The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>While many argue over the costs and benefits of requiring LEED-certification, some affordable housing developers have shown that building green doesn't require following the program's recommendations.</p>

February 6 - CityLimits.org

<p>The CEO of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently told a crowd of L.A. city officials that increasing transit oriented development is high on his list of goals.</p>

February 6 - Los Angeles Downtown News

<p>Silicon Valley companies are engaging in a competition with each other to reduce the number of employees driving to work each day.</p>

February 6 - Cleantech blog

<p>Brooklyn's Starrett City is for sale. While most of the rents of the almost 5,900 apartments are federally subsidized, the tenants fear eventual displacement. Governor Spitzer has signaled he is willing to assist to keep the project affordable.</p>

February 6 - The New York Times

<p>It's not just New Orleans: cities across America need help. What's needed is the political will to do it.</p>

February 6 - Tom Paine

<p>As shopping centers and malls boom in India, a recent seminar looks at how to plan their development in a sustainable way.</p>

February 6 - The Telegraph

<p>With ground floor rents in Manhattan skyrocketing, many independent merchants are moving their storefronts to once vacant second stories.</p>

February 5 - The New York Times

<p>Neglect, poor planning, and flawed city management are being blamed for the recent flooding in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta that has caused hundreds of thousands to evacuate.</p>

February 5 - BBC

<p>Some developers and land use experts have once again called for the city to reconsider its long time height limitations to allow for the development of office high rises.</p>

February 5 - The Washington Post

<p>Cities like Linfen bear the ecological burden of China's massive, coal-fired economic growth.</p>

February 5 - The Globe & Mail

<p>Three plans have been put forward to improve access and circulation around the waterfront in Burlington, Vermont. Many residents are concerned that all three plans place too much emphasis on providing parking.</p>

February 5 - Seven Days

<p>With $40 billion dollars of bond money for transportation, housing and parks at his disposal, Governor Schwarzenegger could reshape the state's growth patterns and make good on his promises to reduce greenhouse gases, argues William Fulton.</p>

February 5 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>According to a recent National Research Council report, maps of flood danger in the United States are based on data that are decades old. Many are calling for an update.</p>

February 5 - The Boston Globe

FEATURE

Sustainability must become a primary goal of public policy if we want to ensure the long-term health of communities.

February 5 - Edward J. Jepson, Jr., Ph.D., AICP

A recent report has identified a severe housing shortage for senior citizens. Waiting periods for subsidized senior housing can last more than 13 months, according to the report.

February 5 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Community land trusts are becoming an increasingly popular way to create new housing that is permanently affordable, and interest in the innovative organizations continues to grow.</p>

February 5 - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

<p>The mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, hopes to lure biomedical researchers and facilities to a proposed biomedical district in his city's downtown. And he's willing to do a lot to see his vision through.</p>

February 5 - The Arizona Republic

<p>A new building in Boston's historic rowhouse laden south end neighborhood looks ahead without disrespecting its traditional context.</p>

February 4 - The Boston Globe

<p>As the community has roundly approved the Unified New Orleans Plan, coordinators of the recovery planning effort have announced that its costs could rise above $14 billion over the next decade. Exact funding sources have yet to be fully identified.</p>

February 4 - The Times-Picayune

<p>With some of the most expensive real estate in the world, chain stores are now dominating the famed Champs-Elysees. Government officials in Paris are developing plans to counter the prevalence of corporate outlets, but some fear it may be too late.</p>

February 4 - The New York Times