The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Low-cost housing is fueling an economic boom in this once-sleepy farming town, with an average of 12 new houses per day.

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

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July 5 - Samuel R. Staley

Failure of Iraqi government and U.S. forces to repair war-damaged urban infrastructure makes effort to govern the capital city "useless".

July 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Cut Federal funding to cities that use eminent domain for economic development projects not deemed to be in the public interest, opponents say.

July 4 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A program called "Pathways to Housing" has approval from the Bush Administration as a solution to the homeless situation across America.

July 4 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Google releases a free application which combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search to browse the world.

July 4 - PC Magazine

Green building can make for a healthy bottom line.

July 4 - Urban Land Magazine

Households in regions that have invested in public transportation reap financial benefits fromhaving affordable transportation options, even as gasoline prices rise.

July 3 - Transportation Research Board

Researchers presented findings at the Congress for the New Urbanism annual conference that show substantial energy savings from higher-density urbanism — greater savings than can be achieved from the US government Energy Star program.

July 3 - New Urban News

Progress toward drawing up environmental standards for neighborhood design was highlighted during the June annual conference of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

July 3 - New Urban News

A new service will begin predicting California traffic conditions seven days in advance.

July 3 - New Scientist

Robert Poole evaluates a Texas Transportation Institute before-and-after analysis of accident rates on Texas freeways with HOV lanes.

July 3 - Reason Public Policy Institute

The latest cost estimate for Seattle's planned monorail could run as high as $14 billion -- $1 billion per mile.

July 2 - Seattle Weekly

The attorney who argued the landmark eminent domain case considers the Supreme Court's decision.

July 2 - Reason Online

The pedestrians of the nation's second largest metropolis are gradually beginning to get the attention they deserve.

July 2 - New Urban News

Vancouver becomes the first major city in Canada to turn down a Wal-Mart development.

July 2 - The Globe and Mail

Not many people outside of eastern Missouri have heard of New Town at St. Charles, but that is likely to change.

July 2 - New Urban News

BLOG POST

<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><br /> <tr><br /> <td><br /> <p>My colleague, Chris Haller, has done some great research on online mapping tools/techniques that can be used for community planning and community building.&nbsp; Here's some stuff he discovered on GeoTagging.&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>Since Google started its mapping service, based on xml and an API open to everyone, a lot of non-affiliated web applications have been emerging that bring GIS and online mapping closer to &ldquo;Joe Internetuser&rdquo;.</p>

July 1 - Ken Snyder

Officials finally all agree that the new design will be less vulnerable to a truck bomb blast.

July 1 - Las Vegas Review Journal

A new report aims to establish whether there is a persuasive case for urban design.

July 1 - New Zealand Ministry For The Environment