The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A long, contentious political process has finally produced an approval for a massive capital investment program for the New York MTA. Some questions about funding remain, however.

November 1 - Politico New York

For the center of the hipster universe, the Brooklyn Chamber's recommendations may come as a surprise.

November 1 - Crains New York Business

Applications are due on November 6 for a novel position in the world of traffic safety: artist in residence at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

November 1 - Los Angeles Times

A week before a Nov. 3 Maine transportation referendum on a *general fund bond issue to address roads and bridges, TRIP released a report showing that over a third of the state's bridges "are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."

November 1 - Kennebec Journal

Swatting down untruths and misinformation by bike lane opponents in St. Paul doesn't require a PhD, but it helps.

October 31 - Beyond Chron

Research into the various shapes of cities in India may be able to predict the economic success of the city's residents.

October 31 - Knowledge @ Wharton

Depending on your opinion, hoverboards are some combination of expensive, annoying, or futuristically cool. Maybe these costume ideas will help you sort out your feelings on the matter?

October 31 - Fusion

The editors at CityLab got creative in conjuring up some urbanism-themed costume ideas. They'll even help you decide which works for you.

October 31 - CityLab

Maybe Halloween isn't the best night for it—but otherwise consider the weekend as a good time to get lost in a city.

October 31 - Citymetric

A three-week extension of federal transportation spending and three-year extension for railroads to install positive train control was signed on Oct. 29, the date the current highway extension expired.

October 30 - Transport Topics

It's the end of an era. After 36 years, China has decided to end its restrictive one-child policy, by allowing couples to have two children. Why the change? In three words: an aging population.

October 30 - BBC News

A city infamous for a broken and largely informal system of public transit is implementing a massive overhaul of its bus system. High capacity bus rapid transit will run at the center of the new system.

October 30 - Los Angeles Times

Transit Oriented Development projects around the country are still facing suburban-style parking requirements.

October 30 - The Dallas Morning News

The "Driving Forward" plan, as it's called, is unabashed in its ambitions to expand highway capacity in the state of Oklahoma.

October 30 - The Oklahoman

Aaron Renn scours the Internet to find 12 maps that attempt to do the impossible: define the geographic and cultural expanse known as the American Midwest.

October 30 - The Urbanophile

The Regional Plan Association has created an animated video that simply and artfully explains the importance of a new Hudson River tunnel.

October 30 - Crain's New York Business

The online customer review platform Yelp and the New York public transit system: A match made in heaven?

October 30 - CityLab

A ULI-led symposium in Cleveland is looking at how an update of the city's outdated zoning code could revive some neighborhoods in the city.

October 30 - Cleveland Plain-Dealer

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Describing the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's recent study on gentrification in that city.

October 30 - Michael Lewyn

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An op-ed explains the significance of the 2016 presidential election for the political clout of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Those supporting the agenda of HUD, according to this argument, should be wary of a Republican victory.

October 29 - Edward Poteat