The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

CNN special series on urban issues focuses on the relationship between the automobile and the suburbs.

October 10 - CNN

"The condo market in the District and close-in suburbs is at a fever pitch for resales, new construction and conversionsof rental properties."

October 10 - The Washington Post

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors solidified a new general, a guideline for the next 20 years that emphasizes city-centered growth and the preservation of farmland.

October 10 - The Fresno Bee

A 1 million-square-foot, 33-story office tower on the Southwest Freeway in Houston's Greenway Plaza may be one of the biggest office projects in the city in years.

October 10 - The Houston Chronicle

According to a pair of studies by the University ofCalifornia's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, doubling the number of mature trees and resurfacing dark-colored roofs and roads with heat-reflecting material in Sacramento County would almost halve

October 10 - The Sacramento Bee

In this Los Angeles Times op-ed, author Richard Handley highlights a movement which seeks to revolutionize the business cycle of "boom and bust" to one that is more self-sustaining.

October 10 - The Los Angeles Times

A harbinger of 21st century America: dozens of post-Second World War suburbs that never had a Main Street are building new ones from scratch.

October 10 - Environmental News Network

11,000 Lake Tahoe property owners face deadline to take measures to protect the lake's clarity.

October 9 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The transit workers strike in Los Angeles continues but businesses haven't closed and the public hasn't risen in outrage. Why?

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Is a new international airport the solution to our transportation woes?

October 9 - OC Weekly

Report says the daily commute is getting worse for motorists in Southern California.

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

"Comeback Cities:A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival" is a book which is extensively reviewed here. Some inner cities are on an upswing.

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Tourists at the famous San Francisco landmark drive residents to call for a stop to the tourist madness.

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

A detailed report on how highways in the Amazon help destroy the rainforest.

October 9 - Time

"President Clinton vetoed a $23-billion budget bill for energy and water programs Saturday, saying it was 'deeply flawed' and threatened major environmental harm."

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

CNN's outstanding series on the urban growth issues facing Atlanta focuses on the impact race has had on the city's growth.

October 9 - CNN

"More than 1 million 'working families' will be able to join the ranks of homeowners under a new program that allows them to use their rental assistance to purchase houses.

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Metro has added telecoms to rail and air hub functions.

October 9 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Environmental Defense Fund's Scorecard system has ranked states by the amount of lead hazards in housing units. How does your state rank?

October 8 - Environmental Defense Fund

New urbanism is about restoring the idea of the neighborhood. But does it make for good neighbors?

October 8 - CNN