The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Cities fear federal funding cuts if the citizen question stays on the Census and results in an undercount of Latino populations.

February 1 - CityLab

Fuel breaks involve clearing vegetation that feeds fires in order to prevent the catastrophic and fast-spreading wildfires that have plagued the state.

February 1 - The Mercury News

A new report and toolkit helps policymakers and equity advocates apply comprehensive analysis to road pricing, considering affordability, accessibility and community health, and identifies way to achieve equity goals through pricing reforms.

February 1 - Pricing Roads Advancing Equity

Visit the notoriously dense suburb of Friendship Village, Maryland.

February 1 - City Beautiful

A quarter of German long-distance trains ran behind schedule, and they're not likely to improve soon.

February 1 - The Economist

The Onion's satirical news skills are put to use in canvassing public opinion about climate change.

February 1 - The Onion

If it approves HB 1797, Washington will pace the rest of the nation (even California and Oregon) on reforming zoning to allow more accessory dwelling units.

January 31 - Sightline Institute

Other polar vortex-related transit news included fire on the tracks in Chicago.

January 31 - Detroit Free Press

Details are still forthcoming, but the big news out of New York City today is about the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assuming new oversight powers over the city's troubled housing agency.

January 31 - Politico

After discussing a staff report on road pricing at their Jan. 24 meeting, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority directors paused to weigh the equity implications of charging motorists to drive on roads.

January 31 - Curbed Los Angeles

Not all Metrorail station areas are zoned for transit oriented development.

January 31 - Greater Greater Washington

When it comes to housing lawsuits involving the state and new housing laws, Huntington Beach might be ground zero. Over a week before Attorney General Becerra sued the Orange County city at the behest of Gov. Newsom, the city sued the state.

January 31 - SF Gate

Once promising a major manufacturing facility and 13,000 new jobs, Foxconn is now promising a research and development facility and the number of jobs is much less clear.

January 31 - Chicago Tribune

Conventional planning evaluates transport system performance car-centric indicators such as roadway Level-of-Service (LOS). Many jurisdictions are shifting to Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), which supports multimodal planning and Smart Growth policies.

January 31 - Fehr and Peers via YouTube

"It's all about cars and houses," according to the Boston Globe.

January 31 - Th Boston Globe

The New York City Department of City Planning has released its preliminary rezoning proposal for the neighborhood of Gowanus in Brooklyn.

January 31 - amNew York

The Central SoMa Plan took more than seven years of planning and debate to approve. A new lawsuit, expected to be just the first of many, threatens to erase all that work.

January 30 - San Francisco Chronicle

A plan to widen the Interstate 30 in Dallas is pitting state transportation officials, with ostensible goals to serve regional transportation needs, against local officials, who are more concerned with "neighborhood-centric ideals."

January 30 - The Dallas Morning News

Gov. Gavin Newsom, only weeks into his new office, had warned cities that his office would hold them accountable for failing to meet their housing requirements. On Friday, he directed Attorney General Xavier Bacerra to sue Hungtinton Beach.

January 30 - San Francisco Chronicle

Iceland is thinking ahead when it comes to revenue losses resulting from its newly adopted "Climate Strategy" that calls for ending petrol-powered, fuel tax-paying motor vehicles by 2030. Widespread electronic road tolls are being considered.

January 30 - Iceland Review