The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>One Northern California man started a business to help his local transit agency get connected with Google Transit.</p>

October 9 - Eureka Reporter

<p>A San Diego-based company is marketing solarized parking lots and solar trees as a way to provide shade and generate electricity.</p>

October 9 - ZDNet

<p>"The End of Affordability", a YouTube video in five parts, examines the "five common fallacies of urban consolidation" in Sydney, Australia.</p>

October 8 - Wildhiland Communications, via YouTube

<p>A growing number of American cities are taking steps to encourage cycling as an pollution-free and healthy transportation alternative.</p>

October 8 - USA Today

<p>Online maps showing everything from city streets to gas lines and fire hydrants are increasingly available. Government officials have limited the availability of infrastructure maps due to their possible use by terrorists.</p>

October 8 - NPR

<p>The monumental task of rewriting the city's zoning code and remapping its zones is essential if Philadelphia is to fulfill its potential and prosper.</p>

October 8 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

<p>As Seattle considers a plan to spend more than $17 billion on road and transit projects, the Sightline Institute looks at how the city's greenhouse-gas emissions would increase if a new land of highway is built.</p>

October 8 - Sightline Institute

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October 8 - Nate Berg

<p>The new program allows motorist to add time to their parking meter by dialing a toll free number.</p>

October 8 - Chicago Sun Times

<p>To help reach its goal of planting 1 million new trees by 2030, the city is contemplating a new rule that would force homeowners and developers to plant new street trees when buildings are remodeled.</p>

October 8 - The New York Sun

<p>The emerging focus on sustainable design has moved into the realm of education, with architects and designers looking at the best ways to create green schools. But while the idea is popular, its implementation is meeting resistance.</p>

October 8 - Good

<p>Though former governor Parris Glendening is often seen as the father of smart growth, studies indicate that even with the state's efforts, little progress has been towards reigning in sprawl.</p>

October 8 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Neighborhood activists are fighting plans to remove ficus trees from the streets of Southern California cities.</p>

October 8 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This article from <em>Building</em> looks at a new environmentally sustainable suburb near Stockholm and weighs its applicability in England as a model for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposed eco-towns.</p>

October 7 - Building

<p>Responding to pressure from neighborhood residents and a poor grade from a government audit, the city's planning department will be reorganized to ensure proper procedures are followed.</p>

October 7 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Los Angeles Times humorist Joel Stein gets advice on green living from actor and environmental activist Ed Begley.</p>

October 7 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>More and more Italian cities are getting on board the "Slow City" movement, from the big to the tiny.</p>

October 7 - Der Spiegel

<p>With concerns about global warming at an all time high, the region's policy makers think the time is right for a 10 cent gas fee.</p>

October 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>The public library system in Jackson County, Oregon, is part of a growing trend: outsourcing and privatizing public services.</p>

October 6 - The Kansas City Star

<p>Following the example set by Paris and Lyon, Montreal plans to be the first city in North America to set up a large-scale "self-serve" public bicycle rental service.</p>

October 6 - The Montreal Gazette