The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A Canadian's perspective on the "planner-free" city of Houston, America's fourth most populous city.</p>

April 6 - The Globe and Mail

<p>California's redevelopment agencies are feeling pressure on numerous fronts these days. Some may go out of business next year. Still, state lawmakers are considering giving the agencies authority to buy out subprime mortgages.</p>

April 6 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>A new 30-second television commercial from State Farm insurance suggests that commuting to work by bike is humiliating. But is the ad sending a more subversive message?</p>

April 6 - Streetsblog

<p>The National Trust For Historic Preservation has started to trumpet the environmental benefits of recycling buildings and neighborhoods.</p>

April 6 - WFAA Channle 8 Dallas/Ft. Worth

<p>With little evidence of progress in the city's 17 designated recovery areas, residents grow ever more frustrated with local officials.</p>

April 6 - The New York Times

<p>The city has outfitted more than 1,000 parking meters with new technology to allow motorists to pay over the phone. Yet most of them haven't noticed.</p>

April 5 - The Examiner

<p>The recent vote against a new toll freeway in Orange County signals that California's don't want more roads. Instead, transportation dollars should go to building the state's high-speed rail system.</p>

April 5 - The Sacramento Bee

<p>Local leaders and residents of Greensburg, Kansas -- which was devastated by a tornado last year -- are hoping to rebuild their town into a model of environmental sustainability.</p>

April 5 - WorldChanging

<p>Parking structures topped off with synthetic fields offer a practical solution for areas where parking and recreation space is in short supply.</p>

April 5 - Athletic Business

<p>This segment from <em>Which Way, L.A.?</em> discusses Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's density bonus plans.</p>

April 5 - Which Way, L.A.?

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<p> Another week has passed, and some more exciting and interesting ideas have taken root in the world of urban planning.

April 4 - Nate Berg

<p>The nation's gentrified neighborhoods are threatened by new trend.</p>

April 4 - The Onion

<p>Boston's plan to blanket the city with wireless internet access has met a series of obstacles which seriously threaten the project.</p>

April 4 - The Boston Globe

<p>Urban issues and metropolitan policy are noticeably absent from the platforms of the three main presidential candidates.</p>

April 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

<p>Sales of automobiles are down across the board -- except for the segment of small, fuel-efficient vehicles.</p>

April 4 - USA Today

<p>Capitalizing on the booming Mexican home market and government calls for better urban planning, Mexico's second biggest residential developer is planning six new towns complete with homes, stores, employment and schools.</p>

April 4 - Reuters

<p>A new plan in the Senate looks to help the country deal with the backlash of the housing crisis by offering tax breaks and credit. But will it help people whose homes have been foreclosed?</p>

April 4 - NPR

<p>This report from <em>Metro Magazine</em> outlines 25 North American cities currently planning bus rapid transit lines.</p>

April 4 - Metro Magazine

<p>Local Salt Lake City developer enlists Adam Kalkin, container architecture expert, to design the nation's first mid-rise shipping container condo project.</p>

April 4 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Six weeks after taking office, Raul Castro has lifted the ban on Cubans staying in local hotels.</p>

April 4 - The Miami Herald