The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Ford administration is moving forward with a scheme to "upload" control of Toronto's TTC subway to provincial control.

September 5 - The Star

Call it a tale of two housing markets.

September 5 - The Plain Dealer

Brookhaven, Georgia is rewriting its citywide zoning code, including density bonuses and mandatory inclusionary zoning in one of the new code's overlays.

September 5 - Reporter Newspapers

Celebrating the year's best from the landscape architecture profession.

September 5 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opened in April, are worthy memorials to one of the nation's greatest tragedies, according to this review.

September 4 - The Dallas Morning News

As the Dallas City Council prepares to vote this month on a general fund budget, the future of bike lanes is not looking good.

September 4 - The Dallas Morning News

A proposal to drill for water in the Mojave Desert will have an easier path to approval, after a bill requiring Additional environmental review of the project dies int he California State Senate.

September 4 - The Desert Sun

A bill that would toss the helmet requirement for adult e- scooter riders and allow them to ride on roads where the speed limit is 35 mph, up from the current limit of 25 mph, is on Governor Jerry Brown's desk. He has until Sept. 30 to decide.

September 4 - San Francisco Chronicle

Open space and mixed-use developments could make the Chattahoochee River, where it runs along the border of Atlanta, more accessible. A proposed trail along the river took a tangible step forward recently.

September 4 - SaportaReport

Two things motorists detest: tolls and congestion. Tolls, if effectively applied, lessen congestion, but at a high cost to drivers. However, steep tolls also provide a political incentive to "fix the bottlenecks," as shown by the 66 Express Lanes.

September 4 - WTOP

Bus lanes built and policed by the city of San Francisco will be open to private transit buses. Sue Vaughan argues that's a mistake.

September 4 - The San Francisco Examiner

A closer look at a plan for Los Angeles linking Dodger Stadium to the subway points to the proposal’s many flaws.

September 4 - Urbanize LA

BLOG POST

Conventional planning is static, designed to lock in existing land use patterns. We need more dynamic planning to respond to changing household needs and community goals.

September 4 - Todd Litman

A new study concludes that not only is transit a safer way to travel, but communities oriented around transit are also safer. As a result, planning approaches that encourage transit also increase traffic safety.

September 4 - Streetsblog USA

A roundtable discussion tackles the question about how to make those first steps toward more involvement with planning in the local community.

September 3 - Greater Greater Washington

Extreme heat, rising seas, and other impacts of climate change are turning deadly faster than predicted, California officials warn.

September 3 - Los Angeles Times

Can Trulia succeed in making sense of neighborhoods for an online platform?

September 3 - Slate

Plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Connector, otherwise known as the BQX, are still on the table, despite reports of the project's demise.

September 3 - Crain's New York Business

A recent report by the DePaul University Institute for Housing Studies finds the number of two-flats, three-flats, and four-flats in quick decline among the residential building stock of Chicago.

September 3 - Chicago Tribune

Mayor John Tory announced a 2018 expansion of bike share that will include 3,750 new bikes and 360 new stations.

September 2 - Daily Hive