The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Rental car companies are venturing into the field of car-sharing.</p>

February 10 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>With available landspace running low, a 1-million square-meter underground development is being planned in Amsterdam.</p>

February 10 - Building

<p>As Vancouver weighs the importance of density in the city, some say the debate needs a refresh.</p>

February 9 - The Globe & Mail

<p>Eminent domain usage by the Denver area transit authority may be severely limited by a law that specifies land seizures be made only for "public transit purposes". This may prevent takings for such uses as parking lots and TOD.</p>

February 9 - The Denver Post

<p>More suburban commuters around the Twin Cities are ditching their cars and riding the bus.</p>

February 9 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>Community activists and affordable housing advocates in New Orleans face ongoing struggles to promote alternative redevelopment schemes that meet the needs of low-income households.</p>

February 9 - Women's International Perspective

<p>A new transportation corridor prompts the coordination of transportation and land use planning efforts in Boise.</p>

February 9 - The Boise Weekly

<p>A farmer in England secretly built a mock-Tudor castle on his property and kept it out of view for years by hiding it behind a 40-foot stack of hay bales.</p>

February 8 - Daily Mail

<p>The increasing use of food grains in biofuels, rising meat consumption in Asia and perverse government farming subsidies are having a serious effect on global food security.</p>

February 8 - Telegraph

<p>Despite complaints from residents and critics, a 27-story tower to be built on the edge of Boston's high-rise Financial District and its more modest Chinatown neighborhood has passed review form the city's design commission.</p>

February 8 - The Boston Globe

<p>While Montgomery County, Maryland had one of the first affordable housing programs in the country, recently, the community has not seen the required units constructed by developers.</p>

February 8 - The Washington Post

<p>Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is looking to make his city's streets safer for cyclists by raising fines for reckless drivers who endanger bikers.</p>

February 8 - Chicago Sun-Times

<p>A federal court has ruled that Metropolitan Atlanta cannot increase its draw of water from Lake Lanier, a ruling viewed as a major victory for Alabama and Florida which has been quarreling with Georgia over the reservoir's water for years.</p>

February 8 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Los Angeles has created a joint-powers authority to consider a regional magnetic-levitation train system. The $26 billion system would be funded and operated by a private firm.</p>

February 8 - The Daily Breeze

<p>Communities are looking at ways to become more energy efficient and environmentally friendly, but they're struggling to combat local opposition.</p>

February 8 - The New York Times

<p>This article from <em>The Journal of American History</em> looks at the history behind the human geography of New Orleans and how these residential patterns were affected by Hurricane Katrina.</p>

February 8 - The Journal of American History

<p>This presentation from the March 2007 TED conference features Robin Chase, founder of the car-sharing service Zipcar. Chase discusses other ideas for tackling the congestion problems facing America's urban areas.</p>

February 8 - TED Blog

<p>This editorial form <em>The Boston Globe</em> looks at efforts to reverse sprawl in an aging mill town.</p>

February 7 - The Boston Globe

<p>More cities across the globe are pushing civic improvement projects that seek to improve both the local economy and the happiness of its people.</p>

February 7 - En Route

<p>Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser has introduces a plan for a regional light rail transit system. Now he just needs his neighbors get on board.</p>

February 7 - The Kansas City Star