The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Sixty years of highway construction has significantly changed Miami's development patterns.

November 4 - Modern Cities

A modded version of Cities: Skylines and 200-250 hours are all it takes to make a 1:1 digital representation of the city of San Francisco.

November 4 - CityLab

Despite a turbulent year for the university, Temple presses ahead with plans for a new football stadium in a dense residential area.

November 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Downtown Toronto has grown and its hospitals are struggling to keep up with growing demand for their services.

November 4 - Toronto Globe and Mail

Hundreds of thousand of bus, trolley and subway riders (and potential voters) in Philadelphia have been left to find alternative means of transportation since Nov. 1 due to a strike by the local Transport Workers Union who work for SEPTA.

November 3 - The Washington Post

Indianapolis' I-65/I-70 inner loop, now 40 years old, made a big impact on the city.

November 3 - Indianapolis Monthly

The false dichotomy of rich cities and poor suburbs is reductive and damaging.

November 3 - City Observatory

Chicago's Kennedy Expressway to the O'Hare Airport is getting a $22.9 million lane expansion, some active transit and public transit advocates question the wisdom of that investment.

November 3 - DNAinfo Chicago

A strategic interstate gasoline pipeline exploded in Alabama on Oct. 31, not far from the September spill site after an accidental strike by a track hoe, killing one and injuring five workers. Higher gas prices and long lines are anticipated.

November 3 - Reuters

The city of Berkeley, California released its new Bicycle Plan in October. The plan includes a cycletrack network that would look right at home in Denmark.

November 3 - Systematic Failure

Portland is expecting 123,000 new households in the city by 2035, so it's proposed a new residential infill policy to accommodate all those people. A new report argues, however, that the policy could have a chilling effect on infill development.

November 3 - Oregon Public Broadcasting

What Happens When A Beverly Hills Developer Decides A Ballot Initiative Is Easier than the Planning Process?

November 3 - The Planning Report

A proposal by on demand bus and shuttle company Bridj would fill a gap in late night service in the Boston area.

November 3 - Boston Herald

It seems like pedestrian safety campaigns that focus on the errors and guilt of pedestrians miss the point. Shaming pedestrians will not keep them safe, but safer streets will.

November 3 - Curbed

Greater Greater Washington raves about the new section of the Anacostia River Bike Trail, calling it arguably the most beautiful bike trail in the region.

November 2 - Greater Greater Washington

The rules are changing, Tom Murphy says, and cities need to change, too.

November 2 - The Planning Report

Amazon plans to build 2,000 drive through grocery stores across the country.

November 2 - Modern Cities

Income inequality, housing affordability, and systemic racism join sea-level rise as key issues in Oakland's vision for urban resilience.

November 2 - Next City

Less than a decade ago, "desal" proposals in California numbered over 22, but only one major one was built—in Carlsbad, serving the San Diego region. A newly released study by the Pacific Institute explains why.

November 2 - KQED Science

BLOG POST

Steven T. Moga guest blogs about a new article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

November 2 - JPER