The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A major mountaintop mining permit is likely to be rejected after an environmental review found "unacceptable" impacts on water quality and wildlife. This would be the first major rebuke to the mining practice, and could foreshadow its end.

November 2 - Nature

Leaders in Seattle are considering a plan to offer naming rights to various parks and civic amenities.

November 2 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A new company is bringing battery switch stations to the San Francisco-San Jose corridor, laying the groundwork for an electric vehicle taxi fleet.

November 2 - Inhabitat

As populations shift to cities, the concept of urbanism begins to take on more relevance across the planet. In a recent book, author Jeb Brugmann explores what urbanism means as a trend and a process.

November 2 - Policy Innovations

The real estate market will only recover once developers start building the types of neighborhoods and places people are demanding, according to Patrick C. Doherty and Christopher B. Leinberger.

November 2 - Washington Monthly

BLOG POST

<p> We&#39;re doing a lot of fun, progressive stuff in Hoboken, NJ, and what we do here helps our industry push the envelope for the whole country.  But limited budgets and ever-critical politics make it incredibly difficult to keep the momentum on current and new projects with our limited staff.  Last year we created a new Department of Transportation and Parking, but we have been strapped from hiring on requisite professionals to manage all projects because, well, we don&#39;t have the money.  If you are a planning/engineering student seeking real-world experience to counterbalance academic theory, or if you are currently employed but looking for an outlet to independently exercise your creativity, I need your help in Hoboken, no matter where you live. </p>

November 2 - Ian Sacs

A one-time fringe bicycle activist group in the Pacific Northwest has turned into a major player in mainstream politics.

November 2 - The Seattle Times

Steve Mouzon visually documents his walkable day-to-day life, and all the places he can get to regularly on foot from his house.

November 2 - The Original Green

This piece from <em>The New York Times</em> offers a first hand look at life in a modern day mining ghost town from someone who is steadily buying up empty buildings.

November 2 - The New York Times

Fear of crime and uncertainty about safety keep many people from using public transit, according to a new study. But how should transit agencies react?

November 1 - Next American City

Anton Roux and John Stanley of ON LINE opinion outline the future for Australian cities.

November 1 - ON LINE opinion

The city recently broke ground on a new facility designed to collect all of the city's metal, glass, and plastic recyclables and reduce collection trucking by 260,000 miles each year.

November 1 - Inhabitat

BLOG POST

<span style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black">For some lucky candidates, tomorrow’s election will have a storybook ending. Unfortunately for anyone who understands architecture, planning, and land use, that storybook will, in many cases, turn out to be <em>The Fountainhead</em>.</span> <p style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 6.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black">The train wreck of ideologies that is emerging this election season is too much for anyone to categorize.

November 1 - Josh Stephens

Officials in Peru and Brazil are hoping for a 2011 opening to the Transoceanic Highway between the coasts of the two countries. But some locals worry about what the road will bring once it's completed.

November 1 - Los Angeles Times

FEATURE

In a field such as planning that is rich with quantifiable data, why there so little focus on evidence rather than opinion?, wonders researcher Martin Laplante.

November 1 - Martin Laplante

CA Air Resources Board announced some of the important elements of the carbon trading scheme they developed for the 500 largest stationary emitters in the state. Of course, if Proposition 23 should pass on Nov. 2, forgetaboutit!

November 1 - The Sacramento Bee

By providing real-time data about what actually happens in on-street spaces, the sensors can help enforce parking laws, move toward smart and flexible curbside pricing, and prevent cruising and traffic congestion.

November 1 - Streetsblog

A mere 4% of rush hour commuters in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan use public transit, and car-pooling is "non-existent", according to reporter David Hutton. But with traffic at a standstill, transportation planners are changing tack.

November 1 - The Star Phoenix

Just beyond McCovey Cove, where kayakers await home run balls hit from AT&T Park, sit vast parking lots that Giants bigwigs are proposing could be a great location for a Golden State Warriors stadium.

November 1 - The San Francisco Chronicle With Bloomberg

Vancouver's liberalized laneway housing zoning is seen as a cost-effective and easy way to densify, make housing more affordable and reduce the city's carbon footprint. But not everyone is on board.

November 1 - The Globe and Mail