The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Public opinion favors an at-grade highway, but the state is still considering retaining the elevated section in Allston.

October 5 - The Boston Globe

The city of Memphis, Tennessee is in the middle of an understated boom focused on downtown development and adaptive reuse.

October 5 - Curbed

A look at transportation trends in Las Vegas suggests a surprising relationship between ridesharing and transit.

October 5 - The City Fix

A federal evaluation of fuel-efficiency standards says that while drastic climate change is imminent, there is little reason to do anything about it.

October 5 - The Washington Post

BLOG POST

When neighborhoods are allowed to plan and zone without considering the regionwide interest in increasing housing stock, scarcity results.

October 5 - Michael Lewyn

A recently approved California bill will set a legislative standard in the U.S. for basic Internet of Things security.

October 5 - Iot Times

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Sept. 25, followed by a massive tsunami. Soil liquefaction caused by the tremor resulted in 1,700 homes being "swallowed" as the soil shifted. Deaths exceeded 1,400 on Oct. 3.

October 5 - The Independent

After delays and a groundbreaking that still has not happened, proposed changes to New York’s big resiliency project have not been well received.

October 5 - Politico

San Diego finds itself having to explain how its inclusionary zoning program spending diverged from expectations.

October 4 - Voice of San Diego

A massive project to build safe passages for wildlife over Interstate 90 in Washington State is a major win for environmental groups who have been advocating for the project for over a decade.

October 4 - Crosscut

Volvo gained attention last year by announcing it would stop making new internal combustion engine models. Now it plans to electrify its 2020 truck models as well. A demonstration program will be launched in Southern California next year.

October 4 - Transport Topics

Germany's automotive industry and Chancellor Angela Merkel are increasingly worried about the economic effects of court-sanctioned diesel driving bans to improve air quality, as enacted in Hamburg last May. Four more cities are likely to enact bans.

October 4 - Bloomberg News

San Jose, California is suddenly taking a much more permissive approach to large billboards.

October 4 - The Mercury News

A coalition of 15 cities in the Boston area agreed to rapidly build new housing to relieve pressure on the regional housing market.

October 4 - The Boston Globe

A new player with a very familiar name has entered into the residential homebuilding market.

October 4 - Yahoo Finance

The Metropolitan Council regional planning organization is looking for better data on how people move around the Twin Cities.

October 4 - Pioneer Press

With buses crawling along through downtown Philadelphia, the city has plans to step up law enforcement to help them move faster.

October 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A proposed law in New York City wants to make sure construction doesn't impede the safe flow of bicycle traffic—the benefit could include better gender representation.

October 4 - AM New York

With a promise to update all 35 of its community plans by 2024, Los Angeles took a big step toward that goal this week by launching new planning processes in nine community plan areas.

October 3 - Los Angeles Department of City Planning

A bunch of new features makes Google Maps user-friendly for transit commuters.

October 3 - Smart Cities Dive