The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In this short radio broadcast, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer welcomes the support of influential land use planner Mike McKeever of Sacramento, who testifies in support of the bill that incorporates smart growth strategies first employed by his MPO.

October 30 - Capital Public Radio

Community Cycling Center is working to close the racial gap in Portland's cycling community.

October 30 - BikePortland.org

British Columbia has converted nearly two dozen formerly notorious hotels into housing for the homeless.

October 30 - The Tyee

Alex Steffen weighs the challenges of Transition Towns and, instead, advocates for bright green, optimistic democracy.

October 30 - WorldChanging

SMA Solar Technology AG, the German company responsible for about 40 percent of the world's solar market will be opening a plant in Denver.

October 30 - The Denver Post

This week's wind storm has highlighted problems that remain in the Bay Bridge's construction.

October 30 - Los Angeles Times

This interview with Chief Environment Officer Sadhu Johnston highlights the progress Chicago's already had, including 7 million square feet of green roofs and more bike lanes.

October 30 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

NYC's Mayor Bloomberg oversaw the rezoning of thousands of blocks, yet many of the development projects he envisioned as the key to the city's future success are now stalled or in jeopardy.

October 29 - The New York Times

On their official blog, Metro gives a preview of the new rail extension which will extend the line to East L.A. Steve Hymon and Fred Dennstedt share their notes.

October 29 - The Source (Metro's blog)

Photographer Alex MacLean talks about his book <em>OVER: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point.</em>

October 29 - Northwest Hub

Liquor stores and religious uses are the only building markets staying afloat in Florida, say experts.

October 29 - New Geography

FEATURE

October 29 - Tim Halbur

Earlier this week, the Obama Administration announced a significant investment in smart grid infrastructure like improved transmission lines and smart meters in homes.

October 29 - The White House blog

The new Dallas Performing Arts Center marks the end of a boom in the development of arts centers and a moment in American architecture, says Nicolai Ouroussoff.

October 29 - The New York Times

The Watford Borough Council has voted that parents cannot play with their own children in local playgrounds because they haven't had a criminal background check.

October 29 - The Telegraph U.K.

Alan Greenblatt reports on increasing chatter among liberal blogs over whether states as a form of government are obsolete, while regional interests are more valid and under-represented.

October 29 - Governing Magazine

Volunteers set out to bike from the factory to Princeton University, where an employee bike-share program will begin in November.

October 29 - The New York Times

A brick wall is being built on a traffic island in New York without human hands. The robot doing the work is a brainchild of two architects as an illustration of 'digital materiality'.

October 29 - Science Daily

Now that Ed Roski's new stadium in the City of Industry is exempt from CEQA, Bill Fulton wonders whether California can deny the same competitive advantage to others.

October 28 - California Planning & Development Report

The Senate transportation spending bill, signed last week, contains a provision requiring Amtrak to allow guns on its trains or lose its funding.

October 28 - The Hill