The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A timber company is nearing the end of its deal to log the Port Gamble Forest, so local preservationists are raising money to protect the forest from development.

January 16 - The Seattle Times

So far four cities in California require solar panels on all new residential construction, with San Francisco as the most populous example. A proposed law would expand that requirement to the rest of the state.

January 16 - San Francisco Chronicle

A bill proposed by a Republican lawmaker in North Dakota will shift forgive motorists any liability if they to run over pedestrians "negligently" occupying a freeway.

January 16 - Bismark Tribune

The country's first "clean coal" facility has also been described as "the world's largest post-combustion carbon capture system."

January 16 - The Washington Post

How did Vienna, Austria, substantially reduce car trips while increasing bicycling and trips taken by public transportation over 25 years? A new paper published in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation provides answers.

January 16 - International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Up against an unexpected federal requirement to produce substantially more funds for a crucial rail project, San Mateo County's transportation authority showed the importance of "self-help" counties that control local transportation sales tax funds.

January 16 - The Daily Journal

2017 has all the makings of a classic showdown in Oregon, where the state legislature will consider to policies that deeply divide the interest interests of tenants and landlords.

January 16 - The Portland Mercury

A list of the ways cities will resist the anti-urban politics of the populist movements represented by President-elect Donald Trump and Brexit.

January 16 - CityLab

Seattle's bikeshare system, known as Pronto!, will shut down in March.

January 15 - The Seattle Times

California's recent rains brought relief to a large part of the water-starved state, but another drought of a political nature hasn't seen relief—the will of coastal municipalities to permit more housing. Brown outlined a way for new funding.

January 15 - Streetsblog California

A call to action for Atlanta: some of the city's treasured landmarks could disappear in 2017 if the city doesn't embrace a culture of preservation.

January 15 - SaportaReport

The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) has prohibited local municipalities from painting a blue line down the middle of streets near police stations. State and local governments are pushing back, saying the prohibition "defies common sense."

January 15 - The Record

Republican legislators in the state of Wyoming are choosing sides in the energy market—with dire consequences for consumers and the environment.

January 15 - Billings Gazette

Ben Brown on placemaking implications of today's politics

January 14 - PlaceShakers

A participant in some of Seattle's most consequential planning processes puts out a call for a more inclusive use of language.

January 14 - The Urbanist

It's surprisingly common to find cities where land is worth more than buildings. Start with California, for instance.

January 14 - Realtor

The list of prohibitions for the use of public spaces grows—this time to the seemingly innocuous and park-perfect activity of sitting.

January 14 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Emanuel Administration has yet to secure needed funding for a big project to update Chicago's Union Station. Now it's up to the Trump Administration to supply a needed loan.

January 14 - Crain's Chicago Business

The cities of West Sacramento and Sacramento have high hopes for a streetcar line planned for some of the most beautiful and urban neighborhoods in the region. The Trump Administration could still change the course of the project, however.

January 13 - The Sacramento Bee

The city of San Diego recently approved a 30-year community plan for the San Ysidro neighborhood.

January 13 - The San Diego Union-Tribune