The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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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

<p>In a recently released report, it has been found that Minnesota's transportation funding cannot keep pace with the state's infrastructure needs -- leaving only enough to maintain existing roads, not build any new ones.</p>

February 21 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>The government of British Columbia has announced a carbon tax system for the province -- the first in North America.</p>

February 21 - The Globe and Mail

<p>The use of eminent domain by the Denver-area Regional Transportation District is coming under increasing scrutiny from homeowners and public officials.</p>

February 21 - The Denver Post

<p>As the population booms, the need for housing and development will become even greater over the next 20 years. Many are arguing for a shift away from the cookie-cutter land use patterns of the past.</p>

February 21 - The New York Times

<p>After years of boom-and-bust economic see-sawing, the city of Anchorage, Alaska, is showing signs of steady growth and economic stability.</p>

February 21 - The Seattle Times

<p>City rankings can be double-edged sword.</p>

February 21 - Governing

<p>Subdivisions that were approved under Oregon's Measure 37 in 2004 and then overturned by the passage of Measure 49 last November are moving forward, but only a few houses at a time -- a result Measure 49's proponents say is a victory.</p>

February 21 - The Oregonian