The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Despite official reassurances that residents can safely return to salvage their belongings, the NRDC warns that the soil in New Orleans is dangerously contaminated with toxins.

December 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Report concludes that California will miss targets set by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to reduce greenhouse gases.

December 6 - San Jose Mercury News

An academic brief examines demographics and voting patterns in the “four Virginias,” or the major socio-political sections of the state.

December 6 - Metropolitan Institute At Virginia Tech

As the world's largest retailer plans to enter the world's fourth-largest retail market, some Indian businesses believe they know something Wal-mart doesn't.

December 6 - Rediff

Despite the promises of federal assistance, most New Orleans residents have been left to their own devices to rebuild their communities and their lives.

December 6 - The Los Angeles Times

The Kennedy family have taken the lead in ensuring that the "crown jewel of the big dig project," which is named for the late Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, is well funded for the future.

December 6 - The Boston Globe

Reknowned urban designer Charles Atherton was hit while crossing a busy D.C. street, and was issued a $5 jaywalking ticket before being rushed to the hospital with critical injuries.

December 6 - The Washington Post

India's massive highway improvement program is changing Indian society in profound ways.

December 6 - The New York Times

NBA great and entrepreneur Magic Johnson offers encouragement and advice for developers who want to build in the inner city.

December 6 - The Planning Report

Prince Charles’ vigorous touting of sustainability and Smart Growth while he visited Washington, D.C., hurricane-stricken New Orleans, and other American cities last month came as no surprise.

December 5 - Michigan Land Use Institute

John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York is the new top international freight gateway, displacing the Port of Los Angeles and port of Long Beach.

December 5 - U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Over 100,000 people in 30 countries urges countries to combat global warming.

December 5 - The New Zealand Herald

Washington Post readers write in to share "and true methods for dealing with the headaches of their daily commutes."

December 5 - The Washington Post

The free market tends to produce density and growth patterns similar to smart growth argues Jay Bookman.

December 5 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

A new report suggests that stringent land use regulations result in increased housing prices.

December 5 - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Location may be key to New Urbanism-inspired developments.

December 5 - Richmond Times Dispatch

The Sierra Club endorses a variety of mixed-use residential, commercial and retail developments in cities around the country in the new "Guide to America's Best New Development Projects."

December 5 - The Wall Street Journal

Philadelphis is attempting to reduce concentrations of poverty and increase property values through the development of suburban style homes. But is following this national trend right for the city of brotherly love and its most needy residents?

December 5 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Historic office buildings are increasingly being reinvented as condominiums in CBDs (central business districts) across the country.

December 5 - ArchNewsNow.com

The prominence of the Congress for the New Urbanism in the Katrina rebuilding effort seems to be making some professionals -- such as architect Eric Owen Moss to author Mike Davis -- nervous.

December 4 - The Los Angeles Times