The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

New York City's Green Roof Property Tax Abatement Program has failed to take off, but if it were targeted toward the areas that need stormwater infrastructure and green spaces the most, it could be made too big to ignore.

August 2 - Crain's New York Business

If Keesmaat wins the election, it would complete one of the highest-profile transitions from planner to politician in recent memory.

August 2 - Toronto Star

The city of Austin's ambitious process of rewriting its Land Development Code has lost political support.

August 1 - Austin Statesman

Texas planners are eager for a six-minute trip between Fort Worth and Dallas. But the Dallas Morning News is wary of the hype.

August 1 - Dallas Morning News

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Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development devoted an entire issue of a quarterly newsletter to land use regulations and the idea that local laws are strangling the nation's supply of affordable housing.

August 1 - James Brasuell

A regional business association hopes to raise private funds for climate adaptation planning throughout California.

August 1 - The Planning Report

The transportation network company Lyft is pushing residents in the city of Chicago to experiment with a carless lifestyle.

August 1 - The Verge

An extended Crenshaw Line would cut north-south through the middle of the Los Angeles basin, connecting three rail transit lines and some of the busiest buses in the county. Some don't want to wait 30 years for the plan to come to fruition.

August 1 - Los Angeles Times

Detroit has been fighting some of the provisions of a statewide voter initiative while trying to control an expected proliferation of pot shops around the city.

August 1 - Detroit Free Press

A rezoning plan for the neighborhood of Inwood could take a critical step forward this week.

August 1 - Crain's New York Business

It's everyone's favorite time of year. Streetsblog USA is searching for the "Sorriest Bus Stop in America."

August 1 - Streetsblog USA

A massive data visualization project illuminates the land uses that define the United States.

August 1 - Bloomberg

After the failure of its municipal bike share system Pronto!, Seattle was one of the first to regulate the operation of dockless bke share companies in the city. Now it's one-year pilot program is permanent.

July 31 - Associated Press via the Daily Herald

Food banks in urban settings have long served communities in urban areas, now mobile food banks can truck food to the poor in sparsely populated counties.

July 31 - Pew Charitable Trusts

Transit advocates aren't happy after a promised sales tax levy vote to raise revenue for the Cincinnati Metro transit system was nixed from the fall ballot.

July 31 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

The city of Louisville is making the most of the Opportunity Zone program in the early stages of the new federal program.

July 31 - Insider Louisville

Los Angeles created a tax incentive to promote urban farms on the thousands of vacant lots around the city. So far, the incentive has been given out only four times.

July 31 - CityLab

Large corporations providing on-site cafeterias are considered a threat to local restaurant business.

July 31 - San Francisco Examiner

It's the U.S. EPA, under the new acting administrator, against two top officers in the Department of Transportation. Both agencies (along with California) determine fuel efficiency standards. Guess which wants to proceed cautiously in the rollback?

July 31 - The New York Times

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) recently proposed legislation that would create a refundable tax credit for qualifying rental households.

July 31 - Next City