The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A journal article summarizes a survey of traffic calming practices in 21 jurisdictions and compares the results to surveys conducted a decade ago.

November 28 - Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Journal

Letter to the editor calls for "common sense" in Washington regarding the future of Amtrak.

November 27 - Times Union

Global warming is expected to impact businesses and global markets. For investors, climate change is no longer just about the environmenta; it is a fundamental financial and economic issue.

November 27 - Wired

The suburban form is taking over the world, and universities are expanding suburban studies to examine suburbia.

November 27 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

A new study of Montgomery residents attempts to answer the question, "Is suburbia harmful to your health?"

November 27 - The Baltimore Sun

Driven by the need to quench North America's thirst for energy, the rapid development of Canada's oil sands resources has sidelined discussions about its harmful environmental impacts.

November 27 - Reuters

New Urbanism guided the development of the highly successful Baton Rouge master plan for downtown, and is rapdily gaining favor in New Orleans.

November 26 - Chris Steins

In order to increase revenues Vancouver's mayor-elect proposes permitting higher towers and reducing social housing to 20 percent of South East False Creek redevelopment.

November 26 - The Vancouver Sun

A report by European environmental protection agencies that environment-friendly practices result in increased profits for businesses.

November 26 - Edie

A new report examines California's demographic changes and identifies three population trends that loom largest.

November 26 - California Budget Project

The World Bank recognizes the countless social and environmental problems caused by dams, but won't let them get in the way of building more and more dams.

November 26 - AlterNet

Residents on a two-block stretch of West Hollywood, CA, try to convince the city to change the name of the unfortunately-named Dicks street.

November 25 - The Los Angeles Times

The fifth and final article in a weeklong series on the City of Portland, chronicles the widespread changes sweeping through this small, but dynamic city on the Maine coast.

November 25 - Portland Press Herald

Just yesterday we were paying $3.50 a gallon at the pump and were ready to pay $4 or $5 if necessary. No blessing has ever come more disguised.

November 25 - The Washington Post

Home builders can't build houses fast enought. The WSJ looks at ten long-term forces are reshaping the housing industry.

November 25 - The Wall Street Journal

The environmental terrorist group, Earth Liberation Front, claims responsibility for four fires at a housing development site.

November 25 - Herald Mail

Barn conversions have became a staple of rural living verging on cliché, but when done well, as in this case study, can be inspiring. (Includes photos.)

November 24 - Gabion

As planners in cities across the US fight the bland design and high vacancy rates of of encroaching big box stores, the industry becomes more flexible and begins experimenting with new designs.

November 24 - The Charlotte Observer

Dan Morissette, a long-time home builder in the area, wants the government to help save the suburban single-family home.

November 24 - The Portland Tribune

A look back at the legacy of Philadelphia's most indelible planner, Ed Bacon, who died October 14, 2005.

November 24 - Architectural Record