The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Government agencies offer a variety of suggestions to alleviate congestion on one of Los Angeles' most congested freeway.

May 3 - The Los Angeles Times

A majority of people inquiring about a home loan receive equal treatment but there is still room for improvement in the number of minorities facing discrimination by mortgage lending institutions, according to a new report released by HUD.

May 3 - HUD News

A Newsweek columnist rides the Acela train and considers its Amtrak's financial problems.

May 3 - Newsweek

Daimler-Chrysler unveils new "nature-conscious" vehicles includeing gas-electric hybrid SUVs.

May 3 - Michigan Live

A study by the Center for Community Change found wide racial disparities in the cost of mortgages -- black and Hispanic homeowners are paying higher interest rates than whites with comparable incomes.

May 2 - The New York Times

An audit of the agency responsible for regional planning in Southern California rates it a 'high-risk' recipient for public funds.

May 2 - The Los Angeles Times

It shouldn't be hard to agree about what Santa Fe needs in a welcoming Plaza. That part is easy.

May 2 - Santa Fe New Mexican

Columnist David Broder highlights some of the surprising findings of Myron Orfield's new book. "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality,"

May 2 - The Washington Post

Californians passed Proposition 40, a bond to fund efforts that protect and improve the environment.

May 2 - The Trust for Public Land

PBS show "Why The Towers Fell" records the investigation by the American Society of Civil Engineers of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

May 2 - The New York Times

A new listing of great college town communities based on arts and culture, recreation, intellectual activity, historic preservation and cost of living.

May 2 - EPodunk

Local regulation of religious land uses has become the latest battlefield in California development.

May 2 - California Planning and Development Report

Cesar Pelli, architect of the world's tallest towers, talks about Ground Zero, the future of skyscrapers and New York's skyline.

May 2 - Salon

The "University village" development is one of large new projects in Chicago. It includes townhouses, dormitories, shops, and parks. Facades of old buildings are to be preserved.

May 2 - The Chicago Tribune

Former residents visit their old neighborhood to see how it changed for the worse before it changes for the better.

May 1 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

An Appropriate Use Framework, prepared by the Town of Banff and Parks Canada, is used to screen new business licence applications for appropriateness within Banff National Park.

May 1 - Rocky Mountain Outlook

Daniel Burnham Award given to a grass-roots movement for creating a land use plan addressing environmental and econmonic concerns.

May 1 - The Salt Lake Tribune

A neighborhood dispute over the clattering jingles of an ice cream truck is about to become a First Amendment courtroom battle.

May 1 - The Hartford Courant

Los Angeles joins a growing list of cities that have decided to ban all new billboards within city boundaries.

May 1 - The Los Angeles Times

After being forced by the State Supreme Court to allow non-residents into its beaches, Greenwich, CT, has constructed a fee system that some contend is still illegal.

May 1 - The Hartford Courant