The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The protest isn't likely to work, but some locals will miss a fast-food joint that they say serves as a democratic oasis in the neighborhood.

August 2 - Chicago Tribune

Portland's TriMet is dealing with technical problems arising from a failed maintenance project and a record-breaking heat wave.

August 2 - The Oregonian

Also, the House of Representatives has approved the funding president trump wants for the wall, but the Senate is likely to balk.

August 2 - Associated Press via Denver Post

The suburban, master planned community of Columbia, Maryland is many of the things urbanists hope their cities will become.

August 2 - The Washington Post

A popular neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is looking for ways to make its main drag more pedestrian friendly.

August 2 - Greater Greater Washington

A power outage that began in North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday of last week is expected to continue for three to five more days. Mandatory evacuations have devastated the area during its peak tourism season.

August 2 - The Washington Post

The biggest obstacle to the adoption of electric vehicles in California, a shortage of charging infrastructure, just became a lot more manageable thanks to $200 million from Volkswagen stemming the from the dieselgate settlement.

August 2 - Los Angeles Times

Some are worried about the truck traffic and air pollution likely to follow after a logistics warehouse gets built within visual distance of a San Bernardino school.

August 2 - SCPR

A Chicagoan working at a downtown library noticed her black coworkers all tended to head home to the South Side after work while her white coworkers went north. She asked Chicago's Public Radio station (WBEZ) if the city was becoming more segregated.

August 2 - CNN

FEATURE

An analysis of Planetizen traffic in the first six months of the Trump Administration reveals an audience still focused, despite so many distractions, on the future of communities.

August 1 - James Brasuell

California's San Joaquin Valley has an opportunity to build a treatment facility to bring water from the Kings River to communities in Tulare County, but so far infighting among towns in the county has prevented work from starting on that plant.

August 1 - News Deeply

A Dallas location seemingly destined to become home to a big box store has been rezoned; some see this as a victory for walkability in Dallas.

August 1 - Dallas News

Detroit and Chicago are Rust Belt cities, and citizens need to understand just how different their situations are from the hot property markets of the coasts, Pete Saunders argues.

August 1 - Forbes

Chongqing train station has become famous in China for its extremely isolated location, but its construction illustrates the ambition of the country’s building spree.

August 1 - CNN

Hyde Park resident launches signature campaign to rebuild the CTA's demolished Green Line to connect downtown Chicago with the future site of President Obama's Library.

August 1 - Streetsblog Chicago

Dan Walters, one of the most well known and longest tenured journalists and observers of California politics, has penned a scathing critique of Marin County's approach to growth.

August 1 - CALmatters

The return of the refinery: after several decades without any new refineries, two plans are moving forward in Texas.

August 1 - Houston Chronicle

Montgomery County's plan for Bethesda calls for height bonuses in return for affordable housing. Residents neighboring the proposed incentive zones have successfully resisted that idea.

August 1 - Greater Greater Washington

Zillow's chief analytics officer and chief economist offers insight into the company's approach to data, models, and the real estate market.

August 1 - ZDNet

Emissions from electricity generation are decreasing while those from transportation are increasing. If communities don't increase housing density to change travel patterns, it will only get worse, but the challenges may be insurmountable.

July 31 - Los Angeles Times