The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The commute costs Atlanta residents more than in any other city, according to new analysis by Educated Driver.

January 5 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

With world population to grow by about 2 billion by 2050, and with more people eating higher on the food chain as nations develop economically, can world agriculture reduce its carbon footprint? A new World Resources Institute report shows how.

January 5 - Forbes

Thanks to two recent New York State court rulings, disposable food and beverage containers will no longer be made from polystyrene in the nation's largest city. The ban was originally proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in February 2013.

January 4 - The New York Times

A comprehensive study to revitalize the Atlanta regional waterfront, dubbed the Chattahoochee RiverLands project, is now underway.

January 4 - Saporta Report

A community initiative says demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and closure of the Battery Street Tunnel offer a chance to turn a series of green infrastructure ideas into reality.

January 4 - The Urbanist

In New Jersey, a cap-and-trade system existed for two decades and appeared to just perpetuate housing and social inequities. But now legislators and researchers are considering it again.

January 4 - CityLab

Southern Resident orca numbers are distressingly low. The proposed budget would fund a number of measures to help the whales.

January 4 - Crosscut

A Reddit user created a transit map of the San Francisco Bay Area that connects Taco Bell locations, which, unlike rail public transit, have reached every corner of the region.

January 4 - Reddit

A stakeholder group hopes to create a pedestrian- and business-friendly streetscape in Downtown Seattle.

January 4 - The Urbanist

Linking up the last part of the Grand Rounds trail would create a continuous pedestrian and biking loop around the city.

January 4 - MinnPost

A proposed bill would open nearly 2 million acres of protected land to commercial and industrial development.

January 4 - TVO

All aboard.

January 4 - Greater Greater Washington

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a critical change in the cost-benefit analysis used in the mercury rule that applies to coal-fired power plants. By eliminating the principle of co-benefits, public health impacts would be severe.

January 3 - The Washington Post

The planning history of Paradise, California is blamed for the destruction of the city in the Camp Fire. Can planners find new models for both limiting carbon emissions and preparing for the effects of climate change?

January 3 - Los Angeles Times

State preemption, in the form major zoning reforms and mandates for local housing targets, are on the table in the Utah Legislature this year.

January 3 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Surprise, shocking news from New York City, as Governor Andrew Cuomo steps in at the 11th hour to change course on the highly anticipated (and dreaded) L Train closure scheduled to begin later this year.

January 3 - The New York Times

The plan to top I-5 in Seattle with a cap park—what writer Natalie Bicknell calls "the most ambitious effort in our region"—is moving ahead with a $1.5 million feasibility study.

January 3 - The Urbanist

Apple has plans to build a new campus and expand its Texas workforce. The decision to expand to an Austin suburb points to both regional and national trends and outcomes.

January 3 - CityLab

BLOG POST

Some thoughts on what we might have learned in 2018 and what it might mean going forward.

January 3 - Steven Polzin

The state of Virginia won't let Washington Metro increase services that surpass a three percent subsidy cap implemented this summer.

January 3 - WTOP