The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Because of the abundance of social interaction and diverse clientele, subways have long been the sites of sociological experiments to understand human behavior.

November 25 - Slate

Volunteer electricians from the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee reconnect those who can't afford to pay the bill.

November 25 - BBC News

This Colorado city and four others across the nation have made early moves toward sustainability, innovation, and clean technology.

November 25 - Christian Science Monitor

A new report prepared for the insurance industry says that the rise of sea levels could cost port cities $28 trillion by 2050.

November 25 - CNN.com

Unemployment is spreading across the country like a rash. This video tracks the changing unemployment in American counties since January 2007.

November 25 - American Observer

Windsor, Ontario is known as The Detroit of the North, and has been as hard hit as the Motor City by the fall of the auto industry. A group of artists and urbanists have come together to do something about it.

November 25 - Metropolis Magazine

The Canadian government said that it will invest millions in the third carbon capture and storage project in Alberta.

November 25 - The Wall Street Journal

The DC Metro has seen nine suicides this year, up from two in each of the last two years.

November 25 - Washington Examiner

This aerial view of part of Brasilia, Brazil's capital city, shows the paths of where people have crossed highways and literally made the road by walking.

November 25 - Discovering Urbanism

Since dealing with drought in the 80s and 90s, San Luis Obispo offers some inspiration for water conservation in California as the state struggles to get individuals to cut down on their use.

November 25 - Los Angeles Times

Architecture critic John King laments the could-have-been: a beautiful Toyo Ito museum designed for UC Berkeley and killed for financial reasons. And yet the un-built project represents a new connection between town and gown, says King.

November 24 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a private developer, who plans to build a basketball arena in Brooklyn, validating the state's use of eminent domain on his behalf. A local group says the fight is just beginning.

November 24 - The New York Times

Despite gains in the 1990s, the last decade has seen jumps in poverty in rural areas, where rates continue to exceed the national average.

November 24 - The Daily Yonder

With 100 percent subsidies, transit agencies could drop the pretense of being businesses and serve many more people -- or so proponents say. Agencies aren't so sure.

November 24 - InTransition Magazine

Boston's Big Dig was supposed to result in a series of glorious, connected public spaces. Two years after the project's completion, the state is finally making the connections a reality.

November 24 - The Boston Globe

The World Bank recently released its 10-year strategy for addressing urban issues, focusing specifically on slum areas. <em>Next American City</em>'s Josh Leon takes a look at the plan and finds much to be desired.

November 24 - Next American City

So says Mayor Fortin of Victoria, British Columbia about Dockside Green, a new waterfront development in his city. A new documentary talks to the Mayor, architect Franc D'Ambrosio, and Smart Growth BC co-founder Deborah Curran about the project.

November 24 - Aclara Promotions

On a recent walking tour of Pasadena, California, noted architect Léon Krier didn't mince words over his disapproval of the cityscape and modernism in general.

November 24 - Pasadena Star-News

As cities grow, aging sewer systems are having trouble keeping up with increasing amounts of waste. Often, the result is sewer system overflows that end up directly in waterways.

November 24 - The New York Times

San Antonio is wrapping up a month-long experiment that has offered free Wi-Fi internet access on some of its buses.

November 24 - The Houston Chronicle