The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Facing gentrification and skyrocketing property prices, business owners in New York's Chinatown are thinking about forming a Business Improvement District. Many say the plan would hurt small businesses.</p>

April 21 - The Villager

<p>America is reaching the limits of its water supply, signaling a need to change urban development, energy and agricultural practices, writes Shiney Varghese of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.</p>

April 21 - AlterNet

<p>A new interactive mapping website launched by the Center for Neighborhood Technology in partnership with The Brookings Institution shows how affordability changes from neighborhood to neighborhood based on housing and transportation.</p>

April 21 - The Washington Post

<p>Plans to redevelop Asia's largest slum will displace over 1 million people, many of whom earn their livelihood recycling Mumbai's trash.</p>

April 21 - BBC News

FEATURE

The continuing education program of the American Planning Association's American Institute of Certified Planners has stirred much controversy amongst members, educators and officials. Many agree the system's flaws need to be addressed. But where is the public discussion?

April 21 - Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP

<p>Responding to the growing backslash against cell phone chatter, the city of Graz, Austria has banned cell phone use on its public transit system.</p>

April 20 - Associated Press

<p>Older buildings with lower rents have enabled new businesses to startup in this Michigan city's lively downtown.</p>

April 20 - Western Michigan Business Review

<p>With boomers set to retire, and more small and home-based business cropping up, its likely more and more people will be skipping the morning and afternoon rush hours. But how will such a change impact our traffic patterns?</p>

April 20 - Forbes

<p>The New York City Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Transit Authority unveiled the city's current Bus Rapid Transit program earlier this week, including a project that would "redefine the public realm" on Manhattan's 34th Street.</p>

April 20 - Streetsblog

<p>A massive dam project in Turkey that would flood historic areas and displace 50,000 people is losing international support, as officials in Germany threaten to pull out of the project -- often called a smaller version of China's Three Gorges Dam.</p>

April 20 - Der Spiegel

<p>Architype Review profiles 8 retail buildings in the words and images of their design teams.</p>

April 19 - ArchiType Review

In the sprawling Atlanta region, some and bus lines are experiencing overcrowding due to the soaring number of transit commuters.

April 19 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

<p>In the wake of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama's recent gaffe, New York Times blogger Timothy Egan sheds some light on the reality of rural America and its role in America's future.</p>

April 19 - The New York Times

<p>With the region's traffic getting increasingly worse, and little funding in the pipeline, Washington D.C. transit officials have proposed a plan to develop new bus-only lanes on the shoulders of highways.</p>

April 19 - The Washington Post

<p>In anti-growth Santa Barbara, preservationists and smart growth advocates have forged a compromise that will permit taller buildings for developments that include affordable housing.</p>

April 19 - The Santa Barbara Independent

<p>In Sao Paulo, Brazil, planners are challenged with untangling traffic jams that stretch for over 120 miles.</p>

April 19 - International Herald Tribune

<p>New transit towns around the Bay Area's BART stations are attracting residents who value the convenience and savings of a walkable community and nearby transit.</p>

April 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

BLOG POST

<p> From public transit to public parks to public space, this past week brought a lot of interesting and innovative ideas in the world of urban planning.

April 18 - Nate Berg

<p>These two videos show the downside of high public transit ridership.</p>

April 18 - Chilloutzone.de, YouTube

Fed up with crowded or non-existent sidewalks, pedestrians in Mumbai are taking to the streets to get more attention on the issue of dangerous walking conditions.

April 18 - Gulf News