The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

"Smart city" plans are being announced at a steady clip. The latest master planned "smart city" proposal comes for a former U.S. Navy-owned site near Boston.

December 4 - Dezeen

Faced with a costly urban heat island effect, Louisville is working on a new tree-protection ordinance that could be headed for a vote this week.

December 4 - Courier-Journal

Vancouver, often cited as a model of transportation planning success, is very carefully considering the idea of a streetcar.

December 4 - The Globe and Mail

San Francisco could become the first U.S. city to use demand-based parking rates citywide.

December 4 - SFGate

Crude oil from Kern County's Belridge field will soon have a much lower life cycle carbon intensity thanks to new solar technology used to extract hard-to-get oil. The renewal of California's carbon cap-and-trade market made it possible.

December 4 - The Washington Post - Energy and Environment

Once again, the ferry is remaking the Brooklyn waterfront. One hundred years after making Brooklyn Heights the nation's original suburb, it's spawning new developments along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront. And the fare? Same as a subway ride.

December 4 - The New York Times

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) plans to put 20 electric buses into their fleet and power them with en-route chargers.

December 4 - Streetsblog

The Canadian census reports that transit ridership in Toronto has increased, but population growth means more cars are on the road anyway.

December 4 - The Toronto Star

Many high school and grade school students in Seattle have been riding the city's Metro for free during the school year, now to encourage ridership during the summer, the city has been offering steep discounts for riders between 6-18 years old.

December 3 - Next City

Over taxed groundwater supplies are causing the ground to sink in the Central Valley. Subsidence has been identified in a new location, farther south than previous incidents.

December 3 - Fox26

The Bay Area's cup runneth over.

December 3 - The Mercury News

The Jade District on Portland's distant east side is a typical geography of wide streets and sprawl, but is also a relatively complete, self-contained community.

December 3 - Oregon Public Broadcasting

There's nothing like the convenience of charging one's electric vehicle at home, assuming you have a garage, driveway, or your apartment building has a charger. California cities and utilities are working to increase EV infrastructure on all fronts.

December 3 - San Francisco Chronicle

Vancouver is famous for high-rises and a decidedly urban quality of life, but housing prices are still skyrocketing. A new ten-year housing strategy proposes a few drastic measures to rebalance the market's scales.

December 2 - Vancouver Sun

The agency's report shows that inland-dwellers are just as likely as coastal types to be deeply affected by climate change.

December 2 - The Courier-Journal

Like many of the country's sunny and popular cities, Denver is struggling to house its people. Accessory dwelling units, otherwise known as Granny Flats, could be part of a solution to that problem.

December 2 - The Denver Post

Amazon isn't the only tech giant building a second headquarters. Google's new offices could change the way companies interact with cities for the better, if they want to.

December 2 - CityLab

An article on Governing aims to spread the word about the Greenprint Resource Hub.

December 2 - Governing

Transit adjacent developments have their downsides when the transit is a diesel-powered commuter train, and the location is a stub-end terminal. Case in point: San Francisco's Mission Bay.

December 1 - San Francisco Chronicle

After years of ridership growth, New York subways have seen a decline in passengers. Some see service failures as a reason for the slip.

December 1 - The New York Times