The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Bus drivers in Japan put blankets over fare boxes and continue to drive their routes, in order to serve their passengers while on strike.

May 7 - NPR

FEATURE

Mining the business world for lessons about the planning profession.

May 6 - Chris Steins

The California Energy Commission will decide on new energy standards for residential construction this week.

May 6 - The Orange County Register

An overlooked feature of the federal omnibus bill approved earlier this year: a return to the Clearview font for highway traffic signs.

May 6 - Equipment World

The new 66 Express Lanes Inside the Beltway made headlines when one-way tolls topped $40. Max Smith of WTOP News reports how revenues are used in Northern Virginia. Bus transit and shuttles to park-and-ride lots are two of the biggest beneficiaries.

May 6 - WTOP

The Texas Central high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas is planning to offer smooth connections with Amtrak lines at either end of its 240-mile route.

May 6 - Houston Chronicle

Here's another entry in the ongoing debate over which public transit mode reigns supreme.

May 5 - YouTube

Amazon, a company with cities throwing money at its feet all over the country, has decided to halt construction on an expansion in its hometown over a proposed "head tax."

May 5 - The New York Times

Colorado is taking 'baby steps' toward a thoroughly regulated regime of social marijuana use.

May 5 - The Denver Post

Politics and economics win over public health in Racine County as the EPA exempted the area around the Foxconn's massive facility from meeting stricter ozone pollution standards, saving the company from investing in smog-reducing equipment.

May 5 - Chicago Tribune

A report from a coalition of nonprofits recommends, among other restrictions, allowing outdoor watering only twice per week.

May 5 - The Texas Tribune

A survey of recent planning decisions demonstrates that cities are no longer necessarily looking to more and bigger highways to solve their traffic problems.

May 4 - The New York Times

Connecthings, a transit app for the blind, is undergoing a trial that will connect its information to the popular wayfinding App BlindSquare in an Austin trial.

May 4 - Curbed

Sacramento Regional Transit's SmaRT Ride service is an on-demand public option to compete with Uber and Lyft.

May 4 - The Sacramento Bee

Some cities are employing a "modern-day Homestead Act" to attract new residents.

May 4 - The Wall Street Journal

Last year's tax reform bill seriously curtailed the mortgage interest deduction, despite its reputation for untouchability. Perhaps lawmakers should get rid of it entirely.

May 4 - Slate

On May 3, the public could take rides with a new fleet of self-driving cars in Las Vegas.

May 4 - Traffic Technology Today

An article originally posted on Mobility Lab, written by Owain James, looks for lessons from Nashville's failed transit referendum.

May 4 - Mobility Lab

A new report by the New York City Comptroller's Office has estimated the cost of Airbnb to the city's rental market, and the tab is a big one: $616 million in 2016 alone.

May 4 - Bloomberg

Pittsburgh is betting on its own version of New York City's famed elevated park, based on a 500-foot-long raised roadway connecting two warehouses.

May 4 - The Architect's Newspaper