The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Scientist are concerned that a congressionally mandated climate assessment, originally authorized under President George H.W. Bush, may not be released by the Trump Administration because it contradicts their rejection of climate science.

August 10 - The New York Times

In addition to a contemporary vision for Downtown, the plan debuts a new approach to zoning that could help transform the entire city.

August 10 - The Planning Report

By any measure, Seattle is growing at a breakneck pace. But with those new residents come cars, and all the infrastructure and land use inefficiencies they bring.

August 10 - The Seattle Times

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August 10 - BikePortland

An analysis of trends in energy-efficiency improvements reveals the success of policies enacted during the previous decades.

August 10 - Harvard Center for Joint Housing Studies

There are two fundamental flaws with the emergent "YIMBY" approach to planning and development politics, according to this article in an influential magazine of the American left.

August 10 - Jacobin

Dallas has ended decades of debate about a highway project proposed to run along the Trinity River.

August 9 - Dallas Observer

A new city report provides data on the number of affordable housing units built in the city of Boston as a result of the Inclusionary Development Policy.

August 9 - The Boston Globe

A piece in The Nation argues a Denver highway plan will further shrink the black community in that city through the use of eminent domain.

August 9 - The Nation

Accessing the internet is too expensive for many, not just in rural areas but also in cities.

August 9 - FiveThirtyEight

Delaware and Pennsylvania will join a small, select number of western states that have explored technology to charge drivers by the miles they drive, not the fuel they burn, to fill their transportation budgets in lieu of fuel taxes.

August 9 - WTOP

FEATURE

With the recently adopted Community Greening Plan, Capital Region Water has committed to the implementation of green stormwater infrastructure in Harrisburg. The plan is empowering residents to partner in stormwater management.

August 9 - Claire Maulhardt

Zoning and red tape gets a bad wrap in arguments that blame the housing crisis on a lack of housing supply. Another narrative credits a shortage of construction workers on the lack of housing supply in the country.

August 9 - The Wall Street Journal

The story of Utrecht's new bike parking garage—with enough space initially for 6,000 bikes—has a surprising twist: local bike advocates don't think it's big enough.

August 9 - The Guardian

Advocates say the mandatory bike helmet proposal is a step in the wrong direction for traffic safety.

August 9 - Gothamist

BLOG POST

Chia-Yuan Yu and Minjie Xu guest blog about a recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

August 9 - JPER

Greater Greater Washington has identified a snazzy new app that informs transit riders about the crowd size on trains before they arrive. The benefit to crowded transit systems should be obvious.

August 8 - Greater Greater Washington

An editorial in the New York Times argues that exclusionary zoning reinforces segregation and must be curbed.

August 8 - The New York Times

Programs that make folks pay for garbage services based on how much they throw away can cut down trash in landfills. Designers are looking for ways to adapt these programs to multiunit buildings.

August 8 - Medium

More people now bike to work in New York than in any other U.S. city.

August 8 - The New York Times