Journal

Amtrak's Acela line "brake-downer" couldn't have come at a worse time forthe company, as Congress considers pulling Federal funds.

April 22 - The Slatin Report

A detailed account of the relationship between the influential computer game SimCity and urban planning.

April 22 - Cyberhood

Fighting America's obesity epidemic will required a myriad of lifestyle changes. Nature Medicine investigates communities that are rising to this challenge.

April 22 - Nature

Politics keep post-9/11 rebuilding plans in turmoil.

April 22 - Opinion Journal

Organic farmers are offering up a set of new labels for organically-grown foods: 'Biodynamic', 'Food Alliance Certified', 'local' and even 'beyond organic'.

April 22 - Wall St. Journal

BLOG POST

<img src="http://www.placematters.com/Graphics/Flickr.jpg" alt="Memory Map Example in Flickr" /><br /> <br /> Related to Charles' article about google maps and satellite images…<br /> <br /> The emerging <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/memorymaps/pool/">MemoryMap pool</a> on Flickr, where people annotate maps and photos (frequently taken from google maps) with their memories linked to specific places, takes the Google map service to a new fun level. So why not bring this into the planning process? Maps, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/antonolsen/8687302/in/pool-memorymaps">like this example here</a>

April 21 - Ken Snyder

The story of how special interests and psuedoscience undermined the international treaty on global warming.

April 21 - MotherJones.com

50-foot whirligigs, a few hundred sculptures made from concrete and ground glass, or a three-story high adobe mountain.

April 21 - The Christian Science Monitor

Canadian firm projects price increases necessary to close gap between supply and demand for oil.

April 21 - CIBC World Markets

Time chooses and profiles the best among the leaders of America's most challenging cities with populations over 1/2 million.

April 21 - Time

As people buy larger cars and trucks, cities try to balance the rights of property owners who want to build huge garages with their neighbors' concerns.

April 21 - Yahoo! Newswire

What if the public were compensated for the increase in land value that results from public actions?

April 21 - AlterNet

Investigation reveals that forty public policy groups challenging the scientific consensus on global warming have one thing in common -- they are all being funded by ExxonMobil.

April 21 - MotherJones.com

Study suggests that low-income residents may benefit from an influx of more affluent neighbors.

April 21 - USA Today

Environmentalism's leading edge is in the red states.

April 21 - Michigan Land Use Institute