The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

While the scale of Detroit's population loss is well known, the lesser known that the city's economy has grown steadily in recent decades. It's not alone.

March 17 - StatChat

An advocacy organization in the Tri-State area (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) is raising awareness about the region's 116,000 acres of preserved greenspace.

March 17 - Cincinnati Business Courier

And now those property owners are putting barbed wire over the river to keep out "trespassers."

March 17 - The Guardian

William H. Frey reports that new Census projections have the United States becoming "minority white" in 2045.

March 17 - Brookings

This is a strange one.

March 16 - YouTube

Importantly, the Washington State Legislature also left a few bills on the cutting room floor.

March 16 - The Urbanist

Raise your hand if you envisioned a transportation network optimized to full efficiency by navigation apps.

March 16 - CityLab

New details of an ambitious infill project in Des Moines were released at the end of 2017.

March 16 - Des Moines Register

After recent resignations, there's a new part of the job description: "maintain a sort of firewall between their scientific work and any political agendas."

March 16 - Pacific Standard

Australia's housing market has built steadily at market rates but housing affordability has remained steady. What if building waves of new supply isn't enough to improve affordable housing options for those in need?

March 16 - The Conversation

The Onion burns Elon Musk in a totally fake news story (really) about a bad day for the billionaire.

March 16 - The Onion

Population growth creates a collision course in the American West.

March 16 - Voice of San Diego

A proposal to block cars (and bikes) from Oxford Street has the support of London Mayor and the Westminster Council—as well as the general public.

March 16 - Evening Standard

Regional transportation officials gathered recently in Atlanta to tout a new era of regional cooperation, focused on delivering public transit improvements.

March 16 - SaportaReport

Woodward Avenue will get a temporary road diet during special events in response to safety concerns connected to the QLine.

March 15 - Detroit Free Press

The future of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, in operation on the steep slopes of Pikes Peak since 1891, is under study. Meanwhile, there will be no trips up the mountain.

March 15 - The Gazette

At stake are greenhouse gas emission standards for 2022-25 model year passenger vehicles. Relaxing these standards would likely doom efforts to reduce these emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 as required by 2016 state legislation.

March 15 - Bloomberg News via Los Angeles Times

A pilot program by King County Metro and the King County Parks Department in the state of Washington found success in 2017, and is spending the beginning of 2018 looking at options to expand.

March 15 - Washington Trail Association

At 100,000 square feet, the Esports Stadium Arlington will become the largest eSports stadium in the country.

March 15 - Guide Live

The proposed property tax exemption in Portland would be from the "carrot" school of affordable housing incentives.

March 15 - The Oregonian