The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Motivate operates Ford Gobike in the Bay Area, Citi Bike in New York and Divvy in Chicago among other bike share fleets.

June 4 - CNET

A new study by Mobility Lab makes a strong case for unbundling parking from rent to inspire more sustainable transportation choices.

June 3 - Mobility Lab

A new service targeted at seniors buys homes, but lets the previous owner stay.

June 3 - Slate

A system of beacons will send signals to cell phones in Houston to help bus riders find stops and navigate public transit safely.

June 3 - Houston Chronicle

Fifteen routes will be eliminated and 50 routes altered as part of Capital Metro's bus system redesign, called the "Cap Remap."

June 3 - Austin American-Statesman

Spend your free time dealing with the frustrations of your commute, but in video game form.

June 3 - The Architect's Newspaper

A new natural gas power plant promises a revolution in carbon capture.

June 2 - Vox

Members of the Phoenix Complete Streets Advisory Board say the city isn't living up to the promises of its complete streets policy.

June 2 - Streetsblog USA

Critics of Mayor Bill de Blasio's "Five-Borough Bikeshare" program argue that Citi Bike should be expanded instead.

June 2 - Crain's New York Business

An annual report aggregates the State of the City speeches of mayors all over the country.

June 2 - National League Of Cities

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The 2019 National Planning Conference will introduce new tracks in Housing, Community and Economic Development; International, Comparative and Global Planning; Small Town and Rural Planning; and Academic and Professional Research.

June 2 - Bruce Stiftel

FiveThirtyEight explores how planners in the Midwest are trying to get ahead of an intensifying climate.

June 1 - FiveThirtyEight

The local developer is accused of inflating property values and defrauding a program meant to spur investment in distressed areas.

June 1 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cities can't have it both ways on the housing crisis, asserts an SF Chronicle editorial. Case in point: Berkeley passes a resolution to declare homelessness a state of emergency while opposing legislation to allow BART to develop its parking lots.

June 1 - San Francisco Chronicle

Buoyed by a strong economy and robust fundraising, a wide variety of arts institutions in Milwaukee want to remodel or relocate to new buildings. Here's a look at some of their plans.

June 1 - Urban Milwaukee

A number of cities are considering hiking up taxes on vacant properties. But does that actually lead to a reduction in blight?

June 1 - Governing

In neighborhoods with lots of new development, buildings cited in the Chicago Historic Resources Survey are coming down fast.

June 1 - Chicago Magazine

A homeowners group has successfully moved to severely limit public access to the beaches of Hollister Ranch, a 14,500-acre parcel to the west of Santa Barbara.

June 1 - The Los Angeles Times

The hulking structures proposed to handle UberAIR's fleet of flying taxis won't be able to serve 4,000 passengers per hour. And that's just one of their many deficiencies, Alissa Walker writes.

June 1 - Curbed

At a recent public appearance, Dan Gilbert gave rare insight into the business success of Quicken Loans and its connection to the revitalization of Detroit.

June 1 - Detroit Free Press