The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The latest population and housing estimates for the San Fransisco Bay Area show that urban areas are equaling, if not exceeding, the growth of suburban communities -- with more multifamily homes being built in lieu of detached single-family homes.</p>

May 3 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>A new 85-unit apartment building in Harlem shows that affordable housing and green building practices can go hand in hand.</p>

May 3 - Inhabitat

<p>The first high-speed train in the Americas -- which will be built by a consortium led by France's Alstom -- will cut travel times between Buenos Aires and cities of Rosario and Córdoba by more than two-thirds.</p>

May 3 - The Financial Times

<p>A lot of power comes with the title of County Surveyor. Lucky for the people of Wayne County, Maryland, elected county surveyor Robert Pelaski vows not to let this awesome power get to his head.</p>

May 2 - The Onion

<p>A newspaper beer columnist writes that a good local bar is not just a place for drinks and socializing, it can attract business too.</p>

May 2 - The Philadelphia Daily News

<p>The American Lung Association has released its 2008 State of the Air report, which ranks cities with the worst air pollution.</p>

May 2 - Associated Press

<p>A stretch of warehouses, parking lots, and rundown buildings in Minneapolis -- once envision as technology corridor -- has been instead been transformed into a thriving literary arts community, complete with new businesses and residences.</p>

May 2 - The New York Times

<p>Resembling a compartment in a first-class airplane cabin more than a standard hotel room, new pod hotels are popping up in major travel centers in Europe and North America, offering mini-rooms that provide travelers with lower-cost lodgings.</p>

May 2 - The National Post

<p>For thousands of years, fountains always featured a water basin. Then landscape architect Peter Walker designed Harvard University's Tanner Fountain, and a revolutionary new idea was born.</p>

May 2 - The Chronicle of Higher Education

<p>New York City's controversial subway map of 1972 is being updated in the current edition of Men's Vogue.</p>

May 2 - The New York Times

<p>Two ballot measures -- one sponsored by property owners, the other by local government groups and businesses -- seek to tighten the rules around eminent domain, and potentially end rent control in the state.</p>

May 2 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>While cities are eager to encourage businesses to go green, many government incentive programs are not designed with small businesses in mind.</p>

May 2 - Globe St.

<p>After declaring the planned Metro extension through Northern Virginia unfit for federal funds, the Federal Transit Administration has given tentative approval for the project, provided local governments contribute additional funding.</p>

May 2 - The Washington Post

<p>Though the state is considered a model for smart planning, Oregon's sprawling landscape shows that the state has much the same problems as the rest of the country.</p>

May 1 - The Oregonian

<p>San Francisco planners unveiled a rezoning proposal that would permit new skyscrapers around the new Transbay terminal, shifting downtown southward around a planned 1,000 foot tower -- which would be the tallest on the West Coast.</p>

May 1 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Seattle's new local food initiative will try to help provide access to health, fresh food in neighborhoods that are a long walk or bus ride from a supermarket.</p>

May 1 - Seattle Post Intelligencer

<p>With gas averaging $3.45 a gallon, the U.S. still only ranks as the 110th most expensive place to buy gas -- out of 155 countries.</p>

May 1 - CNN Money

<p>Smaller, environmentally friendly homes -- ranging from as much as 1000 to as little as 70 square feet -- are a hot trend in modern architecture. Eco-conscious (and wallet-conscious) buyers are increasingly interested in these new "micro mansions".</p>

May 1 - Metropolis Magazine

<p>With Los Angeles now planning to install HOT lanes, a pair of recent articles in the L.A. Times question whether congestion pricing is a way to help the rich at the expense of the poor, or a practical solution to traffic congestion and its ills.</p>

May 1 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Blueprint Denver, the city's comprehensive plan, calls for preserving single-family neighborhoods. But the recent move by the city council to reduce the allowed density in two communities has some residents and developers unhappy.</p>

May 1 - The Rocky Mountain News