The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>In a bid to revive the city's downtown and riverfront, some St. Louis officials want to reclaim some of the 91 pastoral acres now dedicated for the Gateway Arch National Park.</p>

September 4 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

<p>City planners -- hoping to get reluctant Angelenos out of their cars -- have put forth a proposal that would waive all parking requirements for developers whose buildings offered suitable transportation alternatives.</p>

September 4 - LA Weekly

<p>Though former Governor Perris Glendening lead the charge for smart growth in Maryland, its hard to tell if the state's policies have curbed sprawl significantly.</p>

September 4 - The Hartford Courant

<p>Transit officials in Texas are looking to convince Congress to let the state buy back sections of interstate highway for conversion into revenue-generating toll roads.</p>

September 4 - The Hartford Courant

<p>Same cuts of transportation spending, different voter-approved initiative. State Senator Alan Lowenthal surveys California's transportation challenges amid a budget impasse and questions about bridge safety.</p>

September 4 - The Planning Report

<p>Transit advocates in Baltimore are calling on regional officials to throw out an $8.7 billion traffic congestion plan because it relies too heavily on highway projects and not enough on transit options.</p>

September 3 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Street vendors in Berkeley are voicing complaints that a new rapid bus line is passing by too quickly, stirring up dust along the sidewalk that covers them and their merchandise.</p>

September 3 - The Oakland Tribune

<p>Housing advocates, public officials, and urban planners have joined forces in Rhode Island with a pledge of $10 million to support the preservation of open space by building more dense, mixed-use communities.</p>

September 3 - The Providence Journal

<p>This column from the <em>Globe &amp; Mail</em> looks at the scourge of oceanside development in British Columbia and cites a successful example of high-density waterfront development as a model for future growth along the sea.</p>

September 3 - The Globe & Mail

<p>Seattle's free-flowing experience with more than two weeks of freeway lane closures -- predicted to be traffic Armageddon -- shows that the conventional wisdom about traffic isn't always right.</p>

September 3 - The Seattle Times

<p>The "Celtic Tiger" of Dublin has experienced a quick turnaround from one of the poorest European countries to one of the most successful.</p>

September 2 - Der Spiegel

<p>Salt Lake City residents are upset over a developer using his powerful clout to reroute a planned light rail line so it would not interfere with access points to his shopping mall.</p>

September 2 - Deseret Morning News

<p>Cities reconsider the economics behind free citywide Wi-Fi networks. Plans have already fallen through in Chicago and San Francisco, and more are expected to follow.</p>

September 2 - The Detroit Free Press

<p>High-tech traffic signals have been developed that predict and warn drivers of possible collisions.</p>

September 2 - Discovery

<p>More and more young people are leaving Eastern Europe, leaving behind a large population of aging people. Many are predicting tough economic times as fewer workers will make it harder for governments to provide for their aging populations.</p>

September 2 - International Herald Tribune

<p>The quality of the world's soil is rapidly diminishing and many scientists are concerned that by 2050 there will not be enough arable land to grow the food to feed the steadily growing population.</p>

September 1 - The Guardian

<p>The Katrina Cottage, designed as an alternative to the ubiquitous post-Katrina FEMA trailer, is now gaining popularity nationwide as both an affordable housing solution and a quaint vacation cottage."</p>

September 1 - Asbury Park Press

<p>With developers readying to move in on the centrally-located Mumbai slum of Dharavi, residents are organizing protests to try to ensure that displaced residents are adequately compensated.</p>

September 1 - BBC

<p><em>Der Spiegel</em> interviews urban researcher Charles Landry about how cities can harness their creative classes and stay competitive in the global market.</p>

September 1 - Der Spiegel

<p>PBS's NewsHour covers the debate over the future of downtown Seattle's raised highway -- an issue that has a renewed sense of importance after the Minnesota bridge collapse.</p>

September 1 - NewsHour with Jim Lehrer