The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Pennsylvania Governors Office announced that eight developers were awarded a total $9.3M in tax credits from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) to build 495 affordable housing units in the city of Philadelphia.

July 15 - Curbed Philadelphia

A state with many natural advantages for solar power is having a hard time making the business pencil out.

July 15 - Houston Chronicle

As more community improvement districts come online in Georgia, some are finding limitations to the reach of the taxes they generate. A new report makes a thorough examination.

July 15 - Saporta Report

Zoning for new housing supply isn't the answer to Vancouver's housing affordability crisis, according to an editorial in the Vancouver Sun. In fact, it might only be making the problem worse.

July 15 - Vancouver Sun

The first phase of Toronto's 15-tear transit plan took a crucial step forward this week.

July 15 - Urban Toronto

A look back at Washington, D.C.'s most recent Comprehensive Plan reveals lessons for how the city should plan for the future next time it undertakes a comprehensive planning process.

July 15 - Greater Greater Washington

The Denver Business Journal editor spoke out in opposition to a proposal to add bike lanes to Broadway in Denver. Streetsblog responded.

July 15 - Streetsblog Denver

Is Yogi the Bear in the market for a commercial property?

July 15 - Houston Chronicle

Take a look at these creative crosswalks and add your own examples.

July 15 - The Guardian Cities

Majority of drivers in the United States admit to anger, aggression, or road rage at least once in the past year.

July 15 - WTOP

BLOG POST

Planners are often involved in social equity analysis. How issues are defined and measured can affect what seems fair and just. Consider, for example, the fairness of toilet access.

July 14 - Todd Litman

The latest front line of the battle to prevent the spread of big-box stores is the city of Pleasanton, California.

July 14 - East Bay Times

How one firm is integrating sharing economy principles to bolster Chicago's public schools.

July 14 - Doggerel

A San Francisco Chronicle editorial supports the decision by the Municipal Transportation Agency to 'bow' to complaints from residents about the large tech buses by reducing their stops in their neighborhoods even if it means increasing car trips.

July 14 - San Francisco Chronicle

The leadership at the city of Seattle has noticed that the people representing neighborhoods on the city's district councils don't reflect the population of the city.

July 14 - Publicola

Emily Badger, writing for The Washington Post's Wonkblog, doesn't let planners off the hook for the racist history of highway planning around the country.

July 14 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Clocking in at less than 500 square feet, tiny houses are in greater and greater demand. They've been touted as a means to address affordability, inequality, homelessness, and environmental concerns. But regulatory issues are holding them back.

July 14 - Pew Charitable Trusts

In California and much of the rest of the country, says Andrew Said, the laws governing speed limits and enforcement are dangerously outdated, especially where pedestrians and cyclists are concerned. What could we change?

July 14 - Streetsblog LA

When gas prices fall, discretionary transit riders also spend less on transit according to an analysis of credit and debit card bills by the JP Morgan Chase Institute.

July 14 - Marketplace

Craft beer aficionados take note. Bloomington, Illinois now allows businesses selling artisanal products to manufacture their goods on-site. The ruling blurs a distinction between industrial and commercial zoning.

July 14 - Pantagraph