The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Mention 'density' in suburban areas and the knee-jerk reaction is, "there go the property values". But is that really the case? In this study from San Jose State University, 4 suburban TODs are evaluated for their effects on nearby property values.

December 28 - Mineta Transportation Institute

Bay Area non-profit TransForm has launched a new program called GreenTRIP that aims to supplement LEED requirements with a VMT calculation on each project.

December 27 - Streetsblog

The churches of New York 'remain a special category of real estate', says Holland Cotter.

December 27 - The New York Times

The economy has slowed growth to a trickle in states like Florida and Nevada, which had seen continuous growth for years.

December 27 - USA Today

A private group is proposing a wild scheme to build a much-needed new airport for San Diego as a floating offshore platform.

December 27 - The Infrastructurist

Architect Steven Holl's new book is a retrospective of his 30-year career, and an overview of his argument that architecture needs an element of doubt.

December 27 - re:place Magazine

A new program along a 222-mile stretch of the Sacramento River aims to encourage landowners to create riparian habitats without fear of being sued later if they need to remove it for crops.

December 26 - Sacramento Bee

Next American City asked prominent urban thinkers for their opinions on what 2010 will hold for the world. Here are their responses.

December 26 - Next American City

Archinect is profiling architects who have left the field, and why. Matt Trimble and Garett Hwang have moved into industrial design and 'design computing'.

December 26 - Archinect

Treehugger has a look at the best and worst transportation technology of 2009, from solar planes to bike highways.

December 26 - Treehugger

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief stated in a public meeting that their evidence shows that the gated communities in the area are not statistically any freer of crime than non-gated ones.

December 26 - The Naked City

Americans are shocked to discover that the country's highways are subsidized by Big Government at the taxpayer's expense.

December 25 - The Beast

For 21 years this urban St. Nick has been delighting visitors to the South Street Seaport in New York.

December 25 - The New York Times

Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new parking garage for Miami that attempt to engage the public with a shockingly open-air design.

December 25 - Financial Times

Low-tech Magazine details the history of the trolley canal boat, a staple of the past for transporting goods down canals and waterways. Could something like this make a comeback?

December 25 - Low-tech Magazine

A public-private partnership has come together to fund a 3.4-mile light rail line through Detroit's commercial district, and convinced the Feds to bend the rules a little to bring it to reality.

December 25 - the transport politic

Roger Scruton compares American and European ways of regulating aesthetics in buildings.

December 24 - The American Enterprise Institute

Instead of encouraging shopping, as the city had hoped, free downtown parking has been occupied by downtown workers.

December 24 - NBC News - Providence

A new report from PikeResearch predicts the future for electric vehicles in 2010, including the prediction that hybrids will dominate the market.

December 24 - Renewable Energy World

The California Preservation Foundation and the National Park Service are funding a cultural survey of Route 66, which could result in several new national landmarks along the old highway.

December 24 - The Los Angeles Times