The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Los Angeles County metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the launch of a one-year pilot program for on demand ridesharing, otherwise known as microtransit.

January 29 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Better integration between San Diego's various transit modes—trolley (light rail), bus, bus rapid transit, and active transit—are key to increasing use and housing options, argues AVRP planner Howard Blackson III.

January 29 - UrbDeZine

How people get to work, and the geographic distinctions between trends in those choices, reveals some of the country's more ominous traits, including the trend Richard Florida calls "the new urban crisis."

January 29 - CityLab

One of the symbols of Pittsburgh's status as the Steel City and the City of Bridges will be closed for repairs for all of 2019 and a good portion of 2020 as well.

January 29 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Moving Forward Plan seeks to improve transportation throughout the region, but funding and project priorities still need to be sorted out.

January 29 - Houston Chronicle

The city’s "7-acre rule" limited liquor licenses to restaurants in a commercial zone, but a repeal of the ordinance last year means that restaurants across the city can now apply to serve liquor.

January 29 - Star Tribune

Two members of Congress, a Democrat and a Republican, both from Florida, will reintroduce their bill to put a tax on carbon emissions and return the revenue to the people in the form of a dividend.

January 29 - Washington Examiner

The example of Oceanwide Plaza, which recently halted construction across the street from the Staples Center, raises more questions than it answers about foreign investment in Downtown Los Angeles' revitalization.

January 28 - Los Angeles Times

California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires fuel producers to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by at least 10 percent by 2020, has been opposed by corn ethanol producers and the oil industry since its inception in 2011.

January 28 - Transport Topics

A large group of technology and philanthropic foundations has announced multiple funds to help mitigate the crisis of housing affordability in the Bay Area. It's the second such effort announced already this year.

January 28 - The New York Times

A German rail commuter recorded each day’s travel by knitting a scarf.

January 28 - The New York Times

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is renewing program support for thousands of local programs that offer support and assistance to the homeless.

January 28 - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The city of San Antonio is working on a plan to reduce its reliance on carbon-emitting fuels.

January 28 - San Antonio Express-News

FEATURE

A muddled agenda of inclusion seems to be a rationale to eviscerate one of the Oregon city's most lauded civic assets.

January 28 - Michael Mehaffy

An investigative feature by Governing magazine blames the history of land use regulations like zoning and redlining for the racial segregation of contemporary communities all over the state of Illinois and the country.

January 28 - Governing

"Parking spots are now bike lanes, transit is fast and easy, and the streets (and local businesses) are full of people."

January 28 - Fast Company

BLOG POST

The world is changing, and city planners are changing along with it.

January 28 - Kayla Matthews

California's new governor has sent a strong signal to local governments: build housing to comply with state law or else.

January 27 - Los Angeles Times

The mayor wants to implement a series of measures to eliminate traffic fatalities and make city streets safer for pedestrians.

January 27 - Cincinnati CityBeat

Now that Seattle has proven they don't need the new Highway 99 tunnel that will replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, will enough people use it in the future to cover the costs of construction, operation, and maintenance?

January 27 - The Urbanist