The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Major League Soccer Team FC Cincinnati is planning on building a stadium, along with attached mixed-use development, in the West End neighborhood of its hometown.

November 29 - CityBeat

Insight from Barcelona and Portland on how to plan and design an active, welcoming neighborhood square.

November 29 - The Western Planner

A new smart-parking startup lets drivers claim spots, in the cloud and in physical space.

November 29 - Forbes

According to a new report by the California Air Resources Board, even if electric vehicle sales were to increase tenfold, it would not reduce emissions from transportation enough to meet a 2030 climate goal. A major reduction in driving is needed.

November 29 - Los Angeles Times

Orange County, California has approved its 20-year transportation plan, which is designed to address an expected 60 percent increase in traffic.

November 29 - Smart Cities Dive

They had to wait the better part of a year, but two major transit projects finally have the funding Congress allocated in March.

November 29 - Los Angeles Times

The efficient days of the post-auto industry bailout are over. American car companies are committing to larger, less efficient vehicles to keep up with the preferences of American consumers.

November 29 - Associated Press

The incoming chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), points to gubernatorial races and a California ballot initiative to show there's no peril for legislators to hike the gas tax.

November 29 - Marketwatch

Aaron Renn says the bridge projects in and near Louisville, Kentucky, were too expensive and have not led to any positive transportation or economic results.

November 29 - Urbanophile

FEATURE

A toolbox for local governments to address inequality.

November 29 - Nate Baker

The Federal Reserve Board’s Community Advisory Council serves in an advisory role on matters affecting communities and consumers.

November 28 - University of Michigan Taubman College

The Kansas City Star Editorial Board has concerns about gentrification and affordable housing.

November 28 - The Kansas City Star

The new ordinance brings long-awaited legal legitimacy to sidewalk vending in Los Angeles.

November 28 - Streetsblog LA

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is part of Project Civic Access, a federal initiative to make public facilities accessible. Making the changes necessary for compliance has been challenging for the city.

November 28 - The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)

A hiking trail now makes a complete, 315-mile loop around Maricopa County in Arizona.

November 28 - Arizona Republic

A lawsuit by a pair of Westside L.A. neighborhood groups has killed the Boring Company's plans to drill a tunnel below Sepulveda Boulevard.

November 28 - Los Angeles Times

A proposal under consideration by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors would eliminate parking requirements citywide.

November 28 - San Francisco Examiner

Milwaukee intends to move forward with bus lanes and electric buses. Officials hope a nine-mile route will start service in 2020.

November 28 - Wisconsin Public Radio

The eternal battle between jurisdictions over how to control flooding along the Mississippi River continues.

November 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Regional Plan Association white paper makes that case that New York City and Amazon have mutually beneficial goals with the decision to located the tech company's second headquarters in Long Island City.

November 28 - Crain's New York Business