The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

All that pollen in the air giving you the sneezes is probably because of all the male trees your city has been planting.

March 17 - Greater Greater Washington

Some people just can't help but help themselves to the fast lane.

March 17 - PBS

About 50 property owners in the trendiest of New York boroughs have launched a fledgling solar microgrid—sometimes called distributed or peer-to-peer generation. Someday, such arrangements could put a huge dent in the utility industry.

March 17 - The New York Times

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has proven its seriousness about an ambitious proposal to build a light rail connection between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip.

March 17 - The Associated Press

One of the nuggets of significance in the Trump Administration's budget draft indicates the president's seriousness about building a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico.

March 17 - The Wall Street Journal

Melbourne's long-range plan for development through 2050 envisions denser neighborhoods, built around the idea of 20-minute neighborhoods.

March 17 - Melbourne Herald Sun

The Denver FUGLY Facebook page makes the case that developers are building too many boring tan and rust-colored buildings in Greater Denver.

March 16 - CityLab

An urban gardening and public health success story emerges from Milwaukee.

March 16 - Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Shared ownership model of artist housing transforming Indianapolis block from vacant to vibrant and seeks to keep prices stable over the long term.

March 16 - Modern Cities

Transit advocates should be concerned about the cuts proposed by the Trump Administration's early budget draft.

March 16 - Streetsblog USA

Saying that they believe in direct action and suspecting the motives of the State, a group of Portland anarchists are taking to the streets to fix potholes.

March 16 - Boing Boing

A funding formula that frequently determines the scope and quality of transit in the state of Maryland could be reformed by state legislators this year.

March 16 - Greater Greater Washington

The showman captured America's attention with a promise to "make America great again" with a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Receiving scant attention are the infrastructure grant programs he'll cut in order to fund massive defense spending.

March 16 - The Hill

Zoning around Chicago's public transit in relatively affluent areas won't allow for density or any kind of housing other than single family homes.

March 16 - Chicago Cityscape

Next City explores the possible consequences of reported desire by the Trump Administration to cut $6 billion from the budget of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

March 16 - Next City

Women in the building trades are celebrated as part of Women's History Month.

March 16 - The Architect's Newspaper

The city of Berkeley is suffering the consequences of the urban revival—soaring housing costs and humanitarian crises don't reconcile with the city's famously progressive politics.

March 15 - The Guardian

Examining both sides of a debate about whether the urban revival's high-water mark is visible in the restaurant sector.

March 15 - Governing

Stormwater and cities don't mix. Stormwater and nature, however, are well suited for each other.

March 15 - Houston Chronicle

An abandoned railyard on the edge of downtown Lakeland is being transformed into a 160-acre urban green oasis by a group of local philanthropists.

March 15 - Modern Cities