The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Dutch architects are seeking out progressive solutions to sea level rise.</p>

January 30 - NPR

<p>Thomas Wüst’s semiotic work on urbanity reviews literary contributions on the topic of urbanity, coming to the harsh conclusion that urbanity is, after all, nothing but a myth, and therefore likely to be instrumentalized by "symbolic politics".</p>

January 30 - The Urban Reinventors Online Urban Journal

<p>This article from <em>The New York Times</em> looks at how renovating older buildings to achieve greater energy efficiency has seen a rise in popularity in recent years.</p>

January 29 - The New York Times

<p>Protests over the extension of a magnetic levitation train line are evidence of an increasing trend of NIMBYism in China.</p>

January 29 - The Nation

<p>An independent report has found that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's idea to make transit free in the city would greatly increase delays, overcrowding and costs. Newsom has backed away from the idea.</p>

January 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>A look at a Shanghai museum focusing on urban planning.</p>

January 29 - International Herald Tribune

<p>A decision on the fate of federal funding for the D.C.-Dulles rail link has been deleayed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters. This delay may keep hopes for federal funding of the project alive.</p>

January 29 - The Washington Post

<p>The safety benefits of modern roundabouts are beyond question, according to both New York State DOT and FHWA, so why is it so hard to convince a skeptical public? N.Y officials are undeterred as they pursue their 'modern' roundabout program.</p>

January 29 - Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Due to various economic conditions, the costs of infrastructure projects nationwide have spiked.</p>

January 29 - The New York Times

<p>Toll hikes are on the horizon in many states. This article outlines some of the new rates affecting drivers.</p>

January 29 - USA Today

<p>On-board shoving and online ranting point to increasing narcissism and incivility in the public realm.</p>

January 29 - The Guardian

<p>Crossroads, a 125-bed homeless facility, incorporates green building concepts to better serve its clients. Many homeless people have respiratory-related health problems and a green building will be healthier for them.</p>

January 29 - The New York Times

<p>After the federal government pulled its recommendation for funding a rail extension that would connect the Washington D.C.-area to Dulles International Airport, private investors are looking to get in the ring and save the plan.</p>

January 28 - The Washington Post

<p>City officials in Los Angeles are planning to announce a proposal to revitalize the city's historic theater district in downtown's Broadway corridor, likely replacing the working class retail that has occupied the area for years.</p>

January 28 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This video from <em>Streetfilms</em> shows and explains the workings of Bogota, Colombia's bus rapid transit system -- one of the world's most highly regarded systems.</p>

January 28 - Streetsblog

<p>Troubled by allegations of fraud by a former CEO, and weighted down by trillions of dollars in possibly worthless mortgage-backed securities, Fannie Mae may also be the victim of a federal agenda of privatization, writes Scott Thill.</p>

January 28 - AlterNet

<p>Many rural prisons have become a mainstay for the economies of the small communities where they are located, and closing them can prove devastating to the local economy, creating long-term problems far beyond the loss of prison jobs.</p>

January 28 - The New York Times

<p>San Francisco's Sixth Street has been decidedly run-down for years. But redevelopment efforts -- including the likely seizure of a vacant and historic hotel building -- may be changing the face of the street for the better.</p>

January 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Members of the Dena'ina Athabascan tribe, completely surrounded by metropolitan Anchorage, struggle to preserve their language and culture.</p>

January 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>A private developer has proposed the world's longest highway tunnel, running more than 16 miles under the Long Island Sound in New York.</p>

January 28 - Associated Press