The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A visionary development plan promises transit villages, solar energy, local farms, water recycling, sensitive architecture, and walkable neighborhoods. Will it be a model for other communities seeking eco-friendly development?

July 6 - The San Francisco Chronicle

It's been 50 years since President Eisenhower signed the bill creating the Interstate Highway System, one of the most successful federal programs ever. Randal O'Toole offers a few indicators of the success of the Interstate Highway System.

July 6 - The Thoreau Institute

Bill Scott, director of the Flexcar car-sharing program in Portland, discusses the city's decision to end its subsidies to the company and to charge Flexcar for all the parking revenue the program denies the city.

July 6 - Nate Berg

A farmworker advocacy group is working with Virginia farmers to provide housing for the seasonal workers that tend their fields. Houses made of hay are the affordable and energy-efficient solution to this need for seasonal housing.

July 6 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

By ignoring rail, federal and state plans for building America's transportation infrastructure through private investments will only serve to promote massive freeway projects, writes Neil Peirce.

July 6 - The Seattle Times

Veterans of America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are increasingly finding themselves at risk of homelessness.

July 6 - Yahoo News

Mexican oil production could be headed for a sharp decline, causing major energy problems for the United States.

July 6 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Meticulously planned down to the last cul-de-sac, Weston, Florida continues to be Miami's most sought after suburb.

July 6 - The Miami Herald

Gay and lesbian seniors are increasingly seeking retirement communities that fit their lifestyle.

July 6 - USA Today

One ambitious developer is taking on numerous town center projects as it struggles to complete one of its most high-profile developments.

July 6 - The Orlando Sentinel

Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, looks into the human brain for reasons why we ignore threats such as global warming.

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Honda North America put the town of Greensburg, Indiana on the map last week when it decided to build its sixth auto assembly plant there, representing an investment of about $550 million.

July 5 - The Slatin Report

Mariel Garza, columnist for the L.A. Daily news, spent 30 days leaving her car at home and taking the bus for nearly all trips.

July 5 - L.A. Daily News

Lured by billions of dollars in government investment, brand new research equipment and facilities, and the opportunity to conduct research unfettered by social politics, biotech researchers are increasingly setting up shop in Singapore.

July 5 - Austin American-Statesman

Critics in New York City cite that community groups and city officials are often swayed to approve projects by unrelated freebies provided by the developer.

July 5 - The New York Times

<p>Architects and builders are rushing to design and build new simple but cozy homes for storm victims living in FEMA trailers.</p>

July 5 - Associated Press

Ethics specialists wearing "moral compasses" as necklaces spent two days taking elected officials from Florida, Texas, and Arizona through various exercises in ethical governance.

July 5 - The Christian Science Monitor

FEATURE

From affordable housing development to the Trump Towers, the dynamic yet low profile real estate industry represents so much more than brokerage, writes James Carberry, co-author of <em>The Inside Track to Careers in Real Estate</em>, in this Op-Ed.

July 5 - James Carberry

With a history of bulldozing older buildings to accommodate the new, it is not surprising that many modernist structures are threatened by Atlanta's growth. The question remains, are these buildings people want to save?

July 5 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

With one of the densest central urban cores in China, Shanghai officials have decided to spread out its growing population in new satellite suburbs.

July 5 - China Daily