The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In Switzerland, high standards of urban design have created a paradise for architects.

November 28 - The Financial Times

To offset rising natural gas prices Colorado's largest utility is raising conventional electricity rates, making wind power a cheaper alternative for consumers.

November 28 - The Denver Post

Restrictions on eminent domain in the wake of the public furor over Kelo may restrict abilities of cities to practice redevelopment.

November 28 - National Public Radio - Morning Edition

Investigators in New Orleans are determining that a patchwork of local agencies supposedly responsible for overseeing the levee system, called 'levee districts' are to blame for many system failures.

November 28 - The Wall Street Journal

Were the riots in France caused by the design of its high rise suburbs?

November 28 - The New York Times

Americans continue to flock to new single-family detached housing, according to new US Census Bureau figures through the third quarter of 2005, which indicate the share of new housing starts in single family detached housing rose 1.2 percentage points between 2004 and 2005.

November 28 - Demographia

Governor Mitt Romney will sign '40 S' into law today, which will make up the difference between what communities collect in property taxes from new homes and the cost of educating children who move into them.

November 28 - The Boston Globe

A journal article summarizes a survey of traffic calming practices in 21 jurisdictions and compares the results to surveys conducted a decade ago.

November 28 - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Journal

Letter to the editor calls for "common sense" in Washington regarding the future of Amtrak.

November 27 - Times Union

Global warming is expected to impact businesses and global markets. For investors, climate change is no longer just about the environmenta; it is a fundamental financial and economic issue.

November 27 - Wired

The suburban form is taking over the world, and universities are expanding suburban studies to examine suburbia.

November 27 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

A new study of Montgomery residents attempts to answer the question, "Is suburbia harmful to your health?"

November 27 - The Baltimore Sun

Driven by the need to quench North America's thirst for energy, the rapid development of Canada's oil sands resources has sidelined discussions about its harmful environmental impacts.

November 27 - Reuters

New Urbanism guided the development of the highly successful Baton Rouge master plan for downtown, and is rapdily gaining favor in New Orleans.

November 26 - Chris Steins

In order to increase revenues Vancouver's mayor-elect proposes permitting higher towers and reducing social housing to 20 percent of South East False Creek redevelopment.

November 26 - The Vancouver Sun

A report by European environmental protection agencies that environment-friendly practices result in increased profits for businesses.

November 26 - Edie

A new report examines California's demographic changes and identifies three population trends that loom largest.

November 26 - California Budget Project

The World Bank recognizes the countless social and environmental problems caused by dams, but won't let them get in the way of building more and more dams.

November 26 - AlterNet

Residents on a two-block stretch of West Hollywood, CA, try to convince the city to change the name of the unfortunately-named Dicks street.

November 25 - The Los Angeles Times

The fifth and final article in a weeklong series on the City of Portland, chronicles the widespread changes sweeping through this small, but dynamic city on the Maine coast.

November 25 - Portland Press Herald