The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Developer Samuel Leung is facing shocking counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and bribery.

February 27 - Los Angeles Times

The city of Seattle needs more affordable housing, like most cities. It also has almost 2,000 existing affordable units at "high risk" in the event of an earthquake.

February 27 - Crosscut

It's 4:20 somewhere, and that somewhere is Denver.

February 27 - The Denver Post

California regulators approved new rules for autonomous vehicles, shifting the required human backup from behind the wheel to a remote location.

February 27 - The Mercury News

A proposal for a Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium in Cincinnati's West End is raising displacement concerns among residents.

February 27 - Cincinnati Business Courier

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There are plenty of opportunities to green the world's energy production and consumption infrastructure, but it will take good planning.

February 27 - Kayla Matthews

The city of Nashville launched the NashView interactive data map earlier this month.

February 27 - Smart Cities Dive

Some might have thought that a great "urban reset" was sure to follow the foreclosure crisis and Great Recession in 2008. Some think an "urban reset" is still sure to come.

February 27 - Public Square: A CNU Journal

Dissecting successful disaster response in places like Houston and Mexico City could help California prepare for the inevitable.

February 27 - The Planning Report

Ride hailing reduces the need for parking services, as well as parking spaces, and parking companies are feeling the effects. New data comes from a major U.S. parking management company based in San Diego, thanks to the Union-Tribune.

February 27 - San Diego Union-Tribune

Examples from California and Texas exemplify two extremes in thinking about parking.

February 26 - Socket Site

Brussels is the latest city to provide incentives for commuters willing to take transit in the name of air quality.

February 26 - The Guardian

The GOP tax reform bill enabled a potentially powerful new funding mechanism for struggling communities.

February 26 - Data-Smart City Solutions

A popular and changing neighborhood in Seattle has recommitted itself to urban design.

February 26 - The Urbanist

The results of a parking pilot project are in.

February 26 - WBUR

That's how the Los Angeles Times editorial board characterized the $6 billion plan by Los Angeles Metro to widen the 710 freeway. "A waste of money," they assert. Key to the solution is how to deal with goods movement from the seaport complex.

February 26 - Los Angeles Times

Along US 17/92, in the northern Orange County suburbs of Orlando, suburbia is being retrofitted.

February 26 - Modern Cities

Climate change is already causing displacement on a massive scale.

February 26 - Rolling Stone

A proposed inclusionary zoning scheme in Ontario would enable the first examples of the controversial housing policy in Canada.

February 26 - CityLab

Galleries and clubs ponder inevitable change and gentrification in South Atlanta as developers show interest.

February 26 - Creative Loafing