The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Asking critics to "rest easy" President Bush pledged to prevent oil drilling within 100 miles of the Florida coast even as he supported a proposal to expand drilling to areas that are now protected.

February 21 - Abhijeet Chavan

Arizona State University's new urban campus will be built -- from scratch -- in downtown Phoenix. The effort is the first of its kind in the nation.

February 21 - The Arizona Republic

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promises of a greener California are being tested by a proposal to build a major toll road through a state park.

February 21 - The Los Angeles Times

Urban design efforts in New Orleans run 'headlong into the politics of race, class, and power'. Will the new New Orleans be a smaller, wealthier, and less diverse place?

February 21 - U.S. News & World Report

A website provides an estimate of the market value of almost any home in the U.S. along with other information such as recent sale price and value of neighboring homes.

February 21 - The Los Angeles Times

Gritty lofts of the type that you'd find in downtown Manhattan, Los Angeles or Chicago are making their way to the suburbs. It's like having 'A Manhattan loft in the middle of the woods.'

February 21 - The Wall Street Journal

East Coast cities from Boston to Washington plan to sue out-of-state gun dealers in an effort to cut the influx of guns --used in 85 percent of city crimes -- that are bought legally in other states.

February 21 - The Christian Science Monitor

It might have required a jolt from an audit of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, but there is increasing evidence that plans to spruce up the area are working.

February 21 - The Toronto Star

With the state's Transportation Trust Fund emptying out on July 1, the governor contemplates securing $6 billion in loans.

February 21 - New Jersey Star-Ledger

The Getty's project manager for its Villa restoration and remodel describes the painstaking work to make a faux Roman Villa into both an authentic approximation of an archeological site and a spectacular setting for classical art.

February 21 - The Planning Report

Cities can't be trusted with sweeping eminent domain powers, writes Reason columnist Jacob Sullum.

February 20 - Reason Magazine

Nature explains the technology behind Google Earth and how the sphere of the planet's surface is converted to a polygon made up of flat tiles.

February 20 - Nature

If signed into law, the bill would require local schools and state agencies to use fuel containing at least 2% biodiesel.

February 20 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

FEATURE

February 20 - Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP

Frustrated with government services and a lack of culture, Orlando residents in East Orange county are in the beginning stages of planning a new city. If successful, the new city would dwarf the current size of Orlando.

February 20 - The Orlando Sentinel

L.A.'s architecture critic tears into the "conflicted" design of the Los Angeles Police Department's new headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles.

February 19 - The Los Angeles Times

New South Wales Sustainability Commissioner Peter Newman is fired as the state's sustainability commissioner.

February 19 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Over 205,000 Baltimore residents don't own cars -- 32 percent of the city's population -- leaving many 'lost' and vulnerable to any Katrina-like disaster.

February 19 - Baltimore City Paper

Kenneth S. Deffeyes, author of 'Beyond Oil', calculates that world oil production reached 'Hubbert's Peak' on December 16th, 2005.

February 19 - Beyond Oil

Recent data shows that the Greenland icecap is melting nearly twice as fast as previously thought, making the previous melt estimate of 1,000 years seem far too generous -- an ominous sign for those planning oceanside development.

February 19 - BBC News