The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>San Francisco's density bonus is being used by for-profit developers marketing condos designated for seniors -- albeit for a price.</p>

May 3 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Mayors and local officials along the Texas-Mexico border are angry that they were not included in a planning process to create more than 150 miles of fencing along the international border. Officials fear the fences will harm their local economies.</p>

May 2 - The Houston Chronicle

<p>Available land in Washington D.C. is expected to diminish sharply within the next 20 years, prompting some to suggest that increasing building heights and densities should become the new development paradigm.</p>

May 2 - The Washington Post

<p>One mile of road in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park will be closed to cars every Saturday this summer, just one of many examples of car-free zones that are being proposed in the U.S.</p>

May 2 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Speaking at a technology related conference, Andres Duany talks about how the rise of high-speed internet connections and telecommuting has increased the importance of social activity created by traditional neighborhood design.</p>

May 2 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

<p>This report from <em>NPR</em> details local opposition to a Department of Homeland Security plan to erect watch towers along the Arizona-Mexico border.</p>

May 2 - NPR

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">It’s not just those buff lifeguards.<span>  </span>Most coastal and Great Lakes states have a coastal zone management program.<span>  </span>And not only are the coastal zone managers watching the beach, they are watching what’s being built in their communities.<span>  </span>In fact, in recent interviews of coastal zone managers, 56 out of 58 said growth was the top pressure on coastal resources in their state.<span>  </span></font></span>  </p>

May 2 - Anonymous

<p>With the debut of a new region plan -- emphasizing town centers, more density, increased transit usage, and reduced water and energy consumption -- Boston area planners have their work cut out for them.</p>

May 2 - The Boston Globe

<p>City leaders eager for more control have renewed a debate over Boise's consolidated countywide highway district -- which supporters argue provide better service and saves taxpayers money.</p>

May 2 - The (Boise) Idaho Statesman

<p>A European road organization has published a report showing that improved roads lead to a reduced carbon footprint and environmental benefits, following a detailed study by an independent Norwegian research group showing the same result.</p>

May 2 - European Union Road Federation (ERF) - IRF Brussels Programme Centre

<p>Officials in British Columbia have announced plans to create the world's first fleet of buses powered by fuel cells. The fleet would debut in the city of Whistler by the 2010 winter Olympics.</p>

May 2 - The Globe and Mail

<p>Los Angeles has topped the American Lung Association's list of the most polluted American cities.</p>

May 2 - The York Dispatch

<p>Engineers have unveiled a massive plan to let the Mississippi River flow out of several of its levees to reduce the amount of sediment that flows into the ocean. Proponents say the $50 billion plan would reclaim much of the land-building sediment.</p>

May 1 - The Washington Post

<p>In a truly unusual array of political forces, developers have joined with environmentalists and housing advocates to oppose a bill sponsored by realtors that would eliminate the use of transfer fees to finance open space and affordable housing.</p>

May 1 - Capitol Weekly

<p>Investors are flocking to Berlin gambling that the city's economy will catch up with its image.</p>

May 1 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Citing the popularity and success of closed-circuit television cameras that have been installed in many public places for crime-fighting purposes, politicians in the UK are considering attaching microphones and even loudspeakers to these cameras.</p>

May 1 - BBC

<p>According to the new study by the Center for an Urban Future, Staten Island needs its own comprehensive plan. But the Deputy NYC Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding disagrees.</p>

May 1 - The New York Times

<p>Local residents are fighting against plans to build condos and redevelop a historically black section of Los Angeles, a move that they fear will gentrify their neighborhood.</p>

May 1 - The York Dispatch

<p>Some security experts are using the recent collapse of a Bay Area bridge due to an overturned oil tanker to highlight the dangers of routing hazardous cargo through cities.</p>

May 1 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>Using a steel dock-like structure and blocks of Styrofoam, a Louisiana professor has designed housing that avoids flood-damage by moving with rising water.</p>

May 1 - The Seattle Times