The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Colorado is the latest state to consider allowing people on bikes to pass through intersections more freely than cars.

January 29 - The Denver Post

It's the antithesis of what former President Obama and his predecessors did when they gave federal lands and waters more protection. But don't blame Trump's executive actions for this one (not yet, anyway), as it's being proposed by Congress.

January 29 - The Guardian

The state of Oregon will consider legislation that would raise $2.17 million a year by implementing a fee on non-motorized users of public waterways.

January 29 - Mail Tribune

The Central Ohio Transit Authority will culminate a $9.4 million plan to redesign the bus system serving the Columbus region later this year.

January 29 - The Columbus Dispatch

Bus ridership in the Tampa Bay region dropped for the first time after six straight years of growth.

January 28 - Tampa Bay Times

The arc of history has bent back to the Astrodome.

January 28 - Houston Chronicle

The NextBus system, which predicts arrival times for San Francisco's buses and trains, has been unusable for four weeks.

January 28 - San Francisco Examiner

In rural America, young people overwhelmingly prefer driving to using other forms of transit, whether that's a function of the options available or natural preference is subject to debate.

January 28 - Wired

Across the country, affordable housing projects depend on tax credits to encourage investment; the possibility of a lower tax rate has already affected their funding.

January 28 - Next City

Sears, Macy's, and The Limited are among chain apparel stores closing locations all around the United States.

January 27 - The Chicago Tribune

Once a novelty, there are now bikeshare programs all over the country. Greater Greater Washington ranks 119 programs by size.

January 27 - Greater Greater Washington

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The annual Urban Mobility Report (UMR), published by Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), should come with a warning label.

January 27 - Todd Litman

Metro Rail and MARC were flooded with riders on their way to the Women's March to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump in the nation's capital.

January 27 - The Washington Post

Josie Huang reports on a new audit from the Los Angeles City Controller finding that the city's density bonus program is falling short of its goals for delivering affordable housing.

January 27 - KPCC

The biggest threat to California's cap-and-trade program, a critical component of the state's comprehensive effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, may not come from the Trump Administration but from a lawsuit heard in Sacramento on January 24.

January 27 - Capital Public Radio

The number of apartments in Denver has skyrocketed. Meanwhile, the cost of rent is plummeting. Expect to hear this example cited by YIMBYs many times in the coming months.

January 27 - The Denver Post

There are similarities between the policy actions of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government and the nascent Trump Administration. The differences in approach between these two examples are also telling.

January 27 - The Atlantic

U.S. Bike Route 30, as the planned route that will cross Wisconsin is called, is part of a vision for a national system of bike routes.

January 27 - Urban Milwaukee

Street networks and city blocks, reduced to their fundamental attributes, reveal the vast differences between cities.

January 27 - Geoff Boeing

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The Trump Administration is sending out mixed signals on public transit issues. Why?

January 26 - Michael Lewyn