The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

It makes sense that the transit agency serving the Silicon Valley would be one of the first to adopt a formal open data policy.

January 29 - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

A map-making effort by The Washington Post's Wonkblog puts the Western United States' population, or lack thereof, in perspective.

January 29 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

A new scorecard, called "Freeing the Grid," evaluates states on the incentives they offer homeowners and businesses to install rooftop solar.

January 29 - CityLab

A satirical New Yorker article nails the perpetual debate between New York and Los Angeles.

January 29 - The New Yorker

One of the most powerful agents of environmental protection in the state of California is faced with what some believe is an existential threat.

January 28 - Los Angeles Times

New leadership at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is redoubling efforts to find new sources of revenue for the state's transportation funding deficit.

January 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A local Democrat is not happy with the performance of the city in operating the Atlanta Streetcar.

January 28 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A big moment in the process of updating the California Environmental Equality Act.

January 28 - Streetsblog California

City Observatory puts the housing market of major U.S. cities in perspective by comparing the value of housing markets to the value of large corporations.

January 28 - City Observatory

The tough task of removing bus stops to speed up travel times is on the table in Washington, D.C.

January 28 - Borderstan

Heretofore, California's transportation funding woes have largely been restricted to future projects, expressed as "deferred road and bridge maintenance." That just changed—now current budgets face a $754 million cut over five years.

January 28 - Los Angeles Times

A new report issued by McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute provides new thinking about how to create "age-friendly cities."

January 28 - Grist

A post on Ars Technica digs into the complicated world of pedestrian modeling and identifies a culprit in the problems with existing models: indecisive people.

January 28 - Ars Technica

The French government made a bombshell of an announcement last week, when it said it will pave 1,000 km of roads in the country with photovoltaic panels.

January 28 - Global Construction Review

Down to a population of 197,859 from its 1960 peak of 290,351, the city of Akron is looking for a way to bring people back to its community. One thing Akron has going for it already: an enthusiastic champion of the cause.

January 27 - Akron Beacon Journal

It's been said that children are the indicator species of urban health and great neighborhoods. By this measure, Oakland is in trouble.

January 27 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

Penn IUR Faculty Fellows and Scholars weigh in on the 2016 Presidential election. What urban issues should the candidates be focusing on?

January 27 - PennIUR

When charrettes and public design workshops reach their most inclusive and transparent forms, do they become social innovation labs? Hazel Borys thinks so.

January 27 - PlaceShakers

Learning from the mishaps shown by state regulatory agencies in Michigan, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wasted no time in beginning a criminal investigation resulting from reports of concentrations of high lead levels in some Ohio homes.

January 27 - WFMJ-TV

FEATURE

A public-private partnership between Xerox and the city of Los Angeles rolls out a new mobile trip-planning app to the public today. Now it's on the city's residents to use this new power wisely.

January 27 - James Brasuell