The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Facing large budget deficits, the Chicago Transit Authority has announced plans to raise fares and cut service.</p>

May 27 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Living up to its reputation as a state who's residents like things big, Texas is home to three of the largest megachurches in the nation.</p>

May 27 - Tierra Grande

<p>The British government has approved rules that lay the foundation for pay-as-you-go road pricing pilot programs. Critics worry the rules preface national control over the controversial systems.</p>

May 27 - The Guardian

<p>The city of Vancouver has released a list of planning proposals it hopes will become the guiding document for future growth and development in the city. The main proposals include increasing density and open spaces.</p>

May 26 - The Vancouver Sun

<p>Congress' reluctance to raise the gas tax, as well as the President's refusal to approve an increase, lies at the heart of the transportation funding crisis, affecting both roads and transit.</p>

May 26 - Associated Press via Inside Bay Area.Com

<p>The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative is luring supermarkets to into urban locations in hopes of providing residents with healthier eating options that are largely absent from many inner-city neighborhoods.</p>

May 26 - The New York Times

<p>Brazil has announced an expansive and ambitious plan to update its crumbling infrastructure. But some critics say the proposal is not feasible.</p>

May 26 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in collaboration with the environmental-design firm Atelier Ten, have imagined a luxurious and sustainable house for the style and eco-conscious set.</p>

May 26 - The New York Times

<p>Solar-powered, high-tech garbage cans are to be installed on the lakeshore in Chicago, which the city hopes will help reduce the amount of garbage that collects on the beaches in summertime.</p>

May 26 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Major life changes affecting families, such as the death or divorce of a spouse, is often the stimulus needed for boomers to seek a new life in the vibrant Rosslyn-Ballston corridor along the Metro line in Arlington County, Virginia near D.C.</p>

May 26 - The Washington Post

<p>A planner's perspective on the wisdom of infill development can change when the lot next door is under construction.</p>

May 25 - Tucson Citizen

<p>Locals in two British villages have rallied together to save a 160-year old train station, which is faces demolition as an unused rail line is converted to the country's longest bus guideway.</p>

May 25 - BBC

<p>For Iraqi refugees, finding a place to go is a major challenge. Strict policies in many European countries makes finding asylum difficult, but Sweden has proven to be the most welcoming country.</p>

May 25 - Der Spiegel

<p>An eclectic group of New York residents who live year-round on boats docked in New York's Hudson River have been granted a reprieve from city officials who had planned to reduce the permitted amount of time boats would be allowed to dock.</p>

May 25 - NPR

<p>Officials in England propose a massive reorganization of the country's planning system, including the creation of an independent commission that would be charged with approving major infrastructure projects.</p>

May 25 - The Guardian

<p>A new poll shows that just 37 percent of New Yorkers support Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, though two-thirds of Manhattan residents support the idea.</p>

May 25 - Reuters

<p>With little progress having been made on Mayor Richard Daley's campaign pledge to end homelessness by 2012, some are wondering if the promise is just a pipe dream, or worse, a political stunt.</p>

May 25 - Time Magazine

<p>As property prices spiral upward in Beijing, some tenants in the city's 600-year-old hutong alleyways are rushing to cash in on their neighborhoods' destruction.</p>

May 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>After a heated public hearing that drew 1,500 people, the LAMTA board approved a compromise proposal that will increase fares, though less than originally planned.</p>

May 25 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Just as gas prices have soared to their highest, inflation-adjusted prices, SUV sales, including the new 'crossovers', have rebounded following a two-year drop in popularity, to the chagrin of many environmentalists.</p>

May 25 - The San Francisco Chronicle