The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>For Iraqi refugees, finding a place to go is a major challenge. Strict policies in many European countries makes finding asylum difficult, but Sweden has proven to be the most welcoming country.</p>

May 25 - Der Spiegel

<p>An eclectic group of New York residents who live year-round on boats docked in New York's Hudson River have been granted a reprieve from city officials who had planned to reduce the permitted amount of time boats would be allowed to dock.</p>

May 25 - NPR

<p>Officials in England propose a massive reorganization of the country's planning system, including the creation of an independent commission that would be charged with approving major infrastructure projects.</p>

May 25 - The Guardian

<p>A new poll shows that just 37 percent of New Yorkers support Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, though two-thirds of Manhattan residents support the idea.</p>

May 25 - Reuters

<p>With little progress having been made on Mayor Richard Daley's campaign pledge to end homelessness by 2012, some are wondering if the promise is just a pipe dream, or worse, a political stunt.</p>

May 25 - Time Magazine

<p>As property prices spiral upward in Beijing, some tenants in the city's 600-year-old hutong alleyways are rushing to cash in on their neighborhoods' destruction.</p>

May 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>After a heated public hearing that drew 1,500 people, the LAMTA board approved a compromise proposal that will increase fares, though less than originally planned.</p>

May 25 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Just as gas prices have soared to their highest, inflation-adjusted prices, SUV sales, including the new 'crossovers', have rebounded following a two-year drop in popularity, to the chagrin of many environmentalists.</p>

May 25 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Though not mentioned in this article, a Hope VI-funded revitalization of Atlanta's Carver Homes housing project led to the development of a school which is now being considered as a city-wide model.</p>

May 24 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>This academic journal article proposes a new index that that can be used to relate income segregation on the spatial arrangement of neighborhoods, and uses examples from Baltimore, Maryland.</p>

May 24 - Journal Of Regional Science

<p>Several projects on the Hawaiian Islands have run into unmarked grave sites, causing delays and creating controversy over moving sacred remains.</p>

May 24 - Yahoo! News

<p>The mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, has announced a plan to provide water, lighting, and sanitation to all of the city's densely-packed slum dwellers.</p>

May 24 - Mail & Guardian

<p>The President's goal of producing 35 billion gallons of biofuels by 2017 has created such uncertainty in the oil industry that they have reduced their investment in refinery capacity, possibly resulting in fuel shortages and higher gas prices.</p>

May 24 - The New York Times

<p>New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to 'green' the city's yellow cabs by replacing the current fleet with fuel-efficient hybrids over five years.</p>

May 24 - The Seattle Times

<p>Though Americans are complaining about rising gas prices, demand has barely budged. And when adjusted for inflation and considered as a percentage of household spending, prices are still below the peaks in the 1970s and 1980s.</p>

May 24 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

<p>Faced with neglect from the city, the residents of Southwest Detroit have successfully begun to revive their neighborhood on their own.</p>

May 24 - The Detroit News

<p>The City of Savannah is picking up where its founder started by adding a new 56-acre mixed-use project originally envisioned as part of its 1733 master plan.</p>

May 24 - The New York Times

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May 24 - Helsingin Sanomat

<p>A proposed long-term lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike could provide close to $1.7 billion a year -- funding the state's transit and road needs without the need for additional taxes.</p>

May 24 - Philadelphia Business Journal

<p>The plan's approval by the city planning commission comes along with criticism about its flaws and lack of funding.</p>

May 23 - The Times-Picayune