The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Politicians in Washington D.C. are getting behind Honolulu's plans for a $3.7 billion light rail system, calling it the "most efficient light rail project in the country".</p>

April 9 - Great Falls Connection

<p>Though congestion pricing was shot down, New Yorkers are thinking about new ways to experience and use their streets.</p>

April 9 - The New York Times

<p>A new poll shows that many of the state's residents support new ideas for funding transportation improvements, including charging higher fees to drivers of SUVs and other fuel inefficient vehicles.</p>

April 8 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Pittsburgh couple sues Google for invasion of privacy after photos of their home are published on Google's "Street View" mapping feature.</p>

April 8 - The Smoking Gun

<p>The U street corridor in Washington D.C. was a flash point during the 1968 riots. Four decades later, the neighborhood is finally recovering from the aftermath.</p>

April 8 - National Public Radio

<p>Controversy surrounds a proposed 75-story tower designed by Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan.</p>

April 8 - The New York Sun

<p>The University of Utah wants to transform an eight acre parking lot near its stadium light rail station into shops, offices and condos.</p>

April 8 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Despite official calls following the 1993 floods along the Mississippi to remove development from flood plains, more housing and retail developments continue to be built along vulnerable areas.</p>

April 8 - AlterNet

<p>In response to the City of Stockton's attempts to block a lawsuit by citizens' group Save Old Stockton concerning demolition of several historic hotels, a California judge granted a temporary injunction to allow time for the lawsuit to proceed.</p>

April 8 - The Stockton Record

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<font size="2"> <p> American commercial streets are often designed almost exclusively for cars; streets are often as many as eight or ten lanes wide, lengthening pedestrian trips and encouraging motorists to drive at speeds unsafe for pedestrians. </p>

April 8 - Michael Lewyn

<p>Michael Gecan uses the Chicago and New York City areas as examples of the challenges facing mature suburbs, examines the ways many are avoiding reality, and draws a series of conclusions.</p>

April 8 - Boston Review

<p>Once considered a backwater near Los Angeles' westside, Culver City has experienced a resurgence. Residents like the new restaurants, but aren't prepared to cope with all the effects of the successful redevelopment.</p>

April 8 - The Los Angeles Times

Members of the New York State Assembly decided late Monday not to vote on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, a plan that the state would have needed to approve by April 7 to be eligible for more than $350 million.

April 8 - The New York Times

<p>The city wants to remove unused warehouses and port-facilities and open up several miles of its riverfront for public enjoyment.</p>

April 7 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

<p>Like so many drug and crime infested neighborhoods in cities everywhere, ideas abound for fixing the Jane and Fitch neighborhood in Toronto. But will any of them work?</p>

April 7 - Toronto Sun

<p>The city's new director of bicycle programs has the tough task of making Boston more bike-friendly.</p>

April 7 - The Boston Globe

<p>While planners generally sell plans with "integrated infill" and "elegant density" that pairs new development with public amenities, the reality of what gets built in neighborhoods isn't always what's promised.</p>

April 7 - The Oregonian

<p>With observations from six world cities on four continents, the new book "Endless City" calls for development that supports people and the environment, rather than automobiles.</p>

April 7 - The Hartford Courant

<p>A "green-collar job force" made up of low-income people is necessary to get those with fewer resources on the initially costly green living bandwagon, according to civil rights lawyer Van Jones.</p>

April 7 - Good

<p>San Francisco is considering a plan to boost its fees for parking violations -- a move that could end up bringing in a total of $100 million in revenues from the pockets of illegal parkers.</p>

April 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle