The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Digital billboards are slowly cropping up in cities across the country. Federal officials have ruled them safe, but many opponents are calling them a blight and a safety hazard.

December 3 - Stateline

<p>New Orleans struggles to boost its supply of rental housing, in which more than half the city's residents lived before the storm.</p>

December 3 - The New York Times

<p>A look at the past and future of the car sharing service PhillyCarShare as they exceed 35,000 members and look towards the next 100,000.</p>

December 3 - Philadelphia Magazine

<p>The governor of Illinois and legislators outside of Chicago are fighting over transportation funding, which is delaying the bailout for Chicago transit.</p>

December 3 - St. Louis Post Dispatch

<p>Green development is gathering steam in Sal Lake City, where the downtown area is gaining popularity with new residents and developers.</p>

December 3 - The Washington Post

<p>San Francisco is studying a London-style plan to charge drivers a fee when they travel to high-traffic areas, like downtown SF, during peak commute hours. But is congestion pricing a boon for public transportation? Or the death of downtown?</p>

December 3 - KQED - QUEST

<p>Many Japanese cities are in decline, and people there are counting on the new prime minister to put a stop to it.</p>

December 3 - Der Spiegel

<p>Seattle pushes forward with an inclusionary housing bill, but housing advocates have pushed back, saying the plan does not go far enough.</p>

December 3 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

<p>Preservationists have filed suit against the city of Stockton to prevent the demolition of historic hotels to build surface parking lots.</p>

December 3 - The Stockton Record

<p>As Massachusetts warms to the idea of casino gambling, Donald Trump is scouring the state for prime development opportunities.</p>

December 2 - The Boston Globe

<p>In response to sharply rising real estate prices around Mumbai, the Maharashtra state government has eased restrictions on land ownership and development, creating more supply to meet the growing demand.</p>

December 2 - Forbes

<p>Plans for a North American Superhighway will have major environmental effects, argues this article from <em>The Valley Advocate</em> of Connecticut.</p>

December 2 - The Valley Advocate

<p>Efforts to improve oversight to keep the state's growth in check in Florida are being lauded, but development continues across the state and shows little sign of a slowdown.</p>

December 2 - Palm Beach Post

<p>Plans are moving forward to address the traffic issues on two of L.A.'s most congested streets.</p>

December 2 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This article takes a look back at the small-town urban renewal success of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and its long-lasting effects.</p>

December 1 - The Daily News of Newburyport

<p>Congestion is getting worse in Metro New York, and the proposals to reduce it aren't going to work, argues Sam Staley, and the region's economy is going to suffer greatly as a result.</p>

December 1 - The New York Times

<p>Officially named in 2001, this small town in China's Yunnan Province is struggling to cope with over 2 million visitors a year. It's becoming a "high altitude hell."</p>

December 1 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>While the country overall is experiencing a housing slowdown, it hasn't stopped the extremely wealthy from plopping down record setting sums for prime real estate.</p>

December 1 - Forbes

<p>A recent post on a fire chief's blog provides insight on the challenges that clustered, higher-density housing developments present to firefighers.</p>

December 1 - Mutual Aid Blog

BLOG POST

<p class="MsoNormal">Last Year Planetizen published their first Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs.<span> </span>The Guide includes basic information about the programs (location, specializations, faculty, etc) and an overall ranking of the schools and ranking by specialization.<span> </span>It is these rankings that are the source of much consternation within the planning academy.<span> </span></p>

December 1 - Lance Freeman