The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A lawsuit challenges a law in Washington, D.C. that prevents the conversion of full-service gas stations into any other kind of commercial or residential land use.

January 9 - WAMU

It's hard to get Section 8 vouchers, and getting a voucher doesn't guarantee you'll find a place that will take them. Almost half of voucher recipients can't find a landlord who’ll accept them.

January 9 - Market Place (NPR)

The Roland Park Civic League is trying to get rid of bike lanes on Roland Avenue, arguing that they're dangerous.

January 9 - CBS

Bus ridership is down in the nation's capital. Some see the issue as an opportunity to better design the service to make dollars go further.

January 9 - Washington Post

Tired drivers working long hours in damaged trucks makes private garbage collection a dangerous business.

January 8 - Pro Publica

When President Trump tweeted that the East Coast needed global warming due to the freezing cold, experts responded by explaining the difference between weather and climate. But climate change may indeed be a cause of the bomb cyclone.

January 8 - The New York Times - Climate

In a major blow to former President Obama's restrictions on offshore drilling in sensitive areas, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced that he would open the Outer Continental Shelf in four regions: Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic, and the Gulf Coast.

January 8 - The Washington Post

Mass timber is a major structural element of an increasing number of skyscrapers, according to a CTBUH survey; now, the fire codes just have to follow.

January 8 - The Architect's Newspaper

In just his first year, the high-profile and controversial cabinet member “has begun to dismantle former president Barack Obama’s environmental legacy.”

January 8 - The Washington Post

Joe Cortright presents the antidote to an emerging narrative about the shifting lifestyle preferences of young adults (i.e., Millennials).

January 8 - City Observatory

Curbed analysis of how local and regional housing markets will react to changes to the country's tax code.

January 8 - Curbed

New details are emerging regarding the Trump Administration's intentions for the long-promised wall between the United States and Mexico.

January 8 - The Daily Caller

Norman Oder asks readers to question the evidence traditionally cited in arguments that attempt to disprove displacement as a consequence of gentrification.

January 8 - Shelterforce

The powers, and the limitations, of zooming are explained in a series of posts on Greater Greater Washington.

January 8 - Greater Greater Washington

Though the Trump Administration isn't likely to be kind to public transit in 2018, it will be a big year for project opening anyway.

January 7 - theTransportPolitic

Los Angeles is planning to join the ranks of cities that will allow transit fare payment by smartphone app. The scope of benefits offered by app-based fare payment is still under development.

January 7 - Curbed Los Angeles

Imagine all the people, driving safely and courteously.

January 7 - The New York Times

The 2010 Census included questions on race and Hispanic origin, but nothing like a question about citizenship status.

January 7 - ProPublica

The Texas 'bullet train' cleared a major hurdle as the Federal Railroad Administration releases draft environmental impact statement identifying preferred routes and identifying passenger station locations.

January 7 - Modern Cities

The current U.S. record is 10 million barrels per day set in 1970. Last year averaged 9.2 million b/d. Experts believe that record will be reached this spring, if it hasn't already. Can Trump claim credit for the surging production?

January 6 - NPR