The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Chris Turner reports on an artistic experiment in suburban agriculture that raised the ire of Calgary's city hall.</p>

February 12 - The Globe and Mail

<p>London is planning a new "superhighway" bicycle network that will help transform it into one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world.</p>

February 12 - The Guardian

<p>As federal funding for the Washington D.C.-Dulles rail line teeters on the edge, proponents of bus rapid transit are taking the opportunity to tout BRT as the wiser and more affordable transit solution.</p>

February 12 - The Washington Post

<p>Surveillance cameras are expected to be installed in the public parks of New York City.</p>

February 12 - New York Post

<p>The women-only buses running in Mexico City have been warmly welcomed by the city's female commuters.</p>

February 12 - The New York Times

<p>A transit center proposed for the East San Francisco city of Hercules is being criticized for moving away from its original plans for a pedestrian-oriented layout.</p>

February 12 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>Lawmakers in Georgia are looking to loosen water restrictions, enabling people to fill their swimming pools and water their plants despite a statewide drought.</p>

February 12 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>A continuation of the series of articles from the Chicago Tribune that look at zoning and the politics that shape the city's land use.</p>

February 12 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will increasingly be the heavy responsibility of suburban communities. Some are taking steps to accept that responsibility.</p>

February 11 - The New York Times

<p>Classified by Nicaragua's government as a "Autonomous Area", the town of Bluefields, population 50,000, has an official unemployment rate of 85%. The primary industry is finding abandoned bags of cocaine that drift in from the sea.</p>

February 11 - The New Zealand Herald

<p>The latest issue of <em>Science</em> is dedicated to looking at cities, their development and the changing demographics that are shaping our urban lifestyles.</p>

February 11 - Science

<p>A brand new toll road in India is struggling to get on its feet, as long delays have made some trips on the expressway longer than on the old roads.</p>

February 11 - Toll Roads News

<p>Some geologists believe that humanity's effects on the planet are so significant and enduring that the Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene.</p>

February 11 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>The Wall Street Journal's "Eyes on the Road" columnist, Joseph B. White, ponders the "next big debate over the role of the automobile in America" now that fuel efficiency was raised, and the direction he points to is most surprising.</p>

February 11 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's plan to convert the state's highways to toll roads is in danger of being voted down by the state senate.</p>

February 11 - The Star-Ledger

BLOG POST

<p><br /><img src="/files/u2/20080211_1.jpg" alt=" " title=" " width="234" height="112" align="right" />The <strong>Strange Maps</strong> blog is an eclectic collection of maps, diagrams, and cartoons. Some graphics featured on this blog are informative, some are creative, and others are completely bizarre.The website is maintained by an anonymous blogger. The posted graphic is often accompanied by informative notes. Here is a list of 21 maps that I found interesting:</p>

February 11 - Abhijeet Chavan

<p>Seattle seems to be on its ways to becoming a successful world city, according to a private consultant's list of the global trends that make cities great.</p>

February 11 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

<p>One holdout landowner is preventing the redevelopment of Pittsburg, California's waterfront, but the city is pushing for eminent domain.</p>

February 11 - The Contra Costa Times

<p>Politicians in Georgia are pushing a resolution that would redraw the state's border with Tennessee so that a plentiful river would lie within the boundaries of water-poor Georgia.</p>

February 11 - The Tennessean

FEATURE

February 11 - Josh Stephens