The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Wishing Houstonians continued strength, fortitude, and safe passage this week, Hazel Borys considers resilience.

August 30 - PlaceShakers

Americans have increased their driving every year since 2011, and the first six months of 2017 were no different, increasing 1.6 percent compared to last year, according to data released Tuesday by the Federal Highway Administration.

August 30 - Federal Highway Administration

The news about the decline of bus ridership around the country is making the rounds again. The future of bus transit as we know it seems to be in question.

August 29 - The Wall Street Journal

The Sabinoso Wilderness is designated public land, but it's completely surrounded by private property. That could soon change.

August 29 - High Country News

While strict, suburban-style regulations often get a bad rap for the lack of housing in high demand cities, the red tape and other obstacles that delay development could be the worst culprit.

August 29 - Sightline Institute

This story begins and ends with a freeway.

August 29 - The Bay City Beacon

Communities and municipalities have deployed a surprisingly creative menu of policies to increase or restrict access to beaches. The Public trust doctrine, it turns out, is in the eye of the beach-holder.

August 29 - Next City

Battery electric vehicles (without gas tanks) are eligible for a $2,500 California rebate, on top of the federal $7,500 tax credit. A bill before the state Senate would quadruple it.

August 29 - Los Angeles Times

The company town seems like a relic of a previous era of American industry, but Amazon and Seattle are redefining the concept.

August 29 - The Seattle Times

The Hilltop Urban Farm project is moving along in Pittsburgh. Few, if any, community gardens have been built on this scale before.

August 29 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not an early endorser of congestion pricing. Why the sudden embrace, particularly when Mayor Bill de Blasio is opposed? Turns out that electronic tolling technology, embraced by the MTA, appears to have moved the governor.

August 29 - The New York Times

A trio of journalists gathers to discuss statistics that show the trends of U.S. population growth has shifted to suburban areas.

August 29 - Bloomberg

One of the highest-profile planning positions on the continent, and perhaps in the world, will soon be changing hands.

August 28 - CBC News

Anthony York performs an autopsy of how decisions made by Governor Jerry Brown and the California Legislature during the Great Recession are influencing the housing market, nearly a decade later.

August 28 - Pacific Standard

Introducing the Hop Fastpass system.

August 28 - The Oregonian

People say they're more confident that their lost wallets would be returned or that they would meet a friend on a corner that had a rainbow-painted crosswalk.

August 28 - Quartz

One need not be on the Gulf Coast to experience some of the effects of Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 storm that landed near Corpus Christi on Friday night. Gas prices are expected to rise five to ten cents per gallon in some regions, then recede.

August 28 - USA Today

News of the demise of the Pronto! bikeshare system in Seattle broke in February, but by the end of the year, the city is expected to have the U.S.'s largest bikeshare network.

August 28 - CNN Tech

Altamonte Springs was the first to subsidize Uber rides connecting to transit stations, in March 2016. Now Lake Mary, Longwood, Maitland, and Sanford join the ranks of this unique public-private partnership.

August 28 - WMFE

The U.S. Department of Transportation quietly killed an Obama Administration program that would have been the only federal level local hiring initiative.

August 28 - The New York Times