The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A "Black Hat security researcher" claims he has discovered security flaws in the FasTrak toll transponder used by drivers in California and Colorado. However, the story is quickly dismantled as "baloney" by a toll road industry insider.</p>

July 14 - Toll Roads News

<p>As the number of sustainable buildings increase rapidly, ecologically friendly designs are shedding an ugly past for a sleeker and more striking future.</p>

July 14 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>New technologies promise to revolutionize the hunt for a parking spot in big cities like San Francisco. Donald Shoup is along for the ride.</p>

July 14 - The New York Times

<p>Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Florida are looking at a future of dwindling resources for road-building, and projecting the need for alternative transportation.</p>

July 14 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

<p>The increase in the price of fuel encourages one St. Louis family to purchase a second home near work.</p>

July 14 - STLtoday

<p>New York City is considering a plan to institute a bike-sharing program in the city.</p>

July 14 - The New York Times

<p>Indianapolis has a growing problem with abandoned houses. To fight the blight, they're now selling the homes online.</p>

July 14 - The Indianapolis Star

<p>A proposal to annually burn tens of millions of car tires to produce electricity at a facility in Erie, Pennsylvania is raising concerns among environmentalists and regional residents over mercury and other emissions.</p>

July 14 - AlterNet

FEATURE

There is a glaring lack of attention in the presidential primaries to urban policy, says Randall Crane.

July 14 - Randall Crane

<p>Judith Warner reflects back on what made her purchase a Land Rover in the first place ('beating back middle age') and her ideas for what to do with it now that she can't afford to drive it ('in-law apartment').</p>

July 14 - The New York Times

<p>Globalization has spurned a renaissance in the formerly crime-ridden Colombian city of Medellin. But some worry that the city's improvements may only be temporary.</p>

July 13 - The Washington Post

<p>A jury has awarded a poor rural Ohio neighborhood populated mostly by African Americans nearly $11 million, having determined that racist motives lay behind the water authority's decades-long refusal to supply water to the community.</p>

July 13 - Associated Press

<p>The USDA is considering a plan to put conservation land back into agricultural production -- a move farmers are trumpeting, but environmentalists are opposing.</p>

July 13 - The Washington Post

<p>Artist Anish Kapoor, creator of the famous "mirrored jellybean" in Chicago's Millennium Park, is creating a new series of massive sculptures for five depressed cities in Yorkshire. Backers hope the art will transform the region.</p>

July 13 - The Guardian U.K.

<p>A portion of New York City's most storied thoroughfare is being transformed with a physically protected bicycle lane and added space for pedestrians, cafe tables and benches.</p>

July 13 - The New York Times

<p>'Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City' is the name of an exhibit open now at the Design Exchange in Toronto. Urban designer Ian Chodikoff explains his inspiration for the show.</p>

July 12 - The Globe and Mail

<p>Belfast developers plan on turning a Victorian-era jail into a tourist attraction, hotel, and art gallery. Her Majesty’s Prison Belfast closed in 1996, and is a symbol of The Troubles, the long struggle in Northern Ireland for Irish independence.</p>

July 12 - Global Atlanta

<p>Business owners fear dedicated transit lane would discourage shopping along Telegraph Avenue, while proponents look to BRT as a cheap way to clear up traffic.</p>

July 12 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>New York City officials have announced a plan to raise parking meter rates in certain parts of the city during high traffic times.</p>

July 12 - The New York Times

<p>With their share prices dropping and prospects for fresh capitalization remote, there are growing concerns that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be heading for failure, and with it grave repercussions for the entire U.S. economy.</p>

July 12 - The Washington Post