The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A public-private financing deal has been finalized for Vancouver's Richmond-Airport-Vancouver transit system.

August 7 - The Vancouver Sun

An ailing retail center in a high-density area of Los Angeles proposes to introduce a mixed use mall to include senior housing.

August 7 - The Los Angeles Times

Wenceslas Square, the historic center of Prague, has fallen prey to criminals and disrepair, but plans are underway to reclaim the area.

August 7 - The Prague Post

Nevada's desert oasis is facing serious water issues -- most of which are caused by residents.

August 7 - BBC News

Upscale, pedestrian-friendly outdoor malls are in development at several Boston-area locations.

August 7 - The Boston Globe

A study released by Casey Trees Endowment Fund calculates the economic value of foliage

August 6 - The Washington Post

A small marina owner in the northern San Francisco Bay Area has received $20 million to initiate ferry service -- all beneath the radar of the Bay Area Water Transit Authority.

August 6 - San Francisco Examiner

The global mixing of plants and animals now going on could be a major channel for unplanned environmental change.

August 6 - The Christian Science Monitor

Representative Bill Thomas scores over $722 million from the Federal Highway Bill for Kerns County -- a move that has many in California perplexed.

August 6 - Los Angeles Daily News

Officials in Sarasota County support the incorporation of what will likely be the state's fourth -- and largest -- local housing land trust.

August 6 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has proposed a dramatic expansion in the number of housing units by 2010 to alleviate housing affordability problems.

August 5 - San Francisco Examiner

Cartoonist Mark Fiore offers his vision of the future under eminent domain.

August 5 - Mark Fiore

As the real estate boom in Los Angeles continues, many are looking at out of the way towns to settle down.

August 5 - The Los Angeles Times

WSJ columnist Cynthia Crossen looks back at the colorful Florida land rush of the 1920s.

August 5 - Wall St. Journal

BLOG POST

First -- I just loved Ken's post on <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2005/07/01/298/">GeoTagging</a>. What a great collection of links he's included in his post. We've got a couple projects at UI that could potentially use this type of interface/solution. <br /> <br /> I just got my weekly <a href="http://www.nemertes.com/">Nemertes Impact Analysis</a> (Nemertes specializes in quantifying the business impact of technology) and this one focuses on the growth of Enterprise use of Open Source tools.

August 5 - Chris Steins

Rural New England is being caught up in the real estate boom, and former residents are being priced out of the market.

August 5 - Common Dreams

Officials have are investigating violations by the developer of what was supposed to be "traditional architectural styling" in Clarksburg Town Center.

August 5 - The Washington Post

John Talton believes neglect of passenger rail shows misplaced national priority.

August 5 - The Arizona Republic

The great desert has leaped over the Mediterranean. Is climate change to blame -- or man and his works?

August 5 - Newsweek

The Energy Bill just passed by Congress has just given $15 billion in subsidies to inefficient, economically non-viable and dangerous energy industries.

August 5 - Tom Paine - Common Sense