The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

While many are excited about the prospect of James Corner Field Operations redesigning the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, one commenter sees some of the worst dynamics of top-down planning at work.

January 8 - Streets MN

Bridj, a tech-enabled "pop up" bus service that first hit the road in June of 2014, has expanded of service and launched a new version of its app with significant operational changes.

January 8 - BetaBoston

A new app is part bikeshare and part Airbnb.

January 8 - San Francisco Chronicle

The Federal Highway Administration has quietly acknowledged the end of the Driving Boom, cutting its VMT forecast by 24-44 percent. This represents a major change in travel forecasting and planning.

January 8 - U.S. Pirg

As its most recent entry in a new series of "Metropolitan Revolution Blog Series," Brookings examines the recent proliferation of applied sciences campuses in New York City.

January 8 - Brookings

Calling it an "ideal time" to increase the 25-cent gas tax due to the lowest gas prices in five years, Rep. Linder Bateman (R-Idaho Falls) said legislators will have to "bite the bullet" to address aging road and bridge infrastructure.

January 8 - Local News 8 (ABC)

FEATURE

Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell shares his favorite Twitter feeds.

January 7 - James Brasuell

Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner and executive director for the city of Toronto, shares tips for how to create safe, fun environments for children.

January 7 - Active for Life

Take a spin on the country's first articulated electric bus (minus overhead wires), manufactured by BYD Motors Inc. in Southern California and tested recently on the Los Angeles Orange Line.

January 7 - Los Angeles Times

Same story, different year, though more data provided on which groups are leaving the Golden State: predominantly workers earning less than $50,000 a year. Conversely, those migrating to California from other states had higher incomes and education.

January 7 - Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

Conventional traffic safety programs emphasize ways that individuals can help reduce their risk, but new research indicates that safety depends largely on community planning decisions that affect how and how much people drive.

January 7 - Todd Litman

Denver has plans to create an "aerotropolis" in the vast plain surrounding Denver International Airport.

January 7 - The Denver Post

The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence released a report placing the value of San Francisco's park system at $959 million.

January 7 - City Parks Blog

The city of London has completed a long and remarkable comeback to the population level set as its standard back in 1939.

January 7 - Citymetric

Charles Marohn starts off the year strong by throwing down the gauntlet on the perpetual transportation funding debate.

January 7 - Strong Towns

Washington D.C. made a high-profile hire to run its Office of Planning: the former director of community and economic development of Salt Lake City, Eric Shaw.

January 7 - Greater Greater Washington

What's new for placemaking advocacy in 2015? In short, being an effective communicator is in. Being self-concerned and oblivious is out.

January 6 - PlaceShakers

Urban Land surveys ten of the best recent examples of development projects that incorporate agricultural facilities—from New York to new Orleans.

January 6 - Urban Land

The oil industry was predicting motorist outrage and an increase in gas prices of around 70-cents due to the carbon charge effective in the state on January 1. Some prices increased 10-cents, but went largely unnoticed.

January 6 - San Diego Union-Tribune

As people move back into the cities, and rental housing demand goes up, it's been an interesting time for people wrestling with the problems of highly unaffordable areas to live.

January 6 - Rooflines