The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

O'ahu residents support a new mass transit system -- and are willing to increase taxes to get it.

December 10 - Honolulu Advertiser

Denver plans to make financing available to developers of low- and moderate-income rental housing near transit stations.

December 10 - The Denver Post

The Fraser Institute publishes a report by Wendell Cox questioning Ontario's plans to implement smart growth policies intended to slow the growth of urban land areas.

December 10 - The Fraser Institute

Housing prices outpace wage growth while housing supply fails to meet population demand.

December 9 - The Washington Post

Can making roads seem more dangerous actually make them safer? A new form of traffic engineering turns traditional traffic planning upside down.

December 9 - Wired

A largely African-American neighborhood in Oakland, CA, is attracting businesses and commercial property values have increased.

December 9 - The Oakland Tribune

Prominent civic leaders offer advice to the city's new architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne.

December 9 - The Planning Report

As local governments consider affordable community-owned broadband Internet access, they clash with cable and telephone service providers.

December 9 - Democracy Now!

Is the government's power of eminent domain being abused to clear land for big-box retailers in sales tax-strapped cities?

December 9 - Wall St. Journal

The stunning Caltrans District 7 headquarters brings more momentum to downtown.

December 9 - The New York Times

Leaks in the $15 billion tunnel project raise questions about oversight, which may affect plans in other cities.

December 9 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quebec considers making transit passes tax deductible to reduce pollution and congestion.

December 9 - The Montreal Gazette

Powerful urban universities are reshaping metropolitan culture and character.

December 9 - Urban Land Magazine

The Environmental Protection Agency removes key objections from a report prepared by professional staff concerning President Bush's plan to end the moratorium on road-building in National Forests .

December 8 - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

A new report evaluates rail transit criticisms to discern legitimate and helpful analysis from errors and misrepresentations.

December 8 - Victoria Transport Policy Institute

The United States rules out re-joining the Kyoto Treaty.

December 8 - BBC News

BLOG POST

Albuquerque, NM -- I've been in Santa Fe, 60 miles north of the airport from which I'm now writing, for the past three days. Was attending a conference put on by a CIA think tank, and even though I'm a reporter I think it's pretty badass that I'm actually not allowed to tell you anything about the conference. Nyah nyah.<br /> <br /> But Santa Fe put me in mind of a book on my shelf that I haven't read yet, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300078463/qid=1102535123/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-9877415-8018419?v=glance&s=books"><em>The Tourist City</em></a>.

December 8 - Anonymous

The shadow of an unprecedented energy crisis looms over President Bush's second term in office.

December 8 - Tom Paine - Common Sense

The City of Seattle and the Washington state DOT have chosen to replace an aging 50's-era elevated freeway with a tunnel.

December 8 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

TOD along Metro's Orange Line will become the densest transit-accessible development outside of the Beltway.

December 8 - The Washington Post