The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Retail Construction Magazine ranks RED Development as the second largest retail constructor.

June 15 - The Kansas City Star

Over the last 25 years, immigrants have taken on a more active role in communities, according to a study by the California Demographic Futures.

June 15 - The Los Angeles Times

Since the 1992 riots, development has been slow in the area. But, all of that is changing at a steady pace.

June 15 - The Los Angeles Times

Consumer spending driven by home equity loans has been keeping the economy alive. Unfortunately for the global economy, it can't be sustained.

June 15 - The Globe and Mail

The mayor of London urges world mayors that to unclog city streets and fight global warming by adopting congestion charging.

June 15 - The Washington Post

New York City's Olympic dreamers get themselves a new stadium site, just a subway ride away from the old one.

June 15 - The Slatin Report

As the effects of Houston's continued outward sprawl hit suburbanites as well as those in the city, there are renewed calls to examine planning issues.

June 14 - The Houston Chronicle

The beleaguered organization needs more funds to continue running past this year.

June 14 - The Chicago Tribune

Architect Hernan Diaz Alonso draws his inspiration from science fiction, cartoons, and the darker side of alternate worlds.

June 14 - MetropolisMag.com

Are the bulldozers at Malibu's Broad Beach engaged in innocent shoring or is it an effort to move the public beach to private land?

June 14 - The Los Angeles Times

Houston's transit plan takes a small step for commuter-kind.

June 14 - The Houston Chronicle

At the Congress for the New Urbanism Conference in Pasadena, arguments were made for both sides of the issue on sprawl in greater Los Angeles.

June 14 - Orange County Register

A new urban political movement called "Cities for Progress" is encouraging progressive politics at a local level to address issues facing cities and at the same time counter federal -- and largely rural -- conservatism.

June 14 - The Nation

Claims that the threat of gentrification are grossly exaggerated belie a fundamental misunderstanding of the real threat, writes Charles Shaw in this week's Op-Ed.

June 14 - Planetizen

As more buyers focus on diverse, walkable city areas the tear-down trend comes to Columbia, SC

June 14 - The State

The U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting names the nation's most liveable large and small cities.

June 14 - Environmental News Network

FEATURE

Claims that the threat of gentrification are grossly exaggerated belie a fundamental misunderstanding of the real threat, the real victims, and the real consequences of inner-city redevelopment.

June 14 - Charles Shaw

Using capitalism and latest technologies, a new system combines toll roads with free lanes.

June 13 - Wired

Google's four-month old mapping service is being used in interesting ways to display a wide variety of demographic information.

June 13 - Technology Review

Philip Cooney, a senior White House aide and an ex-oil industry lobbyist quit days after thhe New York Times published documents that showed he edited government climate change reports.

June 13 - The Daily Telegraph