The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Google is testing its new transit trip planning service in six U.S. cities.

September 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Without conducting environmental analysis as required by federal law, the Bush administration suspended Clinton-era rules banning road building in national forests.

September 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Bloomingdale's opening in San Francisco on Sept. 28 is just another sign of major retailers investing in downtowns despite the higher costs.

September 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A day after Riviera Beach contracted with a developer for hotels, condos, marinas, shops and a new harbor, and 4 months after Gov. Bush signed a law outlawing government seizure of land for private development, 4 property owners filed a suit.

September 27 - Suen-Sentinel.com

While the city's light-rail system is plagued with construction delays and cost overruns, developers are waiting in the wings with plans for urban transit villages along the line.

September 27 - The Charlotte Observer

An editorial from a building industry leader criticizes the Australian government's simplistic thinking on increasing the production of affordable housing.

September 27 - The Age

A look at five new plans for public space in American cities highlights some of the best work in urban design.

September 27 - GOOD Magazine

As part of its $6 billion regional transit plan, Seattle transit officials have started construction on an airport extension.

September 27 - The Seattle Times

Chicago area boosters are touting their plan for a "compact games" as they bid for the 2016 Olympics.

September 27 - Associated Press

The reconstruction of New Orleans is also reconfiguring the city's demographics.

September 27 - The Slatin Report

FEATURE

September 27 - Connie Chung

While the news from the U.S. real estate market is mostly negative, and there is disagreement about how serious the trend is and what the long-term implications are, there appears to be little chance of it influencing the mid-term elections.

September 27 - Thomas Paine's Corner

Despite a rocky start, the 30 years old John Hancock Tower has become Boston's greatest example of modern architecture.

September 27 - The Boston Globe

The state with the most wind-generated energy is not California but Texas. Notwithstanding all its headline-making, landmark laws, renewable energy has increased a mere 1% in 4 years. The obstacles appear to lay more in bureaucracy than technology.

September 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A recently released safety report on bicycling in New York City is pushing local departments to establish more than 240 miles of new bike lanes in the city.

September 26 - New York Press

With a population of only three million, Uruguay has rapidly become Latin America's outsourcing hub. In partnership with one of India's largest technology consulting firms, engineers in Montevideo work while their counterparts in Mumbai sleep.

September 26 - The New York Times

Recent data released by the National Association of Realtors shows existing home prices falling for the fifth consecutive month in August.

September 26 - The Washington Post

The winning of a housing design competition sponsored by actor Brad Pitt end environmental non-profit Global Green USA demonstrates how eco-friendly architecture can remake New Orleans.

September 26 - MSNBC

A drab World War II-era public housing project in Seattle has been replaced with what local officials hope will be an environmentally- and economically-sustainable community.

September 26 - The Seattle Times

Environmentalists and land use activists in the United Kingdom are calling on planners and policymakers to integrate standards that reduce carbon emissions within their official planning policies.

September 26 - The Guardian Unlimited