The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A development company has agreed to donate 4,000 acres of land to create a large, international airport in the Florida Panhandle, a controversial move they hope will bring enough people and economic activity to support the houses they plan to build.</p>

May 9 - The New York Times

Wal-mart will install solar rooftop panels at 22 facilities. Marc Gunther writes about the significance of the initiative.

May 9 - Fortune

<p>As the number of farmers markets grows across the nation, Neal Peirce examines the health, social, and economic benefits farmers markets provide to communities.</p>

May 9 - The Washington Post Writers Group

<p>Transit officials have approved a plan to take over the city's transportations systems, creating an expanded and more unified web of trains and buses.</p>

May 9 - Mail & Guardian

BLOG POST

<p>BEIJING--When I first learned that I wouldn&#39;t be able to rent a car in Beijing, I was disappointed. That&#39;s how I usually break away from the business &quot;bubble&quot; to learn something about a city. But, it didn&#39;t take more than an hour to realize that I was better off with a local driver than tackling it myself.  Driving habits, combined with roads choking with pedestrians, cars, buses, and taxis, convinced me I needed to leave the driving to a &quot;pro&quot;.</p>

May 9 - Samuel Staley

<p>Booming Shanghai is on a track to become one of the biggest and most economically-active cities in the world.</p>

May 9 - BBC

<p>Developers plan to build an 'iconic' 76-story structure in downtown Los Angeles. It would be the tallest residential tower west of Chicago and dramatically alter L.A.'s skyline.</p>

May 9 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A group of planners and architects has put forth an alternative light rail proposal that they believe is more practical than a plan already approved by voters.</p>

May 9 - The Kansas City Star

<p>In an effort to development more moderately priced housing, developers around Sacramento are squeezing more homes per acre and moving garages to the back alley, pleasing some planners and conservationists.</p>

May 8 - The Sacramento Bee

<p>New technology allows us to manage traffic flow better than ever before, but we need to shift away from reliance on gas taxes, which are failing to deliver necessary revenue, a new Reason study argues.</p>

May 8 - Reason Foundation

<p>A new vision of development in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming is taking shape.</p>

May 8 - Sonoran Institute

<p>While it seems environmental friendliness is the latest bandwagon trend, this column offers the top ten reasons why green business is sticking around.</p>

May 8 - GreenBiz.com

<p>In this Wall Street Journal editorial, the author analyzes Census data to argue that famed "Coastal Megalopolises" such as Los Angeles, Boston, New York and San Francisco are actually becoming America's equivalent of Mexico City and São Paulo.</p>

May 8 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Crews will soon begin installing metered parking on many of the city's free curbside parking spaces in an effort to move residents away from private cars.</p>

May 8 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

<p>Washington University Medical Center Executive Director Brian Phillips -- who lived in the infamous Pruitt-Igoe public housing project as a child -- is leading the efforts to redevelop the surrounding neighborhoods.</p>

May 8 - Washington University Record

<p>An agreement between 21 nations has banned the highly destructive commercial fishing practice known as bottom trawling in the South Pacific seas, which accounts for more than one-quarter of the world's oceans.</p>

May 8 - BBC

<p>Planners in Eugene, Oregon, have nixed plans for light rail in favor of a bus rapid transit system. However, they say the system's dedicated lanes could be converted into light rail routes in the future if the population increases enough.</p>

May 8 - The Columbian

<p>California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has pledged his support for high speed rail in the state, and has called on legislators to draft a comprehensive plan to fund the project.</p>

May 8 - The Fresno Bee

<p>The beach community of Jacksonville Beach invites Florida's own walking expert Dan Burden to walk its streets with them.</p>

May 8 - Jacksonville Times Union

<p>Edgy architecture and varied development along the Seine Riverfront in Paris has many in the city predicting an economic surge for the aging urban area. But others say the land should be used for parks and open space.</p>

May 8 - The New York Times