The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In the first half of the 20th century, the Olympic games actually had a medal competition for town planning.

August 9 - Atlas Obscura

BLOG POST

Computer simulations show signs of a coming revolution with wide ranging impacts on many human endeavors, particularly cities and city planning.

August 8 - Casey Brazeal

A crowded and hurried scene is becoming more and more common on the pedestrian and bike path that spans the Brooklyn Bridge. So much so, that the city is ready to consider a new, wider path.

August 8 - The New York Times

There's a difference between designing for safety and designing for fear.

August 8 - Motherboard

Legislation to reauthorize the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is in peril due to 'a powerful bloc of business-friendly Democrats' who are uneasy about its impact on businesses, particularly Big Oil, due to higher energy costs.

August 8 - CALmatters

Kevin Cashman, a Truthout researcher, asks in this op-ed if lower income people will not only be left out from the transportation technology revolution, e.g., EVs, AVs, car-hailing, but will they be hurt by it?

August 8 - Truthout

The National Park Service is bringing the sharing economy to the Mississippi River in Minnesota this month with a first of its kind kayak sharing service.

August 8 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune

FEATURE

An op-ed by Daniel Freedman explains how a legal spat over an 850-square-foot "granny flat" affected hundreds of units around Los Angeles. The city's attempt to rectify the problems with its second unit ordinance has encountered more resistance.

August 8 - Daniel Freedman

Being a person of color in the United States means being physically vulnerable to both environmental hazards and police violence, two professors argue.

August 8 - CityLab

Riders in ten cities are raising money to spruce up their bus stops.

August 8 - Streetsblog

It only takes two minutes to catch up on the biggest news stories of the week.

August 8 - Planetizen

Newly built urban places leave a lot to be desired, according to this article in Governing.

August 7 - Governing

A bill moving through the California Legislature, SB 734, would extend the reach of legislation from 2011 that benefitted the defunct Farmers Field football stadium in downtown Los Angeles.

August 7 - Los Angeles Times

Chief Innovative Technology Officer of Los Angeles, Peter Marx, recently stepped down. But first, he offers some lessons learned during his tenure, which included an L.A. mobility app and a successful open data initiative.

August 7 - The Planning Report.

Don't call Denver a transit-rich city yet, says a Denver Post reporter.

August 7 - The Denver Post

The Guardian sets out on a global trek to find the most water-stresses cities in the world.

August 7 - The Guardian

A key component of the city of Seattle's Housing Affordability and and Livability Agenda moved forward earlier this week.

August 6 - KUOW

A Los Angeles affordable-housing developer says the industry needs to focus more on keeping existing housing affordable.

August 6 - The Planning Report

Funding from California's Environmental Protection Agency to put zero-emissions car sharing programs into disadvantaged communities met with strong interest last year. Now the agency is expanding the program, with the opportunity for bike shares.

August 6 - Next City

After 120 of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's new but faulty Silverliner V cars were grounded in early July, regional rail service was drastically reduced. Repaired cars will begin returning to service this month.

August 6 - The Philadelphia Inquirer