The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Columnist John Tierney takes a bipartisan swipe at federal responses to $3 gallon gasoline. He suggests a "revenue-neutral gas tax" whereby the tax paid at the pump would be returned to the taxpayers as "something that works".

May 3 - The New York Times

Canada's new Conservative government tabled its budget yesterday, and with it reversed the previous government's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.

May 3 - The Washington Post

A law firm renovates the interior of an historic Louis Sullivan building in Buffalo.

May 3 - Buffalo Rising

Architectural styles, affordability, convenience, walkability, and economic development are the foci of this "Main Street" event.

May 3 - Louisville Courier-Journal

Weakened rent stabilization laws help landlords evict market-rate tenants. In Manhattan, more than 7,000 apartments are slated for conversion.

May 3 - The New York Times

BLOG POST

Next weekend -- that'd be May 6-7 -- a bunch of GPS geeks are going to map the entire Isle of Wight, off England. Not much on the Isle, apparently, but whatever's there is gonna get mapped. Says the <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/05/gps-island.html"><em>New Scientist</em> blog</a>:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>These high-tech cartographers will drive, cycle and ramble all over the island, using their GPS receivers to record the co-ordinates of roads, natural landmarks and points of interest. They'll use this data to create a completely digital map which will be available online to anyone.</blockquote>

May 2 - Anonymous

Columnists Roger K. Lewis looks at the profession of landscape architecture today.

May 2 - Abhijeet Chavan

Grist interviews retiring Republican environmental leader Sherwood Boehlert.

May 2 - Grist Magazine

Both political parties are to blame for the nation's energy crisis, writes Ronald Brownstein.

May 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Churches in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C, are selling land and air development rights to provide major funding for outreach programs.

May 2 - The Washington Post

Ronald Bailey believes free markets will address the world's oil supply problem.

May 2 - Reason

Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, connecting the Bay Area to the state capitol, Sacramento, is the third busiest Amtrak route in the country. Yet it faces formidable obstacles -- because it runs on Union Pacific tracks.

May 2 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Mui, only 53, was one of the few first-generation Chinese Americans to successfully run for political office, becoming mayor of San Gabriel in 2003. He also worked for a number of Southern California community groups on civil rights and other issues.

May 2 - The Los Angeles Times

How one non-profit design competition led to the creation of temporary housing for the homeless using a simple formula: asking future residents what they wanted.

May 2 - The New York Times

Twin Cities residents are realizing that the seemingly affordable homes bought far from the region's core are not quite as affordable when transportation costs -- which have escalated as a result of high gas prices -- are taken into account.

May 2 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Based on this OECD report, the World Trade Organization has begun negotiations on classifying bicycles as an "environmentally preferable product" that would be free of tariffs and other trade barriers.

May 2 - The Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation

New Urbanists have damaged Jane Jacobs' legacy writes Nicolai Ouroussoff.

May 1 - The New York Times

In an era of ever increasing satellite map imagery and tools like Google Maps to view them, savvy advertisers are now creating 'ground ads' large enough to show up on satellite map images. Think: crop circle advertising.

May 1 - eWeek

Residents on a quiet San Fernando Valley cul-de-sac get some unexpected visitors on Easter Sunday, raising questions about permitting, production, and power under the law.

May 1 - The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times special commemorative edition celebrates 125 years of real estate in Southern California. Includes several articles, photo galleries, and an interactive feature.

May 1 - Abhijeet Chavan