The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Recently inaugurated official sets stage for "long-term transportation investment plan."

January 19 - Richmond Times Dispatch

After conducting research on dangerous bus stops in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has embarked on another project to learn what strategies have been successful in addressing concerns by women about safety and the built environment.

January 19 - Institute Of Transportation Studies

The Gotham Gazette outlines a series of traffic reports and policies, analyzing the steps necessary to confront New York's 800,000-a-day car problem.

January 19 - The Gotham Gazette

The Pawcatuck Borderlands illustrates what is fast becoming one of the major puzzles in land use policy -- how to plan across boundaries.

January 19 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

State governors are risking their political capital on mega-fix-it projects at the statewide level, from the "Trans-Texas Corridor" to a $222 billion California infrastructure improvement plan.

January 19 - The Los Angeles Times

A federal appeals court rules that cities cannot block construction of the towers for aesthetic reasons alone.

January 19 - The Los Angeles Times

The secretary of the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development explains how additional housing can be factored into models for regional growth.

January 19 - The Boston Globe

Stephen A. Hammer argues that Bloomberg should take cues from the London Spatial Development Strategy, which creates a "coherent, long-term vision" for the city.

January 19 - The Gotham Gazette

Two of Boston's leading suburban developers are partnering up to build a transit oriented development project in suburban Westwood.

January 19 - The Boston Globe

In "Plan B 2.0, Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble", Lester Brown explores how city design fits into larger, global environmental issues.

January 19 - Earth Policy Institute

According to a new study, there may be no net effect on air pollution from Canada's commitments to Kyoto on autmobile emissions.

January 18 - The Globe and Mail

As real estate prices continue to skyrocket, the South Bronx is experiencing a sudden influx of new residents.

January 18 - The New York Times

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January 18 - Anonymous

New York ACORN's deal with a major private developer to incorporate a higher-than-average number of affordable housing units could provide an unprecedented strategy for collaboration and partnership.

January 18 - Shelterforce Magazine

A new study reveals some surprising results about how people inhale the most air pollution on a daily basis.

January 18 - Scientific American

The L.A. hospital needs to sell; developers want to build housing; preservationists want it saved; former residents want affordable housing to make up in part for earlier urban renewal on the site.

January 18 - The Los Angeles Times

The California Governor rejects pleas from advocates for a steady income stream; bond measures may continue to be the only source.

January 18 - The Sacramento Bee

L.A. city offices partner up to locate and sell nuisance properties, through the American Dream Program.

January 18 - Los Angeles Daily News

Where should the landmarks commission draw the line when limiting homeowners' ability to make changes to their historic homes?

January 18 - The New York Times

The borough hasn't seen a trolley since 1956, but a series of new projects and traffic concerns suggest that a system would be a real possibility.

January 18 - The New York Times