The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>San Francisco's Tenderloin district- notoriously seedy and poor- is also one the densest neighborhoods in the city, and greatly in need of fresh produce and groceries. City officials are trying to attract a store, but it's a tough sell.</p>

July 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Whether for exercise, eco-consciousness or necessity, a growing number of suburban New York commuters are using two wheels instead of four.</p>

July 29 - The New York Times

<p>Friends of the Earth president Brent Blackwelder and journalist James S. Henry believe that the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac needs to come with some very green strings attached.</p>

July 28 - The Nation

<p>A recent report by The Australian Commission of Children and Young People reveals that kids in Sydney are too afraid to play outside or ride the bus.</p>

July 28 - The Daily Telegraph, Sydney

<p>It's Gold Rush days long since passed, Canada's Yukon Territory was until recently a wild, myth-bound place. But now oil and gas revenues are fueling new construction and population growth.</p>

July 28 - The Globe & Mail

<p>1,300 property owners in Camden, New Jersey whose homes are in a new redevelopment zone were sent letters explaining eminent domain, but the city says it has no intention of taking their homes.</p>

July 28 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

BLOG POST

<p> <span> <!--[endif]--></span><span>As a grassroots North American organization for “people involved in planning,” <a href="http://www.plannersnetwork.org/">Planners Network</a> (PN) attracts not just professionals and academics but laypersons and activists as well. This year’s PN conference was a dramatic debut for the <a href="http://www.pnmb.org/">Winnipeg chapter of PN</a>, which was only formed in January of 2006. The conference title, “Flat not Boring” was an amusing reference to southern Manitoba’s notoriously unvarying geography.

July 28 - Michael Dudley

<p>Some states have made progress in repairing old bridges since the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse, but many states still have thousands in disrepair. Billions are needed to get them up-to-date.</p>

July 28 - USA Today

<p>Architect Ken-Ichi Sasaki believes that planners have focused too much on the visual to the detriment of the tactile.</p>

July 28 - The New York Sun

<p>Philip Langdon comments on the the economy of oil and its effects on urban design in the July/August issue of <em>New Urban News</em>.</p>

July 28 - New Urban News

<p>This editorial cartoon from <em>Mother Jones</em> offers a look at a possible future for Yellowstone National Park.</p>

July 28 - Mother Jones

<p>Exurban developments are struggling to control their rampant foreclosure rates and plummeting housing values.</p>

July 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

FEATURE

Planetizen talks with journalist and syndicated columnist Neal Peirce about the trends he's seen over the course of his career and the future of America's metropolitan regions.

July 28 - Planetizen

<p>Plans for a "new urbanist/smart growth" development on the waterfront of the San Francisco Bay Area town of Hercules has received unanimous approval from the city council, eliminating the need for inclusion on the November ballot.</p>

July 28 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>Professor Sudhir Venkatesh of Columbia believe it is time for HUD to be replaced by a more nimble agency capable of responding to the 21st century city.</p>

July 27 - The New York Times

<p>Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has announced his plan to reduce America's dependency on foreign oil, emphasizing the extensive transfer of wealth out of the country it has caused. His plan relies on natural gas vehicles and increasing wind power.</p>

July 27 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

<p>This segment from <em>NPR</em> looks at results from a new study that show many poor neighborhoods actually have the potential for vibrant economies.</p>

July 27 - NPR

<p>After more than three hours of public comment and debate at Thursday's MTA Board meeting, the Board of Directors approved placing a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot, pending approval of a companion Assembly bill.</p>

July 27 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Sound Transit is putting a major bus and rail plan on the November ballot. The Seattle Times has the details of where the money will go.</p>

July 27 - The Seattle Times

<p>One of the world's largest urban renewal projects is about to break ground in the Kartal area of Istanbul, and every aspect of the new neighborhood is designed by a star architect. The Wall St. Journal reports on the new "city-building industry".</p>

July 26 - Wall St. Journal