The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Having gone 25 years without a comprehensive review of all routes and operations, officials at MARTA -- metro Atlanta's transit system -- have decided that the time is finally right for an overhaul.</p>

July 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Rural communities lag behind their metropolitan counterparts in terms of access to services and information. Greater investments in telecommunications technology and infrastructure can help bridge these gaps.</p>

July 6 - Center for American Progress

<p>Generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and water often requires stringing new transmission lines to remote areas, a prospect that concerns some environmentalists.</p>

July 6 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>A new report calls on planners in the metropolitan Boston area to significantly alter housing development patterns to avoid a severe loss of land and natural resources by 2030.</p>

July 6 - The Boston Globe

<p>Operators of the emerging high-speed rail lines in Europe are joining forces to improve the way European travelers move around the region. Some hope the partnership could increase competition between rail and low-cost airlines.</p>

July 6 - The Economist

<p>The city may be notorious as one of the fastest-growing and car-dependent urban places in the nations, but as a long-time Phoenix architect points out, the city is rich with history and architecture.</p>

July 6 - Dwell

<p>The world famous landmark is set to be modernized by U.S. architect Michael Adlerstein, who was responsible for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty.</p>

July 5 - The New York Times

<p>The premier rating system for green building and design is being adjusted to correct problems that have arisen as the system has evolved.</p>

July 5 - Interior Design

<p>This editorial from <em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em> looks at how the rise in housing prices in Australia has both short- and long-term negative effects.</p>

July 5 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>NOLA human rights lawyer Bill Quigley outlines what he believes were thirty-three deliberate actions on the part of the federal government to undermine recovery in New Orleans.</p>

July 5 - Truthout

<p>With little land left to develop and a declining population in recent years, suburban cities in Ohio are beginning to accept that the only way they can continue to grow is by building up.</p>

July 5 - The Columbus Dispatch

<p>National ridership figures may be down, but grassroots collectives are thriving.</p>

July 5 - The Next American City

<p>Good middle class suburbs aren't sustainable without a vibrant city, and vice versa, argues a recent article in the Houston Chronicle.</p>

July 5 - The Houston Chronicle

<p>Ed Uhlir details the development and maintenance of one of America's most successful urban parks.</p>

July 5 - The Planning Report

<p>Plans for the rebuilding of America's busiest rail station, Pennsylvania Station in midtown Manhattan, expand to include enormous investment in surrounding area.</p>

July 5 - The New York Times

<p>The president of Brazil has pledged nearly $2 billion to improve basic services and infrastructure in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He hopes that providing running water, schools, and better roads will counteract the high crime rate in the slums.</p>

July 5 - BBC

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<p class="MsoNormal">As an educator who also enjoys practice, I periodically weigh up where my efforts are best spent. Is it making a difference via educating students in the classroom, and through my research and writing, as they use this knowledge in their work in the distant future? Or can I make a difference more directly though practice now? It is hard to know which path is best and the path of teaching is a riskier choice. Truly exceptional teachers and scholars, however, can make an enormous impact.</p>

July 4 - Ann Forsyth

<p>Project to recreate Oakland's 7th Street will enable users to experience it's historic jazz &amp; blues club scene in a virtual world.</p>

July 4 - Poynter Online

<p>In part one of a three-part series, Rick Perlstein exposes how the federal government's ideologically-motivated project to promote homeownership in America has become badly derailed.</p>

July 4 - TomPaine.com

<p>A recent survey has revealed that more than 40% of the tourists planning to visit San Francisco this year will use public transit as their main mode of transportation -- a figure that outpaces the ridership of the city's residents.</p>

July 4 - The Examiner