The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Supreme Court will rule on whether cities must pay for blocking expansion of wireless phone networks.

January 20 - The Los Angeles Times

Public transit use in greater Montreal has risen by 7.8% since 1998 according to new origin-destination survey.

January 20 - The Montreal Gazette

A push by developed nations could cut poverty in half within a generation, the UN says.

January 20 - The Christian Science Monitor

Threatened bald eagles make their home in the an unlikely urban wildlife refuge.

January 20 - The Washington Post

Los Angeles-based KB Home offers to brand the suburban community in ABC's popular soap opera, 'Desperate Housewives'.

January 20 - The Los Angeles Times

The network of bike paths and lanes around Orlando is growing funded in part by federal money for bike and pedestrian traffic.

January 20 - The Orlando Sentinel

“Pathetic” sums up a critic’s opinion of city planners’ goals for the redevelopment of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards.

January 20 - The New York Times

Projects will double the tax budget of one of the nation's poorest cities, but the jump in taxes is not a net gain.

January 20 - Miami Today

Miami developer Craig Robins' high-end Aqua community is a milestone forNew Urbanist precepts; for one thing, it's actually (almost) urban.

January 20 - The Slatin Report

D.C considered private funding option for major league baseball stadium.

January 19 - The Washington Post

The first 12 models of homes at Prairie Crossing represent the firstcommunity-scale demonstration project for the U.S. Department ofEnergy's Building America program.

January 19 - Terrain

Toronto's mayor shares his ideas on how to make the city a more beautiful place.

January 19 - The Toronto Star

What happens when a community puts up 'No Trespassing' signs on public open space?

January 19 - The Los Angeles Times

Photographs of one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world.

January 19 - Michael Wolf Photographer

Will an aquarium be enough to "re-brand" Toronto as a major tourist destination in the wake of the 2003 SARS outbreak?

January 19 - The Toronto Star

Neal Peirce reviews the revival of Washington D.C.

January 19 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Traffic lights are inefficient tools to handle traffic, and many should be replaced by roundabouts.

January 19 - Cato Institute

Like many neighborhoods across the nation, Seattle's Central Area is changing rapidly.

January 19 - The Seattle Times

Megacities are especially prone to earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters, says the U.N.'s Disaster Relief Director.

January 19 - Environmental News Network

Poll finds 50% of Bay Area residents want new homes to be built near job centers rather than suburbs.

January 18 - The San Francisco Chronicle