The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The relatively unknown State Representative Richard H. Baker (R) of Baton Rouge has outlined a massive government plan to help Katrina battered Louisiana rebuild.

January 6 - The New York Times

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose adding special toll lanes -- some exclusively for trucks -- to the state's most congested freeways and easing environmental reviews to speed construction.

January 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Charles Carroll descendants' may allow development of their Doughoregan estate. (Carroll is the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.)

January 6 - The Baltimore Sun

Despite public opposition, Stockholm is pushing ahead with implementation of congestion charging for a trial period.

January 6 - Reuters

Homeowners who gambled on risky mortgage products could find themselves paying hundreds of dollars more per month in the coming year as these products are reset to real-world interest rates.

January 6 - Herald-Tribune

Idaho's Treasure Valley single-family home sales and dollar value break records.

January 6 - The Idaho Statesman

Planning Magazine examines how cities are encouraging multifamily projects and higher densities.

January 5 - Planning Magazine

Prefabricated housing used to be a dirty word in the housing business. Today, many designer prefab houses are an affordable and elegant solution -- maybe even the "holy grail of modernism".

January 5 - Wired Magazine

Federally-sanctioned distortions in the housing market are leading the American economy over a cliff, writes Bob Chapman.

January 5 - From the Wilderness

School officials in Oregon are learning a thing or two from a prototype uber-green classroom near Salem, which uses a large skylight and other technologies to enhance and regulate the natural light coming into the space.

January 5 - The Oregonian

Willie Nelson's concern for family farmers and disdain for the Iraq war led him to market a new brand of biodesil fuel, BioWillie, now sold at 13 gas stations in the Southwest.

January 5 - The New York Times

So much garbage was left behind by Katrina that if stacked in 1-yard cubes, the waste would wrap around the Earth more than once.

January 5 - The Chicago Tribune

Planners are not the only ones figuring out how to respond to the challenge of 'the Biggest Box Ever Built.'

January 5 - Fast Company

Cities are spending millions on land to protect water supplies.

January 5 - The Wall Street Journal

Energy and economic crises are going to lead to global instability in the coming year, warns James Howard Kunstler.

January 5 - James Howard Kunstler's Blog

Market-based programs to buy and sell pollutants that contribute to global warming are gaining popularity.

January 5 - The Christian Science Monitor

The big green stories of the year, as reported by Grist Magazine, involved hurricanes, climate change, Bush follies, and oh yeah, one or two good things.

January 4 - Grist Magazine

California's Governor wants to borrow billions for infrastructure spending. Where's the plan, asks Rick Cole, city manager of Ventura, California.

January 4 - The Los Angeles Times

In Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, one house's history follows the price bubble's rise.

January 4 - The New York Times

San Diego has built apartments close to services to help keep homeless off the streets.

January 4 - The Christian Science Monitor