The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

After years of debate by local officials, Contra Costa County will be asked to approve an urban limit line intended to preserve farmland and open space.

July 31 - The Contra Costa Times

With the condo craze mostly played out, developers in New Jersey are starting to build new for-rent apartments to meet the increasing market demand.

July 31 - The New York Times

FEATURE

July 31 - Patrick H. Hare

A team of planners led by Peter Calthorpe hold their first workshops to develop a new regional planning effort in Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

July 31 - The Advocate

With its economy humming and housing prices rising, the city of Austin has joined other U.S. cities in looking for affordable housing solutions.

July 31 - Austin American-Statesman

A controversial billboard for new condos at a construction site outrages residents.

July 30 - The New York Times

Report warns that Yellowstone, Yosemite, and other beloved national parks are threatened by global warming.

July 30 - National Geographic

Airborne pollution is crossing the Pacific Ocean and depositing itself in California skies.

July 30 - Forbes

The teardown phenomenon has attracted much public attention. Daniel P. McMillen examines the case of the historic Chicago suburb of Kenilworth to determine the costs, benefits and public policy surrounding teardowns.

July 30 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Land Lines

Critics decry the failure of the recent federal "white paper" on reducing congestion to include any discussion of railroads.

July 30 - Madison Capital Times

After riding high due to a booming housing market over the past several years, the U.S. economy is feeling the pain of a housing slowdown.

July 29 - The New York Times

With prices doubling in the past five years across Britian, a key sector of the workforce is frozen out of the housing market in two-thirds of cities and towns.

July 29 - The Guardian Unlimited

Miami's City Commission will vote today on Citisquare, a large retail development proposed for a site next to Miami's new performing arts center. Critics deem the project's Times Square like billboards to be inappropriate for the context.

July 29 - The Miami Herald

The Department of Energy has announced a timeline for the nuclear-waste site, as opposition intensifies in Nevada.

July 29 - The Christian Science Monitor

A major new greenfield project 20 miles from Toronto intends to create a European-style town centre that mixes uses and de-emphasizes cars.

July 29 - The Globe and Mail

<p>As the city celebrates its 100th birthday, officials and residents share their hopes for the future, even as the population continues to decline.</p>

July 28 - The Chicago Tribune

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with homeowners in the latest case over property rights.

July 28 - MSN Money

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, several leading Climatologists come out against continued development along the nation's coastlines.

July 28 - The New York Times

Measure 37, Oregon's landmark property rights law, is set to transform a state renowned for its rigid land use policies designed to preserve forests and farms while containing cities, much to the disappointment of the state's planners.

July 28 - The New York Times

With daily ridership up 15% during the Bay Area's recent free transit experiment, some officials are calling for the policy to be made permanent.

July 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle