The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Waiting for the funding to back up a transit plan can be brutal—especially when the calendar says February you thought you approved a transit-funding tax in the November election.

February 4 - Nuvo

All eyes are on Texas to see whether fair housing policies enacted by the Obama Administration will have any chance to stick.

February 4 - Next City

City Observatory's Joe Cortright examines how immigration rates affect regional economic development. This research indicate that policies that exclude immigrants are not only mean, they are also stupid.

February 4 - City Observatory

Oakland's Telegraph Avenue underwent a dramatic reconfiguration in April 2016. Since then traffic collisions have declined and walking and biking is way up.

February 3 - Streetsblog California

Washington state's 1990 Growth Management Act (GMA) is facing a renewed round of attacks from Republican legislators in the state. A post on The Urbanist says the latest bills designed to weaken the GMA go further than other recent examples.

February 3 - The Urbanist

Public transit is for everyone.

February 3 - Design Observer

This second of a series on brownfield remediation and development is a funny and sarcastic primer about the process and its failures. Written by Environmental attorney Richard Opper.

February 3 - UrbDeZine

Facing backlash from hunting and angling groups, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz withdrew legislation that would have transferred millions of acres of federal lands to state governments in the West. But news wasn't good for other environmental bills.

February 3 - The Washington Post

Stylized maps of bike routes, similar to the example set my London transit maps. This is the best kind of mashup.

February 3 - CityLab

The "sanctuary cities" that President Trump has repeatedly characterized as incubators of crime are generally safer than other cities, according to a new analysis of FBI crime data.

February 3 - The Washington Post

It was a big day for planners and planning in Austin earlier this week, when the city released the 1,100-page first draft of the city's new zoning code—the first major revision of the city's zoning doe since the mid-1980s.

February 3 - Community Impact Newspaper

With Donald Trump in office, the struggle against climate change may be up to the states. But are even the greenest states doing enough, especially as they continue shuttering nuclear plants?

February 3 - The New York Times

Entrepreneur Tyrone Poole's Oregon start-up matches prospective tenants with rental units they qualify for, eliminating legwork and application fees.

February 3 - CityLab

Independent auditing from consulting group McKinsey found Oregon's Department of Transportation wastes too much money in cost overruns, especially on small projects that also tend to finish late.

February 2 - The Oregonian

Though the drought is ending in much of California, it's too late for the million's of trees that have died due to the ravages of recent water shortages.

February 2 - The Los Angeles Times

Two environmental regulations enacted by the Obama Administration are expected to be rescinded under the Congressional Review Act: the Stream Protection Rule that protects water from mountaintop coal mining and limits on flaring methane emissions.

February 2 - NPR

As Jacksonville's long forgotten Brooklyn neighborhood undergoes massive redevelopment, a long time resident talks about his perspective of the gentrification occurring around him.

February 2 - Modern Cities

The practice facility for a new Major League Soccer franchise was made possible by the demolition aging and affordable apartment buildings.

February 2 - City Observatory

Smart Growth America surveyed five examples of transit oriented developments from around the country and found a common characteristics: all of the projects have way too much parking.

February 2 - The Washington Post

A controversy has erupted over a proposed vision for transit oriented mixed in a Denver suburb.

February 2 - The Denver Post