The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>As the technology behind these high-tech garages matures, the redevelopment potential of surface parking lots could grow.</p>

December 9 - The New York Times

<p>Massive Israeli demolitions of "illegal" Palestinian homes will mean the destruction of communities that predate the founding of Israel.</p>

December 9 - Al Bawaba

<p>In a victory for local leaders, the San Fernando Valley breaks away from Los Angeles County, at least according to the U.S. Census.</p>

December 9 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A recent comic strip pokes fun at the hybrid car craze among many eco-conscious Americans.</p>

December 8 - San Jose Mercury News

<p>The state of South Dakota -- closed to the public since 1931 -- will be reopened to help the United States cope with its steadily rising population.</p>

December 8 - The Onion

<p>So-called "intentional communities" are a small, albeit growing trend in the housing market. Could co-housing be making a comeback?</p>

December 8 - Mortgage News Daily

<p>One developer offers advice for his colleagues confronted with local communities opposed to any new development.</p>

December 8 - San Diego Daily Transcript

<p>NBC Universal announced plans to build almost 3,000 homes, along with new offices and production facilities, on its prime land holdings in Los Angeles, which are also adjacent to a subway station.</p>

December 8 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Though a growing chorus of business and community groups is calling for congestion pricing in Manhattan to ease traffic, a comprehensive citywide plan may be the only way the idea can actually move forward.</p>

December 8 - The Gotham Gazette

<p>Using an understanding of how our environment sends messages to our brain and influences behavior, a number of new projects are redesigning public space in an attempt to way pedestrians and motorists interact.</p>

December 8 - Seed Magazine

<p>An article featured in Linux Journal chronicles the process for updating the infrastructure of a high-traffic website like Planetizen to the Drupal content management platform.</p>

December 8 - Linux Journal

<p>As suburbs have increased in population, so too have their rates of poverty, according to a new Brookings Institution Report. Suburban poor now outnumber their inner-city counterparts for the first time.</p>

December 8 - The Mercury News

<p>Geoff Palmer, a successful developer who has constructed hundreds of new apartments in downtown Los Angeles, has consistently fought the city's attempts to force him to include affordable units in his developments.</p>

December 8 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A new urban design center in St. Paul, Minnesota, allows residents to try their hand at city planning in hopes of educating the public about managing growth and development.</p>

December 8 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

<p>With the Wall Street Journal weighing in on transit-oriented development, has the movement that ties intensive, mixed land uses to transportation activity nodes finally reached the mainstream?</p>

December 7 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>A recent study on childhood development in compact cities calls on planners to consider the needs of children when making plans to avoid not giving children enough places to play. Children's motor skills are negatively affected, making them clumsy.</p>

December 7 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p><em>The Atlantic</em> magazine has released its list of the top 100 most influential figures in American history. The field of planning is sparingly represented.</p>

December 7 - The Atlantic

<p>To cure the woes facing Pennsylvania's crumbling roads and bridges, Governor Rendell is putting the Pennsylvania Turnpike up for sale or rent.</p>

December 7 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

<p>The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is evaluating a European designed public urinal to cope with the problem of night time public urination.</p>

December 7 - JohnChow.com

<p>A new report concludes that economic incentives provided by the State of Michigan to foster job growth hurt cities by creating jobs in outlying areas.</p>

December 7 - Lansing Bureau