The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

This week's Smart City radio show addresses the issue of livability in cities.

January 12 - Smart City

Governor's decision energizes lively legislative debate in Michigan.

January 11 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Kane County is working on the 2030 Land Resource Management Plan, to be released in November.

January 11 - The Chicago Tribune

A new publication takes a different look at the future of cities and suburbs.

January 11 - The Baltimore Sun

Controversial TV ads created by the creator of the "Got Milk" campaign says sport utility vehicles are a threat to national Security.

January 11 - National Public Radio

The APA website presents questions answered by attorney John Bredin, author of the "Common Problems with Zoning Ordinances."

January 11 - American Planning Association

Changes in Minnesota tax law, and potential for 50% return on investment prompt conversion of Duluth neighborhood to student rentals.

January 10 - Duluth News

Louisville proposes an Urban Services District that would deliver the same services to residents in Louisville's old city limits without raising taxes.

January 10 - Louisville Courier-Journal

A lifelong railroader wants to provide a private passenger rail service. It could be the nation's first privately owned commuter railroad in decades.

January 10 - New Jersey Record & Herald News

The latest online technology games are attempting to create multi-player online cities.

January 10 - Technology Review

This annual report sizes up the accomplishments and failures in the pursuit of a sustainable world economy.

January 10 - Worldwatch Institute

Reason's Bob Poole shows how outside-the-box thinking and entrepreneurial action can help Wisconsin (and other states) expand personal automobility by rebuilding decaying roads.

January 10 - Reason Public Policy Institute

As governor of Maryland, Parris Nelson Glendening, launched a visionary initiative to combat sprawl.

January 10 - The Washington Post

Critics say Quebec Square, a shopping center in northeast Denver planned for the New Urbanist redevelopment of the city's former airport is a "paean to the automobile."

January 10 - The Rocky Mountain News

The California budget crisis has gotten so bad some cities are considering charging owners of new homes annual assessments for basic services.

January 10 - The Sacramento Bee

An Op-Ed by Bruce Katz in the Baltimore Sun calls on Congress to provide states and cities necessary fiscal relief and to reverse its drift toward unfunded mandates and programmatic inflexibility.

January 10 - The Brookings Institution

Controversial television campaign links gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to international terrorism.

January 9 - CBS News

Jeremy Rifkin writes that the "hydrogen economy" is within our grasp if we are committed to abandoning fossil fuels.

January 9 - E-The Environmental Magazine

Preservation magazine editors selected the year's top events in historic preservation.

January 9 - Preservation Online

Philadelphia looks to Los Angeles as a model for preservation of historic theaters.

January 9 - The Philadelphia Inquirer