The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

While congestion pricing has proven effective in London, and now Stockholm, will it work in San Francisco? City Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, who also presides over the San Francisco Transportation Authority, suggests doing a study first.

May 17 - San Francisco Examiner

The Landover Mall, located next to a Capital Beltway interchange in Prince George's County, Maryland, and owned by Lerner Enterprises (a firm that has managed many successful mall centers, including Tysons Corner) has long been considered a blight.

May 17 - The Washington Post

In order to compete with other technologically advanced cities, New York City will add free wireless internet service by July, with other large City parks to receive the technology soon thereafter.

May 17 - The New York Times

The policy director of Climate Solutions (based in Washington state and British Columbia) opines that rising gas prices have beneficial effects on the environment, and consumers need to be given the truth so as to make real changes in lifestyle.

May 17 - The Seattle Times

Al Gore's new documentary about global warming is expected to have an impact on public consciousness.

May 16 - The Los Angeles Times

If Washington, D.C. gets a new stadium, what will the city lose?

May 16 - Chris Steins

Andres Duany has been contracted to work in Scotland for the first time.

May 16 - Scotsman.com

Soaring above the Potomac River, the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge will be completed on time and on budget, thanks to regional cooperation.

May 16 - The Washington Post

Reinvestment begun in the 1970s is coming into bloom in this New York college town.

May 16 - Tochester Democrat & Chronicle

With a focus on simplifying the development process and historic preservation, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the lead consultant on the Miami 21 Project, unveiled the first quadrant of the City's most ambitious urban planning project to date.

May 16 - The Miami Herald

The WorldMapper takes cartography and demographics to a whole new level -- these cartograms make stats from international immigration, to tourism and population, sexy.

May 16 - New Scientist

The Consumer Federation of America has released a report entitled "50 by 2030", calling on Congress to mandate greater fuel efficiency in the nation's cars, with an average of 50 mpg by 2030.

May 16 - Consumer Federation of America

Joel Kotkin reviews a variety of data showing that despite optimism by "urban boosters", America's central cities are not experiencing a rebirth. The real renaissance, says Kotkin, is in the suburbs.

May 16 - The Wall Street Journal

An analysis of three military sites will be released today in an effort to narrow down the choices for re-siting the Lindbergh Field international airport, a decision facing voters in November.

May 16 - The Los Angeles Times

The Bush administration's plan to sell national forest land to raise money for rural schools and roads hits roadblocks.

May 15 - The Orlando Sentinel

Many people think, and some research shows, that life in the suburbs make you fat. Now comes new research from Australia that the suburbs actually make you thin.

May 15 - The Advertiser (Australia)

California's changing political make-up can be traced to its growth patterns: the fastest growth in the Inland Empire and Central Valley has made those areas more Republican, while the slower growing coastal, urban centers remain Democratic.

May 15 - The Sacramento Bee

High coastal real estate prices and the threat of hurricanes may shift more demand to inland locations that feature higher elevations, which are hard to come by on the Florida coast. Owl's Head, a New Urbanist development, will test the market.

May 15 - The New York Times

After the hip cities of the dot-com era, and the low-cost ones that attracted businesses following the dot-com bubble, come the next wave of boomtowns. Joel Kotkin identifies what makes these cities flourish.

May 15 - Abhijeet Chavan

Preservationists, historians, and amateur urban sleuths are scouring U.S. neighborhoods to identify and protect as many of the 70,000 to 100,000 "kit" homes made by Sears, Roebuck and Company as possible.

May 15 - The Wall Street Journal