The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>With few residents able to afford a suburban home, residents of San Diego and increasingly other high-priced western cities are gradually embracing a new model for homeownership.</p>

March 28 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

<p>Tens of thousands of veterans are suffering from mental illness and homelessness, and as more soldiers return from Iraq those numbers are expected to grow.</p>

March 28 - CBS News

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<p>I&#39;m in Shanghai this week conducting workshops for two of my Fortune 500 clients looking at the future of mobility in the Shanghai region and Chinese cities more broadly. If you&#39;ve never been to China, get on a plane now and come here. You will never think about cities or urbanization the same way again.</p><p>Shanghai has created a city larger than Manhattan in less than 20 years, and is set to create another in the next 15. The earth literally sags under the weight of the new buildings, as they push the former rural swampland into the earth.</p>

March 27 - Anthony Townsend

<p>Van Jones wants to make sure working-class and minority Americans can participate and benefit from a transition to a clean-energy economy.</p>

March 27 - Grist

<p>Inclusionary zoning and community land trusts are two innovative methods that government and non-profits are starting to use to create affordable housing, though these, like past efforts, have their shortcomings.</p>

March 27 - The Seattle Times

<p>For Chicago's El, big decisions must be made to modernize the nations' second largest transit system and alleviate it routine budget shortfalls.</p>

March 27 - The New York Times

<p>Despite being sued over its construction, a developer built a parking deck against code and severely limited the potential of the remaining downtown block it sits on.</p>

March 27 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>The sub-prime meltdown has some Los Angelenos sleeping (illegally) in their cars, and advocates for the homeless are divided about what to do about it.</p>

March 27 - The Scotsman

<p>Although New York City's Second Avenue Subway may finally come to fruition, it is unlikely that the once futuristic Car 8013 of the R11 model will ever run on its tracks.</p>

March 27 - The New York Times

<p>In one of the clearest directives to states yet, an FHWA official stated publicly that they want to award money to highway departments to actually implement -- not simply study -- congestion pricing.</p>

March 27 - The Advocate (Stamford, CT)

<p>Near the California desert resorts in and around Palm Springs, huge slums have built up in trailer parks, occupied by migrant farm workers. These areas are overcrowded with thousands of people, many of whom have no access to clean water or plumbing.</p>

March 27 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>If most planners do not like cul-de-sacs why are so many being built in Southern California?</p>

March 27 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>This summer more than 20,500 rental bikes will be available to Parisians at 1,450 bike stations for a faster, cheaper travel alternative.</p>

March 27 - The Washington Post

<p>Habitat for Humanity takes its expertise in creating builder-owners in suburban settings to Los Angeles, which desperately needs affordable housing. <em>The Planning Report</em> interviews CEO Erin Rank.</p>

March 26 - The Planning Report

<p>Legislation up for consideration in Wisconsin looks to make it easier for towns in the state to legally change their municipal status to avoid being annexed. The bill hopes to reduce the amount of cross-town border disputes incited by annexations.</p>

March 26 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

<p>Plans for a light rail system in Kansas City may move forward only by sacrificing the city's bus system. Federal funding currently supporting the buses would have to be diverted to the proposed light rail system, adversely affecting bus service.</p>

March 26 - The Kansas City Star

<p>A recent survey reveals that more than two-thirds of Ohio residents are opposed to the state's eminent domain law, and would be in favor of throwing it out.</p>

March 26 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

<p>Americans prefer traditional architecture. Is Modernism dead?</p>

March 26 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Medford Oregon's newly opened public library is about to close its doors -- but it is just one of 15 across the region suffering from a loss of federal subsidies.</p>

March 26 - Voice Of America

<p>Transportation problems and needed improvements are expected to cost the state of Oregon billions in the next 20 years. A new report is also estimating costs of nearly $2 billion a year in lost productivity due to the transportation problems.</p>

March 26 - The Portland Tribune