The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The Atlantic Monthly reviews a new book on architect Oscar Niemeyer and his work that- like the infamous city of Brasilia- "continues to enchant and appall students of architecture and urban planning."</p>

June 15 - The Atlantic Monthly

<p>The federal government needs to recognize the economic power of the country's metropolises and work with them to create successful regions, according to a recent study from the Brookings Institution.</p>

June 15 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Cities like San José, CA are moving away from modern methods to keep grass down and going back to traditional methods like grazing sheep and goats.</p>

June 14 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>Planners in Saskatchewan, Canada encouraged the Schewes to build solar panels on their roof and go off the grid. Then they okayed a home next door that overshadowed the Schewes. Do homeowners have a 'right to light'?</p>

June 14 - Canwest News Service

<p>Oklahoma City residents used to 70-mile commutes are turning to carpooling as gas hovers at $4 a gallon. But with the largest land area of any U.S. city, providing public transit remains a major challenge.</p>

June 14 - CNNMoney.com

<p>Big city mayors testifying before a Senate committee are asking for more federal infrastructure investments, but admitted that even the $1.6 trillion estimated by the American Society of Engineers wouldn't be enough.</p>

June 14 - CNN

<p>Dermot Finch of the Centre for Cities, an independent research group, says that the U.S. could learn a lot from the U.K.'s urban renaissance.</p>

June 14 - BBC News

<p>The recent housing slump is now showing its face in the "creepy mansion" market, where sales have plummeted, according to this article from <em>The Onion</em>.</p>

June 13 - The Onion

<p>Central European cities lead the world in this assessment of 'quality of living.' The survey is oriented towards companies who could locate workers in those countries and need to calculate 'hardship allowances.'</p>

June 13 - Citymayors.com

<p>Despite the economic downturn, city officials in Spokane Valley, WA move forward with a plan to build something the city has always lacked: a true city center.</p>

June 13 - Spokane Journal of Business

<p>Riders of the New York MTA hit the transit agency with $1.2 billion in injury and damaged property claims, seriously impacting the affordability of transit.</p>

June 13 - Reuters

<p>The 5-4-7 Arts Center in Greensburg, Kansas gets a LEED platinum designation- evidence that the town, which was 95% destroyed by a tornado in May, 2006, is making good on its sustainable rebuilding plan.</p>

June 13 - Kiowa County Singnal

<p>It's ethics vs. economics in a debate over a proposed casino in Stranraer, Scotland.</p>

June 13 - BBC News

<p>Soaring fuel costs are seeing more people turning to non-conforming vehicles, such as golf carts. But studies show that they are a risky mode of transportation.</p>

June 13 - The Globe & Mail

<p>A major rezoning plan has been approved in Vancouver, including the toughest environmental standards in North America.</p>

June 13 - The Vancouver Sun

<p>MI5 has requested that planners and architects keep some details of building designs top secret as part of the fight against terrorism.</p>

June 13 - The Architect's Journal

<p>Vancouverites send a sculpture packing, stirring up a debate over the role of public art.</p>

June 13 - The Canadian Press

<p>A case over land rights in the West going back decades has been awarded to the estate of a deceased property rights activist, who contended that the Forest Service deprived his ranch of water.</p>

June 12 - Yahoo News

<p>North Oaks, Minnesota is one of a handful of towns pushing back on Google, claiming that their Street View feature is a violation of privacy.</p>

June 12 - Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul

<p>Santa Monica, CA is succeeding where other larger cities have failed, creating a public WiFi system that actually makes money.</p>

June 12 - Marketplace