The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

HUD has launched an upgraded version of HUD E-Maps, a website providing environmental mapping.

November 23 - HUD News

High-tech office campuses proposed for Alameda County are likely to be incorporated into a new Digital Dublin.

November 23 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A new bimonthly bulletin is dedicated to reporting on efforts nationwide to stop chain store proliferation and support locally owned businesses.

November 23 - New Rules Project

Small island nations threatened by rising sea levels due to global warming are dismayed with the slow pace of U.S. climate talks.

November 23 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The Brookings Institution presents a proposal to reform the Section 8 housing voucher program.

November 22 - The Brookings Institution

The Houston City Council approved a controversial, 7.5-mile, $300 million light rail line that would run on city streets.

November 22 - The Houston Chronicle

The Public Purpose ranks urban transit projects by cost, and suggests that it would be less expensive to buy a new car for each rider.

November 22 - The Public Purpose

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stopped putting new species on its endangered and threatened list.

November 22 - The Los Angeles Times

Money Magazine publishes its ranking of the best places to live. The magazine considers urban sprawl in its rankings.

November 22 - Money

Voters across the country are using the ballot box to decide how they want their communities and cities to grow.

November 22 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Could emissions and congestion charges of 10-30-cents per peak-traffic mile produce smog reductions worth more than $200 million a year?

November 22 - Planning and Markets

After seven years and $25 million, progress on Seattle's 4.5-mile light rail tunnel have crashed to a halt.

November 21 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Environmentalists at U.N. Climate Conference say U.S. offer to existing forests and armland to meet their targets to reduce greenhouse gasemissions as "cheating."

November 21 - Orange County Register

Salt Lake City's Olympic organizers are planning on 95 percent of spectators to travel to Olympic venues in the own vehicles or rental cars.

November 21 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial discusses how the listing of the Puget Sound chinook salmon as an endangered species will affect land use and the economy in the Seattle area.

November 21 - The Seattle Times

After years of neglect, a multi-million dollar effort is underway to restore Boston's Emerald Necklace -- the oldest park system in the country -- in keeping with the original vision of its designer the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

November 21 - The Washington Post

The study begins to see if Hollywood can afford independence. The vote to secede may come in 2002.

November 21 - The Los Angeles Times

SM has new guidelines for building size. This may slow growth and possibly reduce the value of some property.

November 21 - The Los Angeles Times

The Smithsonian recognized three architects and designers for their contributions to building and landscape design.

November 21 - CNN

The construction industry has been slow to embrace technology. Now architects, urban designers and developers are making the transition in leaps and bounds.

November 21 - The New York Times