The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new study shows that Canadians are spending more time getting to and from work.

July 14 - The Globe and Mail

A $1-billion bond measure that would help fund about 1,000 new affordable housing units annually over the next decade and enable middle-income workers to become first-time homeowners is likely to appear on the Los Angeles ballot in November.

July 14 - The Los Angeles Times

A newly adopted affordable housing law in Coral Springs, Florida, includes a teacher village as incentive to attract teachers to a City-owned Charter School.

July 14 - Sun-Sentinel

Trains have played a large role in shaping America's past, and will have a big impact on her future as rail transit continues to change the way we think about urban growth.

July 14 - The Next American City

Sixty signs of loose bolts and other potential failures are found in the same Big Dig tunnel where a motorist was crushed by 12 tons of falling concrete.

July 14 - CNN

Filling empty Chicago rooftops with plants seemed a little strange six years ago when Mayor Richard Daley installed a garden on the roof of city hall. But now more than 200 buildings in Chicago boast rooftop gardens, and the trend is spreading.

July 14 - The Christian Science Monitor

Visitors to Beijing during 2008 Olympic Games may never have a chance to explore some of the city's historic neighborhoods.

July 14 - The New York Times

Quick and inexpensive yet sturdy and charming, the Katrina Cottage, a housing type born out of the aftermath of the storm, could potentially change the way affordable housing is built.

July 13 - Cottage Living

State and local officials hope Google's announcement of plans to open new facility in Ann Arbor, MI, will attract more companies to the area.

July 13 - The Detroit Free Press

Neighbors of a successful "downtown" project in a Minneapolis suburb voice concerns that its success may mean more density and parking nightmares for their community.

July 13 - Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Part of a world-wide boom in cross-border investment, investors from South Korea are pumping a flood of money into the real estate markets of many U.S. cities.

July 13 - Wall Street Journal via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Road construction projects and new subdivisions are keeping digital mapping companies busy updating their navigation products.

July 13 - The New York Times

In the begining there was the duty-free shop. These days, though, airports contain a multitude of shopping, dining, and entertainment options, essentially doubling as a suburban mall.

July 13 - The Next American City

Proposed tax hikes in San Francisco could hurt the region's smart growth efforts by encouraging businesses to move out of the center city.

July 13 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Supporters and opponents of the controversial proposal are preparing for a major campaign in the fall.

July 13 - The Seattle Times

After touring Seaside, Florida, a New Zealand developer is taking inspiration back home and developing two master-planned communities with garden parks and communal areas. Plans are underway to bring New Urbanism to New Zealand.

July 13 - The New Zealand Herald

With the largest dairy herds in the U.S., California could generate up to 5% of its natural gas from cow manure.

July 13 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The quaint lumber company town of Scotia, California, fears a merger with its slightly larger, but economically-depressed neighbor across the river.

July 12 - The New York Times

Seven bombs exploded on Mumbai's commuter rail system, the lifeline of the world's fifth most populous metro area. These bombings are the lastest in a decade of terrorist attacks on mass transit around the world.

July 12 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A University of South Florida professor predicts that a hurricane with similar intensity as Katrina would cause even greater devastation to Tampa Bay than was experienced by New Orleans in 2005.

July 12 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution