The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The Southern California region is rich in renewable assets, so the LADWP is attempting to become the nationwide leader in developing and integrating wind power.</p>

March 10 - VerdeXchange News

<p>Residents of San Francisco and Los Angeles like to feel superior to supposedly unsophisticated Sacramento. Yet, Sacramento appears to be ahead of the hip coastal areas when it comes to actually implementing smart growth.</p>

March 10 - California Planning & Development Repot

This report from NPR looks at the impending sale of land on the hillside above the infamous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, and the local official who's trying to prevent it.

March 10 - NPR

<p>This episode of <em>Smart City</em> includes a discussion about charrettes with Bill Lennertz of the National Charrette Institute.</p>

March 10 - Smart City

<p>New Urbanism sprouts up in Baja California, Mexico.</p>

March 10 - The New York Times

<p>This editorial argues that cities should build transit the way they used to build cathedrals: with a long-term mindset from the start.</p>

March 10 - The Ottawa Citizen

<p>Housing price drops in cities like Miami have "vulture-like" buyers swooping in to snatch up properties.</p>

March 10 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Boston's nascent bike program turns to Google Maps for inexpensive help.</p>

March 9 - Streetsblog

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March 9 - Mike Lydon

<p>After opting to use an electric car instead of repairing her Volvo, Cori Howard wonders if the electric car has a future.</p>

March 9 - The Globe and Mail

<p>The 93-year old Bronx Borough Courthouse will soon become a charter school.</p>

March 9 - The New York Times

<p>A recent study from the Washington Public Interest Research Group shows the environmental benefits of public transit.</p>

March 9 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

<p>This piece from the <em>Globe and Mail</em> argues that a bikeable city is a livable city.</p>

March 9 - The Globe and Mail

<p>Murals are under fire in Los Angeles, as city officials are painting over what they see as "illegal signs".</p>

March 8 - Which Way, L.A.?

<p>Growth and rising populations have many Western states reconsidering dams.</p>

March 8 - Associated Press

<p>With government plans to increase the amount of land used for affordable housing in Melbourne, Australia, some say it's time for a regional planning entity.</p>

March 8 - The Age

<p>A team of researchers has shown that in urban landscapes -- such as in the cracks of sidewalks -- plant species must evolve their reproduction habits to stay alive.</p>

March 8 - MSNBC

<p>A measure to require half of all new housing units in San Francisco's planned redevelopment of Bayview-Hunters Point is heading to the city's June ballot. The developer says the measure will kill the project.</p>

March 8 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>TV network officials have issued a formal apology for its tongue-in-cheek suggested mispronunciation of the name of the Massachusetts town of Athol in a recent ad.</p>

March 7 - Associated Press

<p>A traffic safety study released March 5 by the AAA highlights the enormous costs of traffic crashes, in terms of lives and dollars, to the U.S. The cost exceeds that of congestion while deaths amount to 117 daily.</p>

March 7 - The Wall Street Journial