The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Much of the United States went through a cold snap in recent days. How many of you transit commuters sought refuge under heat lamps this week?

January 9 - Chicago Tribune

Becky McCray recently posed the question: "What can you do with a roofless building?"

January 9 - Pagosa Daily Post

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, one of the country's most recognizable voices of leadership for infrastructure investment, will join the Board of the Lincoln Institute of land Policy.

January 9 - At Lincoln House

Kriston Capps shares the creative work of a couple of arm-chair architecture critics who took to Photoshop to express their opinions about the Snøhetta-designed tower proposed for One Van Ness in San Francisco.

January 9 - CityLab

BLOG POST

One obstacle to laissez-faire capitalism is capitalists' ability to use government to favor one competitor over another; the history of American street design provides an example.

January 8 - Michael Lewyn

The California governor began an unprecedented fourth term by laying out goals to reduce carbon emissions and oil consumption, address road and bridge maintenance, build high speed rail, and construct two huge water tunnels under the Sacramento Delta

January 8 - San Francisco Chronicle

Patrick Sisson reports on the fruits of a 2013 effort by the city of Chicago to codify transit oriented development.

January 8 - Curbed Chicago

After a high-profile demolition claimed a 129-year-old building in Dallas, preservationists are getting a seat at the table in the form of a newly formed task force.

January 8 - The Dallas Morning News

While many are excited about the prospect of James Corner Field Operations redesigning the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, one commenter sees some of the worst dynamics of top-down planning at work.

January 8 - Streets MN

Bridj, a tech-enabled "pop up" bus service that first hit the road in June of 2014, has expanded of service and launched a new version of its app with significant operational changes.

January 8 - BetaBoston

A new app is part bikeshare and part Airbnb.

January 8 - San Francisco Chronicle

The Federal Highway Administration has quietly acknowledged the end of the Driving Boom, cutting its VMT forecast by 24-44 percent. This represents a major change in travel forecasting and planning.

January 8 - U.S. Pirg

As its most recent entry in a new series of "Metropolitan Revolution Blog Series," Brookings examines the recent proliferation of applied sciences campuses in New York City.

January 8 - Brookings

Calling it an "ideal time" to increase the 25-cent gas tax due to the lowest gas prices in five years, Rep. Linder Bateman (R-Idaho Falls) said legislators will have to "bite the bullet" to address aging road and bridge infrastructure.

January 8 - Local News 8 (ABC)

FEATURE

Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell shares his favorite Twitter feeds.

January 7 - James Brasuell

Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner and executive director for the city of Toronto, shares tips for how to create safe, fun environments for children.

January 7 - Active for Life

Take a spin on the country's first articulated electric bus (minus overhead wires), manufactured by BYD Motors Inc. in Southern California and tested recently on the Los Angeles Orange Line.

January 7 - Los Angeles Times

Same story, different year, though more data provided on which groups are leaving the Golden State: predominantly workers earning less than $50,000 a year. Conversely, those migrating to California from other states had higher incomes and education.

January 7 - Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

Conventional traffic safety programs emphasize ways that individuals can help reduce their risk, but new research indicates that safety depends largely on community planning decisions that affect how and how much people drive.

January 7 - Todd Litman

Denver has plans to create an "aerotropolis" in the vast plain surrounding Denver International Airport.

January 7 - The Denver Post