The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Flood waters along the Mississippi River continue to rise, leaving many Midwest towns deep under water. The Army Corps of Engineers has just identified 27 levees that may not be high enough to handle the rising waters.</p>

June 18 - USA Today

<p>This column from the <em>Toronto Star</em> argues that Toronto needs to take at least a few lessons from Vancouver if it wants to improve its planning.</p>

June 18 - The Toronto Star

<p>The use of geographic information systems for the public good is a rapidly growing field. The technology shows great promise for discovering unequal distribution of resources and environmental racism, writes Peter Manzo.</p>

June 18 - Stanford Social Innovation Review

<p>Daniel Reed, former Planning Director of Daytona Beach, is now the primary planner of Sadr City, 12 miles north of Baghdad.</p>

June 18 - The Bay City Times

<p>An avalanche decimates an Alaskan city's energy infrastructure, leading residents to craft creative ways to conserve energy and lower their utility bills.</p>

June 18 - The Next American City

<p>The Oil Drum charts recent figures released by the U.S. Geological Survey, which show a stunning growth in cement use (and therefore, presumably, building activity) in China as compared to world usage.</p>

June 18 - The Oil Drum

<p>Bethlehem Steel left 25 years ago, but a new, mysterious energy company is brining a glimmer of hope to Lackawanna, New York. The proposed plant, to be built on Bethlehem's brownfields, would convert petroleum coke into synthetic gas.</p>

June 18 - The Buffalo News

<p>GOOD Magazine sends a reporter across country on Amtrak to give a riders-eye view of the system.</p>

June 18 - GOOD Magazine

<p>In an effort to increase livability, New York City will test a 6.9 mile car-free corridor during the month of August.</p>

June 17 - The New York Times

<p>Baltimore considers following in the footsteps of Paris, San Francisco and Copenhagen by opening a "design center", a place for people to gather and debate the design of their city.</p>

June 17 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>The Mayor of London is pushing a plan to bring London's undergrounded rivers to the surface.</p>

June 17 - London Times

<p>CNN reports on the growing chaos in suburbs emptied by the mortgage crisis, and what they tell us about the future of the American dream.</p>

June 17 - CNN

<p>Transit use is surging, but operators are facing the same fuel crunch as consumers and public monies for new investments aren't up to addressing the new demand.</p>

June 17 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>In Boston, the MBTA and city planners are weighing the benefits and drawbacks of creating transit-oriented development along a major traffic corridor.</p>

June 17 - The Boston Globe

<p>New Urbanism as a movement is fifteen years old this year; a state by state analysis by <em>New Urban News</em> shows steady growth (in some places more than others) and produced some surprises as well.</p>

June 17 - New Urban News

<p>People love to complain about public art, but an installation in Emeryville, CA is almost universally loved. One expert says, 'It creates something that is thought-provoking. It isn't just decorative.'</p>

June 17 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Earth Island Journal takes an in-depth look at how and why congestion pricing got the kibosh in New York.</p>

June 17 - Earth Island Journal

<p>As the U.S. Congress and Senate wrangle with each other over how to address the housing crisis, housing advocates worry that federal assistance- if and when it comes- will be inadequate.</p>

June 17 - Washington Independent

<p>Chevron is moving its New Orleans offices from downtown to a brand new, "eco-friendly" campus- opening up the discussion of whether new construction is ever greener than staying put.</p>

June 16 - New Orleans Business News

<p>'Ottoman villas' are going up, and the world's largest Roma settlement is moving out - to suburban apartments.</p>

June 16 - The Christian Science Monitor