The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Local politicians and the public had years to review a proposal that would create dedicated lanes for bus service along El Camino as it cuts through the region. The project found very little support.

February 6 - Mountain View Voice

Why some experts are very concerned that Census 2020 will fail the democracy that depends on it.

February 6 - YouTube

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) fees are a bad way to pay for roads, according to an article by Joe Cortright.

February 6 - City Observatory

More details of the Trump Administration's agenda at the Department of Housing and Urban Development were revealed late last week.

February 6 - The Intercept

Mapping housing production over the decades since the 1960s reveals a pattern that must be shifted to achieve the housing growth needed to face the economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century.

February 5 - Buildzoom

One legislator believes CEQA "is a key barrier to California meeting its ambitious climate change goals.”

February 5 - Los Angeles Times

It's a familiar story: local residents don't want commuters cutting through their neighborhoods, and commuters are pushing back.

February 5 - NorthJersey.com

One of the criticisms of gas taxes is that it is regressive, i.e., everyone pays the same per-gallon price. A Mississippi legislator has a solution: Eliminate the income tax on the lowest income bracket in exchange for hiking the gas tax 12-cents.

February 5 - Associated Press

USDOT hopes to put decades of data collection to new use preventing fatal collisions by predicting when they might occur.

February 5 - Eno Transportation Weekly

A co-curricular program at a Philadelphia medical school integrates public health and city planning.

February 5 - Next City

Major changes are coming to one of Sacramento's busiest commercial and commuting corridors.

February 5 - Sacramento Bee

Mayor Jesse Arreguín's charges about permissible heights, demolition of rent-controlled housing and displacement that would result from Senate Bill 827 by Sen. Wiener are refuted in the Berkeleyside article, though the latter two have resonance.

February 5 - Berkeleyside

A new $2.5 billion building plan could reshape the Brooklyn Navy Yard, again.

February 5 - Bloomberg

Despite decades of our raising the issue of displacement in the face of rising rents, many Americans still do not see this as a call-to-action or a failure of public policy. Here is why our housing messaging may be backfiring.

February 5 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

A discussion of the ongoing Regional Corridor Analysis, expected for completion later this year.

February 4 - Columbus Underground

Minneapolis officials are touting Super Bowl LII as "the most transit-reliant Super Bowl ever played."

February 4 - Smart Cities Dive

This isn't a joke about the Philadelphia Eagles. This story is about the deadly consequences of planning and architecture decisions.

February 4 - USA Today

Urbanists and planners might consider looking at the development outside U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Super Bowl Sunday. Gone are the vast parking lots surrounding the Metrodome, replaced with mixed use and a popular park, the Commons.

February 4 - The New York Times

When the Eagles and the Patriots face off this weekend, they'll do it at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium, a billion-dollar venue that "aspires to more than football."

February 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The issue of wind and solar energy development has always been a hot button in the California desert, and the Trump Administration just pressed it.

February 3 - San Francisco Chronicle