The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Housing Insights team of volunteer civic hackers hopes you'll use their software in other cities, too.

October 14 - Greater Greater Washington

Suburban areas looking to improve public places can try following this advice.

October 14 - Build a Better Burb

Chicago trains and buses have long had dark cloth coverings, which can hide liquids and make for unpleasant experiences for riders.

October 14 - Reader

In terms of its public health benefits, a flourishing tree canopy is practically priceless.

October 14 - ASLA The Dirt

The Economist's Intelligence Unit has released its 2017 Safe Cities Index.

October 13 - Quartz

Gov. Jerry Brown signed 12 bills on Oct. 10 to facilitate the transition from oil-powered light and heavy duty vehicles to electric power in California, and thus meet his goal of putting 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.

October 13 - NGT News

There are two types of doctorate degrees in urban planning. Clement Lau, a Los Angeles County planner with one of them, explains the difference and why, with no plans to be a professor, he pursued one of these degrees.

October 13 - UrbDeZine

As the former president seeks to distinguish the Obama Presidential Center from for-profit development, many locals still want to see a binding community benefits agreement.

October 13 - CityLab

The product of a single developer, San Jose's Santana Row is a pocket of urbanism in a sea of sprawl. But can it influence development patterns beyond its bounds, and should it?

October 13 - Public Square

A Harvard study suggests that since 2000, the number of Americans living in racially integrated neighborhoods has risen. But this may be a temporary effect of gentrification, and integration remains an exception to the rule.

October 13 - Housing Perspectives

Professionals and academics of the built environment were recognized for their genius this week by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

October 13 - The Architect's Newspaper

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Which is better for the environment: buying an existing home, inefficiencies and all, or paying to build a new home with all the bells and whistles of green building technology?

October 13 - Kayla Matthews

People—on bikes, in cars, and on foot—should be able to agree that bike lanes are better for everyone.

October 13 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Arcaid has collected a shortlist for its 2017 architectural photograph of the year.

October 13 - The Guardian

Metro Los Angeles new transit etiquette public service announcement is either a dream or a nightmare, depending on your perspective, but the transit agency clearly spared no expense in trying to impart a few lessons on courteous riding.

October 12 - The Source

The ongoing project aims to show how LGBT history is embedded throughout the city.

October 12 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The fires in Northern California have caused at least 21 deaths, with over 500 people missing in Sonoma County. Wired science editor, Adam Rogers, looks at the problems posed when urban development encroaches wildlands.

October 12 - Wired

Fishermen, former loggers, and conservationists are just some of the groups with a stake in whether a mining operation takes root in Washington state.

October 12 - Northwest Public Radio

What moves us about great public space is its ability to convene community. To provide an accessible place of solace and celebration. It’s not about the buildings, or even the streets. It’s about the experience. Susan Henderson on Savannah's squares.

October 12 - PlaceShakers

In the 1920s, the city of San Francisco extended the shoreline of south Ocean Beach by some 200 feet. Now the coast there is eroding as a result of that action, and the Great Highway is on shaky ground.

October 12 - San Francisco Examiner