The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Though not mentioned in this article, a Hope VI-funded revitalization of Atlanta's Carver Homes housing project led to the development of a school which is now being considered as a city-wide model.</p>

May 24 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>This academic journal article proposes a new index that that can be used to relate income segregation on the spatial arrangement of neighborhoods, and uses examples from Baltimore, Maryland.</p>

May 24 - Journal Of Regional Science

<p>Several projects on the Hawaiian Islands have run into unmarked grave sites, causing delays and creating controversy over moving sacred remains.</p>

May 24 - Yahoo! News

<p>The mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, has announced a plan to provide water, lighting, and sanitation to all of the city's densely-packed slum dwellers.</p>

May 24 - Mail & Guardian

<p>The President's goal of producing 35 billion gallons of biofuels by 2017 has created such uncertainty in the oil industry that they have reduced their investment in refinery capacity, possibly resulting in fuel shortages and higher gas prices.</p>

May 24 - The New York Times

<p>New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to 'green' the city's yellow cabs by replacing the current fleet with fuel-efficient hybrids over five years.</p>

May 24 - The Seattle Times

<p>Though Americans are complaining about rising gas prices, demand has barely budged. And when adjusted for inflation and considered as a percentage of household spending, prices are still below the peaks in the 1970s and 1980s.</p>

May 24 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

<p>Faced with neglect from the city, the residents of Southwest Detroit have successfully begun to revive their neighborhood on their own.</p>

May 24 - The Detroit News

<p>The City of Savannah is picking up where its founder started by adding a new 56-acre mixed-use project originally envisioned as part of its 1733 master plan.</p>

May 24 - The New York Times

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May 24 - Helsingin Sanomat

<p>A proposed long-term lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike could provide close to $1.7 billion a year -- funding the state's transit and road needs without the need for additional taxes.</p>

May 24 - Philadelphia Business Journal

<p>The plan's approval by the city planning commission comes along with criticism about its flaws and lack of funding.</p>

May 23 - The Times-Picayune

<p>Carfree Times features Röthelheimpark in Erlangen, Germany, as a livable community largely devoid of cars.</p>

May 23 - Chris Steins

<p>A recent report highlights the growing divide between incomes and housing costs in the Orlando area, leading many families to commute further and further to find affordable housing.</p>

May 23 - The Orlando Sentinel

<p>Fairfax County Supervisors have approved a new measure to restrict the development of stores larger than 80,000 square feet, against the protests of the business community.</p>

May 23 - The Washington Post

<p>Planners in Illinois are learning that farmers don't necessarily want their land protected from development -- as many are counting on cashing out the value of their land at some point.</p>

May 23 - Medill Reports

<p>Western-style suburban developments near Cairo, Egypt, have many concerned that about the loss of local culture.</p>

May 23 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>British journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot talks about global warming, car fuel economy, electric vehicles, manipulation of science, biofuels, the "Axis of Evil" on climate change, and "the great moral issue" of our time.</p>

May 23 - Democracy Now

<p>State agencies in California are starting to review projects based on their greenhouse gas contributions, an approach that may conflict with the state's energy policy.</p>

May 23 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>The divide between extreme wealth and poverty in America's cities is growing starker, at the same time it is becoming more politically invisible, writes Bob Herbert.</p>

May 23 - The New York Times