The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

An argument in a New York City bar elevated to violence recently, when a male Columbia University planning professor punched a woman in the face.

November 12 - The New York Times

FEATURE

November 12 - Martha Frish

A former Beirut resident returns to the Lebanese city to find a vibrant and emerging tourist destination, but with many of the quirks of a developing country.

November 12 - The Guardian

New York City's Gowanus Canal has been heavily polluted for years. Mayor Bloomberg said the cleanup would happen, but it never did. Now the EPA is calling the troubled waterway a Superfund site and the city is kickstarting action.

November 12 - The Architect's Newspaper

Two sets of graphs from show demographic trends in India that are likely to create a heavily urbanized country. But they aren't building the infrastructure to back up the growth, according to Thomas Crampton.

November 12 - Thomas Crampton

Urban designers Terri Chiao and Deborah Grossberg Katz take on the problem of homelessness in New York proactively, rather than waiting for RFPs to come in.

November 12 - Urban Omnibus

This editorial from Karrie Jacobs suggests that we can find smarter uses for the interstate highway system.

November 12 - The New York Times

A new report from Transportation for America reveals that over the past 15 years, 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community.

November 11 - Transportation for America

Photographer Dustin Aksland spent four days in Dubai taking pictures of the spaces in-between the buildings, where construction workers rule.

November 11 - GOOD Magazine

Commuters and workers alike are grateful the SEPTA strike is over, but fare hikes of an undisclosed amount are expected for the next year.

November 11 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Valley Transportation Authority plans to release its final report on a bike share program by the end of the year.

November 11 - SF Streetsblog

Researchers are experimenting with using LEDs to grow algae in abandoned mines to be used for biofuels.

November 11 - Scientific American

This report from NPR briefly looks at causes for concern, when it comes to the decline in walking in the US, including safety and obesity.

November 11 - NPR

Construction has begun in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, on its new light rail system.

November 11 - Arab News

A critical look at the football stadium proposed for outside Los Angeles, called "green" architecture, but it seems the costs will far outweigh its benefits.

November 11 - Los Angeles Times

Cities around the world are finding that turning industrial ruins into green public space is far more cost effective and fun than tearing them down.

November 11 - The Walrus

The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and Kaiser Permanente are teaming up to offer safety training, bike helmets, and lights to day laborers.

November 11 - Daily News Los Angeles

BLOG POST

<p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial">This past Saturday, I had the honour of joining a group of invited urbanists and sustainability experts, in a special dialogue put on by <a href="http://www.princes-foundation.org/" target="_blank">The Prince&#39;s Foundation for the Built Environment</a>, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial">and Vancouver&#39;s Simon Fraser University. Among other things, the event was to launch a new partnership between these two innovative organizations around research and curriculum for sustainable urbanism.

November 10 - Brent Toderian

The American dream is alive and well in Detroit, as artists, urban farmers, and intellectuals see opportunity.

November 10 - New Geography

Kaid Benfield reads ULI's latest 'Emerging Trends' report, and finds, amidst the doom and gloom, significant support for infill and smart growth.

November 10 - NRDC Blog