The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Ambitious plans for a new neighborhood on 2,400 acres of polluted lakefront are underway near downtown Toronto.</p>

May 17 - Business Week

<p>Architect Steven Holl's new addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art makes innovative use of light to showcase both the building and the art inside.</p>

May 17 - Bloomberg

<p>A recent blog post discusses the correlation between urban form and political leanings.</p>

May 17 - http://houstonstrategies.blogspot.com/

<p>Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest passenger airport. But the federal government thinks it may not be enough to handle future demand. A $1 million grant will enable the region to crunch the numbers.</p>

May 17 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Rail buffs hope to run a tourist train on an unused rail line in the Sierra foothills outside of Sacramento, but there are concerns that it would prevent the corridor from being used as a recreational trail for hikers, bikers and equestrians.</p>

May 17 - The Sacramento Bee

<p>Building environment-friendly structures alone won't help; the real issues are much more complicated argues Jane Powell.</p>

May 16 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Many man-made wetland areas perform poorly compared to the original habitat they are designed to replace.</p>

May 16 - Dayton Daily News

<p>Writer–on-the-Range Alan Kesselheim describes the most hazardous activity in Montana -- driving, with a particular focus on Hwy 191 through Gallatin Canyon. Every western state has a similar, hazardous route.</p>

May 16 - Writers on the Range via San Francisco Chronicle

<p>As Chicago nears completion of the Deep Tunnel project, two local architects have proposed a new eco-friendly water plan for the city.</p>

May 16 - Chicago Reader

<p>Christof Spieler compares the greater Houston area with a region in Germany and offers three lessons on how to successfully build transit networks connecting a region with multiple urban centers.</p>

May 16 - Citizen's Transportation Coalition

<p>A new report is aimed at helping America's cities and counties prepare to meet the needs of an aging baby boomer population.</p>

May 16 - USA Today

<p>A new study has shown that increasing urban park space can have a significant effect on reducing city temperatures -- a strategy that could be used to mitigate the temperature increase caused by climate change.</p>

May 16 - New Scientist

<p>The City of Paris is getting ready to put more than 20,000 rental bikes on the city's streets. The program is starting out by installing the first 1,000 automated bike stands in the coming weeks, which many hope will foreshadow the program's success.</p>

May 16 - NPR

<p>Miami has been ranked as the number one city with rude drivers, according to a recent survey.</p>

May 16 - The Ledger

<p>Transportation engineers in Rome have uncovered a hotbed of buried ancient Roman artifacts as they dig tunnels for a planned underground train system.</p>

May 16 - The Guardian

<p>New EPA rules force manufacturers to lower fuel efficiency claims of most hybrid cars.</p>

May 15 - Wired

<p>Residents and local officials in Charlotte, North Carolina have dreams of turning Central Avenue into a 'strollable' street, but unless the current zoning is changed, the desired transformation seems unlikely.</p>

May 15 - Charlottle Observer

<p>Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's plan to require developers to set aside part of new projects as affordable housing passed by a vote of 44-2.</p>

May 15 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Government officials in the UK have reveled a plan to sell off underutilized public buildings directly to communities for below-market prices, as low as one pound. They hope the sales will improve public services across the country.</p>

May 15 - BBC

<p>A small pedestrian alleyway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that developed slowly over more than 30 years reminds that architecture's placemaking abilities are not only seen in huge projects and iconic buildings.</p>

May 15 - The Boston Globe