The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Elizabeth Warren have all announced housing plans.

March 8 - The Mercury News

Have you ever flown over a city and imagined all the subway lines running beneath the surface?

March 8 - Quid Corner

The video game has inspired many people to pursue careers in planning. But, the newest version is also trying to better align the simulations with what planners face in the real world.

March 7 - Los Angeles Times

Mountlake Terrace, located about halfway between Seattle and Everett, will soon have new building heights to go along with a new light rail station.

March 7 - The Urbanist

The first priority of the draft Austin Strategic Mobility Plan is to reduce single-occupant vehicle trips.

March 7 - Smart Cities Dive

The city of Inglewood is the future home of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers, but current residents are worried about their future in the city as rents rise and landlords evict tenants.

March 7 - Los Angeles Times

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson had a busy week, releasing an ambitious plan to "break" the "car culture" of New York.

March 7 - StreetsBlog NYC

California could consider an anti-rent gouging bill, a policy with key distinctions from rent control that also inform a more complete understanding of Oregon's recently approved statewide tenant protections bill.

March 7 - CALmatters

A new book by Samuel Stein links planning to the causes of a global finance industry that values worldwide real estate at $217 trillion, or 60 percent of the world's assets.

March 7 - Next City

A public-private partnership is under consideration in the Florida State Legislature to create a driverless shuttle route in Altamonte Springs.

March 7 - Orlando Business Journal

The automated decision-making processes of self-driving cars are ill equipped to protect that safety of people of color in public.

March 7 - Vox

A new game called Imaginable Guidelines invites participants to imagine, explore, discuss, and share their vision for the future.

March 7 - CityLab

The now-famous children's lawsuit, featured on 60 Minutes last Sunday, was not filed against President Trump—he just inherited it from his predecessor. Both administrations have tried to have the case dismissed.

March 6 - CBS News: 60 Minutes

The city of San Francisco is proposing an ambitious renovation of its Civic Center—the series of public spaces connecting Market Street to City Hall.

March 6 - San Francisco Chronicle

The legal history of the United States is full of laws designed to exclude and segregate the racialized other. This reading list recommends scholarship that sheds light on that history.

March 6 - Places Journal

A new service in St. Paul and Minneapolis will assist riders at both ends of their rides.

March 6 - Pioneer Press

Tacoma, Washington, a city of over 200,000 residents in the Pacific Northwest, is making room for more.

March 6 - The Urbanist

Duke University will not sign an agreement for a regional rail project that has widespread support from the campus community.

March 6 - Streetsblog USA

Georgia's House Bill 511 is progressing through the State Legislature with the potential to change funding and governance of transit in the city while taxing rides with taxi, limousine, and ride-hailing companies.

March 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The city of Alexandria, Virginia is asking the public to weigh in on a fundamental question of bus transit planning: ridership or coverage?

March 6 - Greater Greater Washington