The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A study investigates if people walk more in neighborhoods designed for walkability.

February 19 - Northwest Environment Watch

Transit-oriented development is a necessary but not sufficient precondition to more transit ridership, writes Bill Fulton.

February 19 - California Planning and Development Report

Archaeologists have begun excavations of what is believed to be an ancient city that was uncovered by the Dec. 26 tsunami.

February 19 - Yahoo! Newswire

Detroit's Transportation Riders United (TRU) wants to keep the city from cutting pre-dawn bus service.

February 19 - Metro Times Detroit

Seattle and other U.S. cities plan to form a "green coalition" at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

February 19 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

With the demise of the Orange County's Centerline light-rail project, an alternative weekly sheds light on the past, present, and grim future of transportation in Southern California.

February 18 - OC Weekly

Mourning the true camaraderie of neighborhood as a blog echoes into the silence.

February 18 - The Christian Science Monitor

U.S. scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography present "compelling evidence" of global warming.

February 18 - BBC News

A national-level indicator of ecosystem services would allowpolicy makers, scientists, and the public to understand whetherthe US is gaining or losing critical services.

February 18 - Frontiers In Ecology And The Environment

Development of the steep hillsides and valleys of 277,000-acre Tejon Ranch may displace and disrupt the recently reintroduced California condors.

February 18 - LA Weekly

The Toronto Transit Commission's planned fare increase makes it the most expensive fare in Canada, and more than fares charged in New York, Chicago and Paris.

February 18 - The Globe and Mail

An Israeli-based company offers software that creates 3-D models of cities - down to the last detail.

February 18 - The New York Times

Paul Allen invests $2 billion to transform Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood in what may be the largest revitalization project ever in the US.

February 18 - Wall St. Journal

Proponents of the Kyoto Protocol discussed how to get the U.S. involved.

February 18 - The New York Times

The University of Miami plans include walkable design, 1,200 small homes and a K-12 school.

February 18 - The Miami Herald

BLOG POST

I appreciate Charlie's post on Wifi. Can't we believe that cities are still capable of providing public services? There are a number of problematic examples of private companies taking over public utilities such as water and electricity. The experience from these experiments illustrates a number of useful lessons in who gets left out and how and where the money is spent. <br /> <br /> That said, I also believe that broadband is a fundamentally different kind of service than water and sewer. We no longer live in an age when cities provided all services as well as funding for revitalization activities.

February 17 - Scott Page

A study finds that 'job sprawl' exacerbates certain dimensions of racial inequality in America.

February 17 - The Brookings Institution

Genetic engineering can increase a plant's ability to absorb toxic metals by over 400%.

February 17 - Wired

Montana, which has no sales tax, wants Wal-Mart, Target, and Costco to pay a tax to offset the state's welfare costs related to the big-boxes' poor labor practices.

February 17 - CNN

Miami-based Lennar Corp. surpises observers and wins the auction to buy the former El Toro marine base in Irvine, CA.

February 17 - The Los Angeles Times