The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

PBS examines the built environment through its series "10 That Changed America." The latest episode will look at the "10 Streets That Changed America."

July 9 - Curbed

Two powerful governmental bodies that deal with very different aspects of transportation—one with meeting mobility needs, the other with its impact on health and the environment—met formally for the first time on June 27.

July 9 - Streetsblog California

Hydroponic indoor farmers hope to charge a premium for plants grown out of season in indoor farms. The notion has generated attention from big investors, but whether or not consumers will follow is an open question.

July 9 - Civil Eats

Autonomous vehicles have many evangelists, but perhaps they need more skeptics.

July 9 - The Spectator

A pro-business group in Toronto wants to expand a highway, but a Toronto columnist wants to make readers aware of why the plan might not work out as hoped.

July 9 - The Star

An annual survey by the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota measures job availability, job location, population density, and the availability of transit.

July 9 - Smart Cities Dive

A California November 2018 ballot initiative seeking to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act could have unintended consequences, according to Related California's Bill Witte.

July 9 - The Planning Report

A Portland regional value pricing committee recommended that the state transportation department operate two pilot programs to toll all the lanes on two interstate highways in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area.

July 9 - KGW

Friday may have been disgraced EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's last day in office of the agency in charge of protecting the nation's environment, but he still managed to roll back a regulation to create lasting air pollution far greater than VW did.

July 9 - The New York Times

Looking back to evaluate the potential of the present.

July 8 - The Washington Post

Individuals and major companies alike have already found a variety of applications for the software.

July 8 - Fast Co. Design

The 72-year-old trolley system is beloved by local riders, but difficult to maintain.

July 8 - Boston Globe

And stop changing the subject, adds the Editorial Board of the San Francisco Chronicle.

July 8 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Examples like Elon Musk's subway plan in Chicago, app-driven electric scooters littering sidewalks, and Amazon's general preponderance may point to a tech-dominated urban future. But are localities ceding too much power to the private sector?

July 8 - The New York Times

Under the new guidelines, developers will need to implement specific community engagement strategies, at times based on a neighborhood's demographics.

July 7 - The Urbanist

Voters will decide in November on the creation of a cannabis-friendly, publicly owned bank to invest in affordable housing.

July 7 - Los Angeles Times

The new initiative will fund crowdsourced mobility solutions.

July 7 - Engadget

Regional planners and Dallas officials aren't confident that the area's highway-centric worldview (and budget) will change anytime soon. The city's competitiveness in the national job market may be on the line.

July 7 - D Magazine

The Auckland Design Office created a study to quantify the dollars lost from delayed pedestrian traffic.

July 7 - Our Auckland

Austin is one of the first cities where users can use Uber's new bike share system, after the transportation network company branched out earlier this year.

July 6 - KXAN