The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The work of Marcus Lyons replicates images of already sprawling human development to the breaking point and maybe beyond.

April 17 - CityLab

October through January in Chicago—the first architectural biennial in U.S. history.

April 16 - Architectural Digest

A local alderman makes the case for a one percent sales tax dedicated to providing public funding for a new stadium to house the Milwaukee Bucks.

April 16 - Urban Milwaukee

The winners of a design competition to overhaul a popular tourist destination in Toronto have been announced. Now comes the hard part.

April 16 - National Post

The intersection of Lincoln Ave, Southport Avenue, and Wellington Avenue in the South Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago is in the process of a major upgrade in pedestrian-friendly placemaking.

April 16 - Chi.Streetsblog

Imagine taking a streetcar across Sacramento's iconic Tower Bridge for a three mile trip. Backers are en route to securing matching local funding for the project. However, local voters will have the final say in a June 2 Mello-Roos special election.

April 16 - The Sacramento Bee

A city known for its love of the automobile has been building out its bike network in recent years. The question remains: Is it enough?

April 16 - KPCC

A new park and lots of new development will follow the under-construction stadium for the Vikings on the eastern side of Minneapolis urban core.

April 16 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fairfax County, Virginia is taking an innovative approach to crowdsourcing feedback on how to improve bicycle infrastructure around transit stations.

April 16 - Greater Greater Washington

Transit planners who see transportation network companies as a potential benefit to public transit will want to pay attention to Uber's new partnership in Dallas.

April 16 - Mass Transit

A newly released map shows which stations in the Metrorail system bring in the most revenue for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (D.C. Metro).

April 16 - Washington City Paper

Located in California's fertile Central Valley, Sacramento is ideally situated to integrate local farming into its urban fabric.

April 15 - Seedstock

Construction is expected to begin in 2016 on a new 16-acre park in San Antonio designed to embody all of the public amenities that make the city unique.

April 15 - The Architect's Newspaper

Social media outcry has altered the street configuration of Harvey and Hudson avenues in the rejuvenated neighborhood of Midtown in Oklahoma City.

April 15 - NewsOK

Compiled from interviews conducted with city officials, this National League of Cities report gives us a regulator's-eye-view of the sharing economy. Among the topics discussed are equity, taxation, and data transparency.

April 15 - National League Of Cities

While rates of homelessness drop elsewhere, tents and cardboard are becoming a very regular sight in Seattle. New wealth and newly unaffordable housing may be twin culprits.

April 15 - NPR

A policy report from the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities made news for recommending policies to disincentive, with taxes, real estate speculation. The report also includes raw data on the transformation happening around the city.

April 15 - Al Día

The street that benefitted by one of the most high-profile and successful freeway removals in the country is due for another makeover.

April 15 - Hoodline

A plan in the earliest possible stages of outreach and environmental review would extend the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's existing Red Line north of Atlanta farther into Fulton County.

April 15 - ATL Urbanist

This St. Louis Patch-Dispatch editorial analyzes the legislature as well as the bill to raise gas taxes two-cent a year for three years, taking aim at Republican House members who will be "automatic no votes." Illinois may also increase its gas tax.

April 15 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch