The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Proposed budget cuts to Amtrak leave advocates wondering why the U.S. generously subsidizes other forms of transportation, but not passenger rail.

March 7 - Times Argus

Wal-Mart's latest solution to ordinances that limit the size of stores is to build two smaller stores side-by-side.

March 7 - The Washington Post

The Center for Law in the Public Interest publishes an open letter to the city's next mayor and planning director calling for a new vision.

March 7 - Center For Law In The Public Interest

Use of minent domain for redevelopment activities in some San Francisco Bay Area cities is controversial.

March 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Stephen Johnson is praised by environmentalists but must serve an administration with focused on economic growth.

March 7 - The Christian Science Monitor

President Bush nominates Stephen Johnson as the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

March 7 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Los Angeles was never designed to be a dense, East Coast or European-style city dominated by a strong central core.

March 7 - The Los Angeles Times

Study explores the relationship between transportation options, health, and open space in urban areas.

March 6 - Medford Mail Tribune

The Imperial Valley is Southern California's last affordable market. It's rapidly becoming a massive suburb.

March 6 - The Los Angeles Times

A new exhibition asks whether top designers can rescue manufactured housing from the public's disdain.

March 6 - Repeat

Would you pay $6 billion for a 13-stop system?

March 6 - Seattle Weekly

If something major isn't done soon to solve the United States' intractable budget problems, the world will face an economic shakeup unlike anything ever seen before.

March 6 - Macleans

The Washington, D.C. sewer system –- which will eventually outsize its subway system -– needs a little work.

March 5 - Washington City Paper

Hardly anyone knows that the second largest city in the nation is seeking a new planning director.

March 5 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Washington suburb is opened to unrestricted development.

March 5 - The Washington Post

D.C. Sports Commission names three finalists in baseball stadium design competition.

March 5 - The Washington Post

Today's public policy issues are playing out in cities; yet Canada's three levels of government have not made much progress toward adapting their programs and delivery mechanisms to this new reality.

March 5 - Canadian Policy Research Network

Minnesota is reluctance to request more interstate funding.

March 4 - The Onion

The community garden concept is so popular in Southern California that some wait over a year for membership.

March 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Cairo's historic core has a new park.

March 4 - Ann Arbor News