The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

It is an understatement that Increasing fuel taxes is challenging. If there is an opportune time to do it, it's when gas prices are relatively low, when the state decides to cut other taxes, and when there's bipartisan support.

February 13 - St. Louis Public Radio

A post for the Market Urbanism website says planning is entering Season Three with no guarantees it will catch on with audiences.

February 13 - Market Urbanism

Emergency repairs will shut down Metro SubwayLink for a month, adding the system to an ignominious list of transit closures that includes SafeTrak in Washington, D.C. and the L Train in New York City.

February 13 - The Baltimore Sun

The city of Boston is trying to establish a model for gentrification mitigation in the Upham's Corner section of Dorchester.

February 13 - The Boston Globe

A planner who used vulgar terms to complain about an article on the subject of a "female approach to development" gets schooled about #TimesUp.

February 13 - UrbDeZine

Congestion pricing, done right (details matter), mitigates a downside of urban density: traffic congestion. Professor John Rennie Short explores the history of congestion pricing, its application in Singapore and London, and why it's good for NYC.

February 13 - The Conversation

How can President Trump, who has made environmental regulation rollbacks and climate denial trademarks of his administration, be expected to select projects for his infrastructure plan that must weather climate change?

February 12 - The New York Times

Los Angeles County park planner and parent Clement Lau writes about how 'playing' and parenting has given him insight into the urban environment that he applies in his profession.

February 12 - UrbDeZine

The state of Pennsylvania has released Pittsburgh from the terms of Act 47, signaling a new era of fiscal security for the city, and a sign of home for the "Rust Belt."

February 12 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Bournemouth native Stuart Semple is intent on "naming and shaming the bodies who fund and install these things."

February 12 - The Art Newspaper

Richard Florida takes a look at a new report that traces the affordability crisis to cities' inability to densify their older, inner suburbs.

February 12 - CityLab

The federal government is basically asking for matching funds from states and localities to fund infrastructure projects.

February 12 - The Washington Post

An historic transit referendum will be on the ballot for Nashville residents in May after some final political maneuvering over the matter of the plan's cost.

February 12 - Tennessean

The Seattle Department of Transportation has released a five-year roadmap for implementing the city of Seattle's Pedestrian Master Plan (PMP).

February 12 - The Urbanist

Sidewalk Labs' proposals for the Toronto neighborhood of Quayside reveals a preference for ride hailing over public transit.

February 12 - Medium

Somehow the city of Detroit managed to start enforcing an Airbnb ban in single-family neighborhoods without anyone realize the council had approved the regulation.

February 12 - Curbed Detroit

Two new reports from Rider Levett Bucknall offer a positive outlook for the construction industry.

February 11 - Commercial Property Executive

Passenger vehicle ownership and vehicle miles traveled per person and per household remain below their historic peaks set in 2006 and 2004, respectively, but they have been on the upswing for the past four to five years, according to new data.

February 11 - University Of Michigan

The New York subway might lead the nation in terms of reach and ridership, but it still lags behind other rail systems in the country on one critical point: access to people with special needs.

February 11 - Crain's New York Business

Europe might be in political turmoil, but Eurostar high-speed rail service is expanding its reach.Europe might be in political turmoil, but Eurostar high-speed rail service is expanding its reach.

February 11 - Quartz