The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

This is Amtrak between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia: It could cost $13 billion to speed up the tip by 30 minutes, and $16 million to add just one more train.

September 25 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Streetsblog USA has been keeping close tabs on the bus system in Memphis, recently noticing signs of progress from the local transit agency, MATA.

September 24 - Streetsblog USA

"Strategic retreat" as a response to rising sea levels isn't an easy sell, but a new report endeavors to make the idea more palatable.

September 24 - Regional Plan Association

Recent development controversies in New York City inspired one writer to set some priorities.

September 24 - The New York Times

Pedestrian safety and transit performance won out over parking concerns on San Francisco's Taraval Street.

September 24 - San Francisco Examiner

More than one city made big planning news this week. You only need two minutes and thirty seconds to find out more.

September 24 - Planetizen

The city of Denver is going all in for incentive zoning to ensure affordable housing is included among new developments in the neighborhood around the new 38th and Blake transit station.

September 23 - The Denver Post

From developer incentives to swapping parking for housing units, two transit systems have come up with plans that tackle the region's housing shortage and its economic inequality. What have they agreed to do, and who will hold them accountable?

September 23 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

The long, ongoing project of retrofitting sidewalks and curbs to allow access for users of all needs continues. Project Sidewalk puts the power to audit sidewalks for accessibility in your hands.

September 23 - Greater Greater Washington

Within ten years, passengers flying on JetBlue out of JFK will leaving a much lower carbon footprint, thanks to a fuel composed of 30 percent biofuel.

September 23 - The New York Times

Small, self-navigating boats may soon ferry around passengers and cargo on Amsterdam's famed canals, with a prototype scheduled to hit the water next year.

September 23 - The Verge

KaBOOM! announced the winners of the Play Everywhere Challenge this week.

September 23 - The New York Times

Where's the green?

September 23 - NPR

The Trump Campaign made a big play for the carbon industry's votes this week at an event in Pittsburgh.

September 23 - The Wall Street Journal

The people have chosen a name for a new tunnel-boring machine in Atlanta, and the name they chose is Driller Mike.

September 23 - Pitchfork

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September 23 - Business Insider

At risk with industry consolidation like a proposed merger of Bayer and Monsanto, is the environmental impact of the business, along with the financial impact on farmers.

September 22 - Vox

Lego-type housing construction has attracted the attention of two separate developers as an efficient means to provide housing for the city's large homeless population but has met objections from labor unions and the Mayor's Office.

September 22 - San Francisco Chronicle

New leadership at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, along with new land use covenants, is paving the way for unprecedented development in the highly trafficked area.

September 22 - Houston Chronicle

San Francisco is looking for ways to manage—and protect—the masses of tourists who want to walk "the World's Crookedest Street."

September 22 - SF Gate