The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Commuters are voting with their feet in Toronto as ridership surges on the King Street streetcar after changes that restricted cars along the route.

January 14 - The Globe and Mail

Of the city’s newest, tallest building John King writes, “[it’s] as if the creators were so busy being tasteful they forgot that big buildings can be fun."

January 13 - San Francisco Chronicle

A stretch of land along the Monongahela River is attracting multiple deep-pocketed investors.

January 13 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As a case study for the rest of the country, Colorado offers striking examples of the rural-urban divide.

January 13 - The Denver Post

A critique of the "Wisconsin: It's more you" ad campaign serves as a lesson for anyone who throws the word Millennial around like a magic talisman.

January 13 - Chicago Tribune

The future of every kind of vehicle—not just autonomous vehicles—will be built on technologies. Time will tell if Ford manages to corner the market on this particular form of transportation.

January 13 - Smart Cities Dive

The Metropolitan Planning Council offers guidance on how regional planning efforts around the Twin Cities should address the connections between land use and transit.

January 12 - PlanIt - Metropolitan Council

A new speaker of the New York City Council is expected to change the way development negotiations play out for local councilmembers.

January 12 - Politico

News of the GOP's rejection of a gas tax increase comes from reports on two recent private meetings between Republican leaders and the Trump Administration.

January 12 - The Washington Post

Fort Lawton, an affordable housing proposal including over 200 units, got a warm reception at a meeting in Seattle.

January 12 - The Stranger

A proposal to privatize operations and maintenance of stations and track on the Silver Line has taken an initial, tentative step forward.

January 12 - The Washington Post

2018 could finally reveal how the federal government will approach transit funding in the Trump era. Or the status quo could continue.

January 12 - theTransportPolitic

The terminus of the I-10 freeway is a 7,000-foot concrete trench across the heart of Santa Monica. The city's new downtown plan calls for a cap, and a new master plan will hammer out specifics.

January 12 - The Architect's Newspaper

Ok, they're sneakers, not boots, but a new shoes available in small numbers in Berlin will double as transit fare for most of 2018.

January 12 - CityLab

To get diverse developers involved, the Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development has released a request for proposals from diverse and women-owned developers.

January 12 - Next City

Depending on what's included, the cost to rebuild the ailing 665-mile system could be $111 billion, but the city's future depends on it. A feature-length New York Times Magazine piece looks at its history and suggests ways to finance rebuilding.

January 12 - The New York Times Magazine

The non-profit Ability360 worked with members of its community, not only to advocate for a new light rail station, but to design a station that would fit the disabled community's needs.

January 11 - Streetsblog USA

Baltimore schools are the oldest in Maryland, and they need massive improvements to their heating and cooling systems. Management hasn't been up to the task of undertaking the repairs.

January 11 - City Lab

For the first time in four years, a quarterly survey indicates “market saturation in urban areas.”

January 11 - Builder

The Downtown Denver Partnership found 8.3% of all commuters bike to work—an improvement that the partnership's senior manager of economic development said could be "the most significant change we've ever seen."

January 11 - Streetsblog Denver