The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Recent suggestions from Philadelphia's City Council threaten the city's rebound and could turn swaths of Philadelphia into suburbia, argues Inga Saffron in a recent opinion piece.

October 4 - The Philadelphia Enquirer

There is not one single kind of family, so there should not be one kind of "Single Family Home."

October 4 - Pacific Standard

New York City has come a long way since the Giuliani days, when sidewalk barriers were placed at intersections to facilitate turning vehicles, thus prohibiting pedestrians from crossing the street.

October 4 - amNew York

A proposal to expand Facebook's footprint in the city of Menlo park gained key approval from the city's planning commission recently. The full City Council still needs to approve the plan.

October 4 - San Jose Mercury News

A columnist absolutely eviscerates the Atlanta Braves organization as it plays its final game in Turner Field in Atlanta. The team is departing the city for a new suburban stadium in Cobb County.

October 4 - Marketwatch

A report from HousingNOLA about efforts to create and preserve affordable housing in New Orleans finds reasons to celebrate and reasons to keep working on the challenge.

October 4 - The New Orleans Advocate

The movement to restore the Klamath River by removing four dams has achieved a major milestone in recent weeks.

October 3 - KQED

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority returned to a normal commute schedule today, after making sufficient repairs to new trains that didn't start on the right track.

October 3 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The limitations of affordable housing funds are apparent in San Francisco, raising the question of where and how the process of building affordable housing can be improved.

October 3 - Mission Local

Seattle is considering a proposal to upzone some of the densest parts of the city as part of its Mandatory Housing Affordability program.

October 3 - The Seattle Times

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The great urbanist may have offered a flawed theory of urban origins, but that doesn't mean her idea is completely worthless.

October 3 - Dean Saitta

Enabling local affections involves hard work from individuals, locally embedded institutions, a built environment scaled to people, and community-focused habits and practices.

October 3 - Thriving Cities Blog

In The New York Times Sunday Review, Matt Katz, a political reporter for WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio, gives an update on the federal trial for 'Bridgegate' and also paints a bleak picture for New Jersey, and maybe the United States.

October 3 - The New York Times - Sunday Review

Chicago's Englewood neighborhood recently saw the opening of a Whole Foods, Starbucks, and other retailers in a bit of a good news, for a neighborhood that's challenged by low employment and high violence.

October 3 - Chicago Tribune

Big projects are setting up Atlanta for a big future, argues Pete Saunders in a recent Forbes piece

October 3 - Forbes

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The United States has, by far, the highest traffic fatality rate among peer countries. Don’t blame drivers; planners need to rethink transportation safety.

October 3 - Todd Litman

A "good news" story for pedestrians emerges from the streets of Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Traffic signals at heavily used pedestrian intersections have been reengineered to add a 'scramble phase' and the results are startling.

October 2 - NBC Los Angeles

Two start-ups promise L.A. drivers on-demand parking and electric vehicle charging.

October 2 - KPCC

A day after a fatal NJ Transit train crash at the Hoboken Terminal, Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic leaders of the legislature announced the agreement to raise the tax by 159 percent; the first increase to the *14.5-cent tax since 1990.

October 2 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

As summer temperatures rise and heat waves roll through, cities can take steps to keep cool. But shedding the heat may be difficult for urban areas designed to retain it.

October 2 - The New Yorker