The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Say goodbye to garish golden arches. McDonald is transforming its cookie-cutter architecture to catch-up with a broader cultural shift.

July 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Developers in Palm Beach County didn't even have to twist any arms to get the county zoning commission to drop its affordable housing requirements.

July 9 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Many houses in flood-ravaged New Orleans are currently selling for more money than before Hurrican Katrina.

July 9 - The New York Times

The WSJ's Kimberly Strassel interviews Bjorn Lomborg on his latest economic exercise -- asking eight U.N. ambassadors to prioritize global projects. Global warming ends up at the bottom. Again.

July 9 - The Wall Street Journal

Richard A. Cellarius, past president of the Sierra Club, lists five landmark years in the nation's environmental history.

July 9 - The Arizona Republic

Findings from a new study indicate that the increasing number of forest fires in the West may be due to global warming.

July 8 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is setting new limits on how much water can be used by towns in the Charles River watershed, drastically altering the development plans of many towns.

July 8 - The Boston Globe

Decades of metropolitan growth have outstripped most American cities' ability to provide adequate infrastructure, leaving them extremely vulnerable to disruption.

July 8 - The Providence Journal

Robert Samuelson questions whether we can conserve our way out of global warming.

July 8 - The Washington Post

Morristown, New Jersey, wants to ban any new bank branches from the town's business district to protect its lively pedestrian character.

July 8 - The New York Times

Why Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa should join San Francisco Mayor Newsom to push for high-speed rail connecting California's major cities.

July 7 - The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times sets up a Goldfish cam and two goldfish -- Little Antonio and Little Ed -- named after the mayor and a city councilman) to see if fish can live in a tank filled with water from the Los Angeles River.

July 7 - The Los Angeles Times

Cambodians frustrated with shoddy trains and inconsistent service have taken transportation into their own hands, constructing and operating trains made primarily out of bamboo. The trains run at nearly 25 mph and are largely meeting transit needs.

July 7 - BBC

As a developer sets his sights on redeveloping some of Cleveland's Cuyahoga Riverfront, the state of Ohio is considering the use of eminent domain to secure the land and ensure the economic development it promises.

July 7 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

A bill to ban push-pull commuter trains in California was amended to include an independent study after commuter rail operators and their advocates objected to the costs the ban would impose.

July 7 - The Los Angeles Times

A team of developers from New York City plan to add to Boston's already up and coming Fort Point Channel Neighborhood.

July 7 - The Boston Globe

Residents of Scotia, CA, hope that their community can retain its unique after the sale.

July 7 - The New York Times

All Things Considered's Ann Murray reports on Easton, Pennsylvania's revitalization strategy.

July 7 - National Public Radio

Six years and millions of dollars later, Sydney's public transit users are still without a universal fare card system.

July 7 - The Sydney Morning Herald

A North Carolina based weekly has published a helpful list of ways for residents to reduce their energy consumption.

July 7 - The Independent