The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The New York Times has a potential damning report about shortcuts taken by the New York MTA, under the leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo, to deliver the Second Avenue Subway on its scheduled opening date at the beginning of the year.

September 22 - The New York Times

Ben Carson has penned an op-ed that lays out the ideology driving the Trump Administration's approach to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

September 22 - The Hill

Here's a change: Displacement in the nation's fastest growing urban neighborhood has largely been limited to businesses. The new highrises have given Queens something it never had: a skyline.

September 22 - New York Magazine

An armed forces veteran or a Boston Marathon bombing survivor would have been a better choice.

September 22 - Brokelyn

A suite of zoning changes that would increase building heights and density along the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey, provoked a chaotic council hearing that devolved into shouting and the removal of residents from the council chambers.

September 21 - NJ.com

The first WELL-certified buildings are now online, and the Urban Land Institute has examined the business propositions behind the system.

September 21 - Urban Land

A civil rights organization has taken direct action to provide support for homeless people living in Detroit.

September 21 - Associated Press via Detroit Free Press

A 40-foot bus, dubbed the "Catalyst E2 Max," has broken the world record for longest drive on a single charge, according to manufacturer Proterra.

September 21 - Quartz

While everyone's attention in recent weeks has been on Amazon, another huge tech company has made a big bet on San Francisco.

September 21 - San Francisco Business Times

A popular program to allow street performers (aka, buskers) into station areas on the Seattle region's Sound Transit system has been expanded.

September 21 - The Urbanist

Many pedestrians don't realize it's illegal to cross the street while a crosswalk is counting down until a cop is writing them a ticket. A new bill could change that in California.

September 21 - KPCC

France's Most Contentious Building Getting a 'Green Makeover'

September 21 - Dezeen

Walkability makes markets! Scott Bernstein tells the Lloyds of London story from the urbanist's perspective.

September 21 - PlaceShakers

The Regional Plan Association calls on the power of the contemporary Internet to broadcast stories of displacement from around Greater New York.

September 21 - Regional Plan Association

The epicenter of Tuesday's quake was in the state of Puebla, 80 miles southeast of Mexico City. Soft soil and unreinforced buildings magnified the damage. The quake comes two weeks after an 8.1 quake struck off the coast of the state of Oaxaca.

September 20 - The Washington Post

An underreported bill in the current congressional session would create a waiting period for Americans with Disabilities Act claims.

September 20 - NOS Magazine

There's plenty of housing available in Downtown L.A. for the wealthy but, while those apartments sit empty, many looking for housing find costs too high to pay.

September 20 - KPCC

A Seattle company will give you $50,000 for a down payment if you'll continuously rent your extra room on Airbnb and give them most of the money.

September 20 - The New York Times

The first water agency to weigh in on the $17 billion water tunnel project proposed for California's Bay Delta delivered a potentially fatal blow to the project.

September 20 - The Sacramento Bee

Montreal has a five-year plan to become an "international bike metropolis and cycling leader in North America."

September 20 - Daily Hive Montreal