The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>In Marin County and other wealthy, liberal enclaves, many residents are vocally supportive of affordable housing and other causes -- unless its in their neighborhood.</p>

August 3 - Mother Jones

<p>A fun new website that attempts to quantify the pedestrian-friendliness of a neighborhood is getting some buzz in the blogosphere.</p>

August 3 - Streetsblog

<p>San Francisco and San Diego are the No. 1 downtowns in California, according to California Planning &amp; Development Report. L.A. is #4, behind Long Beach. Last? Fresno, Fresno, Fresno.</p>

August 3 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>As roads become more congested, one congestion mitigation proposal would encourage state workers to telecommute.</p>

August 3 - The Idaho Statesman

<p>Rooftop gardens bloom in New Jersey.</p>

August 2 - The New York Times

<p>California State Senator Darrell Steinberg tackles the connections between land use and greenhouse gas emissions with SB 375. Can California continue its leadership on climate change legislation?</p>

August 2 - The Planning Report

<p>An exploration of the architectural ego, the reasons for its existence, and whether it could be any other way.</p>

August 2 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>The Board of Supervisors approved a ballot measure that would increase funding the city's maligned transit agency and head off another measure aimed at repealing the city's parking limits.</p>

August 2 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Hoping to boost capacity without using additional road space, Seattle will become only the second city in the nation to put the London style buses into service.</p>

August 2 - HeraldNet

<p>With the nation's crumbling infrastructure having grabbed headlines lately, two U.S. senators are supported the concept of a national infrastructure bank to evaluate and finance major public works.</p>

August 2 - Reuters

<p>Though New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has earned kudos by taking public transit to work, reporters for the New York Times note his commute -- which involves a 22 block ride in a chauffeured Chevy Suburban -- isn't your average subway ride.</p>

August 2 - The New York Times

<p>African-Americans are the majority of residents in Richmond, Virginia, but a new master planning effort has been criticized for attracting little participation from non-whites.</p>

August 2 - Style Weekly

<p>The controversy over the proposed sky bridge in downtown Salt Lake City has worked its way into the race for mayor.</p>

August 2 - Salt Lake City Weekly

<p>In Missouri, towns are embracing New Urbanism and reviving main street districts or even creating new downtowns where they didn't exist.</p>

August 2 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

<p>Parks are no just about connecting with nature. The evolving public spaces of today revitalize abandoned industrial land and engage citizens.</p>

August 1 - The Toronto Star

<p>IBM announced the development of a new traffic prediction tool that could help cities maximize their existing infrastructure investments.</p>

August 1 - CNN Money

<p>Opponents to gentrification often have a romanticized view of neighborhoods that prevents them from seeing how development is beneficial to everyone in a community -- rich and poor.</p>

August 1 - American Thinker

<p>Cities contemplating commuter rail systems should first look at the characteristics of other successful systems.</p>

August 1 - Intermodality

<p>Are Americans ready to shed their preference for oversized homes? With new regulations in the pipeline, and sustainability all the rage, opponents of McMansions certainly hope so.</p>

August 1 - The Guardian

<p>Robert W. Poole of the Reason Foundation argues for HOT Lanes on Los Angeles freeways.</p>

August 1 - The Planning Report