The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Clinton has announced a ban on building roads in 58.5 million acres of national forests. Will Bush uphold the ban?

January 7 - CBS News

A successful sewage plant in Pacifica converts sludge into protected wetlands.

January 7 - San Jose Mercury News

As the state becomes increasingly more urban, the legislature of this once rural state is being pressured to give more attention and money to urban areas.

January 7 - The News & Observer

Before Boston started the Big Dig, there was the Hoosac Tunnel -- maybe the biggest tunnel of all time.

January 6 - The Boston Globe

A survey finds that congestion and housing costs are driving San Francisco region residents mad.

January 6 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The county supervisors vote 3-2 to set aside money for Washington lobbyists to transfer the base to the county.

January 6 - Orange County Register

Governor Jeb Bush's taskforce on growth is drafting new legislation to slow sprawl in the state.

January 6 - The Orlando Sentinel

Transportation advocates and critics debate the benefits and costs of a high-speed rail system in the state.

January 6 - The Miami Herald

Philadelphia to Reading light rail line has many obstacles to overcome.

January 5 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Land use critic Jill Stewart compares Los Angeles' Playa Vista development to the disasterous Belmont school development site.

January 5 - New Times-LA

There is less oil in the ground each year. But knowledge, and not natural resources, is the critical resource in the new economy.

January 5 - The Atlantic Monthly

King County is experimenting with sustainable agriculture in the midst of sprawl.

January 5 - The Seattle Times

This editorial suggests that land use practices are doomed to failure because they rely on zoning that ignores natural resources.

January 5 - Planetizen

A new federal rule will prevent any major expansion of logging in the national forest system.

January 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Transit planners in Silicon Valley are faced with rapidly rising costs -- and $300 million for a mile of new road is a good deal.

January 5 - San Jose Mercury News

Forty-four highway projects have been delayed as talks among the state and environmental groups break down.

January 5 - The New York Times

With a focus on enhancing a sense of neighborhood and not style, Polyzoides and Moule bring New Urbanism to L.A.

January 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Diverse Californians hold similar views of California's changing social landscape.

January 4 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The FAA is looking at El Toro, the former Marine airfield, in Orange County as a possible new international airport.

January 4 - The Los Angeles Times

An editorial in the Seattle Times argues that Seattle should bite the proverbial bullet and build light rail.

January 4 - The Seattle Times