The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The High Line is a famous example of urban revitalization, but a useful commuter path it is not. Can a similar proposal in Philadelphia offer the benefits of beautification and mobility?

April 10 - Philadelphia

A sure way to turn out the vote in Eagle, Colorado: hold an election asking for a new sales tax to fund a whitewater play park on the local river. Voters overwhelmingly supported the project.

April 9 - The Denver Post

The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) will begin a new long-term planning process. Early indications are that the new plan will focus on providing transportation options to low-income people with no access to cars.

April 9 - Cleveland Plain Dealer

A long-discussed, and perpetually controversial, proposal to close Rock Creek Park to automobile traffic is headed toward construction. Questions about the impact of the project remain.

April 9 - Greater Greater Washington

Apps that improve city living and quality of life in cities are coming to the market seemingly every day. That's fine: it would be impossible to have too many apps for exploring options in street food.

April 9 - The City Fix

It wasn't the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that named the new subway line for the Texas senator, but one of the city's major tabloids showed its 'only in New York City' creative flair for attention-grabbing headlines.

April 9 - Daily News

New research from the Pew Research Center provides insight into the people relying on public transit.

April 8 - Pew Research Center

The Denver City Council approved, with a 13-0 vote, the I-25 and Broadway Station Area Plan.

April 8 - The Denver Post

The Purple Line light rail route will connect Bethesda and New Carrollton in Maryland.

April 8 - The Washington Post

Not only does Bear Branch Elementary School in Magnolia ISD prohibit walking to and from school: Montgomery County constables will arrest scofflaws.

April 8 - Fox 26

Markus Pukonen is circumnavigating the planet without a motor to raise awareness for the global community and to create positive change.

April 8 - Routes of Change

We've seen builders responding to high demand for residential housing Manhattan and Seattle, but could it be happening in San Francisco? Sort of, according to San Francisco Chronicle business columnist, Kathleen Pender.

April 8 - San Francisco Chronicle

In a substantial part of the city, parking requirements will be eliminated for subsidized and senior housing.

April 8 - StreetsBlog NYC

Chatty Maps break down the sound profile of cities.

April 8 - Digital Trends

Transportation planners in Bangor, Maine are accusing state officials of holding regional transportation projects hostage to force the construction of a controversial connector project.

April 8 - Bangor Daily News

A pair of very different stories offers insight into the urban lives of animals.

April 8 - Blue Dot Magazine

FEATURE

Chloe E. Taft explores the transition of Bethlehem, Pa., from Rust Belt company town to gambling mecca.

April 7 - Josh Stephens

Since a March opening greeted with fanfare for its on-time and under budget delivery, local business are crediting the new light rail line connecting Downtown Seattle to Capitol Hill with big sales bumps.

April 7 - KUOW

A lack of Congressional approval almost killed a controversial dam removal project on the Klamath River in Oregon and California. The states and the Interior Department have found a way to proceed.

April 7 - Associated Press via The Register-Guard

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an omnibus transportation bill earlier this week that makes a dozen changes to the work of the Florida Department of Transportation.

April 7 - Mass Transit