The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>This report from <em>Metro Magazine</em> outlines 25 North American cities currently planning bus rapid transit lines.</p>

April 4 - Metro Magazine

<p>Local Salt Lake City developer enlists Adam Kalkin, container architecture expert, to design the nation's first mid-rise shipping container condo project.</p>

April 4 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Six weeks after taking office, Raul Castro has lifted the ban on Cubans staying in local hotels.</p>

April 4 - The Miami Herald

<p>Differences between the clean trucks programs at the ports of Long Beach and L.A. may bring months of litigation, derailing clean air efforts at the nation's largest port complex.</p>

April 4 - The Planning Report

<p>A four year pilot project to charge solo drivers a variable toll to use carpool lanes begins April 26.</p>

April 3 - Seattle Post Intelligencer

<p>New research suggests that urban sprawl doesn't cause weight gain in residents, though it does attract people who are inclined to be heavy and prefer to move around by car.</p>

April 3 - Reuters

<p>Owners of gas-guzzling SUVs would pay $50 to drive into the central city, while drivers of low emission vehicles would now be exempt from the $16 congestion charge.</p>

April 3 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>In and around Washington D.C., traffic planners are experimenting with converting intersections to traffic circles. Residents are slowly embracing the new roundabouts.</p>

April 3 - The Washington Post

<p>Five counties in metropolitan Minneapolis have approved the creation of a new quarter-cent sales tax that will be dedicated to funding transit projects.</p>

April 3 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>This article from <em>Orion</em> looks at an "urban wilderness" in Brooklyn that is being reclaimed and reused by locals.</p>

April 3 - Orion

<p>Th small town of Golf, Illinois, is likely to stay that way because of barriers at its borders. Its residents couldn't be happier.</p>

April 3 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Federal and state environmental guidelines have been waived by the Federal government to fast-track construction of nearly 700 miles of fencing along the U.S. Mexico Border.</p>

April 3 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This article from <em>Next American City</em> looks at the decreasing numbers of minority architects and the possible problems this shortage poses to the field and to the planning of cities.</p>

April 3 - The Next American City

<p>The upcoming public art project by artist Olafur Eliasson that will place free-standing waterfalls in the waters around New York City highlights the power public art has to generate economic development and revenue for cities.</p>

April 3 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>A real estate developer in Southhampton Village, New York is planting over 400 mature trees on an undeveloped plot of land -- hoping to recreate the area's historic scenery and make a fortune in the process.</p>

April 2 - The New York Times

<p>A new book from Landscape Architect Professor Carl Smith provides designers with an easy-to-use checklist for building sustainable housing.</p>

April 2 - University of Arkansas

<p>A bill introduced in Sacramento could pave the way for Los Angeles County to raise $400 million dollars a year for public transit from motorists -- who'd pay more for gas or vehicle registration.</p>

April 2 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Sydney Mayor Clover Moore has suggested that the road be demolished, and a recent report from planning experts indicates the plan would not bring the city's traffic to a halt.</p>

April 2 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>Conservatives and libertarians who admonish government spending and transit subsides still support new road and highway construction, and the state power and funding they typically require.</p>

April 2 - Governing

<p>One year after the city announced its broad redevelopment plans, many are unhappy with the rate of recovery in New Orleans.</p>

April 2 - The New York Times