The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Surveying the public discussion for answers about how to make sense of placemaking.

January 15 - Arch Daily

A new study by Rahul Pathaka, Christopher K. Wyczalkowskib, Xi Huangb produces new evidence for the most effective method for improving conditions of poverty.

January 15 - Chicago Policy Review

This list is a wishlist of the most ambitious possible YIMBY political platform.

January 14 - Urbanize LA

Oregon legislators are hard at work on two new "cap and invest" bills that would establish a "market-based, carrot-and-stick approach to reducing greenhouse gas pollution."

January 14 - The Oregonian

A modest toll increase, $3 over six years, took a major step forward with the approval of a key Bay Area Toll Authority committee. With the exception of the Bay Bridge, the round-trip toll on each of the region's seven state-owned bridges is $5.

January 14 - SF Gate

Curbed has produced a list of ten megaprojects that will reshape U.S. cities this year.

January 14 - Curbed

Commuters are voting with their feet in Toronto as ridership surges on the King Street streetcar after changes that restricted cars along the route.

January 14 - The Globe and Mail

Of the city’s newest, tallest building John King writes, “[it’s] as if the creators were so busy being tasteful they forgot that big buildings can be fun."

January 13 - San Francisco Chronicle

A stretch of land along the Monongahela River is attracting multiple deep-pocketed investors.

January 13 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As a case study for the rest of the country, Colorado offers striking examples of the rural-urban divide.

January 13 - The Denver Post

A critique of the "Wisconsin: It's more you" ad campaign serves as a lesson for anyone who throws the word Millennial around like a magic talisman.

January 13 - Chicago Tribune

The future of every kind of vehicle—not just autonomous vehicles—will be built on technologies. Time will tell if Ford manages to corner the market on this particular form of transportation.

January 13 - Smart Cities Dive

The Metropolitan Planning Council offers guidance on how regional planning efforts around the Twin Cities should address the connections between land use and transit.

January 12 - PlanIt - Metropolitan Council

A new speaker of the New York City Council is expected to change the way development negotiations play out for local councilmembers.

January 12 - Politico

News of the GOP's rejection of a gas tax increase comes from reports on two recent private meetings between Republican leaders and the Trump Administration.

January 12 - The Washington Post

Fort Lawton, an affordable housing proposal including over 200 units, got a warm reception at a meeting in Seattle.

January 12 - The Stranger

A proposal to privatize operations and maintenance of stations and track on the Silver Line has taken an initial, tentative step forward.

January 12 - The Washington Post

2018 could finally reveal how the federal government will approach transit funding in the Trump era. Or the status quo could continue.

January 12 - theTransportPolitic

The terminus of the I-10 freeway is a 7,000-foot concrete trench across the heart of Santa Monica. The city's new downtown plan calls for a cap, and a new master plan will hammer out specifics.

January 12 - The Architect's Newspaper

Ok, they're sneakers, not boots, but a new shoes available in small numbers in Berlin will double as transit fare for most of 2018.

January 12 - CityLab