The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Those who live in Bloomington, east of L.A., face factories on all sides and a high incidence of asthma. Some feel polluters should be made to 'clean up their messes' with punishments rather than government funds.

January 18 - Next City

The Quinault Indian Nation won a decision against the Contanda Company, which had planned to use the terminal to ship oil from Washington's Pacific cost.

January 18 - The Seattle Times

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is set to begin construction on a centralized transit hub combining BRT, intercity bus service and fixed guideway public transit modes.

January 18 - Modern Cities

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled that existing technology allows for increased efficiency in model years 2022 to 2025. The 2011 rule to achieve 54.5 mpg by 2025 required a 'midterm evaluation' to see if the final target was achievable.

January 18 - The Washington Post - Energy and Environment

Kaiser Permanente Northwest has taken action in the fight against homelessness—acknowledging that adequate healthcare is impossible for people living on the streets.

January 18 - The Oregonian

FEATURE

The rise of white nationalist politics has many implications for the ideas of a just city.

January 18 - Jason Reece

The Obama Administration's Department of the Interior released their report on coal mining on federal lands just days before the Trump team takes office.

January 18 - The New York Times

Paris's most tourist-friendly neighborhoods are getting less dense: falling fertility rates, rising costs, and home sharing are all suspected as possible culprits.

January 18 - Quartz

Access to healthcare and city or suburban lifestyles seem to be tied to a longer life.

January 18 - Vox

If built, new protected bike lanes in Culver City, California would connect train riders to walkable downtown commercial areas.

January 17 - KPCC

The "Monitoring Global Urban Expansion Program" gathers and analyzes data on 200 cities around the world. The "Atlas of Urban Expansion" presents the program's preliminary results.

January 17 - Atlas of Urban Expansion

There is more than one new connection to LAX and the region's rail networks in the works.

January 17 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

When nature is integrated into urbanism, wellness surges. Hazel Borys looks at the benefits.

January 17 - PlaceShakers

Gainesville turns contaminated land into a contemporary public greenspace to serve as the city's “Central Park."

January 17 - Modern Cities

The history of the Chicago Cultural Center, "the nation's first and most comprehensive free municipal cultural venue," offers insight into the shifting relationships between culture, politics, and money in the third-largest city in the United States.

January 17 - Soft City

As seas rise, San Francisco is looking to shore up its costal protection against earthquakes and extreme weather events.

January 17 - San Francisco Chronicle

FEATURE

According to this op-ed, the city of Los Angeles is implementing a sweeping, yet almost completely unpublicized, effort to give historic status to tens-of-thousands of homes and properties across the city, without ever telling anyone about it.

January 17 - Daniel Freedman

In his continuing look at places people can exercise - other than the gym - LA park planner Clement Lau writes about the popularity of indoor malls in winter climes for exercising adults and children.

January 17 - UrbDeZine

BLOG POST

Today’s "Eco" or "Green" Urbanism movement has ancient, cross-cultural roots. This history is worth contemplating for lessons relevant to sustainable planning and design.

January 17 - Dean Saitta

2017 will be a big year for transit openings around North America. What will come in the years to follow has a lot to do with the Trump Administration.

January 16 - the transport politic