The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Proposed state legislation would close a ‘legal gap’ that lets drivers who kill get away with few repercussions.

May 16 - Wood TV 8

Transit ridership around the country was up by 85 percent in all modes in 2024.

May 16 - Mass Transit

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will launch self-driving taxis in Austin in June and other U.S. cities by the end of the year.

May 16 - Smart Cities Dive

After decades of debate, the market is testing a car ban in one of its busiest areas and adding walking links to the surrounding neighborhood.

May 15 - Cascade PBS

FEATURE

For decades we have blamed 100-year-old maps for the patterns of spatial racial inequity that persist in American cities today. An esteemed researcher says: we’ve got it all wrong.

May 15 - Alan Mallach

In a city not known for its public transit, the 48.5-mile A Line is the longest of its kind on the planet.

May 15 - Secret Los Angeles

New developments have clear rules for ensuring surrounding roads, water, and sewers can handle new users. Why not do the same for community amenities?

May 15 - Happy Cities

The Dallas City Council voted to change the city’s building code to allow up to eight residential units in three-story buildings.

May 15 - Strong Towns

‘Aging Out of Place’ explores the mechanisms that displace vulnerable seniors, and how the community can help preserve key resources and institutions.

May 15 - Next City

The mega project will include an airport and links to high-speed rail lines.

May 15 - Express

How smart planning — and ample designated parking — can end conflicts over shared scooters.

May 14 - Streetsblog USA

Legislation would fix transportation district issue, allow for greater reach on city bus routes.

May 14 - Daily Montanan

An index ranks U.S. cities based on their preparedness for the ‘smart city future.’

May 14 - Smart Cities Dive

FEATURE

A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.

May 14 - Diana Ionescu

Lakewood celebrated Arbor Day and its 43rd year as a Tree City USA community with a youth-led tree planting event at O’Kane Park, reinforcing its long-standing commitment to urban forestry and environmental education.

May 14 - City of Lakewood

While the Trump administration attempts to revoke the program’s federal approval, congestion pricing continues to reduce traffic, speed up bus travel times, and improve air quality in Manhattan.

May 14 - Governing

Neighbors engage in a practice known as “tegelwippen,” picking up paving stones and replacing them with permeable surfaces, often with the support of local governments.

May 14 - Reasons to Be Cheerful

The $700 million ‘stormwater subway’ is designed to handle overflows during storms, which contain toxic runoff from roadways and vehicles.

May 13 - City Observatory

The action displaced over 100 people living on national forest land near Bend, Oregon.

May 13 - The New York Times

Chuck Wolfe ponders a recommended subscription list of Substack urbanists and wonders — as have others — about the utility of the "urbanist" moniker.

May 13 - Resurgence: A Journey via Substack