The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A progressive -- if cynical -- argument for privatizing Amtrak: only private interests can borrow the necessary capital to upgrade it, and have the clout necessary to lobby Congress to support the service adequately.</p>

April 29 - Truthout

<p>A growing number communities have adopted inclusionary zoning polices as the price of housing has risen dramatically over the past several years. The question remains: does it work?</p>

April 29 - On Common Ground

<p>L.A.'s sprawl is not so much a matter of choice as of policy, with even its downtown artificially limited to a 6:1 FAR. But as the city clamors for greater density, a clever plan to transfer air rights is in the works.</p>

April 29 - The Planning Report

<p>The growing population of single-person households may be an ecological time bomb, suggests Heidi Sopinka.</p>

April 28 - The Globe and Mail

<p>Though funding is not ensured, the Miami-Dade Transit Authority has received permission from the federal government to start acquiring land for its 9.5 mile Metrorail line expansion.</p>

April 28 - The Miami Herald

<p>Creating new developments in historic European cities is a struggle for developers, who often endure long waits for planning approval and strong opposition from preservationists.</p>

April 28 - International Herald Tribune

<p>From monthly 'Critical Mass' bike rides to growing influence on city policy, SF cyclists recount their numerous victories and recent setbacks.</p>

April 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>A new approach to land assembly gives property owners a stake in redevelopment, and offers a alternative to the use eminent domain.</p>

April 28 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

<p>It's been six years since the creation of the Segway personal transporter, and this talk show from <em>The Onion News Network</em> looks at the phenomenon that has changed the way we live our lives.</p>

April 27 - The Onion News Network

<p>Rising gas prices have caused a noticeable increase in public transit ridership in Seattle. The rising demand has fueled transit officials to push for service expansion.</p>

April 27 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Dams have been decimating the population of salmon in Northern California's Klamath River for years, and now Native Americans who depend on the salmon are traveling to visit the owner of the dams to appeal for their removal.

April 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Land is being grabbed up all over India in efforts to industrialize the country and bring in foreign investment. The country's poor in these primarily agricultural areas are disproportionately affected by these acquisitions.</p>

April 27 - International Herald Tribune

<p>Two Bay Area 'voices' illustrate that lowering carbon content of fuel and increasing its efficiency hardly gets at the root of the transportation-global warming problem -- auto dependency, and offer three strategies to solve it.</p>

April 27 - World Changing.com

<p>Through the use of a city-wide form-based code, the City of Miami and Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company are teaming up to create a more walkable, transit-oriented city.</p>

April 27 - The Miami Hurricane

<p>As public libraries take on more roles in their communities -- including acting as key public spaces -- librarians are adopting "placemaking" into their facility and service planning.</p>

April 27 - Project For Public Spaces

<p>In this editorial the <em>O'Fallon Journal</em> praises Dardenne Prairie, a growing suburb of St. Louis, for trying to create a downtown and a real "sense of place" in a community that does not have one.</p>

April 27 - O'Fallon Journal

<p>There has been a great deal of press given lately to the crisis in the housing market. The real crisis, writes Alec Dubro, is shelter unaffordability and homelessness for low-income earners.</p>

April 27 - Tom Paine

<p>With Baby Boomers moving into their 60s and a significantly smaller population of younger workers, officials in British Columbia have passed a bill that will do away with the province's mandatory retirement age of 65.</p>

April 27 - Times Colonist

BLOG POST

<br /> Most people that I know want to act responsibly, but when it comes to daily travel decisions they often choose driving over more resource-efficient but less comfortable and convenient alternative modes, such as walking, cycling and public transportation. As a result, they feel guilty, and communities suffer from problems such as congestion, infrastructure costs, consumer costs, accidents, energy consumption, and pollution emissions. <br />

April 26 - Todd Litman

<p>The city council has moved to allocate $8 million dollars to pursue five initiatives recommended by a team of consultants designed to increase the supply of affordable housing.</p>

April 26 - Pasadena Star-News