The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Lower 9th Ward has been slow to return to its pre-Katrina state. A new program by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority changes recovery strategy in the neighborhood.

October 15 - The Advocate

A parcel-by-parcel map of zoning changes included in the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan.

October 15 - Star Tribune

A carpooling feature in the Waze app, tested in the San Francisco Bay Area and Israel, will soon be available around the country.

October 15 - Business Insider

Residents of Panama City and other Florida communities are calling for help, but it's unclear when help will arrive. The restoration of running water and electricity is the primary concern.

October 15 - BuzzFeed News

More landlords are refusing Section 8 vouchers for housing, neither willing to deal with the federal bureaucracy nor to risk missing out on the peak windfall of an expansive rental market.

October 15 - The New York Times

Getting serious about mobility and traffic safety in the City of Brotherly Love.

October 15 - Smart Cities Dive

Students from Beverly Hills staged a high-visibility "walkout" to protest L.A. Metro's extension of the Purple Line subway past Beverly Hills High School.

October 14 - The Los Angeles Times

President Trump announced at a campaign rally in Iowa that he would lift the ban on summertime sales of a 15 percent blend of ethanol, expected to increase smog levels. Both environmentalists and the oil industry oppose the action.

October 14 - PBS NewsHour

Code requirements for wind resistance vary substantially across Florida, with less stringent building requirements in areas of the Panhandle hit hard by Hurricane Michael.

October 14 - The Miami Herald

With a Dallas-Houston bullet train proposal proceeding apace, a complementary idea is now on the table: a multimodal transit hub linking Amtrak, transit, and even Hyperloop.

October 14 - D Magazine

The city has proposed tighter rules for new construction and a more active approach to securing existing tall structures from collapse.

October 14 - Governing

Driven by foreign demand, a surge in West Texas oil production is having adverse effects on the local populace, and contributes to climate change at a crucial moment.

October 13 - The Texas Tribune

A sizable former AT&T campus in suburban Chicago will be redeveloped into mixed-use, despite "sluggish" local leasing activity and the potential closure of Sears' nearby headquarters.

October 13 - The Chicago Tribune

As San Diego plans a major airport redevelopment, County Supervisor Ron Roberts is advocating an aerial cableway concept to connect the airport to downtown.

October 13 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Scaffolding and sidewalk sheds being a fixture of life in NYC, the city has decided to let artists do their thing with all that blank canvas.

October 13 - ArtNet News

A report suggests that the older a state is, the more likely it is that special interests have entrenched themselves, negatively impacting the public purse.

October 13 - Governing

Using data from Microsoft, the New York Times has published an online map showing the placement of every building in the country, in a simple black and white format.

October 12 - The New York Times

Protected bike lanes, this writer argues, are just one part of a broader rebuild of Detroit that prioritizes engagement.

October 12 - Detroit Free Press

The deadliest transportation accident in recent years has some asking whether more can be done to regulate modified vehicles, including limos.

October 12 - NPR

In an opinion piece bemoaning the passage of legislation that gives the BART board new land use planning authority, BART Director Deborah Allen argues that planners won't make good directors because they lack independence.

October 12 - East Bay Times