The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

As Denver continues to grow, the cost of housing in the city remains high for many. In response, the city plans to build 6,000 affordable units over the next five years.

August 13 - Colorado Springs Gazette

According to Next City, "Euclid is doing what many Great Lakes cities thought would never be possible."

August 13 - The Plain Dealer

Miles brings the frequent flyer concept to ground level by offering rewards for your daily commute.

August 13 - The Verge

Seattle's suburbs are no longer leading the region in housing construction, even as Seattle's urban core is building more housing than ever.

August 12 - The Seattle Times

Planners are working quickly to refine a proposal for a $1.8 billion project connecting the 680 corridor in the East Bay Area to bedroom communities in the Central Valley.

August 12 - The Mercury News

A proposal to block cars from the Runway in Playa Vista reflects a new approach to user experience in retail environments.

August 12 - Los Angeles Times

The WMATA's Quality Assurance, Internal Compliance & Oversight office delivered bad news to the beleaguered transit service.

August 12 - WTOP

The evolution of a planning-focused online group has lessons for the wider world.

August 12 - The New York Times

The Union Square Tech Training Center overcame concerns about overdevelopment in the neighborhood.

August 11 - AM New York

The Michigan Department of Transportation ran into a powerful obstacle when acquiring land for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Canada, but a county judge sided with the state.

August 11 - Detroit Free Press

A new park in Tulsa, Oklahoma designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh could transform the city

August 11 - The New York Times

Charlotte's North Tryon Vision Plan is "among the more ambitious long-term urban planning projects in American cities," this article. Released in 2015, the plan's work is not done.

August 11 - Next City

A particularly devastating red tide is ravaging the southwest Florida coast. The question of whether humans have caused the intensity of the event is still up for debate, according to this article.

August 11 - National Geographic

Breakthrough Institute co-founder, Ted Nordhaus, explores the etymology of "carrying capacity" from a shipping term to a biological term, but objects to its application to human population. Richard Heinberg of the Post Carbon Institute responds.

August 10 - Aeon

The settlement closes another chapter in the saga of the methane leak that caused an evacuation of a corner of Los Angeles from October 2015 to February 2016.

August 10 - Los Angeles Daily News

Conservationists got a little help from some perhaps surprising sources in winning a designation for the Mokelumne River as the latest Wild and Scenic River in California.

August 10 - Water Deeply

Vancouver combined environmental goals and traffic safety goals.

August 10 - Sightline Institute

A new interactive map keeps residents up to date on where the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is working on new projects.

August 10 - San Francisco Examiner

A more-than-6oo-square-mile city can get hard to map in our minds, especially when it blends so seamlessly into surrounding cities.

August 10 - Houston Chronicle

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is undertaking a series of videos asking for polite and courteous behavior from riders.

August 10 - The Boston Globe