The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Transit-oriented development will play a key role in mitigating the congestion effects of growing population in the region around the nation's capital, and regional planners say the region is already achieving its goals.

December 2 - WTOP

November saw a rendering and news of a groundbreaking for Apple in Austin.

December 2 - The Architect's Newspaper

Records in Salt Lake City show that police in Salt Lake City concentrate jaywalking enforcement in the corner of the city that houses most of the city's homeless services.

December 2 - The Salt Lake City Tribune

Pedestrians will have room to roam around until well after the New Year in New York City.

December 2 - New York Post

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To increase affordability communities should support moderate-priced housing development. This increases housing options for middle-income households, and for lower-income through filtering, as households move from low- to moderate-priced units.

December 1 - Todd Litman

The city of Toronto needed regulatory permission from the province of Ontario to begin enforcing speed limits with the use of automated camera technology. Photo radar in Ontario is legal as of today.

December 1 - The Star

A long-awaited bus rapid transit system has opened to the public this weekend, a cause for celebration in Albuquerque,.

December 1 - Albuquerque Journal

Which technologies have had the biggest impact on urban life and the built environment in the 2010s, according to Curbed.

December 1 - Curbed

Transit ridership in Norfolk, Virginia, has been lagging, and the city hopes that changes to the bus and rail systems will turn things around.

December 1 - Greater Greater Washington

The quality of life or residents might be the best way to measure the benefits of green building programs, according to the president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council.

November 30 - Smart Cities Dive

Suburban malls around the country are shutting down, and the huge spaces offer a variety of opportunities for creative reuse.

November 30 - The Washington Post

A court ruling means a state law intended to spur affordable housing development by providing incentives for the sale of surplus public land will apply equally in every city in California.

November 30 - San Francisco Chronicle

Californians fleeing the nation's highest housing prices were key to Nevada's growth according to newly released Census data. The Las Vegas Review-Journal's reporter, editorial board, and readers all had something to say about the newcomers.

November 30 - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rental prices dropped in Minneapolis and St. Paul in October 2019, but it's too soon to infer lessons from the change in the market.

November 30 - Pioneer Press

Bellevue, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, is the latest city to follow in the footsteps on Las Vegas and New Orleans in allowing alcoholic beverages in the public realm.

November 29 - WCPO

Transit advocates don't see much to like in the state of Connecticut's big transportation spending plan—just more of the same.

November 29 - Streetsblog USA

A new program enables everyday citizens the chance to work as building inspectors in the nation's capital.

November 29 - Urban Turf

Despite major opposition by residents, the Madison Common Council approved a $40 motor vehicle registration fee (aka 'wheel tax') on an 11-8 vote on Oct. 29 to help fund the city's new East-West Bus Rapid Transit system.

November 29 - Wisconsin State Journal

A writer in Toronto imagines how the city would be evaluated according to a "Run Score"—a fast-paced version of the Walk Score.

November 29 - Spacing Toronto

Here's one application of virtual reality we didn't see coming: happy cows and better milk.

November 28 - CNN