The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In an effort to address climate change, San Francisco has a plan to get residents and businesses to do more than just recycle and compost.

September 5 - San Francisco Chronicle

The "Your Voice Your Choice" program of participatory funding is in its second year in Seattle.

September 5 - The Urbanist

Water is an important part of the thermal energy process – one that we may not think as much about.

September 5 - Quartz

Sacramento Regional Traffic has seen a dip in its ridership, so they are making the uncommon move of cutting fares.

September 5 - The Sacramento Bee

The second installment "Weekly Electric Scooter Media Brief" presents a veritable cornucopia of breaking news, opinions, and insights into the wild west of electric scooter regulation.

September 5 - Planetizen

As the number of excessive heat days steadily increases, cities face a range of new challenges. But they are also trying to get ahead of the problem while they still can.

September 5 - The Washington Post

The Ford administration is moving forward with a scheme to "upload" control of Toronto's TTC subway to provincial control.

September 5 - The Star

Call it a tale of two housing markets.

September 5 - The Plain Dealer

Brookhaven, Georgia is rewriting its citywide zoning code, including density bonuses and mandatory inclusionary zoning in one of the new code's overlays.

September 5 - Reporter Newspapers

Celebrating the year's best from the landscape architecture profession.

September 5 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opened in April, are worthy memorials to one of the nation's greatest tragedies, according to this review.

September 4 - The Dallas Morning News

As the Dallas City Council prepares to vote this month on a general fund budget, the future of bike lanes is not looking good.

September 4 - The Dallas Morning News

A proposal to drill for water in the Mojave Desert will have an easier path to approval, after a bill requiring Additional environmental review of the project dies int he California State Senate.

September 4 - The Desert Sun

A bill that would toss the helmet requirement for adult e- scooter riders and allow them to ride on roads where the speed limit is 35 mph, up from the current limit of 25 mph, is on Governor Jerry Brown's desk. He has until Sept. 30 to decide.

September 4 - San Francisco Chronicle

Open space and mixed-use developments could make the Chattahoochee River, where it runs along the border of Atlanta, more accessible. A proposed trail along the river took a tangible step forward recently.

September 4 - SaportaReport

Two things motorists detest: tolls and congestion. Tolls, if effectively applied, lessen congestion, but at a high cost to drivers. However, steep tolls also provide a political incentive to "fix the bottlenecks," as shown by the 66 Express Lanes.

September 4 - WTOP

Bus lanes built and policed by the city of San Francisco will be open to private transit buses. Sue Vaughan argues that's a mistake.

September 4 - The San Francisco Examiner

A closer look at a plan for Los Angeles linking Dodger Stadium to the subway points to the proposal’s many flaws.

September 4 - Urbanize LA

BLOG POST

Conventional planning is static, designed to lock in existing land use patterns. We need more dynamic planning to respond to changing household needs and community goals.

September 4 - Todd Litman

A new study concludes that not only is transit a safer way to travel, but communities oriented around transit are also safer. As a result, planning approaches that encourage transit also increase traffic safety.

September 4 - Streetsblog USA