The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Over the last decade and a half, the city has put millions of dollars into affordable housing. But the help is not reaching Charlotte’s neediest residents.

October 25 - The Charlotte Observer

Both cities have aging transit systems in need of major repairs. Chicago’s approach has helped turn the system around while New York is still grappling with its issues.

October 25 - The New York Times

These aren't the ride-hailing outcomes we were promised.

October 24 - ProMarket

It's well known that an electric vehicle is only as clean, from a greenhouse gas perspective, as the electricity it consumes to power it. A new study finds that the electricity used in the manufacturing of car batteries also must be considered.

October 24 - Bloomberg News

Real estate investors are willing to gamble on the potential of the future location, still to be determined, of Amazon's second headquarters.

October 24 - The Wall Street Journal

At some point you have to wonder which is more costly: the new tax or opposing the tax?

October 24 - Seattle PI

Developers Related Midwest have new plans for the infamously failed development site, but have so far been stymied by demands from the office of Alderman Brendan Reilly.

October 24 - Chicago Tribune

Actually, the New York Wheel never started spinning, but now the project is permanently dead so it will never get the chance.

October 24 - Staten Island Advance

A $20 billion, 55-kilometer bridge connecting Mainland China to Macau and Hong Kong opened Wednesday morning.

October 24 - Quartz

An interactive map created by National Geographic creates a detailed look at the racial makeup of the United States.

October 24 - National Geographic

FEATURE

A survey of planning offices in the United States reveals an important dynamic of professional practice.

October 24 - Edward J. Jepson Jr.

A one-seat train ride to JFK Airport has long been discussed, but it is not likely to happen. However, a number of options could improve the trip.

October 24 - Crain's New York Business

The city of Portland has released the survey results enabled by the Portland Bureau of Transportation's ongoing electric scooter pilot project.

October 23 - The Portland Mercury

A local issue with regional consequences: Measure JJ would approve a scaled back version of a development proposal at the Baylands site in the San Francisco suburb of Brisbane.

October 23 - San Francisco Chronicle

President Trump and his cabinet have been busy rolling back environmental regulations and promoting coal burning, and now they claim credit for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions last year even greater than in 2016.

October 23 - NPR

The de Blasio administration says they're committed to the Vision Zero goal of shrinking car ownership, but they don't seem to be doing much to slow its growth.

October 23 - StreetsBlog NYC

You could have rented a house on Airbnb for longer than the city of San Diego's new short-term rental regulations lasted. Now the city has to go back to the drawing board.

October 23 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The public and the "urbanism cognoscenti" do not see eye to eye when it comes to housing policy. A new survey makes the disconnect in opinions on matters of supply, regulations, and affordable housing very clear.

October 23 - Los Angeles Times

The New York City Transit Authority has announced how it will compensate for the loss of the direct connection between Brooklyn and manhattan for 15 months starting in April.

October 23 - Crain's New York Business

Setting the example for the rest of city was too tough a pill to swallow for businesses located near Wrigley Field.

October 23 - Chicago Tribune