The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been criticized by pedestrian safety activists and, when a driver ran a red light killing two young children, hundreds came out to confront the mayor in person.

March 9 - The Village Voice

The Chicago Transit Authority's Red-Purple Bypass Project will add an additional track to speed up trains passing through the Belmont Station. The project requires the demolition of several neighborhood buildings.

March 9 - Chicago Tribune

Vancouver's mile-long street car was built for the Olympics and ran for only 60 days, but some of the city's residents want that service back.

March 9 - Next City

After the worst wildfire season ever, changes to local land use and state insurance rules essentially ensure that the same thing will happen again.

March 9 - Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Politicians are taking positions on a controversial California housing bill to densify by transit. Even after amendments were accepted on March 1 in response to concerns about displacement and demolitions, the mayor of Los Angeles remains opposed.

March 9 - The Architect's Newspaper

Boise and surrounding cities are going to need new housing to meet the demand of tens of thousands of new residents in the coming years.

March 9 - Idaho Business Review

Queens Boulevard from Roosevelt Avenue to 73rd Street got a new look in 2015, but the New York Department of Transportation is planning to take the street redesign even further.

March 9 - StreetsBlog NYC

For many decades now, most communities in the United States have grown as a series of subdivisions, built on a tried and true formula. It might be time to change the math.

March 9 - Strong Towns

The Summerhill Bus Rapid Transit Project—on track to become the first bus rapid transit line in the state of Georgia—received a critical bath of funding from the federal government this week in the form of a $12.6 million TIGER grant.

March 9 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In a move to grant further autonomy and rights to the homeless population of Seattle, a court found in favor of a man who argued his truck was his home and should not have been towed after he didn't move for 72 hours.

March 8 - The Seattle Times

The city of Las Vegas is buying land on Foremaster Lane and making it legal for homeless residents to camp there.

March 8 - Next City

Extra charges for Uber and Lyft rides isn't enough to decrease traffic and speed public transit Joe Cortright argues in City Observatory.

March 8 - City Observatory

Renewable energy, sea-level rise, and, of course, seismic safety are all part of the plan.

March 8 - Next City

A proposed "unified bus system" is intended to attract more students to Detroit-area schools.

March 8 - Detroit Free Press

Not really a song, but close: $1.

March 8 - Next City

White flight gets described as a symptom of the racism of the mid- to late-20th century, but a new study finds evidence that it's still rampant and suggests that it's a sign of contemporary prejudice.

March 8 - Pacific Standard

The International Housing Affordability Survey rates affordability in selected urban regions. Although presented as objective research, the IHAS is actually propaganda. Users of this information should be warned about its biases

March 8 - True Affordability. Critiquing the International Housing Affordability Survey

The 2018 Pritzker Prize has been awarded to a 90-year-old from India. Balkrishna Doshi is known for his commitment to social causes.

March 8 - The Times Of India

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Forces are aligning to increase polarization and tension in public dialog, and planners are increasingly caught in the middle. A recent workshop with 100 engagement experts resulted in a free eBook to help planners detox their public involvement.

March 8 - Dave Biggs

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A playlist for those who seek inspiration from water—whether it's falling from the sky or running downhill.

March 7 - James Brasuell