The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Officials in Edmonton are considering a ban on any new drive through windows at fast food restaurants in an effort to curb emissions from idling cars.</p>

January 27 - The Edmonton Sun

<p>Quite a few Ohio suburbs are planning to resurrect their old downtowns -- or build new ones from scratch -- to create human-scaled urban focal points.</p>

January 27 - The Columbus Dispatch

<p>Despite making energy poverty a major domestic policy focus, the British government is being accused of underfunding its program, just as the number of homes living in energy poverty is at its highest level in almost a decade.</p>

January 27 - The Guardian (UK)

<p>Young people in New Zealand aren't taking up careers in planning, which is causing problems for many cities, and has developers upset about slow processing times.</p>

January 26 - Scoop Independent News

<p>This report from the Suzuki Foundation examines climate change impacts on equity of land values in British Columbia.</p>

January 26 - Real Estate Institute of British Columbia

<p>This article looks at the success of downtown parks in cities big and small and argues that Eugene, Oregon, needs to start thinking about parks and stop looking at parking lots to drive the local economy.</p>

January 26 - Eugene Weekly

<p>A planned rail extension that would have connected the Washington D.C. area to Dulles International Airport has been all but killed by a federally-pushed disqualification of the project from receiving critical federal funding.</p>

January 26 - The Washington Post

<p><em>Treehugger</em> interviews New Urbanist Andy Kunz about the state of the nation's train system and plans for a high-speed rail network.</p>

January 26 - Treehugger.com

<p>A woman in Russia returned home form vacation recently to an empty plot of land. Her home was mistakenly demolished as developers readied a site for new construction.</p>

January 25 - Associated Press

<p>An investor from Dubai is looking to replicate -- in close detail -- the French city of Lyon in the Arab Emirate.</p>

January 25 - International Herald Tribune

<p>New York City parks officials have announced plans to generate extra revenue by selling off naming rights for some of the city's public park attractions.</p>

January 25 - New York Post

<p>A Washington D.C. developer is seeking feedback about possible redevelopment options through the social netowrking website facebook.com.</p>

January 25 - Washington (D.C.) Business Journal

<p>A San Francisco supervisor has proposed several changes in parking regulations that will result in reduced new housing costs, and potentially reduced car ownership and operation. It requires the approval of the Board of Supervisors.</p>

January 25 - San Francisco Examiner

<p>A recent report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is calling on the federal government to keep up tis funding of housing and shelter programs after they expire in 2009.</p>

January 25 - The Vancouver Sun

<p>The European Union has announced plans to make a significant cutback in its carbon emissions. Some say the plans are too ambitious and will hurt the Union's growth and competitiveness, but others argue they don't go far enough.</p>

January 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Construction of a new university bookstore in downtown Baltimore is seen as a critical piece of the downtown's rebirth. City officials are looking at offering tax incentives to ensure the bookstore deals comes through.</p>

January 25 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>This article examines the "Safe Harbor" agreements between landowners and the federal government that look to protect the habitats of endangered species on private land.</p>

January 25 - Audubon

<p>If 'peak oil' makes oil-intensive industrial agriculture economically unfeasible, will suburbanites need to turn their lawns into farming plots?</p>

January 25 - Common Dreams

<p>Cities across the world are stressing the importance of tourism in supporting local economies. In this article, Susan Fainstein wonders if globalization will result in an overall reduction in the type and variety of urban places and attractions.</p>

January 24 - Urban Reinventors

<p>This article from <em>Governing</em> looks at the state tax system and examines how states are taking steps to restructure their systems to ensure long-term viability.</p>

January 24 - Governing