The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The world's largest oil company takes heat from major state government pension fund investors for not owning up to an obligation to address global warming.

May 22 - The Sacramento Bee

Fort Lauderdale's mayor condemned a proposed workforce housing ordinance as unfair to developers and 'communistic'. He said people mistakenly think they're entitled to an affordable single family house on a 40-hour work week.

May 22 - Sun-Sentinel

What was once one of its most productive shipyards is now slated to become a billion dollar urban village on Boston's south shore.

May 22 - The Boston Globe

At the southern tip of California's San Joaquin Valley lies Bakersfield, a city of 312,000, expected to grow to 730,000 in three decades. It has just doubled its sphere of influence and shows little inclination to put restraints on growth.

May 22 - USA Today

As housing prices continue to increase in the New York City metropolitan area, residents are moving farther and farther away to find affordable housing.

May 22 - The New York Times

Cory Booker, the newly elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has charged himself with turning around one of America's most dangerous cities.

May 22 - The New York Times

The two-wheeled transporters are making inroads into everyday life - from fishing trips to weddings.

May 21 - The Christian Science Monitor

A new documentary explores the myth and methods of architect Frank Gehry.

May 21 - MetropolisMag.com

Big city park agencies, advocates, and funders gathered for a conference to re-energize the urban parks movement and discuss the critical issues facing urban parks today.

May 21 - The Chicago Tribune

Can an ethanol plant restore economic vitality to a depressed, upstate New York farming and former railroad community? That is the hope for the state's first ethanol plant, which breaks ground next month.

May 21 - The New York Times

Fittingly, the woman who was celebrated as the Detroit Piston's one-millionth fan of the season had recently been laid off work. With their local economy continuing to struggle, Detroiters take solace in the success of local professional sports.

May 21 - The Wall Street Journal

The New York Times runs a multi-part series focused on the economics and business of using environmentally-friendly technology.

May 20 - The New York Times

How can two major universities improve themselves and their surroundings? The University of Cincinnati and UC-Berkeley have some productive plans.

May 20 - Cincinnati Enquirer, San Francisco Chronicle

High cost of living and recent hurricanes are driving residents of the Florida Keys to Central America.

May 20 - The Chicago Tribune

A new report from the Russell Sage Foundation discusses the "dark window" that Hurricane Katrina opened -- that of environmental racism in America -- and concludes that an "eco-social" approach is needed to protect poor and minority communities.

May 20 - Russell Sage Foundation

This week's bloody shootout in Sao Paulo between gangs and the police is a sign of the coming global "urban hell" as described in Mike Davis' new book, "Planet of Slums".

May 20 - Asia Times

Forget dark underground parking -- urban loft residents can now get a garage with a view.

May 19 - MetropolisMag.com

A new academic journal article offers an interesting and highly detailed history of the concept of road pricing, and evaluates where economists have (and have not) reached consensus on the issue.

May 19 - Econ Journal Watch

Urbanist James Howard Kunstler talks about peak oil, the railway system, new urbanism, and politics.

May 19 - AlterNet

Apple is set to open its 24x7 flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan.

May 19 - The Slatin Report