The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Urbanists and planners might consider looking at the development outside U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Super Bowl Sunday. Gone are the vast parking lots surrounding the Metrodome, replaced with mixed use and a popular park, the Commons.

February 4 - The New York Times

When the Eagles and the Patriots face off this weekend, they'll do it at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium, a billion-dollar venue that "aspires to more than football."

February 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The issue of wind and solar energy development has always been a hot button in the California desert, and the Trump Administration just pressed it.

February 3 - San Francisco Chronicle

All of Fulton County, Georgia except Atlanta (which has its own transit plans) is moving forward with a new transit agenda.

February 3 - Reporter Newspapers

Bloomberg Philanthropies recognized nine cities leading the trend toward better use of data in city governance practices.

February 3 - Smart Cities Dive

Santiago Calatrava has run into trouble over the maintenance of his bridge projects in the past—this time it looks like it's not his fault.

February 3 - Dallas Observer

Satellite images make some of the best maps.

February 3 - Local Authority of Building Control

Tolls and gas taxes—that's how Connecticut Governor Daniel P. Malloy plans on raising revenue for the state's troubled Special Transportation Fund.

February 2 - The Hartford Courant

The government of the Balearic Islands drafts new law that requires rental car companies to phase out fossil fuel vehicles and to switch to a 100% electric fleet by 2030.

February 2 - Cities of the Future

A new report from the Regional Plan Association, expected for release early next week, will provide suggestions for how the city of New York can empower community boards.

February 2 - AM New York

In the drive to begin construction in New Mexico, the Trump Administration has bypassed dozens of federal environmental regulations.

February 2 - The Architect's Newspaper

Republican lawmakers got a first-hand lesson in train safety Wednesday when their chartered Amtrak train hit a trash truck at a grade crossing in Virginia, killing one in the truck. Trump's infrastructure plan redirects Amtrak and transit funding.

February 2 - Bloomberg News

Low-income renters are requiring longer periods of rental assistance, and the trends show housing costs are a leading cause.

February 2 - Modern Cities

Republicans from the Florida House of Representatives are trying to take control of the potentially thorny issue of dockles bikeshare.

February 2 - StateScoop

A partnership between the ride-hailing company Uber, the city of Cincinnati, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) and the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) is sign that maybe transit and Uber aren't mutually exclusive.

February 2 - Cincinnati.com

A new film documents the sub-culture of men pushing themselves to recapture their glory days on the bike.

February 2 - Bike Portland

The Onion is back at it again, this time satirizing society's interest in self-driving cars with a new concept: the carless driver.

February 2 - The Onion

Local urbanists are opposing a plan to greatly expand a freeway intersection in neighborhoods adjacent to Downtown Indianapolis.

February 1 - Indianapolis Business Journal

On some busy blocks, Uber and Lyft drivers have nowhere safe to park. Neither do parcel delivery personnel. Shared use mobility zones could address the problem.

February 1 - Eno Center for Transportation

Boise State University researchers have published a detailed study and online maps that lay out possible scenarios for urban growth in Idaho's Treasure Valley in one of the fastest-growing states in the Union.

February 1 - Idaho Statesman