The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Urbanist is publishing a series of articles focusing on the leadership of women is shaping the past, present, and future of Seattle.

September 17 - The Urbanist

This week featured good news on the economy like it was pre-2008.

September 17 - Planetizen

California's average home prices are 2.5 times the national average and rising, so why is it so hard to build a political coalition to build more housing, and especially more affordable housing?

September 16 - Los Angeles Times

Tesla just won a competitive bid to supply utility-scale power in Southern California—providing security in the event of a catastrophe like the Porter Ranch methane leak.

September 16 - Bloomberg

The Chicago Department of Transportation is busy with bike infrastructure projects around the city. Steven Vance updates the latest.

September 16 - Chi.Streetsblog

The reviews are pouring in for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open on September 24, 2016.

September 16 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Research from BuildZoom, a San Francisco-based contractors' website, shows that housing affordability increases with a region's ability to build outwards, as opposed to upwards. Densification largely has not accompanied efforts to curb sprawl.

September 16 - The Wall Street Journal

Thirty new digital kiosks will soon be found on the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. The information flowing through those kiosks will be a two-way street.

September 16 - The Architect's Newspaper

The American Civil Liberties Union is not pleased with the potential civil rights infringement enacted by a new directive by Denver Parks and Recreation.

September 16 - Fox31

Voters in six Bay Area cities in four Bay Area counties will determine the outcome of eight ballot measures on rent and eviction control. Two of the cities will have city council-sponsored measures competing against voter initiatives.

September 16 - San Francisco Chronicle

President Obama has acted to protect a 4,913-square-mile area off the Massachusetts coast. President Obama has protected more land and water than any other American president.

September 16 - NPR

Every now and then, it's good to laugh at the absurdity of climate change denial.

September 16 - Climate Central

FEATURE

2016 has produced an eclectic, imitative mix of titles to the urban library.

September 15 - Josh Stephens

Finally, some very, very good news: The U.S. Census released data that shows broad, big gains in household incomes.

September 15 - Vox

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will go out to bid on a design-build contract to reconstruct the Routes 6 and 10 interchange in Providence, with the hope of completing construction in four years. Some will remember what might have been.

September 15 - Providence Journal

A game design competition based on the most famous biography of Robert Moses's life attracted more than 100 submissions from around the world.

September 15 - DNAInfo

A cynical person might say that this is why we can't have nice things.

September 15 - The New York Times

Two Seattle councilmembers are proposing a large, necessary step toward slowing drivers enough to eliminate traffic deaths in the city.

September 15 - The Urbanist

Growing for Chicago will use the $1 million Conservation Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to examine a "cohort-based" model for urban agriculture.

September 15 - The Architect's Newspaper

A $40 million investment is being split between four cities—Memphis, Chicago, Akron, and Detroit—with the hopes of making big impacts for the community by revitalizing and/or repurposing exiting civic spaces.

September 15 - CityLab