The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Though former governor Parris Glendening is often seen as the father of smart growth, studies indicate that even with the state's efforts, little progress has been towards reigning in sprawl.</p>

October 8 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Neighborhood activists are fighting plans to remove ficus trees from the streets of Southern California cities.</p>

October 8 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This article from <em>Building</em> looks at a new environmentally sustainable suburb near Stockholm and weighs its applicability in England as a model for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposed eco-towns.</p>

October 7 - Building

<p>Responding to pressure from neighborhood residents and a poor grade from a government audit, the city's planning department will be reorganized to ensure proper procedures are followed.</p>

October 7 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Los Angeles Times humorist Joel Stein gets advice on green living from actor and environmental activist Ed Begley.</p>

October 7 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>More and more Italian cities are getting on board the "Slow City" movement, from the big to the tiny.</p>

October 7 - Der Spiegel

<p>With concerns about global warming at an all time high, the region's policy makers think the time is right for a 10 cent gas fee.</p>

October 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>The public library system in Jackson County, Oregon, is part of a growing trend: outsourcing and privatizing public services.</p>

October 6 - The Kansas City Star

<p>Following the example set by Paris and Lyon, Montreal plans to be the first city in North America to set up a large-scale "self-serve" public bicycle rental service.</p>

October 6 - The Montreal Gazette

<p>APA has published a list of its "Top Ten Neighborhoods". The list tends towards the coasts, but includes two inland outliers.</p>

October 6 - San Francisco Examiner

<p>After about 30 years of organic developments, Little Saigon, also named "the capital of Vietnamese America", is seeking a planning and architecture vision.</p>

October 6 - Orange County Register

<p>An Alaska property rights measure that would have required the government to compensate landowners for any public projects that reduce property values was defeated by more than a 2-to-1 margin.</p>

October 6 - Mat Su Valley Frontiersman

<p>The leader of an artist's collective was recently charged with trespassing after he was found by security guards inside a small furnished room his group had secretly built more than four years ago on mall property.</p>

October 5 - The Boston Globe

<p>More than two decades after a nuclear disaster forced a mass evacuation of the Chernobyl region, forests and wildlife have returned. Now it has become a premier vacation destination and the site of lavish homes.</p>

October 5 - The Globe & Mail

<p>A barber shop owner in Clarksville, Tennessee shot and killed himself in front of the City Council after members voted against his request to rezone his home as commercial property.</p>

October 5 - CNN

<p>The good news is that L.A., the nation's most polluted city, will enjoy its cleanest year since records were first established 30 years ago. The bad news is that L.A. is still the country's ozone capital.</p>

October 5 - Los Angeles Daily News

<p>The housing bubble helped the city spur redevelopment of its central core. With the downturn, officials wonder if Baltimore can hold onto the progress it made towards revitalization.</p>

October 5 - The New York Times

<p>As one of the fastest growing states in the nation, Idaho should begin to think hard about what that growth means to the environment, writes Rachel Winer.</p>

October 5 - The Idaho Statesman

<p>A recent report calling for less emphasis to be placed on cars than on other forms of transport has sparked a lively debate in Toronto.</p>

October 5 - The Toronto Star

<p>A commuter rail project in Sante Fe is stressing New Mexico's state transportation budget, causing officials to announce delays on many road and highway projects. But many are upset that the rail plans will move ahead unhindered.</p>

October 5 - The Albuquerque Tribune