The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The first installment of a three-part series on quick, relatively modest ways to relieve traffic congestion.

December 1 - The Washington Post

One theory suggests that the nicer a city is to the homeless, the more they attract -- and Santa Barbara has a downright unwelcoming reputation.

December 1 - The Los Angeles Times

Other cities adopt model of stressing housing over shelters.

December 1 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Lincoln Institute publishes the results of a survey of public officials and developers in the nation's fastest growing single family housing markets.

November 30 - Land Lines, Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy

Built in 1925, the Winthrop Hotel was the place to stay when visiting Tacoma - then hard times fell in 1972 and the building was converted over to low-income (Section 8) housing.

November 30 - Tacoma News Tribune

By questioning the widsom of forestation to curb global warming, a new study challeneges one of the core tenets of the Kyoto Protocol.

November 30 - BBC News

What lessons can be learned from the Netherlands and Germany on promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health?

November 30 - National Center For Bicycling And Walking

Local cities and states see rising property values as a way to cut budget gaps by increasing developer fees.

November 30 - Wall St. Journal

Preservation Magazine's cover story features the town that beat Wal-Mart -- the company that 'doesn't lose.'

November 29 - Preservation Online

A non-profit organization, CASA (Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a los Amigos) Latina was developed around the daily gathering of Hispanic day laborers on Seattle's Western Ave. CASA aims to organize, galvanize, and protect the rights of Latino

November 29 - MetropolisMag.com

The annual 'Red List' catalogues species threatened by extinction and the latest version includes more than 12,000 entries.

November 29 - Scientific American

How does St. Tammany radically redefine the way growth occurs to save the parish from its own success?

November 29 - Bureau Of Governmental Research

Big-D Corporation, a Utah based construction company, plans to renovate historic W.P. Fuller Paint Building in downtown Salt Lake City.

November 29 - The Salt Lake Tribune

When the city joins forces with the developers to maximize profit, the balance between public interests and private interests is endangered.

November 28 - The New Yorker

Richard Moe of the National Trust for Historic Preservation makes a case for why one particular building should not only be saved for its historical significance, but also for its potential to foster economic development.

November 28 - The Chicago Tribune

A conflict between two threatened species on Santa Cruz Island crystallizs the ethical questions that face environmentalists as more endangered species compete for survival.

November 28 - The Los Angeles Times

If they want to do a big video screen pulsing Ford and Coke, is there a public benefit to be had?

November 28 - The Vancouver Sun

Relive planning history in Robert Moses' attack on Lewis Mumford from January, 1962 in The Atlantic Monthly.

November 28 - The Atlantic Monthly

Students and faculty of Ewha Womans' University in Seoul protest the designation of a 'beauty zone' in their vicinity.

November 27 - Korea Herald

New legislation is intended to avoid repeat of moraine housing fiasco.

November 27 - Ontario Ministry Of Municipal Affairs