The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Plans are underway for Salem, South Dakota to be the first town designed for the deaf.

March 28 - International Herald Tribune

Venice Beach may require peddlers to buy a $25 permit and participate in a twice-monthly lottery in order to claim a spot.

March 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

Richard Florida says the US is "shooting itself in the foot" when it comes to attracting global talent.

March 27 - The Globe and Mail

A "useless" tram system, shoddily-constructed buildings and spiralling debt are Athens' Olympic legacy.

March 27 - The Globe and Mail

Electeds and community leaders focus on solutions to traffic and housing affordability woes

March 27 - Ventura County Star

Pritzker-winning architect Thom Mayne says that the '60s still inspires his designs for buildings and homes.

March 27 - The Christian Science Monitor

A Manhattan investment manager teams up with Dubai's royal familyfor a $1 billion apartment acquisition.

March 27 - The Slatin Report

Why Canadian cities need to develop innovative and humane strategies to deal with sex work.

March 26 - Maisonneuve

Grist Magazine interviews risk-taking park ranger Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Nature Noir.

March 26 - Grist Magazine

Environmental destruction along vast stretches of Arizona's formerly pristine border with Mexico is rapidly increasing.

March 26 - The Arizona Republic

Five years after the launch of the massive Everglades restoration, little has been accomplished, according to an internal memo.

March 26 - The St. Petersburg Times

Author Dan Pink and architect and planner Andres Duany are guests on this week's Smart City Radio Show.

March 26 - Smart City

GM has been trying to finance autos, homes and second mortgages at record-low interest rates, but it's hard to see how the company can continue to do so.

March 25 - MSN

Establishing a military base on the site of the ancient city of Babylon called a "reckless act of cultural vandalism."

March 25 - The Nation

Telecommuters already outnumber rail riders in Los Angeles and could be a big part of a solution that actually reduces traffic in the biggest metropolitan areas.

March 25 - Los Angeles Daily News

A development fund co-founded by ex-Laker Earvin "Magic" Johnson sees potential for commercial development in inner-city neighborhoods.

March 25 - The Los Angeles Times

Some plans are so bad they deserve to die on the drawing board, complains columnist Steve Litt about a new plan to speed traffic through Cleveland's downtown inner belt.

March 25 - The Plain Dealer

While the gap between flourishing and decaying areas is growing, there are signs of a turnaround in Baltimore City.

March 25 - The Baltimore Sun

As the APA conference ends, a former San Francisco planner offers progressive visions for a future San Francisco.

March 25 - The San Francisco Chronicle

BLOG POST

<img src="http://photos6.flickr.com/5878672_7ab00e126d.jpg" alt="Front Range" align="right" />Ann Oliveri from the <a href="http://www.uli.org">Urban Land Institute</a> kindly pointed me to an article, <a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3646692,00.html">Toll road gets tangled in Web of defeat</a>, in the <em>Rocky Mountain News</em>.<br /> <br /> The developer says he was "blindsided" by the rapid an online opposition on legislation that would make it possible for the development of a privately financed <a href="http://www.cololegislativeinfo.com/TRInfo.html">$2 billion tollway</a>

March 25 - Chris Steins