The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Cleanup efforts for the dirtiest nuclear site in the U.S. have a 50% chance of a major accident, according to a new report.

July 28 - New Scientist

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Thanks to my friend Noah Shachtman at <a href="http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001042.html">Defense Tech</a>, now I know about <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/exhibits/futuristics/index.html">Transportation Futuristics</a>, an ongoing exhibit up the street from me at the University of California at Berkeley. It's chock-full of pictures like this one:<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//misc_airail_01.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> <br /> All kinds of wacky transport concepts that never, you should pardon the expression, got anywhere.

July 27 - Anonymous

This New York Times editorial calls for the toughening of environmental rules to address park haze -- industrial air pollution that is carried over to parks by the wind.

July 27 - The New York Times

Chicago's new Millennium Park contains a "generosity of spirit" that charms visitors and inspires faith in the future of cities.

July 27 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The multibillion-dollar effort tightens regulations on sewage plants to limit the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous entering the Chesapeake Bay.

July 27 - The Washington Post

The plan to bring the Montreal Expos to Loudoun County hinges on the viability of a 450-acre mixed-use "new town" called "Virginia's Ballpark at Diamond Lake." Small problems: there's no lake, and the baseball supporters own, at most, a third of the site.

July 27 - The Washington Post

Amidst stigma and displacement, mobile homes offer new hope for affordable housing emerges.

July 27 - The Next American City

Orange County, with little open land and high housing demand, broke ground on its first brownfield mass-transit-oriented development.

July 27 - The Los Angeles Times

To guide the architectural quality of new development, communities are embracing form-based design codes as a more effective tool than conventional zoning.

July 27 - The Washington Post

Under the spotlight of the Democratic Convention, 'the city on a hill' faces the strain of modern pressures on traditional political, economic, and social landscapes.

July 27 - The Seattle Times

The ambitious environmental monitoring project amounts to a massive global network designed for the sharing, dissemination and management of environmental information.

July 27 - The Washington Post

While Indianapolis wants to become a life-sciences hotspot by 2020 under a new regional plan, historic - and abandoned - Bush Stadium could be the key to development.

July 27 - The Indianapolis Star

The Gold Line LRT, which connects central Los Angeles to Pasadena, has failed to meet predicted ridership levels. Yet rail authorities remain hopeful.

July 26 - Pasadena Star-News

Should we care about what iconic buildings really contribute to the neighborhoods that surround them?

July 26 - The Guardian Unlimited

The John Kerry and George Bush campaigns are using hotly-debated land issues to mobilize followers.

July 26 - The Oregonian

The number of cars in Moscow has quadrupled since 1987.

July 26 - The Baltimore Sun

A review of the environmental record of John Edwards, John Kerry's running mate for the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

July 26 - Grist Magazine

Most Bostonians have no idea where neighborhood boundaries start or end, thanks to a multitude of neighborhood maps.

July 26 - The Boston Globe

Open space advocates clash against other environmentalists over planned environmental education center in San Francisco.

July 26 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Southern California's Ventura County -- a model of slow growth with a range of growth control limits -- is growing just as fast as it's larger neighbors.

July 26 - The Los Angeles Times