The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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April 1 - Planetizen April 1st Edition

The paywalls most likely to make you open a new browser or check the blogs—anything other than paying journalists.

April 1 - Planetizen April 1st Edition

Get to know the "Winter White House."

April 1 - Planetizen April 1st Edition

Long relegated to the back of the house, the kitchen as utility space is being replaced by the modern show kitchen. Located squarely front-of-house, newer kitchens often reinstate the "great room" idea.

March 31 - Construction Dive

As the Los Angeles metro area expands its transit options, transit-oriented development is following suit. In some neighborhoods, lower-income residents are being displaced.

March 31 - UCLA Magazine

7.5 percent of homes in the French capital have no one living in them.

March 31 - Better Dwelling

A sad day for bikeshare.

March 31 - The Seattle Times

Developers have a lot of opinions about how to fix New York's housing market (probably not a surprise) and not all of them consider themselves to be evil (maybe a little bit of a surprise).

March 31 - City Limits

When the newest section is complete, the Grand Parkway will connect I-69 southwest of Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch and Cypress, unincorporated Harris County and Spring, and Harris, Montgomery, Liberty, and Chambers counties.

March 31 - Houston Chronicle

Budgets reflect priorities, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will be prioritizing capital investments in the 2018 fiscal year.

March 31 - Philadelphia

The findings of a recent study reveals the effects of transportation network companies to be the enemy of all forms of alternative transportation—far from the urban savior some hope they'll be.

March 31 - Streetsblog Denver

An intrepid grad student at MIT created a graphic that shows off the color palettes of U.S. and Canadian transit lines.

March 31 - Next City

A new ad by Swedish public transit agency Västtrafik pulls quite a bait and switch.

March 31 - The Verge

The American Society of Landscape Architects this week announced a list of green infrastructure priorities, full of specifics, without mentioning the Trump Administration.

March 30 - ASLA The Dirt

Recently termed-out Mayor Ashley Swearengin sits down for an exclusive interview about how she planned for high speed rail investments, championed sustainable water management, and took steps to rebuild the local economy.

March 30 - The Planning Report

Greg David argues that zoning rules limiting Manhattan's Garment District to manufacturers are obsolete. Without them, underutilized space could be put to better use.

March 30 - Crain's New York Business

Responses to the new pedestrian infrastructure in Bodegraven are likely to say these crosswalk signals in the ground are victim-blaming or Millennial-coddling.

March 30 - World Economic Forum

In short, transit wasn't really there. When transportation network services went down, people felt stranded. Transit friendliness can go a long way.

March 30 - Medium

A contentious debate broke out this week, after a pundit proposed breaking up the consolidation of economic and political power of the country's liberal cities.

March 30 - The New York Times

Communities across Nebraska report plenty of jobs to go around, but not enough housing for the workers to fulfill the demand.

March 30 - Omaha World-Herald