The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Baby boomers own homes, lots of them, with empty rooms, lots of them.

July 21 - Trulia

Are millennials the key to preservation? A new survey finds that millennials prefer to live, work and play in neighborhoods with historic buildings.

July 21 - Modern Cities

Actually-fake-news site The Onion got a few burns on the world of planning this week. One article satirized the nation's inaction over the state of its infrastructure. The other hit the Brookings Institute where it hurts: the policy recommendations.

July 21 - The Onion

While the fame and the glory might go to the first companies that bring self-driving cars to the market, the companies that provide the detailed, constantly changing maps will make a lot of money.

July 20 - PC Magazine

The state of Colorado is growing quickly, and that means planners and developers will have to actively implement more efficient water infrastructure.

July 20 - The Journal

The Los Angeles Times published a pair of incendiary articles this week in which coffee plays an integral role in the conversation about gentrification.

July 20 - Los Angeles Times

The Colorado legislature has been unable to agree on a transportation funding package, but the recent bill passed by Oregon has prompted one influential Republican senator to suggest that the state tax bicycle sales.

July 20 - The Gazette (Colorado Springs)

Have NIMBYs and YIMBYs arguing in your neighborhood? Scott Doyon talks residential development.

July 20 - PlaceShakers

FEATURE

The path to business success occasionally passes through the garage—famously demonstrated by industry titans like Amazon or Hewlett Packard. Zoning codes should encourage, not obstruct, these kinds of American success stories.

July 20 - Olivia Gonzalez

From train cars to buses, a new study finds that buying American adds cost.

July 20 - The Hill

BLOG POST

Since its inauguration in 1975, San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza has not served its intended purpose.

July 20 - Linda Day

The longstanding trend in Texas of permitting more single-family homes than multi-family developments looks to be accelerating.

July 20 - Houston Chronicle

Transport for London has responded to customer requests for a new accessibility measure: a map to help riders avoid long tunnels.

July 20 - Metro Magazine

Mobility Lab, the Chilton Media Group, and Vox have produced a new video on the price of parking, and "how we have historically done it all wrong" in the United States.

July 19 - Mobility Lab

As America's VMT returns to record highs, more of the miles are coming from cities than ever before.

July 19 - Slate

A long-awaited BART extension into San Jose, California is also bringing major development interest of the transit-oriented variety.

July 19 - The Mercury News

The news that the Trump Administration hired a former party planner to oversee HUD's New York and New Jersey office went viral in June. The hire has already had an effect on affordable housing policy in Westchester County, New York.

July 19 - lohud

The nation's only state-run, market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will continue until 2031 without fear of litigation, as it passed with the required two-thirds supermajority needed for tax increases, along with two related bills.

July 19 - Planetizen

Many argue that bikes save cities millions by lessening pollution, improving public health, and opening up space that would otherwise be taken by cars and parking, but some counter it's too hard to ticket bikers when they don't have licenses.

July 19 - The Seattle Times

Look no further than the American Southwest for signs that human ingenuity is no match for the ability of the planet to reassert its power.

July 19 - Pacific Standard