The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

2004 has seen the lowest ozone levels in over 30 years, according to Joel Schwartz.

October 16 - Tech Central Station

Author Wendell Berry mourns the stripping of rural America for its resources, and the gutting of its cities through perverse incentives, thoughtless subsidies, regulatory malfeasance and other "economic weapons of mass destruction."

October 15 - Orion Online

A new film explores the impact a decline in oil supplies will have on the 'American Dream' and the suburban lifestyle.

October 15 - End Of Suburbia

Amphibian populations around the world are in rapid decline. This is bad news for us humans.

October 15 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Finland leads the list of the World Economic Forum's most competitive economy in the world. The U.S. is number two.

October 15 - BBC News

The Bush administration supports a controversial drilling technique that favors Halliburton, Dick Cheney's former employer, even as some complain that the practice puts drinking water at risk.

October 15 - KTLA

An 1800s-style gas station design will become a blueprint for future gas station designs in Mandeville, Louisiana.

October 15 - The Times-Picayune

Viewers will be asked to identify Britain's worst building and it will be demolished live on television in a new architecture-themed reality show.

October 15 - The Guardian Unlimited

The new "Green Communities Initiative" will help produce environmentally friendly and affordable homes around the United States.

October 15 - The American Institute of Architects

Zipcars -- the cars you can rent for a few hours at a time -- are gaining traction at Harvard.

October 15 - Harvard Crimson

Atlanta resident Charles Lyon suffers public transportation withdrawal after ten days in New York.

October 15 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In their last debate the presidential candidates did not discuss an important issue.

October 14 - U.S. Newswire

BLOG POST

A financial program running on Linux is helping Stanislaw County, CA, <a href="http://www.modbee.com/business/story/9283109p-10187923c.html">save money</a> [Modesto Bee]. <br /> <br /> <blockquote>"The Linux server now in use by the county helps manage its finances...employees who track the county's money log on to the server through a Web browser...Because there's only one program for the server instead of hundreds of copies for each computer at employees' workstations, the county also saves money on software licensing..."</blockquote>

October 14 - Abhijeet Chavan

An 138-acre mixed-use development in Atlanta will get its own miniature Arc de Triomphe.

October 14 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

BLOG POST

<p>The Internet can be a great way to supplement public meetings and get more people to participate in registering their opinions and preferences for planning alternatives. (Of course there are equity issues but that's a discussion for another piece.)<br><br /> <br><br /> The image below is an example of a question asked on the online visual preference survey used by Midtown Columbus Georgia. Results from the survey, gathered both in public meetings and online, are being used as a foundation for guiding the future planning recommendations for Midtown Columbus.

October 14 - Ken Snyder

James Howard Kunstler deplores the "delusional" thinking on the part of Senator John Kerry that the chaos in the Middle East and America's gluttonous oil consumption are not related.

October 14 - James Howard Kunstler

Luxury living kicks tailgating to new heights

October 14 - BizNewOrleans.com

The overwhelming concern of drivers who oppose tolls is that the tolls will end up, de-facto, as new taxes.

October 14 - Reason Public Policy Institute

Old downtown shopping district is experiencing a "retail revival" that is slowly transforming the district.

October 14 - The Washington Post

An innovative public-private effort in Portland incentivizes residents to purchase homes near public transportation.

October 14 - Business Journal Of Portland