The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Since the beginning of September, 400 employees have left the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The reduced staffing levels are by design.

September 7 - The Scientist

Good fire news from Oregon offers some relief from several weeks of scary environmental news from around the country.

September 7 - Willamette Week

The strange world projects exempted from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act got a little stranger this week.

September 7 - Los Angeles Times

FEATURE

After accepting nearly 200 nominees for consideration, we're asking for votes to determine the "Most Influential Urbanists" of all time.

September 7 - Planetizen

Soon there could be a second cable-stayed bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada, running alongside the existing Ambassador Bridge and owned by the same private entity.

September 7 - Detroit Free Press

Rural counties and cities around the United States are figuring out that it pays to do business with renewable energy companies.

September 7 - The Wall Street Journal

If you could bring one building back from the wrecking balls of the past, what would it be?

September 7 - The Conversation

In the past, stormwater management has been about flood control. The future of stormwater, however, is in capturing, treating, and recharging water supply, according to this article.

September 6 - Maven's Notebook

There has been a lot of speculation about the motivations of Millennials as they enter the workforce and the real estate market. The Pew Research Center starts with the facts.

September 6 - Pew Research Center

Bikeshare has been a breeze, for the most part, in Washington, D.C. But the District Department of Transportation is making room for innovation anyways.

September 6 - WAMU

Some of the San Francisco neighborhoods with the worst air quality are also the San Francisco neighborhoods with the most development.

September 6 - San Francisco Chronicle

Pedestrian blaming won't make pedestrians any safer, but cities are trying it anyways.

September 6 - Streetsblog USA

A 50-acre complex called Pullman Crossings could bring new jobs numbering in the thousands to the South Side of Chicago.

September 6 - Chicago Tribune

The Governors Highway Safety Association, in partnership with State Farm Insurance, has released surprising data about bike safety.

September 6 - Seattle Transit Blog

Evidence that the Trump's Administration's ongoing "dismantling of the administrative state" is having an effect at the Census Bureau—with potentially disastrous consequences for governments of all shapes and sizes.

September 6 - Brookings

The Pistons and the Red Wings have a new home in Downtown Detroit—bringing all four of Detroit's professional sports teams into the same neighborhood.

September 6 - Detroit Free Press

As Houston and East Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey, an even stronger hurricane has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, headed to the Caribbean Sea, and likely Florida by this weekend, though there is uncertainty where it goes next.

September 6 - Guardian

Mom and Pop Make Way for Institutional Investors in the Landlord Business

September 5 - The New York Times

NASA Ames wants to add a lot of housing to a 45-acre site at Moffett Field in the Silicon Valley. The new housing would give NASA employees more housing options in an expensive and impacted market.

September 5 - The Mercury News

With the media rightfully pointing to Houston's sprawling urban development patterns that exacerbated the epic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, Paul Krugman also finds fault with cities where urban development is too tightly regulated.

September 5 - The New York Times - Opinion