The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>As low-income residents in New Orleans begin to rebuild their homes, historic regulations are disrupting the process and driving up costs.</p>

June 18 - The York Dispatch

<p>Transit officials in the UK hope a redesign of a transit station will help lure motorists to public transit.</p>

June 18 - BBC

<p>The US EPA is directing educational and research efforts that explain (among other things) the financial benefits of smart growth directly to the nation's largest homebuilders and developers.</p>

June 18 - New Urban News

<p>A 21-mile over-land tunnel has opened in Switzerland, running underneath the Swiss Alps and dramatically reducing the travel times for newly opened high-speed trains connecting Germany, France, and Italy.</p>

June 18 - International Herald-Tribune

FEATURE

While there's no doubt Los Angeles has a traffic problem, it would be a mistake to put congestion relief over neighborhood revitalization.

June 18 - James Rojas

<p>The Minneapolis City Council has approved a measure to crack down on panhandling.</p>

June 18 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>To deal with the escalating costs of its FasTracks program, Denver is looking for private bids to save money.</p>

June 18 - The Rocky Mountain News

<p>Pennsylvania attracts more college students than any other state. Now officials are trying to figure out how to have the economy benefit further by getting them to stay after graduation.</p>

June 17 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>From Thai Towns to Little Ethiopias, cultural and ethnically-themed neighborhoods are increasingly sought by cities to lure economic activity and residents.</p>

June 17 - The Economist

<p>Saving and reusing older buildings converses resources on top of preserving a communities historic character.</p>

June 17 - Historic Preservation

<p>While neighborhood farmer's markets are all the rage in the U.S., redevelopment officials in Hong Kong are making plans to raze of the city's oldest open-air food markets -- which is falling victim to gentrification.</p>

June 17 - International Herald Tribune

<p>Despite efforts to limit big box retailers in the city, Chicago is riding a new wave of retail spending at the likes of Target and Wal-Mart -- though smaller local retailers are also sharing in the boom.</p>

June 17 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Despite rising gas prices, more people are commuting to work alone, the amount of carpoolers has dropped, and no increase has been seen in the percentage of Americans who use public transit, according to recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.</p>

June 16 - The Washington Post

<p>In what may be a first for the U.S., the state of Florida is proposing a plan to offer property owners a choice between two ways of calculating property taxes.</p>

June 16 - The Ledger

<p>Rather than investing in new downtown development projects and hoping for people to come, Fort Worth, Texas, is trying to attract more residents downtown with street fairs and events, building a customer base for any future development.</p>

June 16 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

<p>Plans for development have threatened the historic industrial buildings along Brooklyn's waterfront in recent years. Now, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has declared the waterfront one of the nation's most endangered historic places.</p>

June 16 - The New York Times

<p>One Alabama city's efforts at redevelopment serves as an example for communities struggling with the economic impact of a base closure.</p>

June 16 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>The Borough President of Staten Island has called for a boycott of 'Staten Island Landfill' ice cream, saying it is insulting to the community -- yet sales of the creamy confection are through the roof.</p>

June 15 - Gothamist

<p>Research by several economists shows that areas with a lack of child-care suffer economically, since parents are more likely to drop out of the workforce or move to communities with more options.</p>

June 15 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>U.S city parks have given over large swaths of green to automobile storage, but not every park is held hostage by the automobile. Cities are finding ways to increase access while relieving pressure to provide parking in parks.</p>

June 15 - Parks & Recreation