The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The recent spill of 210,000 gallons of crude oil from the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota was far from an outlier.

November 24 - High Country News

The mayor of Oakland is challenging homeowners to offer their extra rooms and in-law units to the homeless, with a target to create a modest 100 new permanent supportive housing units.

November 24 - East Bay Times

To counteract the effects of sprawl, a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers recommends locating job growth in the city of Melbourne, Australia, in locations outside the city's core.

November 24 - The Australian

The Seattle Times says there could be no worse time than right now to repeal tax exempt bonds that help finance affordable housing.

November 24 - The Seattle Times

Not everything went according to plan in a perfectly planned demolition even in Atlanta over the weekend.

November 24 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A crowdfunding campaign recently launched to support a new kind of commissary kitchen in Portland.

November 23 - The Oregonian

The Free Ride Everywhere Downtown (FRED) shuttle system in San Diego is so popular that demand sometimes overwhelms the number of available shuttles. The city has redoubled its commitment to the system.

November 23 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Eleven attorneys general have sent a letter, and a warning, to the Trump Administration: we'll battle new entrance fees in court if we have to.

November 23 - The Sacramento Bee

Boulder is expanding the portfolio of the city's Open Space and Mountain Parks.

November 23 - The Denver Post

Streetsblog Chicago took a look at the big projects reshaping the Chicago Transit Authority, on the occasion of the transit system's 70th anniversary.

November 23 - Streetsblog Chicago

Could a political movement to ban cars be gaining momentum in North America?

November 22 - Treehugger

An era of multi-family construction is expected to slow as the housing market recalibrate, according to analysis in Bloomberg.

November 22 - Bloomberg

Last year, ProPublica revealed that Facebook's advertising features were allowing discriminatory housing advertisements in conflict with Fair Housing Act. After promising to improve, Facebook still fails the standards of federal law.

November 22 - ProPublica

The Chicago City Council has approved a new budget that includes a new transit funding mechanism that could level the playing field for transit.

November 22 - Streetsblog Chicago

The DART Board of Directors has ordered the expansion of police and security patrols at transit stations in Dallas, while also considering investments in new surveillance technology on light rail lines.

November 22 - DART Daily

The original plan earned the city a highly competitive $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

November 22 - Smart Cities Dive

An administrator for the Kentucky division of the Federal Highway Administration informed the city of Lexington that its rainbow crosswalk does not meet federal safety standards.

November 22 - Lexington Herald Leader

The Rockefeller Foundations EIB Challenge is putting a spotlight on an innovative new funding mechanism.

November 22 - Saporta Report

The Regional Transportation Authority has been supporting transit oriented development planning processes in suburbs like Bartlett.

November 22 - Chicago Tribune

David Duyen identifies an under-reported culprit in the so-called "retail apocalypse," and challenges policy makers to respond.

November 22 - New Republic