The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Which should we trust to insulate connected cars from the threat of hackers: private companies or government regulation?

November 20 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

"Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas" exemplifies the powers of maps to reshape and redefine our communities. Just watch how they can change expectations about the culture of the city infamously known as "Portlandia."

November 20 - The Oregonian

Nielsen Scarborough released new market data this week that revealed the cities with the highest percentage of single women who live along with at least one cat.

November 20 - The Seattle Times

Commercial marijuana operations to be restricted to industrial areas.

November 19 - Alaska Dispatch

The market for luxury apartment rentals is booming; the market for affordable rentals is not.

November 19 - The Atlantic

One of the country's most beautiful cities could get a dramatic new development project, calling on the design talents of Bjarke Ingels Group.

November 19 - designboom

Research by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Zhenghong Tang is helping conserve key south-central Nebraska wetlands that provide habitat for millions of migratory birds.

November 19 - University of Nebraska

Six years ago, the 620-square-mile city had not one bike lane and forty McDonald's franchises.

November 19 - Huffington Post

The city of Dallas got the memo about the benefits of converting one-way streets to two-ways. Two streets in the Victory Park neighborhood will be reconfigured this weekend.

November 19 - The Dallas Morning News

The mode share for bikes in urban environments around the world currently sits around 6 percent. A new report out of a university located in one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country quantifies the benefits of 10 percent mode share.

November 19 - Climate Central

The San Francisco Planning Department is proposing a trade-off to neighborhoods to comply with a state density bonus law: Modestly increase height and density limits in exchange for more affordable housing.

November 19 - Hoodline

A group of activists calling themselves the Coalition to Preserve L.A. has announced initiations to seek a ballot initiative that would enact a moratorium on projects requiring changes to the city's General Plan.

November 19 - Los Angeles Times

The flurry of speculation about the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is mostly ignoring a significant downside: the impact on vehicle miles travelled (VMT).

November 19 - Human Transit

A special investigation by the Chicago Tribune finds inconsistencies and errors with the city's "'Children's Safety Zone" initiative, which places speed camera near schools and parks.

November 18 - Chicago Tribune

At the halfway point in the ten-year Census window, the Census Bureau undertakes research into how to improve its data collection for questions of race and ethnicity.

November 18 - U.S. Census Bureau

Texas 130 has failed to live up to its revenue potential, leaving the private company that operates the road in junk bond status.

November 18 - San Antonio Express News

Bloggers, pundits, authors, and researchers, have made the case for conservatives to embrace the effects of smart growth. Yet still, a distinctly partisan divide flavors the debate about how to make room for a growing number of Americans.

November 18 - The Urban Edge

One of the busiest corridors in Northern Virginia, both in traffic and development, is under consideration for a new transit line.

November 18 - WAMU

A new Union of Concerned Scientists report shows that due to considerable gains made in cleaning the electric grid and in producing electric vehicles more efficiently, EVs are the environmentally sensible choice.

November 18 - Union Of Concerned Scientists

Governing magazine digs into the data about which cities American families are more likely to call home.

November 18 - Governing