The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Transit can advance social equity and provide access to opportunity—but only if agencies work for inclusive planning and resource allocation.

July 23 - Streetsblog USA

Sources leaked news of the Trump Administration's plans to dismantle the Obama-era environmental policies. The Trump Administration also aims to dismantle the Golden State's ability to regulate air pollution from vehicles.

July 23 - Bloomberg

Research from the Urban Institute finds that economic hurdles, not just lifestyle preferences, are stopping millennials from buying homes.

July 23 - Curbed

Rather than projecting when the 50 million milestone will be reached, demographic and political indicators predict the state's population is more likely to decline, according to Joe Mathews of Zócalo Public Square.

July 23 - Zocalo Public Square

The recently revitalized and designated as a National Park St. Louis Gateway Arch National Park is described by park planner Clement Lau.

July 23 - UrbDeZine

The 16-mile route itself from downtown Chicago is still being negotiated. Passengers will be transported in what Elon Musk's Boring Company calls an "electric skate" at speeds up to 150 mph for the 12-minute trip.

July 23 - Engineering News-Record

Is the gritty, diverse New York of yesteryear dying, vanishing, or otherwise ceasing to exist? Depends on who you ask and where you look.

July 23 - Harper's

Water managers all over the country are bracing for expected water shortages.

July 22 - The Hill

Congress has continued to fund transit projects despite the Trump Administration's stated desire to end federal funding for federal transit. Now it appears the Trump Administration is killing transit with bureaucracy.

July 22 - Streetsblog USA

The scales of land use regulations are tipped, according to this editorial. Balancing them will result in a more affordable city.

July 22 - Crain's New York Business

It's not the car but the driving subsidy that is responsible for many of the ills associated with auto dominance. Asking, "How do we get people out of cars?" is the wrong question, argues Joe Cortright, urban economist for City Observatory.

July 22 - City Observatory

The devil of autonomous vehicles will be in the details.

July 22 - Smart Cities Dive

The forthcoming people move to LAX could have company nearby, with a proposal for a people mover to the new NFL stadium in Inglewood.

July 21 - Daily Breeze

The transportation network company is integrating new mobility options to help fill the first-last mile gap in cities.

July 21 - Medium

Seattle has more construction cranes dotting the skyline than any city in the United States.

July 21 - The Seattle Times

The proposed property tax would double the county's stormwater capture capacity.

July 21 - LAist

More residents in the state will be protected by environmental regulations enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

July 21 - State Impact

As skepticism about the viability of autonomous vehicles mounts in the media, one company takes on a publicity stunt at one of the busiest locations in the world.

July 20 - Digital Trends

A 2015 NHTSA report showed that pedestrians were multiple times more likely to die if struck by SUVs, but that information was neither shared nor acted upon.

July 20 - The Detroit Free Press

New York Times climate reporter, Brad Plumer, comments on California's landmark accomplishment in reducing emissions, observing that with the low-hanging electricity generation fruit picked, reducing transportation emissions will prove formidable.

July 20 - The New York Times