The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>With hopes of generating income by selling carbon credits to polluters, Native Americans in Idaho are converting their farmland back to forests. But carbon sequestration is not required in the U.S., lowering the amount of revenue they can generate.</p>

May 10 - The New York Times

<p>Despite many claiming it has been completed, Boston's Big Dig continues to put a strain on the state budget. The latest estimates have the costs rising $333 million more than previously expected.</p>

May 10 - The Metro West Daily News

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<p>Planners regret them, neighbors dislike them, and they gobble up valuable real estate in the center city. The downtown expressway is a much-disliked reality in most American cities. Now&#39;s the time to do something about them. </p>

May 9 - Robert Goodspeed

<p>Having successfully reduced congestion through enacting congestion pricing in central London, Mayor Livingstone now plans to take the same approach to air pollution by designating greater London to be a Low Emission Zone.</p>

May 9 - The Guardian

<p>Planners and government officials in India are proposing to let developers build upscale housing and mixed use projects on land where one of Mumbai's largest slums. Concessions have been offered to residents, but many are opposed to the plan.</p>

May 9 - NPR

<p>When luxury condo developers started buying up properties on W Street in D.C., the low-income tenants who already lived there decided to get in the game.</p>

May 9 - Shelterforce Online

<p>Dubai announces that it will be the site of a new $2.2-billion Universal theme park, while neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi announces a comprehensive planning effort called Plan Abu Dhabi 2030.</p>

May 9 - Los Angeles Times, Gulf News Report

<p>A development company has agreed to donate 4,000 acres of land to create a large, international airport in the Florida Panhandle, a controversial move they hope will bring enough people and economic activity to support the houses they plan to build.</p>

May 9 - The New York Times

Wal-mart will install solar rooftop panels at 22 facilities. Marc Gunther writes about the significance of the initiative.

May 9 - Fortune

<p>As the number of farmers markets grows across the nation, Neal Peirce examines the health, social, and economic benefits farmers markets provide to communities.</p>

May 9 - The Washington Post Writers Group

<p>Transit officials have approved a plan to take over the city's transportations systems, creating an expanded and more unified web of trains and buses.</p>

May 9 - Mail & Guardian

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<p>BEIJING--When I first learned that I wouldn&#39;t be able to rent a car in Beijing, I was disappointed. That&#39;s how I usually break away from the business &quot;bubble&quot; to learn something about a city. But, it didn&#39;t take more than an hour to realize that I was better off with a local driver than tackling it myself.  Driving habits, combined with roads choking with pedestrians, cars, buses, and taxis, convinced me I needed to leave the driving to a &quot;pro&quot;.</p>

May 9 - Samuel Staley

<p>Booming Shanghai is on a track to become one of the biggest and most economically-active cities in the world.</p>

May 9 - BBC

<p>Developers plan to build an 'iconic' 76-story structure in downtown Los Angeles. It would be the tallest residential tower west of Chicago and dramatically alter L.A.'s skyline.</p>

May 9 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A group of planners and architects has put forth an alternative light rail proposal that they believe is more practical than a plan already approved by voters.</p>

May 9 - The Kansas City Star

<p>In an effort to development more moderately priced housing, developers around Sacramento are squeezing more homes per acre and moving garages to the back alley, pleasing some planners and conservationists.</p>

May 8 - The Sacramento Bee

<p>New technology allows us to manage traffic flow better than ever before, but we need to shift away from reliance on gas taxes, which are failing to deliver necessary revenue, a new Reason study argues.</p>

May 8 - Reason Foundation

<p>A new vision of development in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming is taking shape.</p>

May 8 - Sonoran Institute

<p>While it seems environmental friendliness is the latest bandwagon trend, this column offers the top ten reasons why green business is sticking around.</p>

May 8 - GreenBiz.com

<p>In this Wall Street Journal editorial, the author analyzes Census data to argue that famed "Coastal Megalopolises" such as Los Angeles, Boston, New York and San Francisco are actually becoming America's equivalent of Mexico City and São Paulo.</p>

May 8 - The Wall Street Journal