The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

UPS's unionized workers have voted to authorize a strike around expanded service. If that strike does happen, it could be one of the biggest U.S. has seen in decades.

June 10 - CNN

Houston is taking steps to finalize and approve a plan to spend $1.15 billion in federal disaster relief funding after Hurricane Harvey.

June 9 - Houston Chronicle

Here are the cities where residents are the least likely to have a broadband Internet connection in their home.

June 9 - Route Fifty

A new study finds that bus service determines bus ridership.

June 9 - CityLab

The Federal government has awarded Illinois $132 million for new infrastructure around 75th street and 71st streets.

June 9 - Chicago Tribune

Phoenix sues Trump over change to census questionnaire which some believe could cost the city $350 million in federal funding.

June 9 - The Nation

But it's still not enough to produce a net reduction in emissions from energy production.

June 8 - Quartz

The busiest airport in the world may also become a center for aviation innovation.

June 8 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Houston joins cities like Philadelphia, Detroit, and Minneapolis in demanding a greater return on public dollars.

June 8 - Next City

The need to slash emissions from buildings is increasingly urgent, and critics say LEED won't get us there.

June 8 - CityLab

The new planning and zoning tools needed to achieve a more sustainable and equitable urban form, according to urban planning consultant Howard Blackson III.

June 8 - UrbDeZine

The 1960s had the space race, the 2010s has the smart cities race. Kansas City means to win this one.

June 8 - Smart Cities Dive

The public had a chance to review the substance of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission's Transportation Improvement Program this week.

June 8 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The U.S. Department of Transportation is investing in Colorado's highways.

June 8 - The Denver Post

The size and scale of Hudson Yards in the skyline of Manhattan will match the size and scale of public and private investment in the project. The project's effect in the city's economy will be just as conspicuous.

June 8 - Crain's New York Business

A new report uses terms like epidemic and hyper-vacancy to drive home the point about the effects of vacancies on communities like Cleveland, Gary, Toledo, and Detroit.

June 8 - Curbed

A public hearing offers a chance to analyze the zoning changes proposed by the "Metro Everett" downtown plan.

June 7 - The Urbanist

Englewood is a predominately black neighborhood in Chicago, struggling with vacancies and the effects of failed urban policies. A bike and pedestrian path could be a huge benefit, but that benefit would look a lot different than other parts of city.

June 7 - Streetsblog Chicago

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An exhibit by Congolese artist Bodys Isek Kingelez at the Museum of Modern Art invokes urban idealism at the same time that it serves as a foil for poverty and deprivation in the megacities of the developing world.

June 7 - Josh Stephens

Millennials are bringing back the road trip.

June 7 - Associated Press via Chicago Tribune