The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Replacing water with slipperiness in an unexpected place can save energy.

March 31 - The New York Observer

Author Scott Russell Sanders offers a perspective on how civic tourism can serve to help improve American cities and towns that "feel like jumbles rather than communities, without pattern or purpose."

March 31 - Civic Tourism

Ecologists in the Tucson area have put development concerns on the back burner to publicize a more pressing problem: the infestation of highly-flammable buffelgrass in the Sonora Desert.

March 31 - Tucson Weekly

It's been 50 years since the city's final streetcar run. Does Detroit have what it takes to join the growing number of transit-focused metropolises in the U.S.?

March 31 - Detroit Free Times

Despite apparent problems at a biosolids processing facility in Philadelphia, employees maintain that the place is safe and should continue operation.

March 31 - Philadelphia City Paper

The ambitious park and transit plan for the city shows promise, but will low-income residents be left behind, as has been the case with similar city planning projects?

March 31 - Grist

Soviet era buildings don't meet the needs of today's international companies, so local architects and developers are scrambling to build anew.

March 31 - International Herald Tribune

FEATURE

March 31 - Mott Smith

In Indiana, selling a 157-mile toll road to Spanish and Australian investors joins the growing trend of selling pieces of underfunded U.S. infrastructure to foreigners.

March 31 - Slate

In front of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity, he calls for greater funding to protect environmental resources.

March 31 - BBC News

The New York Press lists the 50 most loathsome New Yorkers, and a couple of developers top the list.

March 30 - New York Press

For the St. Joe Co., Panama City, Florida's proposed new airport is about transit-oriented development -- in a big way.

March 30 - The Slatin Report

Using advanced irrigation technology imported from Europe and Israel, the war torn country is producing tons of good food for its residents.

March 30 - BBC News

In Southern California, Ventura County has begun a Groundwater Enhancement and Treatment Program to increase its supply of local, affordable water.

March 30 - Ventura County Star

The Central Florida region, with 86 cities and seven counties, faces development predicted to more than double its population. Three hundred political, business and civic leaders who see the region as a single entity have met to develop a shared vision.

March 30 - The Orlando Sentinel

Higher fuel economy standards would apply to sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans including some of the biggest SUVs for the first time. Environmentalists say new standards are too modest.

March 30 - The New York Times

The energy strategy that relies on large numbers of people enacting small energy-saving measures needs better planning and more funding, according to experts.

March 30 - BBC News

In Baltimore, developers plan to add on to The Rotunda, a historic building that already experienced an innovative reuse in the 1970s.

March 30 - The Baltimore Sun

According to a recent study, the cities in the United States experiencing the most growth also tend to be the most livable, according to various top 10-type lists.

March 30 - United Feature Syndicate via Chicago Tribune

Community groups and individuals across North America are "powering down" and preparing for life after cheap oil.

March 30 - Salon.com