The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Fittingly, the woman who was celebrated as the Detroit Piston's one-millionth fan of the season had recently been laid off work. With their local economy continuing to struggle, Detroiters take solace in the success of local professional sports.

May 21 - The Wall Street Journal

The New York Times runs a multi-part series focused on the economics and business of using environmentally-friendly technology.

May 20 - The New York Times

How can two major universities improve themselves and their surroundings? The University of Cincinnati and UC-Berkeley have some productive plans.

May 20 - Cincinnati Enquirer, San Francisco Chronicle

High cost of living and recent hurricanes are driving residents of the Florida Keys to Central America.

May 20 - The Chicago Tribune

A new report from the Russell Sage Foundation discusses the "dark window" that Hurricane Katrina opened -- that of environmental racism in America -- and concludes that an "eco-social" approach is needed to protect poor and minority communities.

May 20 - Russell Sage Foundation

This week's bloody shootout in Sao Paulo between gangs and the police is a sign of the coming global "urban hell" as described in Mike Davis' new book, "Planet of Slums".

May 20 - Asia Times

Forget dark underground parking -- urban loft residents can now get a garage with a view.

May 19 - MetropolisMag.com

A new academic journal article offers an interesting and highly detailed history of the concept of road pricing, and evaluates where economists have (and have not) reached consensus on the issue.

May 19 - Econ Journal Watch

Urbanist James Howard Kunstler talks about peak oil, the railway system, new urbanism, and politics.

May 19 - AlterNet

Apple is set to open its 24x7 flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan.

May 19 - The Slatin Report

Andres Duany is working with developer Don Peebles and the residents of Pacifica to develop a New Urbanist project on an 87 acre parcel.

May 19 - Pacifica Tribune

Neal Peirce looks at opportunities for economic growth and jobs in the new cross-border culture.

May 19 - The Washington Post Writers Group

A new development at the confluence of the River Nile has brought an Illinois planner back to her native country of Sudan.

May 19 - ILAPA News BLAST!

A team of Northern California promoters of "plug-in hybrids" demonstrated their technology to a House science team. While receiving bi-partisan endorsement, success may be in the hands of the auto industry.

May 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Illegal immigrants wreak havoc on the delicate desert environment in Arizona; fencing or walls only make it worse.

May 19 - Tucson Weekly

Stockholm's traffic congestion tax began in Jan. 2006 and appeared to be unpopular. According to a poll commissioned by the Greens and conducted in May 2006, the tax is more accepted now. A popular vote on the tax will decide its fate in Sept. 2006.

May 19 - The Local

Miami 21 plan aims to update city's zoning code and incorporate elements of New Urbanism.

May 18 - Abhijeet Chavan

Only a third of the projects supported by six Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) around New York met their job creation goals, according to a report by the state comptroller's office. Is this another nail

May 18 - Office of the New York State Comptroller

Often thought to be more relaxed, sunshine state cities make three of top five for road rage.

May 18 - The Arizona Republic

The median home price in the six-county Southern California region rose a modest nine percent during the last 12 months, compared to the muscular 26 percent climb on a year-over-year basis at the market's peak in Spring 2004.

May 18 - The Los Angeles Times