The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p><em>Forbes</em> has released its list of the most miserable cities in America. Detroit is at the top.</p>

February 1 - Forbes

<p>Los Angeles, Portland, and New York City provide interesting case studies into the ways that city governments are building a more sustainable life for their residents.</p>

February 1 - The Planning Report

<p>A group of French academics have written an open letter decrying the latest in a long string of plans to deal with the working-class Parisian suburbs, which saw riots in 2005.</p>

February 1 - Truthout

<p>New York's Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission has approved the city's congestion pricing plans. It will head to the City Council next.</p>

February 1 - The New York Times

<p>A recent report argues that for developing countries, improving environmental health is dependent on improving economic health. But proper governing is crucial in meeting these ends.</p>

February 1 - The Economist

<p>This article from <em>Governing</em> looks at the resurgence in popularity experienced by walkable urban areas and wonders is walking is truly making a major comeback in the United States.</p>

February 1 - Governing

<p>The long-standing recycling center adjacent to Kezar Stadium at the edge of Golden Gate Park is seen by many neighbors to be an attraction for the homeless who raid their recycling bins.</p>

February 1 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Waterfree urinals are a sterling example of the benefits offered by new technology. Forged from a partnership between manufacturers and labor groups, waterfree urinals save 6 billion gallons of water a year from the Rose Bowl to the Taj Mahal.</p>

February 1 - VerdeXchange News

<p>In the second of a two-part blog post, Jeffrey Spivak calls to question the Cato Institute's attempts to cast Kansas City light rail as crime ridden.</p>

February 1 - Kanas City Star Prime Buzz

<p>Climate change is throwing a wrench into the gears of many preservation efforts.</p>

January 31 - The New York Times

<p>In part one of a two-part blog post, Jeffrey Spivak calls to question the Cato Institute's attempts to cast light rail as crime ridden.</p>

January 31 - Kanas City Star Prime Buzz

<p>A federal court ruled recently that the Army Corps of Engineers could not be held liable for the levee fialures that caused the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.</p>

January 31 - Associated Press

<p>As Mexico City's economy moves from industry to services, it is attracting new businesses but facing a legacy of haphazard infrastructure planning that may threaten its economic prosperity.</p>

January 31 - The Times (UK)

<p>To the chagrin of some local developers and politicians, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and the city Planning Department have released a joint policy directive that limits the conversion of industrial land to residential uses.</p>

January 31 - The Planning Report

<p>A proposed streetcar system in Atlanta has raised many questions about feasibility and funding.</p>

January 31 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Salt Lake City, Utah, has been ranked as the best city for jobs in 2008 by <em>Forbes</em> magazine.</p>

January 31 - Forbes

<p>Resulting from high numbers of car accidents involving people from out of town, cities across the country are adopting measures that charge drivers and their insurance companies for the city services performed at crash sites.</p>

January 31 - USA Today

<p>Is a statewide cap on driving in the works? Bill Fulton says a regional driving limit may be the only way that California is able to reach its self-imposed mandates for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.</p>

January 31 - California Planning & Development Report

FEATURE

January 31 - Joseph Cialdella

<p>The economic influence of the Alberta oil sands is so powerful that it's draining working-age men -- and vitality -- from smaller communities across Canada.</p>

January 31 - The Globe & Mail