The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Housing Advocates have filed a lawsuit to press the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enforce requirements of the Fair Housing Act.

May 8 - The Washington Post

Ninety percent of respondents to a recent survey overestimated the time it would take to walk or bike to work, and those with parking permits were the worst at guessing their commute times.

May 7 - The New York Times

Jobs and cheap housing give some small cities a big appeal for folks in their 20s and 30s.

May 7 - Curbed

A prominent conservative with an infamous name is promoting single-family home development in the Toronto greenbelt as a way to release pressure on the Toronto housing market.

May 7 - Toronto Sun

The track record of the public sector keeping up with mobility innovations varies by geography and level of governance. According to this article, it's imperative that the public sector keeps up with the pace of private sector innovation.

May 7 - SPUR

Ride hailing seems to be here to stay, but if New York's mayor gets his way it will face a major speed bump in the Big Apple.

May 7 - Next City

In Seattle, most (88 percent) of the city's new housing is being developed in a few small, already dense areas around the city. Most of the city is reserved for single-family housing.

May 7 - The Seattle Times

The Golden State may have the nation's most severe housing crisis, but there is one area of state housing policy where it shines, becoming a model for other states that want to advance accessory dwelling units, also called granny or in-law units.

May 7 - Next City

“Why are lighting designers and experts nearly unified in their belief that outdoor lighting in past years has been excessive?”

May 7 - Metropolis Magazine

In Australia, a new study will determine the best ways to make high-density developments healthy places to live.

May 7 - Diabetes.co.uk

Bus drivers in Japan put blankets over fare boxes and continue to drive their routes, in order to serve their passengers while on strike.

May 7 - NPR

FEATURE

Mining the business world for lessons about the planning profession.

May 6 - Chris Steins

The California Energy Commission will decide on new energy standards for residential construction this week.

May 6 - The Orange County Register

An overlooked feature of the federal omnibus bill approved earlier this year: a return to the Clearview font for highway traffic signs.

May 6 - Equipment World

The new 66 Express Lanes Inside the Beltway made headlines when one-way tolls topped $40. Max Smith of WTOP News reports how revenues are used in Northern Virginia. Bus transit and shuttles to park-and-ride lots are two of the biggest beneficiaries.

May 6 - WTOP

The Texas Central high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas is planning to offer smooth connections with Amtrak lines at either end of its 240-mile route.

May 6 - Houston Chronicle

Here's another entry in the ongoing debate over which public transit mode reigns supreme.

May 5 - YouTube

Amazon, a company with cities throwing money at its feet all over the country, has decided to halt construction on an expansion in its hometown over a proposed "head tax."

May 5 - The New York Times

Colorado is taking 'baby steps' toward a thoroughly regulated regime of social marijuana use.

May 5 - The Denver Post

Politics and economics win over public health in Racine County as the EPA exempted the area around the Foxconn's massive facility from meeting stricter ozone pollution standards, saving the company from investing in smog-reducing equipment.

May 5 - Chicago Tribune