The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Reports about the decision by the Anaheim City Council to ban all short-term rentals, through companies like Airbnb or VRBO, described it as a victory for homeowners.

July 12 - CBS Los Angeles

The city of Baytown, located just east of Houston, is the location of several bright spots for the regional economy.

July 12 - Houston Chronicle

Privately-owned public spaces on Walter Street in Manhattan could get a little more private and a little less public under terms of a new zoning amendment approved by the City Council.

July 12 - amNew York

How do you take regional commuter rail and turn it into rail transit? Just add frequencies.

July 12 - Greater Greater Washington

Current trends in the design community require a pointed question: "When everything is characterized as 'world-changing,' is anything?"

July 12 - The New York Times

The auto may no longer be "the quintessential symbol of American mobility, status and independence," opines Robert J. Samuelson for The Washington Post, as the latest demographic and auto ownership data point to a change in American mobility.

July 12 - The Washington Post

Public pressure led the city of San Francisco to cut and relocate tech shuttle stops. Now the cities at the other end of the commute might be dealing with the consequences of those decisions.

July 11 - San Francisco Chronicle

As part of "Guardian Canada" week, an author writes a paean to benefits of a growing, forward looking, diverse city.

July 11 - The Guardian Cities

They're not as cute as R2D2, but they have better intentions than a Cylon. Welcome our new robot parking attendants.

July 11 - Fusion

Denver's transit agency is running very similar Hyundai Rotem EMUs on their new A Line to the airport. The car shells are imported from South Korea and assembled in the same Philadelphia plant as SEPTA's problem-plagued Silverliner V cars.

July 11 - Billy Penn

Around two-thirds of Baby Boomers in metropolitan areas live in the suburbs. But as they age, suburbia seems less and less hospitable.

July 11 - RenewATL

Is Airbnb a prime target for regulation, or is it just another way to expand the marketplace for bedrooms? Dan Bertolet urges caution. After all, couldn't less Airbnb just mean more hotels?

July 11 - Sightline Institute

Americans have shown a clear preference for larger homes—even at the expense of the coveted backyard.

July 11 - The Boston Globe

Gas prices are down and sales are up, and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, the largest source of the state's emissions, are up, even though overall they dipped. In addition to increased driving, sales of EVs and hybrids dropped.

July 11 - San Francisco Chronicle

The 13 suburban cities of Fulton County agreed to a roads-only, .75-cent sales tax measure that needs to be approved by the county, while Atlanta voters will decide on a MARTA-only .50-cent sales tax. MARTA serves eight of the cities.

July 11 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The transportation policy debate regularly falls victim to incorrect or incomplete "facts" getting passed around like the game of telephone.

July 11 - Steven Polzin

Montreal will include one less elevated highway—so long Bonaventure Expressway.

July 10 - Montreal Gazette

Seismologists were recently upset by the loss of a curb at the corner of two streets in Hayward, California that displayed the power of the Hayward Fault. The city had repaired the curb to provide ADA access to the sidewalk and street.

July 10 - Los Angeles Times

If the proposed parking minimums had been in place over the past eight years, one-fifth of new development in the area would have been impossible, according to analysis reported by Bike Portland.

July 10 - Bike Portland

Bike advocates have Copenhagen to provide a real-world case study of a multi-modal vision of the future. It's time bus advocates had their own exemplar.

July 10 - City Observatory