The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

With the economic benefit of redevelopment along Pittsburgh's river well understood, it's time to survey all the new and reused riverfront properties coming online.

January 1 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Take local television, add maps. What could go wrong?

January 1 - The Washington Post

Philadelphia is providing a living case study of the tenants of the Donald Shoup-approach to parking.

January 1 - Plan Philly

The spread of craft beer manufacturing around the United States has followed demographic patterns, along with friendly regulations.

December 31 - Quartz

Miller Lite is shifting from its normal lobbying expenditures in the nation's capital to pick up the tab on the ride home for those taking transit. Here's to getting home safely, tonight and every other night.

December 31 - The Hill

While NIMBYs make a lot of noise and a lot of news, could it be that support outweighs opposition when it comes to development? Some residents in Bethesda, Maryland think so.

December 31 - Bethesda Magazine

The fuel tax increases in the Beehive State by 4.9 cents on Friday. But don't count on gas prices increasing. Not only are prices dropping due to plummeting crude oil prices, but service station owners may be reluctant to pass on the increase.

December 31 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Few housing markets serve as a better case study about the politics and effects of housing supply than Seattle. A local writer takes a deeper look at the city's total development over the past year and comes to some surprising conclusions.

December 31 - Crosscut

National leaders in China have recognized urban challenges like pollution and public safety as threats to residents of the country's cities, and have released a policy statement to begin a new era of urban policies.

December 31 - China Daily

Chicago, with funding from the four major wireless carriers, has achieved a major amenity for transit users: 4G internet service along 22 miles of subway tracks in the CTA system.

December 31 - Crain's Chicago Business

McClatchy's Curtis Tate reports on Amtrak routes in Missouri and Kansas. Reduced ridership on the Missouri River Runner may be the result of falling gas prices.

December 31 - McClatchy Washington Bureau

An unfamiliar title for a familiar collection of concepts, psychogeography examines the good and bad effects of environments on the thoughts and feelings of people.

December 31 - The Urban Edge

FEATURE

Pulling a few threads to unravel some of the biggest planning stories of the year.

December 31 - James Brasuell

Miami Beach is drafting its own textbook for how to respond to sea level rise. The New Yorker provides in-depth coverage of a region under siege by the sea that surrounds it.

December 30 - The New Yorker

Ten years after the completion of the Central Artery and Tunnel project—or the Big Dig, as it's more commonly known—has the project become more justifiable?

December 30 - The Boston Globe

The Greenfield Bridge could also be considered infamous, but it's for history to decide now.

December 30 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Curbed New York team takes a tour of "the good, the bad, and the ugly" in urban planning from 2015.

December 30 - Curbed NY

Is a city with its own fair share of high profile projects on the way doing enough to ensure the safety of pedestrians?

December 30 - MinnPost

It was a big year for transit in Houston: two new light rail lines launched operation and the regional bus system got a makeover on the high frequency grid model. Ridership is also up.

December 30 - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

The victories keep piling up for the advocates, bureaucrats, and politicians fighting for more and better bike infrastructure.

December 30 - People for Bikes