The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The House tax reform bill threats to drastically reduce the number of affordable housing units developed.

November 8 - Curbed

The Chicago Tribune's editorial board argues that congestion pricing will not only decrease congestion, but also make the city more attractive to people and businesses.

November 8 - Chicago Tribune

Business Insider offers a platform for an argument favored by the National Motorists Association and a particularly vocal Michigan state police officer: that speed limits are too slow to be safe.

November 8 - Business Insider

Planetizen rounded up all the pertinent results from local and state elections on November 8, 2017. The main theme of the day: voters continue to support local and state sources of infrastructure funding.

November 8 - Planetizen

In a close vote, Portland (Maine) residents voted not to allow immediate abutters to reject zoning changes approved by the City Council. The referendum was initiated by neighbors opposed to a cluster subdivision proposed instea dof a conventional one

November 8 - Portland Press Herald

New Orleans could create the largest stretch of public riverfront in the U.S., thanks to a public land swap.

November 8 - The Architect's Newspaper

FEATURE

An interview with Houston Planning Director Patrick Walsh, conducted after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the city and reduced its planning and infrastructure to a talking point for pundits. It's time to let the locals do the talking.

November 8 - Josh Stephens

The Forest Park Southeast neighborhood in St. Louis has completed a years-long planning process—the result is a new form-based code.

November 8 - nextSTL

The renaissance of Downtown Detroit will not include a new soccer stadium, but don't call it a setback.

November 8 - Detroit Free Press

For 91 years, dancing was practically illegal in New York City. The city is getting footloose, after the City Council repealed the 1927 Cabaret Law intended to control speakeasies.

November 8 - The New York Times

The conversation about the future of self-driving cars took an unexpected leap forward today, as Waymo announced its use of fully automated rides—with no human driver present.

November 7 - Forbes

The progressive city hopes to integrate economic, community, and climate resiliency measures in future projects.

November 7 - The Planning Report

An Dallas Morning News editorial suggests DART spending should favor bus service over train service to make more efficient use of its funds.

November 7 - The Dallas Morning News

Overall, the value of American land is strikingly high. But it's the differences between and within cities that concern Florida.

November 7 - CityLab

Already a common means of delivering infrastructure in many countries, public-private partnerships are growing in importance in the United States, but how do they compare to other procurement models?

November 7 - Doggerel

BLOG POST

Transportation planners are on to something big and, for the most part, they are keeping it to themselves. The future is a relatively small fleet of shared, electric, self driving vehicles, and it's coming fast. Are we ready?

November 7 - Dave Biggs

San Diego's Affordable Homes Bonus Program (AHBP), launched in mid-2016, increases incentives for projects that incorporate more affordable units. Developers are taking notice.

November 7 - Next City

Phoenix voters approved the city's Transportation 2050 plan, a package which includes more frequent bus service, road improvements, eventual light rail service and subsidizes Lyft rides: Lyft for public transit riders going to or coming from a stop.

November 7 - Smart Cities Dive

The horrific carnage caused by a terrorist on Halloween, killing eight cyclists and injuring 12, was preceded by a similar, though unintentional, bike fatality in 2006 on the same bikeway.

November 7 - The New York Times

The Gehl Institute, working with several public sector partners, has released an open source "Public Life Data Protocol."

November 7 - Gehl Institute