The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood is getting more expensive and more white, and some in the neighborhood say the plan for a new apartment complex will further that trend.

June 22 - DNA Info

Urbanist Brent Toderian does not begrudge NIMBYs; he values them. In an interview with David Roberts of Vox, he explains that the problem doesn't lie with development opponents as much as it does with the decision-makers.

June 21 - Vox

Mayors Eric Garcetti and Robert Garcia pledge their ports will bring their carbon footprint down to zero by 2030.

June 21 - Los Angeles Times

To discourage users from peeing on elevators at Atlanta MARTA stations, new urine detection technology is being installed as part of rehab plans.

June 21 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In Philadelphia, the William Penn Foundation has committed to help raise the last $10 million of the $225 million budget for a park over the I-95.

June 21 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Having learned from a pair of recent controversies, the city of Atlanta is ready to study and draft a new tree ordinance.

June 21 - Reporter Newspapers

Back when baby boomers were in their late 20s and early 30s, they drove a bike boom. It is now largely forgotten.

June 21 - The Guardian

Couch Court in Portland's central city is one of those rare pieces of public right of way where pedestrians and people on bikes rule.

June 21 - Bike Portland

The latest city to open up its coffers to support a professional sports team is Detroit, which will spend $34.5 million to support the Detroit Pistons in a move to the recently completed Little Caesars Arena.

June 21 - Detroit Free Press

The Innovations in Government Program at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation has announced the first winner of the "Map of the Month" contest.

June 21 - Data-Smart City Solutions

Though the quick expansion of complete streets policies is worth celebrating, minority and low-income communities are still being left behind, and killed at a disproportionate rate.

June 21 - The Urban Edge

Mountain View is an expensive place to find housing, in part because of Google itself. The tech giant plans to do something about the housing crunch, for its employees at least.

June 20 - The Wall Street Journal

A record heatwave and the likelihood for more extreme weather raises alarm in Arizona.

June 20 - The Arizona Republic

A new report by CBRE finds reasons to be skeptical of tales of the downfall of the suburban office market. Denver provides a compelling case study.

June 20 - Colorado Real Estate Journal

Buffalo is considering policies to support affordable rental housing as demand rises. While inclusionary zoning is controversial everywhere, specific questions about the policy's effectiveness arise in cities with little to no population growth.

June 20 - The Buffalo News

A lawsuit, allowed to proceed by a Wayne County judge, reveals some of the difficulties of blight removal.

June 20 - Detroit Free Press

The move is risky. The agency has no electric buses now, and the last ones it operated performed so badly they had to be returned. The plan is to make the transition in phases, and hope that battery technology improves.

June 20 - KPCC

Texas has doubled down on the Trump Administration's deportation policies, and business leaders from several sectors in the state are starting to speak up about the policy's effects on the workforce.

June 20 - AP via Southeastern Missourian

Online options and oversaturation in some markets are leading to continued declines in physical storefronts around the country.

June 20 - Bloomberg

If passed, St. Louis's new zoning regulations will allow residents of St. Louis to keep up to eight rabbits or chickens, among other animals.

June 20 - Next City