The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's released a report that raises the threat level on the trend of earthquakes in areas around Oklahoma and Texas.

August 11 - The Dallas Morning News

All eyes are on Oregon as it rolls out its road usage charge program, known as OReGO. So far Oregonians have been slow on the uptake.

August 11 - Better Roads

Vox brings out the subtleties in explaining the underperformance of the U.S. public transportation system.

August 11 - Vox

Private autos will have restricted access to a congested stretch of downtown San Francisco's main drag, Market Street, beginning August 11, in an attempt to make the street safer for non-motorists.

August 11 - San Francisco Chronicle

Even in an epic drought, the long-awaited commencement of the $83 million San Clemente Dam removal project is welcomed as the obsolete dam posed a safety threat to downstream communities and provided very little water due to tremendous silt build-up.

August 11 - Monterey Herald

Among other traits, science-minded planners must seriously reflect on what it is they know about their field, seeking good reasons and solid evidence for why they accept those things, writes Jodie Sackett, a Los Angeles County urban planner.

August 11 - UrbDeZine

The rhetoric is heating up as Los Angeles considers its most significant upgrade to transportation policy since 1999.

August 11 - Los Angeles Times

Katrina Cottages held such great promise 10 years ago, as an alternative to FEMA trailers. But a host of roadblocks stood in the way. After a decade, has the tiny house time arrived?

August 11 - PlaceShakers

The state of Illinois finds itself without a "stick" to enforce the mandates of its Affordable Housing Planning and Appeals Act. Towns have noticed and are flouting the law.

August 11 - Chicago Tribune

Much to the chagrin of Americans of conservative political stripes, the United Nations has adopted a set sustainable development goals. According to a recent op-ed, however, the left also has reason to fault the UN's efforts.

August 10 - Jacobin

A suburb of Cincinnati provides evidence of renewed demand for master planned communities.

August 10 - Cincinnati Business Courier

Now that Philadelphia has established itself as a bikeshare town by quickly reaching high numbers of rides on Indego, the question turns to what happens next for expanding and improving the system.

August 10 - PlanPhilly

"How enlightened planners can be champions for the little guy and save America in the process." An urban planner policy framework for increasing upward social mobility and reducing inequality in cities.

August 10 - Center for Opportunity Urbanism

The Environmental Protection Agency finds itself in a peculiar place. Normally it investigates spills caused by the private sector. Now it's cleaning up a massive spill it caused while investigating a leak at an abandoned mine in southwest Colorado.

August 10 - The New York Times - U.S.

BLOG POST

How can city hall leaders break down silos between departments and disciplines, and get to a more holistic approach to city-making? It takes more than just organizational restructuring—it takes real culture change. Here's how.

August 10 - Brent Toderian

What can be learned from music videos about popular culture's relationship to architecture?

August 10 - ArchDaily

A lawsuit in Boise could decide the future of one policy response to homelessness—making it illegal to sleep in public.

August 10 - Los Angeles Times

Twenty-five years have passed since the United States approved a civil rights law with broad and positive affect on the build environment as we've come to know it.

August 10 - Curbed

After enjoying a strong run of prominence and success, the new economy is taking its toll on university presses.

August 10 - Next City

Partly absorbed by 1-10 and party given over the ravages of time—the Old Spanish Trail was the first to highway to connect the East Coast to the West Coast through the southern states.

August 9 - Atlas Obscura