The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The Baltimore City Council is set to vote on an inclusionary housing mandate designed to produce economically diverse neighborhoods and stave off gentrification.</p>

December 4 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>The report comparing American and English cities determines that communities on both sides of the Atlantic are dealing with similar challenges.</p>

December 4 - The Brookings Institution

<p>At several Baltimore area universities, construction managers learn to cut costs on the fly to cope with increasing construction costs.</p>

December 4 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Northglenn, once a model of modern suburban living in Denver, Colorado, is making plans to upgrade the neighborhood.</p>

December 4 - Westword

<p>The recent opening of Detroit's new modern art museum is a celebration of art and architecture for the everyday urbanist.</p>

December 4 - The New York Times

<p>With traffic congestion already growing intolerable in many cities, how will Americans be able to get to work when there are 400 million of us, asks Neal Peirce.</p>

December 4 - The Seattle Times

<p>Canada tries out traffic roundabouts in an effort to reduce traffic in some of the country's busiest areas. Some cities are reluctant to replace traffic lights with roundabouts because of safety concerns.</p>

December 3 - The Economist

<p>Restoring and redeveloping aging piers in San Francisco is helping to create a vibrant pedestrian promenade. But some feel the costs and developmental restrictions associated with the renovations are hindering the full potential of the area.</p>

December 3 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Telecommunication companies are camouflaging cell phone towers in elaborate disguises</p>

December 3 - CBS News via YouTube

<p>CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a look at several New Urbanist communities changing that are encouraging walking and physical activity.</p>

December 3 - CNN.com

<p>One community in Georgia is making use of several masonry ordinances that require brick facades to try preserve the history and aesthetic appeal of the city.</p>

December 3 - Georgia Municipal Association

<p>The Swedish furniture retailer is expanding its market to include ready-made and modestly-sized homes. Already selling well in Scandinavia, the homes are part of a new plan to address Britain's affordable housing shortage.</p>

December 2 - The Guardian Unlimited

<p>Reflecting the power of market price signals in influencing behavior, the average American traveled fewer miles behind the wheel in 2005 -- the first time in 25 years.</p>

December 2 - CNN.com

<p>A program that allows police officers and teachers to buy foreclosed homes in designated neighborhoods at half of their appraised value has been extended to include firefighters and emergency medical technicians.</p>

December 2 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Large-scale infrastructure projects in South Africa are rapidly increasing land costs and the costs of building. Some fear these projects may create a slow-down in private development.</p>

December 2 - Business Day

<p>The historic Trinity Episcopal Cathedral looks to downtown Miami residential growth as a way to fill its half-empty pews.</p>

December 2 - The Miami Herald

<p>The long-awaited Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 05-1120, that will determine whether the EPA should regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant from motor vehicles was heard on Nov. 29.</p>

December 1 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A new church outside Rome designed by architect Richard Meier has been built with a self cleaning exterior that also destroys pollutants in the air.</p>

December 1 - The New York Times

<p>Redevelopment plans for Denver's Union Station could create a hub for a regional transit system that connects the growing Rocky Mountain region.</p>

December 1 - The Denver Post

<p>The ups and downs of real estate have become popular fodder on a growing number of popular blogs.</p>

December 1 - Media Shift Blog