The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A competition to redesign Philadelphia's Pier 11 represents a concentrated -- and viable -- effort to create quality public space along the city's waterfront, according to <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> architecture critic Inga Saffron.

June 28 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Already a national leader in green building and looking to expand its leadership, the Los Angeles Community College District is launching several collaborative efforts to train a new, green workforce.

June 28 - The Planning Report

This post from <em>The New York Times'</em> blog examines how city government's are increasingly relying on automated services to keep order and boost revenue, and how citizens are reacting.

June 28 - The New York Times

The Brazilian government has just approved a measure that would grants legal land rights to squatters in the Amazon.

June 28 - Guardian

New York City recently acquired land to develop parkspace and housing for middle and moderate-income New Yorkers in Queens.

June 28 - The Architect's Newspaper

Anne Schwartz compiles recent studies on the economic value of parks, describing how an investment in parks by the city will result in a healthier urban economy.

June 27 - Gotham Gazette

Grass Root Efforts to Help Bring Back a Much-Loved Building Form

June 27 - Denver Daily News

The San Francisco Bay Area's BART regional transit system is considering a plan to expand the amount of retailers and vendors it allows within its stations as a way to boost revenue.

June 27 - San Francisco Examiner

According to the latest numbers out of Amsterdam, residents are for the first time using bicycles for transport more often than they use their cars.

June 27 - The Oregonian

Mayor of Boston announces $300,000 to create green-collar jobs.

June 27 - City of Boston.gov

A local committee in Easton, Connecticut, has made a suggestion on the location of a 9/11 Memorial Site -- the same site that was denied by the Planning and Zoning Commission six months ago.

June 26 - Connecticut Post

SEPTA of Philadelphia will inspect train-control signals made by the same company that made the signals on the Metro in D.C, where a possible signal malfunction is under investigation in the recent train crash.

June 26 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Abu Dhabi is looking to develop itself into a new global arts hub, and an incubator of green technology. This piece takes a tour of two ambitious projects seeking to reform the oil-rich emirate.

June 26 - Los Angeles Times

Gary Mason describes how Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson's policy of rapid expansion of homeless shelters -- including two in residential areas -- has "completely changed" those neighborhoods.

June 26 - The Globe and Mail

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's grand plans for 10 carbon-neutral 'eco-towns' haven't lived up to their fanfare, according to some. Now as things move forward, the goals have been watered down a bit.

June 26 - Architects' Journal

Residents in 600 American neighborhoods are breathing air with levels of pollution that put them at an elevated risk of developing cancer.

June 26 - Associated Press

<em>Next American City</em>'s Hamida Kinge reviews the "State of the Air" report from the American Lung Association and finds dire news for the majority of Americans.

June 26 - Next American City

At the PCBC builder's conference in San Francisco, the award-winning designs were 'smaller, greener, more urban and more affordable.'

June 26 - Builder Magazine

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Landscape Improvement Project of Queens Plaza is intended to create a gateway to Long Island City.

June 26 - THE DIRT

A new system of bike storage debuts in Palo Alto and Redwood City, CA next week. The Bike Arc aims to be more elegant and space-saving than the standard U-shaped rack.

June 26 - The Architect's Newspaper