The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer raises pointed questions about the purpose of public space such as Dilworth Park, which has been absent of protests since it was remodeled two years ago.

July 23 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A logistics park in Fenton, expected to attract $382 million in investment, will move forward with $50 million in tax increment financing.

July 23 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Like many cities around the country, Portland, Maine is faced with rising costs for housing as demand outpaces supply.

July 23 - Island Institute

Names like Zipcar, Uber, and Musk can be found on the list, along with names that aren't quite household…yet.

July 23 - Eno Center for Transportation

The New Yorker has produced a video comparing the streets of Downtown Los Angeles on either side of a 70-year span of history.

July 22 - The New Yorker

An early approval from the Federal Railroad Administration has set the Northern New England Intercity Rail Initiative in motion.

July 22 - Hartford Business Journal

The long awaited arrival of bikeshare has become a reality in Portland, Oregon.

July 22 - Bike Portland

The Los Angeles Rams COO details both the stadium's sustainable design and the positive impact the privately funded complex will have on Southern California.

July 22 - The Planning Report

Homeownership is often promoted as a way for low-income and minority families to build wealth. But it is those very families who assume the most risk in buying a house.

July 22 - City Observatory

WBUR's Here & Now ventures outside the Quicken Loans Arena to see a distressed part of the city and region, similar to parts of Detroit and Flint. Residents want abandoned homes demolished. Take the audio driving tour of East Cleveland.

July 22 - Here & Now

Parts of California’s rural, working-class Central Valley see virtually no transportation investment, leaving many residents stranded in the heat.

July 22 - KCET Departures

Forty-two conservation districts in 25 state received grants totaling $2 million this week. The funding will create technical assistance opportunities for urban agriculture and conservation projects.

July 22 - National Association of Conservation Districts

A new study from University of Michigan researchers tallies, and then compares, the greenhouse gas emissions from different sectors of the U.S. economy.

July 22 - Fast Co.Exist

The people's choice: Pac-Man.

July 22 - CityLab

The number of inclusionary zoning programs is growing quickly around the country. A recent study by the National Housing Conference takes stock of this prominent affordable housing tool.

July 21 - American Planning Association

New York's Clean Energy Standard, if approved, would mark the first time a state put a price on carbon emissions.

July 21 - Politico

A recent study by Trulia concentrates on elasticity (i.e., the rate at which housing stock grows, relative to demand), and arrives at the conclusion that bureaucracy, not regulation, is responsible for rising housing prices.

July 21 - Trulia

A new paper studies the impacts both of specific land use regulations and land use regulations in the aggregate.

July 21 - Market Urbanism

Barcelona wants to be the world’s best city for people. To reclaim the public space and community living that residents lost to cars over the last century, the city is transforming mobility and access to public space by introducing the superblock.

July 21 - Cities of the Future

The Grand Old Party platform calls for an end to using gas taxes for public transit as well as other non-road purposes like "bike-sharing," opposes increases to the 23-year-old gas tax, and would eliminate the U.S. DOT Livability Initiative.

July 21 - Progressive Railroading