The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The city of Greensboro, North Carolina plans to create gardens that will serve as a gateway on the city's southeast side.</p>

February 20 - News & Record

<p>Participating on Oakland’s Inclusionary Housing Blue Ribbon Commission, a home builder points to the futility of inclusionary zoning and lists effective alternatives that should be included in a comprehensive approach to building affordable housing.</p>

February 20 - The Oakland Tribune

<p>London's mayor takes on the traffic challenge by expanding his congestion pricing experiment into West London -- an area with posh shopping areas and celebrity townhouses.</p>

February 19 - CNN

<p>As cities and counties contribute millions to its budget, the Southern California Association of Governments continues to take flak from planners and local officials who deplore its unrealistic planning efforts and inaccurate growth projections.</p>

February 19 - L.A. Weekly

<p>A movement is afoot to make schools more than just places to store kids for eight hours a day. Planning Director Gail Goldberg and child advocate Yolie Flores Aguilar are helping lead the way in Los Angeles.</p>

February 19 - The Planning Report

<p>Former California State Health Officer Richard Jackson offers a prescription for a country suffering from obesity, diabetes, and poor fitness: design neighborhoods, schools, and buildings that promote incidental exercise.</p>

February 19 - The Planning Report

<p>Residents living near bars in Seattle lament about the late-night antics that surround their lives. Some residents and local officials call for an increased police presence, but others call that a waste of resources.</p>

February 19 - The Seattle Stranger

<p>Many citizens have voiced concerns over approved developments in Philadelphia. As zoning issues take center stage in public hearings and disputes, the city readies itself for a May vote to create a zoning commission that will revise the process.</p>

February 18 - Philadelphia City Paper

<p>Residents have voiced their concerns over Baltimore County plans to purchase a 26-acre farm that include using part of the open space as a school bus depot.</p>

February 18 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>This report from <em>NPR</em> looks at a neighborhood activist who's leading a movement to revitalize a rundown West Oakland neighborhood into a black cultural district.</p>

February 18 - NPR

<p>As plans to develop a Wal-Mart and a shopping mall draw thousands of protesters in Austin, Texas, the public seems to be demanding a new kind of development.</p>

February 18 - The Austin Chronicle

<p>In this article from <em>Metropolis Magazine</em>, architect and planner Andrés Duany looks at New Orleans through a new lens to find the city's true character -- and to redefine how the city can restore itself.</p>

February 18 - Metropolis Magazine

<p>At an alarming rate, American children are suffering from obesity and related afflictions. Despite all the money spent on health care, the solution to many public health problems lies not in medicine but in the fabric of cities.</p>

February 17 - The Planning Report

<p>This editorial looks at the importance of considering ecosystems when planning large developments.</p>

February 17 - The Mercury

<p>The possibility of an affordable housing development being built near the gates of Disneyland sent the park's officials to a recent Anaheim City Council Meeting. A vote expected by many to pass resulted in a tie, and the housing project faded away.</p>

February 17 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A neighboring city has tendered its support of a plan to set aside 5 acres of a planned housing development in Mountain View, California, as an educational urban farm space. Some officials see the vote of support as outsider meddling.</p>

February 17 - Palo Alto Daily News

<p>From Mobile, Alabama to Owen Sound, Ontario, bicyclists can retrace the route of freedom-seekers, visiting historic sites on the way.</p>

February 17 - PPOLnews.com

<p>In order to help residents understand the possible implications of a new multi-story transit oriented development, a developer plans to illustrate building heights by raising large balloons into the air where the buildings would stand.</p>

February 16 - The Gazette

<p>A staggering $360 million refinance of a gritty 1,800-unit complex from the 1950's is another indicator that high profits can be found in long-overlooked inner-city neighborhoods.</p>

February 16 - The Slatin Report

<p>In an effort to limit the destruction of historic university-owned properties, the Indiana state legislature is considering a bill that would add a six-month public review period to any planned demolition that may have historic significance.</p>

February 16 - The Chicago Tribune