The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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February 25 - The Boston Globe

In December, Sen. Dianne Feinstein reactivated her call for a southern crossing over the Bay while the BART Board last week began studying a second Transbay tube. The San Francisco Chronicle editorial board opines on which is preferable.

February 25 - San Francisco Chronicle

The findings of a data visualization that maps walkability and tax value onto Durham, North Carolina makes a strong case for the human scale.

February 25 - Strong Towns

The title for most toxic location in the United States goes to a remote, and perhaps surprising location.

February 25 - National Geographic

Downtown STL Inc. is paying for an experiment in microtransit, designed to improve the vibrancy and mobility in Downtown St. Louis.

February 25 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A recent study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) predicts some of the economic impacts of climate change.

February 24 - Governing

"Why does Old City keep burning?" That's the question posed by Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron.

February 24 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Black Panther is a smash hit with critics and audiences. In addition to long-needed perspective about race, the movie has presented urbanism in a new light.

February 24 - CityLab

According to a new study by UC Berkeley and Columbia University, local land use processes, specifically the approval process, rather than the California Environmental Quality Act, is the main impediment to housing production in California.

February 24 - Los Angeles Times

While Millennials are coveted by marketers and consumer goods companies, young adults of color are not equally sharing in the benefits of Millennials' economic popularity.

February 24 - Modern Cities

The Olive-270/Westport submarket in St. Louis County is on a hot streak with commercial development.

February 23 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Short of running the First Hill Streetcar on it's own dedicated right of way, the Seattle Department of Transportation has a few ideas for how to speed up service.

February 23 - The Urbanist

The 12th Street station in Oakland, California will provide an initial test of a rail transit safety technology known as screen doors. Screen doors are rare in the United States, but not in other parts of the world.

February 23 - Streetsblog SF

Bus transit has been hemorrhaging riders in New York City, and the MTA is readying a plan to address some of the problems.

February 23 - AM New York

A landmark judgement potentially paves the way for graffiti to be protected under the Visual Artists Rights Act.

February 23 - Modern Cities

To ensure funding for the LBJ East, Texas Transportation Commission officials might take three other major highway projects off the table.

February 23 - Dallas News

Polluters are going unpunished.

February 23 - Vox

Redfin's most recent ranking of public transit access features some serious moves, both up and down the list.

February 23 - Redfin

Richard Florida provides a geographic analysis of the athlete representing the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

February 23 - CityLab

This might be one of those uncomfortable laughs.

February 23 - xkcd