The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Elements of a new city council plan include an overall reduction in speed limit, a more streamlined tram system, and general opposition to increased road access for cars in the central business district.

February 2 - The Age

Two major newspapers report that the world is not only reaching a 'tipping point' where climate change is concerned, but that the Bush Administration doesn't want you to know about it.

February 2 - Editor & Publisher

In this op-ed, Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes argue that America's older, inner-ring, first suburbs -- like Nassau County -- must embrace a new vision for remaking themselves.

February 1 - The New York Times

In his state of the union address, President Bush says the U.S. is "addicted to oil" and alternate energy source will break its dependence.

February 1 - CNN

A new rail plan proposes to bring mass transit to Orange County.

February 1 - The Los Angeles Times

A TRB report explores how sustainability objectives can be introduced into the planning process for surface transportation facilities and operations.

February 1 - Transportation Research Board

An old timer remembers a center of Yiddish theater in New York from the late 1800s to early 1900s.

February 1 - New York Press

Creative class or not, Philadelphia artists are making a tangible impact on the city's neighborhoods, with support from major donors, and developers looking to cash in.

February 1 - Philadelphia City Paper

Neal Peirce reviews the flurry of rebuilding ideas taking shape in Katrina-ravaged areas.

February 1 - Stateline.org

Like the low-income tax credit before it, new-market credits are proving essential to the revitalization of American businesses, investing over eight billion dollars to date in low-income areas.

February 1 - The New York Times

The alter-ego of the Inner Harbor's 'hardscape', Baltimore's nearby Middle Branch harbor is set to become a model sustainable neighborhood, complete with hiking trails and alternative energy sources, if developers' visions go according to plan.

February 1 - Baltimore City Paper

Members of an underfunded Philadelphia neighborhood protest the gaming investment when basic services, such as a hospital, are lacking.

February 1 - Philadelphia City Paper

BLOG POST

After Adam's last two thoughtful posts, I thought I should weigh in here being the resident urban design on Tech Talk. In general, I sometimes share others concerns with marquee architecture but usually when its seen as a way of boosting economic development or the status of a city. I think in those cases, there are far better ways to boost the livability and physical appearance of a place. Thinking of what an "icon" for say, Fort Wayne, would be is an uninteresting question as that city faces other underlying issues that a marquee project simply can't address.

January 31 - Scott Page

One man owns a piece of Fort Totten, now a major New York City metro area park; he's just not sure where it is (or who's buried there), complicating matters for the Mayor.

January 31 - New York Press

TransLink, the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, plans to tax businesses per square meter of parking space in order to help pay for a $1.9 billion, three-year improvement plan.

January 31 - The Vancouver Sun

How vulnerable is the U.S. south to year after year of Katrinas? Should cities like New Orleans be abandoned to return to salt marshes or ocean?

January 31 - William D. Nordhaus, Yale

After nearly a decade, the voice of the Washington D.C. Metro is up for grabs.

January 31 - The Christian Science Monitor

From pawnshops to check cashers and rent-to-own stores, usurious companies are exploiting the nation's poor, creating a lucrative 'fringe economy' in the process.

January 31 - Houston Press

A small suburban community along the Gulf Coast is learning to embrace New Urbanism and create its first ever town center.

January 31 - The Clarion-Ledger

A re-awakening of interest in walkable urban environments in suburban locations? This trend mostly revolves around the pre-war downtowns of small Southern California cities that grew into suburban bedroom communities in the 1950s and 1960s.

January 31 - The Los Angeles Times