The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

You might have guessed it from that scintillating headline, but a state department of transportation has introduced a Pokémon Go-themed back-to-school safety campaign.

September 11 - The Oregonian

The Architectural Record celebrated its 125th anniversary by celebrating the field's most significant accomplishments over the same time period.

September 10 - Architectural Record

The New York City Council will consider legislation that would address a lack of employment benefits for 'gig economy' workers.

September 10 - Politico New York

There's a tug of war underway in Pennsylvania over $450 million a year in funding for public transit generated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

September 10 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The federal judge ruled against a challenge that would have halted construction on the $3.8 billion pipeline project connecting North Dakota to Illinois.

September 10 - Associated Press via ABC News

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September 10 - Planetizen

"Night mayors" are working in cities around the world to improve relations between city government and the entertainment venues that can define urban living for many residents.

September 9 - Curbed

Related Midwest, the current developer of the site of Santiago Caltrava's infamously failed Spire project, are finally making progress on the next iteration of plans for the site.

September 9 - The Architect's Newspaper

Planners in San Francisco have completed a public outreach process called Subway Vision. The goal is to create a framework for subway expansion in the city.

September 9 - KQED

The $148 million Cincinnati Bell Connector opens to the public today, offering free rides all weekend long. The 3.6-mile route connects downtown into the popular Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.

September 9 - WLWT

Surprisingly, legislators are rewarded for supporting new gas taxes: they get reelected, according to a new analysis by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. What's more, they overwhelmingly hail from red states.

September 9 - The Hill

The Transport Politic has announced the new Transport Databook, with is a kind of treasure trove of data.

September 9 - the transport politic

A new crowdsourced map projects asks people to draw their city limits from memory.

September 9 - CityLab

The current plan for a renovated Lytle Park lacks $6 million in funding it could have had if voters had approved a parks levy in November 2015.

September 9 - Cincinnati Business Courier

A year ago, Portland declared an official housing emergency to ease homelessness and rising housing costs. A year later, the emergency continues.

September 9 - The Oregonian

The MBTA Excuse Generator probably won't work on your boss, but it does provide humorously imaginative reasons for why your train made you late to work.

September 9 - The Boston Globe

The latest Internet sensation: daily life in the community of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

September 8 - Motherboard

Public transportation increases safety. Transit travel has a tenth of the traffic fatality rate as automobile travel, and transit-oriented communities have about a fifth the per capita traffic casualty rate as in automobile-oriented communities.

September 8 - American Public Transportation Association

The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to hear from the public to help explain the 35,092 traffic deaths last year, an increase of 2,348 people from 2014. It has issued a 'call to action' to help interpret the data.

September 8 - Fast Lane (DOT blog)

Faced with a national housing crisis, it's time for cities to stop letting social mores dictate who can live where.

September 8 - Slate