The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Dallas-Fort Worth area exemplifies a renewed faith in the housing market.

September 19 - Dallas News

A new book by Courtney Martin called "The New Better Off" examines the shift in values among younger generations.

September 19 - CityLab

A $40 million development called Spoke is the latest example of a growing development trend in the Atlanta area: transit oriented development.

September 19 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The city of Portland is considering a new inclusionary zoning policy, but some believe that inclusionary zoning has the opposite of its intended effect.

September 19 - City Observatory

A blogger offers a critical review of a podcast that examines the humans effects of gentrification in East New York, noting especially the lack of policy discussion's effect on the conversation.

September 19 - City Block

A largely revenue-neutral carbon tax proposal, similar to the carbon tax in British Columbia which began in 2008, qualified for the November ballot in Washington. Environmentalists and Democrats, not Big Oil, may cause it's defeat.

September 19 - Crosscut

The light rail extension opened May 20 and is already 70 percent toward meeting its 2030 ridership projection. According to a survey conducted in June by Metro, more than two-thirds of riders were new to the Expo Line.

September 19 - KPCC

Recycled metals, plastics, glass, and other materials are more economical than ever. Welcome to a new era of waste management.

September 19 - Quartz

Zoning isn’t just a tool of self interest, according to a recent polemic by USC planning professor Lisa Schweitzer.

September 18 - Lisa Schweitzer

With a string of successes in downtown revitalization under its built, Plano, Texas is looking to duplicate that model elsewhere around the city.

September 18 - The Urban Edge

The state's unique Clean Air Rule is called 'cap-and-reduce.' Businesses that fall under the cap are required to reduce emissions, just like California's cap-and-trade program. However, they can not be forced to purchase carbon credits.

September 18 - Crosscut

The executive director of a research and policy center on privatization and responsible contracting says a proposal to privative parking operations at the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority would bring a half century of regret.

September 18 - The Huffington Post

Want parking reform without tears?

September 18 - CityLab

In an effort to curb the culture of discrimination enabled on its platform, Airbnb will roll out new features to ensure better service for minorities.

September 17 - Vox

Roanoke, Virginia offers a lesson in grassroots economic development for "small, out-of-the-way cities everywhere."

September 17 - Politico Magazine

One of the key assumptions of a new partnership between the planning and public health professions is that transit encourages more active mobility than possible with a car-centric lifestyle. But new research casts doubt on those assumptions.

September 17 - CityLab

The Urbanist is publishing a series of articles focusing on the leadership of women is shaping the past, present, and future of Seattle.

September 17 - The Urbanist

This week featured good news on the economy like it was pre-2008.

September 17 - Planetizen

California's average home prices are 2.5 times the national average and rising, so why is it so hard to build a political coalition to build more housing, and especially more affordable housing?

September 16 - Los Angeles Times

Tesla just won a competitive bid to supply utility-scale power in Southern California—providing security in the event of a catastrophe like the Porter Ranch methane leak.

September 16 - Bloomberg