The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

After two recessions that limped into slow and uneven economic recoveries, the number of people living below the federal poverty line rose to record levels. The suburbanization of poverty reflects shifting housing and labor markets.

February 16 - Penn Institute for Urban Research

The seemingly non-complex decisions on where food trucks park is examined in a new study that finds there's actually a lot more to it than just an empty curb.

February 16 - CityLab

As oil prices dip to around $30 a barrel, fears are setting in that North Dakota's oil fields have been overdeveloped. If the current boom goes bust, these towns might find themselves nearly empty.

February 15 - New York Times

San Diego's downtown, dominated by 3-lane one-way streets engineered to maximize car velocity and traffic flow, may be getting redesigned to make it hospitable for bicyclists and pedestrians.

February 15 - UrbDeZine

From Motown to grunge, techno to hip hop, modern music came to life in garages, living rooms, churches, and warehouses. Urban design has been instrumental to what we listen to every day.

February 15 - The Guardian Cities

HOT lanes are supposed to not only speed traffic flow for paying solo motorists in the carpool lane, but improve traffic flow in the adjacent free lanes, according to theory. A new study on express toll lanes in Seattle disproved that last part.

February 15 - Seattle PI

The number of commuters taking to bicycle in the city have tripled since 2000, while commuting by car has been cut in half.

February 15 - The Architect's Newspaper

The city of Dallas recently approved a new Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan and the city's first Recreation Master Plan. The comp plan updated the previous Renaissance Plan.

February 14 - Next City

The New York Times details how virtual reality is expected to change the game of real estate. The possibilities for planners and architects are endless as well.

February 14 - The New York Times

Metro Transit officials announced the opening date for the A Line—the first of potentially many more rapid bus routes featuring platform level boarding and signal priority.

February 14 - MinnPost

It's not just millennials anymore. A new study finds more people are going without driver's licenses than in previous decades.

February 14 - NPR

Plans are underway to build the world's first domed city.

February 14 - Tech Insider

After an eight-hour debate, the Rhode Island House of Representatives approved controversial truck-only toll legislation that will make Rhode Island the only state to apply tolls to large trucks but not other motor vehicles.

February 13 - NBC 10 News

There has been no shortage of responses to the story about St. Louis letting decorated sidewalks fade away after encountering federal policy that recommends more subdued colors.

February 13 - Streetsblog USA

Trulia has undertaken an in-depth analysis of American Community Survey data to reveal some of the impacts of the recession on the housing market.

February 13 - Trulia

The Chicago Transit Authority has something to celebrate as it tries to dig itself out of a budgetary hole.

February 13 - Chicago Tribune

There are a few reasons one should exercise caution while crossing the street illegally. In Massachusetts, fear of a fine is not one of them.

February 13 - CBS Boston

An online video game has the perfect remedy for anyone who hates modernism—and Le Corbusier more specifically.

February 12 - The Architect's Newspaper

A drill named Pamela, tasked with digging the tunnel for the Sound Transit light rail extension from Husky Stadium to Northgate, was stuck in the dirt under Seattle for several months.

February 12 - The Seattle Times

The easy part for politicians at both the city and the county of Los Angeles is over. Funding their plans to improve services for the homeless will be the hard part.

February 12 - Los Angeles Times