The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new study quantifies the amount of space devoted to parking in Los Angeles County—a figure that just begs to be visualized.

January 7 - Better Institutions

San Francisco's largest cab company is planning to file for bankruptcy very soon. The competition from transportation network companies is forcing the company, and likely the industry, to completely restructure.

January 7 - San Francisco Examiner

Several key factors, not the least of which was cheap gas, combined to make 2015 a record year for new passenger vehicle sales, smashing the 2009 record of 10.4 million sales and edging-out the prior record of 17.40 million sales in 2000.

January 7 - The Washington Post

This is cool: a Brazilian publisher created pocket books that double as transit tickets—and gave away 10,000 of them, each loaded with ten free transit rides.

January 7 - Open Culture

Target announced recently that almost all of the stores it expects to open in 2016 and 2017 will be located in urban areas.

January 7 - Fortune

Advocates are concerned that too many of Denver's new retail marijuana business are locating in neighborhoods with mostly minority and low-income residents.

January 7 - The Denver Post

A list of the cities doing the most to build infill development, courtesy of Infill Score.

January 7 - Infill Score

It's easy to focus on the sensational headlines based on the fraud committed by Volkswagen, but doing so masks the deadly and ongoing problems of diesel emissions plaguing the world's densely populated cities.

January 7 - The New York Times

Having just reached the decade mark as an architect in one of the world's most prominent firms, Marin Gertler shares what he has learned are keys for career success. Written for architects but equally applicable to planning professionals.

January 7 - UrbDeZine

A victory lap for one of the organizations spearheading the MillionTreesNYC program, which after eight years of effort succeeded where many other cities have failed.

January 7 - New York Restoration Project

FEATURE

The annual list of the ten best planning, design, and development websites, representing some of the top online resources for news, information, and research on the built environment.

January 6 - James Brasuell

Ending one housing subsidy for households making over $100,000 a year could fund housing vouchers for everyone who needs them.

January 6 - City Observatory

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown provides insight into one of the nation's most significant planning efforts.

January 6 - Urbanophile

"The hard lesson here is that infrastructure systems built to make cities resilient in one era may not serve them well at all in another era," writes Jon Christensen.

January 6 - LA Observed

Citing the critical economic need for road construction and transit improvements, Gov. Bruce Rauner will conduct a general obligation bond sale later this month.

January 6 - Chicago Tribune

"It's too cold to walk here" is often the response to the subject of livability in northern climes. Hazel Borys hails from the third coldest city of its size on earth and talks walkable winter cities.

January 6 - PlaceShakers

Detroit Department of Transportation drivers are mobilizing against a plan to expand regional service on the SMART system. Supporters say the proposed changes are for the benefit of commuters.

January 6 - Detroit Free Press

Robert Moses, that is—Gov. Cuomo is looking to the planning icon for inspiration in a package of infrastructure proposals announced this week.

January 6 - Politico New York

In case you were wondering if any state gas taxes, other than Utah as previously posted, changed on New Years Day—eight others did, but only slightly, due to required, automatic adjustments. Most telling was that more went down than up.

January 6 - Tax Justice Blog

Streetsblog presents a look back, with some snark involved, at the year that was in transportartion.

January 6 - Streetsblog USA