The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Over ten years after the Big Dig finally completed construction, more and more people in Boston are willing to say the project was worth all the trouble.

October 16 - Bisnow Boston

The state of a city's bus stops is a good indicator of its commitment to public transit option as a mobility option for all its residents.

October 16 - TransitCenter

A new report suggests that upzoning is not the silver bullet some had hoped it would be for housing prices.

October 15 - Next City

An estimated 80-90 percent of short-term rentals could be outlawed if a proposed bill passes in Washington, D.C.

October 15 - Greater Greater Washington

A conspicuous benchmark in the epicenter of the Silicon Valley.

October 15 - The Mercury News

Incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker charges that his Democratic opponent, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, will hike gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon to fund road repair, on top of raising income and property taxes.

October 15 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Lower 9th Ward has been slow to return to its pre-Katrina state. A new program by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority changes recovery strategy in the neighborhood.

October 15 - The Advocate

A parcel-by-parcel map of zoning changes included in the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan.

October 15 - Star Tribune

A carpooling feature in the Waze app, tested in the San Francisco Bay Area and Israel, will soon be available around the country.

October 15 - Business Insider

Residents of Panama City and other Florida communities are calling for help, but it's unclear when help will arrive. The restoration of running water and electricity is the primary concern.

October 15 - BuzzFeed News

More landlords are refusing Section 8 vouchers for housing, neither willing to deal with the federal bureaucracy nor to risk missing out on the peak windfall of an expansive rental market.

October 15 - The New York Times

Getting serious about mobility and traffic safety in the City of Brotherly Love.

October 15 - Smart Cities Dive

Students from Beverly Hills staged a high-visibility "walkout" to protest L.A. Metro's extension of the Purple Line subway past Beverly Hills High School.

October 14 - The Los Angeles Times

President Trump announced at a campaign rally in Iowa that he would lift the ban on summertime sales of a 15 percent blend of ethanol, expected to increase smog levels. Both environmentalists and the oil industry oppose the action.

October 14 - PBS NewsHour

Code requirements for wind resistance vary substantially across Florida, with less stringent building requirements in areas of the Panhandle hit hard by Hurricane Michael.

October 14 - The Miami Herald

With a Dallas-Houston bullet train proposal proceeding apace, a complementary idea is now on the table: a multimodal transit hub linking Amtrak, transit, and even Hyperloop.

October 14 - D Magazine

The city has proposed tighter rules for new construction and a more active approach to securing existing tall structures from collapse.

October 14 - Governing

Driven by foreign demand, a surge in West Texas oil production is having adverse effects on the local populace, and contributes to climate change at a crucial moment.

October 13 - The Texas Tribune

A sizable former AT&T campus in suburban Chicago will be redeveloped into mixed-use, despite "sluggish" local leasing activity and the potential closure of Sears' nearby headquarters.

October 13 - The Chicago Tribune

As San Diego plans a major airport redevelopment, County Supervisor Ron Roberts is advocating an aerial cableway concept to connect the airport to downtown.

October 13 - The San Diego Union-Tribune