The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>China's burgeoning middle class is moving out of the crowded and polluted cities to a booming constellation of satellite cities. The suburbanization of China has begun.</p>

February 24 - Time

<p>The prevalence of mortgage "walkaways" reveals that the mortgage crisis has significantly changed the values associated with homeownership, and reduced the stigma of foreclosure.</p>

February 24 - Washington Independent

<p>Vancouver's plans to increase density in the city are being called "a hard sell".</p>

February 23 - The Vancouver Sun

<p>Unprecedented failure in municipal bond auctions is causing municipal borrowers to flee the auction market and driving up rates at which cities can borrow money.</p>

February 23 - Bloomberg.com

<p>In recent decades, traffic volumes have risen rapidly throughout the United States. But a report by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments argues that growth rates in traffic volume may be tapering off.</p>

February 23 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

<p>Retirees are increasingly moving to Central and South America to retire and take advantage of economies where the dollar retains some strength.</p>

February 23 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Residents and city officials in L.A. battle over what to do with unused land surrounding the Silver Lake Reservoir.</p>

February 23 - LA Weekly

<p>Cats be zonin'.</p>

February 22 - Cyburbia

<p>More and more states are looking to cash in on the movie business by building film studios and offering tax incentives to filmmakers.</p>

February 22 - Stateline

<p>A plan to close New York's off-track betting parlors could erase one of the last vestiges of the gritty city of the past.</p>

February 22 - The New York Times

<p>Experts are calling for a major revision to the city operations of Toronto, suggesting the creation of region-wide toll roads, increased taxes and</p>

February 22 - The Toronto Star

<p>It wasn’t long ago that if someone who lived downtown mentioned needing to make a trip to the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 118th Street, you could assume they were not making the trip to buy groceries.</p>

February 22 - The New York Times

<p>City officials in Los Angeles are considering a plan to repair the city's crumbling sidewalks by forcing homeowners to pay for their repair when the property is sold.</p>

February 22 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Restoration and preservation of historic sites along Route 66 are slow going in Albuquerque.</p>

February 22 - The Albuquerque Tribune

<p>Legislators in Arizona are considering plans to convert some of the state's highways to toll roads in an effort to boost the state's transportation budget.</p>

February 22 - The Arizona Republic

<p>A group of researchers is using mapping and satellite data to help cities quantify their tree canopy cover -- a move that is spurring efforts to increase tree planting in cities across the country.</p>

February 22 - Associated Press

<p>In what may be viewed as a striking fracture to a unified approach to climate change, 18 environmental justice groups have announced their opposition to any type of carbon trading or even carbon offset approach, preferring use of carbon fees instead.</p>

February 22 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>An old Navy base presents the San Francisco suburb of Alameda with a great opportunity. However, a long-standing city policy that prohibits high-density development could quash that opportunity.</p>

February 21 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>The recent phenomenon of housing abandonment in the suburbs is only the beginning: projections now estimate that by 2025 40% of large-lot homes will be standing vacant.</p>

February 21 - Atlantic Monthly

<p>The best way to improve automobiles is to improve cities, according to this article from <em>Business Week</em>.</p>

February 21 - Business Week