The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

For years, environmentalists have demanded expanded public transit service as a way of offsetting pollution caused by the Big Dig in Boston –- but are they focusing on the wrong issue?

January 11 - Boston Phoenix

Whatever it is, the Museum of the City of New York attempts to capture in a series of creative exhibits.

January 11 - The New York Times

A recent fair housing study finds that landlords in refugee areas give preferential treatment to whites.

January 11 - The Chicago Tribune

Robert Bruegmann's "Sprawl: A Compact History" turns typical anti-sprawl sentiment on its head.

January 11 - The Chicago Tribune

Europe's second congestion pricing program has been put into effect. Unlike London's (a plan promoted by mayor-to-be Ken Livingston), the Stockholm program was initiated by the city's Green Party, though with the support of Social Democrats.

January 11 - Reuters (on-line)

How and why Minneapolis built the nation's largest skyway system.

January 11 - The Next American City

Mary Newsom, a Knight Fellow and editor for the Charlotte Observer, responds to criticism that New Urbanism is elitist.

January 11 - The Naked City

Corporate retailers and the American ghetto: a successful combination?

January 11 - The Next American City

How Nassau County, New York, is trying to reinvent its "old suburb" status and serve as a model for suburban evolution.

January 11 - The New York Times

The Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal's final report to Governor Haley Barbour is published on the web.

January 11 - Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal

FEATURE

January 10 - Carol Coletta

Grants, loans, and expertise propel a coastal community, building on considerable funding from Michigan's brownfield redevelopment program.

January 10 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Former residents of the Lower Ninth Ward face crucial decisions about their own future and that of their homes.

January 10 - The New York Times

The city's official blueprint for redevelopment will call for shrinking the footprint of New Orleans.

January 10 - The New York Times

The city has agreed to wait for a court verdict on whether the city can raze houses without homeowner permission.

January 10 - The New York Times

Even before approval of an official ban, nearly 200 bars and restaurants have prohibited smoking on their own.

January 10 - The Washington Post

A new website streamlines the home buying process, threatening realtors and their 6% commission.

January 10 - The New York Times

Governor Schwarzenegger's new strategic growth plan does not include any funding for the ambitious 700-mile route.

January 10 - The Sacramento Bee

Loudoun County, Virginia, developers have little time to get approval for hundreds of new homes before a revised zoning ordinance is passed.

January 10 - The Washington Post

MultiCare Health System wants to buy the property for $6 million -- twice the appraised value -- while a small group of preservationists object.

January 10 - Tacoma News Tribune