The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

High living and business costs as well as worsening traffic may threaten Silicon Valley's premier position in world's high-tech industry.

October 11 - San Jose Mercury News

The debate over San Francisco's future continues as activists battle high-tech invasion.

October 11 - The San Francisco Chronicle

CNN presents a special series about how the limits of the city are being tested -- and use Portland as a case study.

October 11 - CNN

Study attempts to find a way to reduce noise at Denver's Centennial airport where jet traffic has tripled in recent years.

October 11 - The Rocky Mountain News

Government, transportation and business leaders will review if "the region is on the right track to improving traffic congestion and air quality."

October 11 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Amid rising demand for air travel, legislators and activists face tough question -- expand big hubs or build more regional airports?

October 11 - The Christian Science Monitor

How did the City of Signal Hill overcome design issues, engineering problems, a 'NIMBY' situation, and other tough challenges to create a hilltop park that is now the crowning jewel of its local park system?

October 10 - Western City

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary awards $68.3 million for lead abatement, testing and toreduce other environmental and safety dangers in the home.

October 10 - HUD News

CNN special series on urban issues focuses on the relationship between the automobile and the suburbs.

October 10 - CNN

"The condo market in the District and close-in suburbs is at a fever pitch for resales, new construction and conversionsof rental properties."

October 10 - The Washington Post

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors solidified a new general, a guideline for the next 20 years that emphasizes city-centered growth and the preservation of farmland.

October 10 - The Fresno Bee

A 1 million-square-foot, 33-story office tower on the Southwest Freeway in Houston's Greenway Plaza may be one of the biggest office projects in the city in years.

October 10 - The Houston Chronicle

According to a pair of studies by the University ofCalifornia's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, doubling the number of mature trees and resurfacing dark-colored roofs and roads with heat-reflecting material in Sacramento County would almost halve

October 10 - The Sacramento Bee

In this Los Angeles Times op-ed, author Richard Handley highlights a movement which seeks to revolutionize the business cycle of "boom and bust" to one that is more self-sustaining.

October 10 - The Los Angeles Times

A harbinger of 21st century America: dozens of post-Second World War suburbs that never had a Main Street are building new ones from scratch.

October 10 - Environmental News Network

11,000 Lake Tahoe property owners face deadline to take measures to protect the lake's clarity.

October 9 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

The transit workers strike in Los Angeles continues but businesses haven't closed and the public hasn't risen in outrage. Why?

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Is a new international airport the solution to our transportation woes?

October 9 - OC Weekly

Report says the daily commute is getting worse for motorists in Southern California.

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times

"Comeback Cities:A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival" is a book which is extensively reviewed here. Some inner cities are on an upswing.

October 9 - The Los Angeles Times