The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Randy Simes reports on the latest fruits of the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority's (SORTA) approach to transit planning in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.

March 10 - Cincinnati Business Courier

The online documentation of the San Francisco Planning Department's approval process received a huge upgrade.

March 10 - Curbed SF

Bloomberg Philanthropies will fund an "Innovation Delivery Team" in Los Angeles to approach the challenge of revitalizing urban neighborhoods while also creating improvements for existing populations.

March 10 - The Planning Report

Former HUD counsel and current Philadelphia mayoral contender Nelson Diaz laid the groundwork for "entrepreneurial" approaches to public housing. Whether the resulting projects were effective is up for debate.

March 10 - PlanPhilly

An interview with Ellen Dunham-Jones, co-author of "Retrofitting Suburbia," and Hazel Borys.

March 10 - PlaceShakers

I want to learn HTML and CSS, or maybe get a refresher on the current state of web technology—where should I start?

March 10 - Civicly

Welcome to the age of "Dashboard Governance"—when a good user interface offers the potential for performance advantages to city management.

March 9 - Places Journal

State lawmakers in Oregon are the latest to consider a law that would require bikers riding at night to wear reflective clothing.

March 9 - Bike Portland

BLOG POST

A new scholarly paper argues that ancient and modern cities can be usefully analyzed in a comparative perspective. But what you do with the comps depends on how much you value similarities versus differences in urban form.

March 9 - Dean Saitta

The nation's largest automated red light enforcement program will get a trim. How much is mayoral election politics responsible for the change?

March 9 - Chicago Tribune

Top officials at the Florida state agency tasked with studying and planning for the impacts of climate change are taking a novel approach to avoiding the issue.

March 9 - Miami Herald

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has released its annual report on public transit ridership. Although more Americans are taking public transit, the trend doesn't hold in every city.

March 9 - The Hill

Manufacturers say yes, arguing that the reduction in vehicle crashes decreases traffic congestion. Other features improve traffic flow. But these are safety technologies, not emission-reducing measures, that critics worry will water-down CAFE.

March 9 - The Wall Street Journal

Too often we report on new studies showing how air pollution worsens public health, often causing premature death. For a change, here's a study showing how efforts to improve air quality in Southern California have boosted public health in children.

March 9 - The Wall Street Journal

There is increased call for inclusion and diversity in architecture. This London exhibition profiles five female architects and urban designers at the forefront of their profession.

March 9 - The Guardian Cities

A psychological experiment finds that warning signs depicting more movement gain more attention, making drivers navigate more carefully.

March 9 - The Atlantic

In recent years, tactical urbanism has helped reinvent many streets and sidewalks in center cities, creating new public spaces. But many spaces remain untouched. Anuj Gupta argues that reinvented schoolyards can be the next great public spaces.

March 8 - Philadelphia Magazine

Concerned about their economic fate, several upstate New York towns have expressed interest in joining Pennsylvania instead.

March 8 - Talking Points Memo

In this San Francisco Chronicle Open Forum, Brian Kelly, secretary of the California State Transportation Agency, makes the case that maintenance as well as capital costs be included when financing new infrastructure projects.

March 8 - San Francisco Chronicle

The Central Loop BRT project, scheduled to break ground this month, will improve commuter travel times. But a collection of compromises means many ideal BRT components won't be installed.

March 8 - CityLab