The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Two HOV lanes on I-93 built as part of the Big Dig sit largely unused two years after the project opened.</p>

October 29 - The Boston Globe

<p>With two major fires in four years, San Diego County officials are trying to evaluate their options. Though many acknowledge that the battle against forest fires is a losing one, there are no proposals to restrict home building in fire prone areas.</p>

October 29 - The New York Times

<p>Americans across the country suffer from unhealthy diets and too little exercise, but these cities' residents are the worst offenders.</p>

October 29 - Forbes

<p>Though the fate of Seattle's light rail plans remain undecided, developers are moving forward with plans for transit node developments.</p>

October 29 - Seattle Post Intelligencer

<p>Joining the ranks of other major American cities like Chicago, San Francisco and Houston, St. Louis has lost its bid to build a citywide wi-fi network. AT&amp;T cites high costs as it pulls out.</p>

October 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

<p>A proposal to include advertising in certain visitor areas near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge has been rejected.</p>

October 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>With a flood of new condos, booming downtown Toronto is the fastest-growing area in the city.</p>

October 28 - The Toronto Star

<p>A new survey from Smart Growth America notes that three-fourths of Americans think improving public transportation is a better long term solution than building roads.</p>

October 28 - Smart Growth America

<p>In an effort to curb its energy use, the city of Berkeley, California, is considering a plan that would subsidize the installation of solar panels on homes in the city.</p>

October 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Government programs that subsidize energy-efficiency improvements in houses are being reconsidered as some claim the effort isn't worth the benefit.</p>

October 27 - The Globe and Mail

<p>Demand for architectural services remained strong in most regions of the country except in Florida, Michigan, and the Ohio Valley.</p>

October 27 - AIArchitect

<p>The California Transportation Commission allocated $15.5 million to the state's High-Speed Rail Authority for environmental, engineering and design work on short, designated corridors for the 700-mile, $40 billion rail system.</p>

October 27 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A recent 540-page report from the United Nations outlines the mega-problem of climate change, warning that failure to act may cause irreversible damage.</p>

October 27 - The Windsor Star

<p>Canada has already seen devastating urban forest fires, and some communities are preparing for the worst by adopting "FireSmart" principles into their bylaws.</p>

October 27 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

<p>This article from the meat-focused magazine <em>Meatpaper</em> discusses Manhattan and its similarities to a slab of meat, and looks at how Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs would have sliced their New York steaks.</p>

October 26 - Meatpaper

<p>Detroit is planning to sell off nearly 100 of its public parks to make way for redevelopment. The mostly small, pocket parks have been increasingly abandoned as their neighborhoods decline in population.</p>

October 26 - The Detroit Free Press

<p>Leading climate change scientist Tim Flannery talks about impact of global warming, the silencing of science, micro wind turbines, geothermal energy, compressed-air cars and what the California fires have in common with those in Greece and Australia.</p>

October 26 - Democracy Now

<p>Over the past 75 years, Buffalo, New York, has gone on a long downward spiral of deterioration and depopulation. Instead of pumping money into this failing city, legislators should focus on helping its people, writes Edward L. Glaeser.</p>

October 26 - City Journal

<p>Now Canada'a most expensive housing market, downtown Vancouver is attracting more and more big-spending buyers and watching its property values skyrocket.</p>

October 26 - The New York Times

<p>Most people think of parking garages as ugly behemoths that perform a necessary evil, but one author and architect has a different way of looking at them.</p>

October 26 - International Herald Tribune