The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>San Jose, California is considering a plan to require all new private developments to follow strict environmental standards. Builders and developers are opposed and claim the move will be bad for the city as it tries to encourage business growth.</p>

November 17 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>San Francisco plans to test out a double-decker bus for possible adoption into its public transit fleet.</p>

November 17 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>After years of growth and development, the suburban Washington D.C. Dulles corridor is experiencing a development slowdown.</p>

November 17 - The Washington Post

<p>The rising price of oil is fueling an economic development boom in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</p>

November 17 - Reuters

<p>Officials in Ottawa, Canada are planning to try a new marketing ploy to get commuters to switch to the bus -- free pizza.</p>

November 16 - Canoe.ca

<p>Cars will be banned from many of London's central city streets as part of a plan by Mayor Ken Livingstone to improve the city's pedestrian friendliness. Many critics say the roads chosen for the ban are too crucial to lose.</p>

November 16 - The Times

<p>A recent report says local specialty shops will not be successful as transit oriented development adjacent to a planned light rail stop in Colorado, arguing that big box stores like Wal-Mart are the more viable option.</p>

November 16 - The Aurora Sentinel

<p>While Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has received fame for making global warming a priority, he has studiously avoided the land use connection. Not so for California's attorney general, who is tackling the issue head on, even warning of litigation.</p>

November 16 - The Oakland Tribune

<p>Thousands of wild monkeys are invading New Delhi -- a side effect of increasing outward urban development from the city's central core. The monkeys have been causing mischief throughout the city, and officials are scrambling to control the problem.</p>

November 16 - The New York Times

<p>Long neglected, the Broadway theater district of Los Angeles is a far cry from New York's thriving theater district. But renewed interest in L.A.'s old theaters may bring about an arts renaissance.</p>

November 16 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Green Mortgages, though in a nascent stage, aim to help buyers qualify for larger mortgages while reducing the impact of housing on the environment. Will it work?</p>

November 16 - The Boston Globe

<p>Chattanooga, Tennessee has no water restrictions, and this fact has many in the Southern U.S. projecting it to be a new focal point for economic development -- especially from businesses and industries forced to leave drought-stricken Atlanta</p>

November 16 - USA Today

<p>Growth in the Western Salt Lake Valley is creating a need for better mobility. Plans are bubbling for an eight-lane freeway, and while many residents support the plan, others are calling on officials to consider transit options more seriously.</p>

November 16 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>Comedian Drew Carey takes a straight-faced look at eminent domain and how the land acquisition practice has gone from beneficial to abusive in National City, California in this video from <em>Reason</em>.</p>

November 16 - Reason

BLOG POST

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Transcontinental flights are a great time to catch up on reading, and a recent flight from San Jose to Chicago inspired this blog post. As I was reading book #1 (below), I realized that a number books have been published recently that have important things to say about cities although they might be dismissed too easily as reactionary, ideological, or simply not relevant to urban planning. </font></p>

November 15 - Samuel Staley

<p>Joseph Clement reports on the New York City's new "Class 1" bike lane on 9th Avenue.</p>

November 15 - Spacing

<p>Plans to bring chain outlets such as Starbucks and Subway to a small California town have locals up in arms over what they see as a threat to their town's historic character.</p>

November 15 - Telegraph

<p>How computer-aided design (CAD) changed manufacturing, architecture and engineering.</p>

November 15 - Wired

<p>Congestion is one of the most common complaints about a city, whether it's L.A., New York, Beijing, or Sydney. This article takes a look at how congestion is important to making a city what it is.</p>

November 15 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>Honda, Ford, and GM will put hydrogen fuel cell cars on the road in Southern California.</p>

November 15 - The Los Angeles Times