The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

An Oregon State task force introduces a proposal to use satellites to track driver's mileage and tax that driver accordingly to pay for road repairs.

January 5 - CNSNews

Introducing the first housing development planned around the needs of koalas.

January 5 - National Geographic

Lake Elmo and the regional Metropolitan Council battle over whether the Council can force growth into unwilling local cities.

January 4 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

In California's Central Valley, farmers form a strategy for steering growth.

January 4 - High Country News

An editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer clearly explains why more downtown parking is the wrong approach to planning.

January 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Reason looks back at 2002's science and environmental policy stories.

January 4 - Reason Online

Mayor Anthony A. Williams plans to announce initiatives to make Washington D.C. more attractive for new residents.

January 4 - The Washington Post

Researches at two U.S. universities have found the "fingerprint" of global warming.

January 3 - Scientific American

The newest proposals for Ground Zero understand nothing about New York.

January 3 - City Journal

The largest vineyard planting on the Northern California Coast is planned despite a 'grape glut.'

January 3 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

A bitter years-long fight to build new homes in an historic district is still not over. Nearby neighbors are still opposed to the development project.

January 3 - The Baltimore Sun

Environmental advocates and housing advocates finding common ground in Massachusetts.

January 3 - The Boston Globe

Gov. James E. McGreevey is determined to change the image of New Jersey as an overpopulated, polluted state.

January 3 - The New York Times

Urban areas are increasingly spreading into the countryside, pitting farmers against developers.

January 3 - The Christian Science Monitor

Farms' new residential neighbors drawn by pastoral setting but don't like farming realities.

January 3 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Internet-based online listing services 'disintermediate' the National Association of Realtors and multiple listing services?

January 2 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The impact of historic preservation on public debate in Chicago is undeniable.

January 2 - The Chicago Tribune

The Wall Street Journal reports that several of the nation's fastest-growing cities could face severe water shortages because of groundwater contamination by perchlorate.

January 2 - Wall St. Journal

Deciding the future of Ground Zero is not just a "feel-good exercise."

January 2 - The New York Times

Archer Courts, a dilapidated, 50-year-old public housing project, is transformed into a 'stunning community asset' that attracts private investment.

January 2 - The New York Times