The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new study looks at the interaction between bicyclists and streetcars (trams) or train tracks and does not find a good outcome.

July 29 - Treehugger

Through a series of legal maneuvers associated with a coal giant's bankruptcy, the Sierra Club made good on a conservation opportunity worth $2.2 billion and weighing 53 million tons.

July 29 - Slate

London's central core never experienced the deterioration many American downtowns lived through, but the inner city/suburb dynamic was still at play. Now poverty is moving outward.

July 29 - The Telegraph

Biking is very rock and roll. Portland just turned up the volume.

July 29 - Bike Portland

MARTA's Five Points station will be the first to test an idea of building small soccer fields at multiple transit stations in the system.

July 28 - Creative Loafing

While Democrats consider the future of the country, the host city of the DNC offers a great urban lesson from the past: the elegant efficiency of rowhouses.

July 28 - California Planning & Development Report

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved legislation that will allow the construction of accessory dwelling units, potentially adding thousands of units to the city's housing supply.

July 28 - San Francisco Examiner

The North San Francisco Bay Area has lacked passenger rail for decades—but the process of hiring the staff necessary to operate the line on a daily basis has been complicated by the cost of housing in the area.

July 28 - Marin Independent Journal

Connecting affordable housing and healthcare programs can improve both—especially for seniors and disabled people.

July 28 - CityLab

Hurricane Katrina may have devastated much of New Orleans, but in its wake, literally, unexpected good work was done. Clean sediment was deposited over lead-contaminated soil, one reason why lead levels in children decreased.

July 28 - The Times Picayune

The Republican and Democratic parties both claim to understand the importance of infrastructure, but they show support in vastly different ways.

July 28 - the transport politic

Urban bike infrastructure is plagued by three related problems: design, politics, and security.

July 28 - Slate

A city famous for tall palm trees wants to find some shade.

July 28 - Los Angeles Times

The eagerly anticipated selection of the future site of the Obama Presidential Library has leaked to the press. A formal announcement is expected soon.

July 28 - Chicago Tribune

FEATURE

A new statistical analysis of Airbnb listings shows the short-term-rental service is growing worldwide, but suggests that many hosts don't stick with it. Intermittent commercial uses of residences could be seen in the planning context of "mixed use."

July 27 - Martin John Brown

A long-read in The Nation pokes large holes in the narrative of the Olympics as a beacon of equality and unity. The effect in Brazil, according to the article, has been quite the opposite.

July 27 - The Nation

The de Blasio Administration set lofty goals for the creation and preservation of housing in New York. So how's that going?

July 27 - Politico

Car sharing networks that allow the vehicle to be returned to any location were found to have the impact of removing seven cars for each rented car in San Diego in a three-year study released July 19.

July 27 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

California is considering piping recycled potable water directly into people's homes.

July 27 - Water Deeply

Akron Metro RTA recently announced the details of an overhaul of its bus system—the reorganization will affect every one of the system's 36 fixed bus routes.

July 27 - Akron Beacon Journal