The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A lawsuit by a pair of Westside L.A. neighborhood groups has killed the Boring Company's plans to drill a tunnel below Sepulveda Boulevard.

November 28 - Los Angeles Times

A proposal under consideration by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors would eliminate parking requirements citywide.

November 28 - San Francisco Examiner

Milwaukee intends to move forward with bus lanes and electric buses. Officials hope a nine-mile route will start service in 2020.

November 28 - Wisconsin Public Radio

The eternal battle between jurisdictions over how to control flooding along the Mississippi River continues.

November 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Regional Plan Association white paper makes that case that New York City and Amazon have mutually beneficial goals with the decision to located the tech company's second headquarters in Long Island City.

November 28 - Crain's New York Business

With self-driving cars already well lodged in the public imagination as a sure thing in the relative near future, many people are already thinking about the potential business opportunities for the new technology.

November 27 - CNN

San Diego will soon host a federal pilot program on unmanned drones.

November 27 - Route Fifty

General Motors cut the bad environmental and economic news with an announcement that cost cutting measures would allow the company to focus more resources on electric and self-driving cars.

November 27 - USA Today

Sad news for the planning community. Houston Planning Director Patrick Walsh, who took leave from his position earlier this year after a cancer diagnosis, has passed away.

November 27 - Houston Chronicle

Solo commuters crossing from Brooklyn to Manhattan on the Williamsburg Bridge are in for a rude awakening on April 27 when the L Train closes. To accommodate more buses and bikes on the 115-year old bridge, cars will need at least 3 people.

November 27 - The New York Times

After more than 60 years, a slew of new road projects will leave the debate about the Interstate 710 gap in the past.

November 27 - Pasadena Star-News

The high-tech, high-speed rail system is ultimately planned to run from D.C. to New York.

November 27 - The Washington Post

The second volume of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released on Black Friday to presumably draw less attention from the American public, was well-covered by the media. Unlike Volume 1, there was greater focus on economic impacts.

November 27 - The New York Times

In cities across the U.S., the relationship between residential and school segregation isn’t always clear.

November 27 - Chalkbeat

New rules adopted by the Federal Railroad Administration will make it easier for commuter rail and inter-city rail systems to operate cheaper and more efficient trains.

November 27 - Streetsblog USA

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November 26 - Josh Stephens

Construction of the Crenshaw Line in Los Angeles will go later than expected. Metro now expects the light rail line to open in 2020.

November 26 - Los Angeles Times

As the investigation continues, cracks found in girders supporting the building do not appear to be due to a design issue.

November 26 - San Francisco Chronicle

Delays in acquiring properties are costing the project significant amounts of time and money.

November 26 - Los Angeles Times

Carbon pricing proponents in the U.S. saw their second defeat in two years in the same state when Washington voters soundly defeated I-1631, a carbon fee that would fund emission reductions. Unlike I-732 in 2016, environmentalists were unified.

November 26 - Grist