The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Bay Area is home to a large homeless population, and San Jose is doing more to create resources for the homeless than other cities in the area.

June 22 - The Mercury News

South Korea's capital enjoys better stations and more complete coverage from a train system that gets less of its money from government subsidies and charges lower fares.

June 22 - Mic

The struggling, industrial South Bay city of Carson wants to shake its image as the site of Los Angeles' landfills and waste treatment plants. It has embarked on a $1 million overhaul of its general plan, despite having a $4.1 million budget gap.

June 22 - Daily Breeze

Austin has mostly been planning, designing, and engineering its streets the same way for 20 years. A new Street Design Guide would pave the way for a new era.

June 22 - KUT

Regulatory issues have delayed a proposed casino mega-development in South Philadelphia.

June 22 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Faced with a worsening budget deficit, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) has decided to ask voters for a new sales tax levy.

June 22 - WCPO

Hand of Fate Brewing took over a closed Dollar General in downtown Petersburg, Illinois and became an anchor for the city.

June 22 - Curbed

Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood is getting more expensive and more white, and some in the neighborhood say the plan for a new apartment complex will further that trend.

June 22 - DNA Info

Urbanist Brent Toderian does not begrudge NIMBYs; he values them. In an interview with David Roberts of Vox, he explains that the problem doesn't lie with development opponents as much as it does with the decision-makers.

June 21 - Vox

Mayors Eric Garcetti and Robert Garcia pledge their ports will bring their carbon footprint down to zero by 2030.

June 21 - Los Angeles Times

To discourage users from peeing on elevators at Atlanta MARTA stations, new urine detection technology is being installed as part of rehab plans.

June 21 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In Philadelphia, the William Penn Foundation has committed to help raise the last $10 million of the $225 million budget for a park over the I-95.

June 21 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Having learned from a pair of recent controversies, the city of Atlanta is ready to study and draft a new tree ordinance.

June 21 - Reporter Newspapers

Back when baby boomers were in their late 20s and early 30s, they drove a bike boom. It is now largely forgotten.

June 21 - The Guardian

Couch Court in Portland's central city is one of those rare pieces of public right of way where pedestrians and people on bikes rule.

June 21 - Bike Portland

The latest city to open up its coffers to support a professional sports team is Detroit, which will spend $34.5 million to support the Detroit Pistons in a move to the recently completed Little Caesars Arena.

June 21 - Detroit Free Press

The Innovations in Government Program at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation has announced the first winner of the "Map of the Month" contest.

June 21 - Data-Smart City Solutions

Though the quick expansion of complete streets policies is worth celebrating, minority and low-income communities are still being left behind, and killed at a disproportionate rate.

June 21 - The Urban Edge

Mountain View is an expensive place to find housing, in part because of Google itself. The tech giant plans to do something about the housing crunch, for its employees at least.

June 20 - The Wall Street Journal

A record heatwave and the likelihood for more extreme weather raises alarm in Arizona.

June 20 - The Arizona Republic