The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>To encourage development that is consistent with the city's vision for sustainable development, planners have created a new zoning designation that looks like a win-win for developers and neighborhoods -- if they can stand the density.</p>

February 9 - The Austin Chronicle

<p>The non-profit organization famous for building single family homes for low-income families is being to develop higher-density projects in high-cost urban areas.</p>

February 9 - The Gazette

<p>While planners and architects are giddy with the possibilities for sustainable development in New Orleans, the actual needs of the city's residents -- namely housing and jobs -- appear to have been forgotten.</p>

February 9 - American Prospect via Alternet

<p>In this interview from <em>Grist</em>, GOP strategist Frank Luntz discusses why environmentalists fail to get their message across to their opponents.</p>

February 9 - Grist

<p>Washington Post Columnist John Kelley offers comments from subway riders who share their experiences riding other systems around the globe.</p>

February 9 - The Washington Post

<p>To help make ends meet, some students have taken to living in illegal, and often unsafe, residences.</p>

February 9 - The Santa Clara

<p>After the community successfully thwarted a proposed development on the site of an urban garden, city officials are looking to protect gardens citywide with a new zoning designation.</p>

February 9 - The Sun News

<p>President Bush's 2008 budget proposes $2.4 billion for the National Park Service.</p>

February 8 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>With the post 9/11 displacement of many financial firms, residents, along with restaurants and shops, have started to move into the area -- remaking the financial hub into a desirable place to live.</p>

February 8 - The American

<p>Having spent an inordinate amount of time in preliminary engineering, the major transit project for the San Francisco Bay Area is in serious financial trouble, according to the FTA, and could have its $750 million grant withdrawn.</p>

February 8 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>The Municipality of Wood Buffalo is looking to fill 49 new positions in its planning and development department to cope with the area's incredible growth -- a result of the tar sands boom in northern Alberta.</p>

February 8 - Wood Buffalo Communications

<p>The older suburbs around Richmond, Virginia -- and many other cities around the country -- can no longer count on being immune to poverty, crime and under performing schools that has long affected the urban core.</p>

February 8 - Style Weekly

<p>Leaders in Edinburgh, Scotland have adopted a new green building code to lessen the environmental impact of development.</p>

February 8 - Green Building Press

<p>Rural colleges are urbanizing their campuses to stay competitive with their peers and keep up with evolving demographic preferences.</p>

February 8 - The New York Times

FEATURE

February 8 - Michael Gunder, PhD

<p>In hopes of inspiring future civic leaders, an innovative volunteer program teaches grade school children about how a city works.</p>

February 8 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

<p>With more than 300,000 new cars hitting the roads each year, the Chinese capital has a serious shortage of parking. The solution? More parking lots of course.</p>

February 8 - China Daily

<p>The lengthy list of candidates for the top job at the Boston Redevelopment Agency includes architect and Harvard professor Alex Krieger.</p>

February 8 - Boston Herald

<p>Enthusiasts are using Google Earth and Microsoft Live Search Maps for unexpected purposes.</p>

February 7 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Science News reviews the research and opinions linking sprawl and obesity, and investigates whether urban sprawl "makes people fat."</p>

February 7 - Science News