The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The architectural firm SCAPE plans new paths through Lexington, Kentucky’s downtown using the city's buried water and karst formations as its key features.

October 22 - The Achitect's Newspaper

Denver developers are building parking that can be converted into housing, anticipating radical changes that autonomous vehicles could bring to city life.

October 22 - Denver Post

If climate change is among the world's most pressing environmental issues, then Initiative 732 in Washington state should be watched by all concerned with the future of the planet. PBS NewsHour explores why the initiative is so controversial.

October 22 - PBS NewsHour

Faced with the underwhelming performance of the newly opened UP Express, Toronto transit officials did something drastic: they slashed the cost of a ride.

October 22 - Torontoist

The new, Detroit-based sponsor will help pay for a ten-fold expansion of the Bay Area's regional bike share program coming this spring and a new Palo Alto program. Low income residents will be offered discounted rates to join Bay Area Bike Share.

October 21 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission

One of the leading skeptics on the economic value of sports and entertainment investments has a caveat: music festivals just might be the ticket.

October 21 - Governing

The city of Portland, Oregon is considering new regulations to limit the kinds of homes that can be built in existing neighborhoods.

October 21 - Portland for Everyone

Sometimes it seems like it will never rain again in Los Angeles, but the river running through the city is still a significant flood risk.

October 21 - Los Angeles Times

Tesla showed off new self-driving technology this week.

October 21 - TechCrunch

An interview with a photographer about his unflattering pictures of train riders in Tokyo's crowded subway.

October 21 - CNN

In a Forbes piece, Joel Kotkin details the rapid growth in population and economy (especially jobs) of Austin and San Antonio and the emerging city of San Marcos between the two.

October 21 - Forbes

The BlightSTAT system has helped New Orleans track and improve blighted conditions around the city.

October 21 - Data-Smart City Solutions

Pro-development advocates have a new study to back up their cause.

October 21 - The Wall Street Journal

"American households will no longer aspire to own two cars in every garage, but instead will have mobility apps on every phone, to hail self-driving vehicles that they will share rather than own." Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University

October 21 - EBN

With the EPA's proposed Clean Energy Rule on pause in the Supreme Court, the Dallas News takes a deep dive into the state's preparation for a new era of regulation.

October 20 - Dallas News

The first comprehensive comparison of inter-city differences in parking prices shows huge variations in the price of parking in cities around the United States.

October 20 - City Observatory

With the announcement of a $100 million infusion into a local investment fund, Chicago will become the first city to fund in ways usually reserved for the federal government.

October 20 - Next City

The "City Fiscal Conditions 2016" report by the National League of Cities is willing to allow new levels of optimism.

October 20 - Governing

The District Department of Transportation is expanding its experiments with dynamic parking prices.

October 20 - WAMU

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted this week to begin the processing of updating the 20-year-old Los Angeles River Master Plan.

October 20 - Curbed LA