The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The bike lane on a well-traveled street through Philadelphia has faded beyond recognition. Appeals to restripe the lane have focused on a forthcoming visit from the pope.

August 7 - Philadelphia

According to a new rule, developers building over known faults will need to drill or take samples to find the rift's exact position. While it slows down construction, the measure might prevent catastrophic future quake damage.

August 7 - KPCC

Especially for parties with more than one passenger, summoning a car can make more sense, according to a recent op-ed. Transit still wins out for longer trips, but streetcars might just not be worth it downtown.

August 7 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A new phase of President Obama's Promise Zone anti-poverty initiative will take place simultaneously in Los Angeles and Philadelphia. AmeriCorps staff will be on hand to provide career coaching to high school students.

August 7 - Next City

Jarrett Walker outlines the conditions under which transit serves the greatest number of travelers. Maximizing ridership, he argues, requires thinking like a business and catering to demand.

August 7 - Human Transit

Long stretches of Connecticut's "lifeblood" shoreline rail line lie in the path of rising seas and future floods. While moving the tracks further inland is prohibitively expensive, a resilience plan is still needed.

August 7 - The Connecticut Mirror

If you opened Google to do a search on Wednesday, you'd see an image (the "doodle") of a traffic light and six Model-T era cars spelling out the company's name. It was honoring the 101-year anniversary of the birth of the electric traffic light.

August 7 - Time

A fake news report from the fake news site The Onion lampoons the American culture of excess and its disregard for environmental consequences.

August 7 - The Onion

FEATURE

An op-ed describes a paradox produced by the ongoing debates over density while also presenting potential solutions for overcoming the resulting impasse.

August 6 - Gerhard Mayer

A researcher in Pittsburgh could render obsolete the arduous task of manually inspecting streets for cracks and potholes.

August 6 - Keystone Crossroads

Around the country, issues related to the field of planning dominate the public discussion of the "state of the city."

August 6 - Fast Co.Exist

Detroit's M-1 Rail, under construction since 2014, has bumped back its project delivery date. Blame for the delay is assigned to weather, streetcar delivery delays, and the roll out of a federal transportation law from 2012.

August 6 - Detroit Free Press

Pennsylvania is the latest state legislature to consider a bill requiring special clothing for people riding bikes.

August 6 - Bike PGH

Eventually, Bertha will push through and create an alternative route for what is now Highway 99. Eventually, also, Seattle will decide on a plan to build a park where the viaduct now runs.

August 6 - KOMO News

Residents in the Kalamazoo, MI area voted on Tuesday to maintain and expand bus service by passing a 0.75-mill tax. They can expect more frequent and late night service to be provided by the new Central County Transportation Authority.

August 6 - Mlive.com

An organization tasked with oversight of the accounting methods of government agencies will require local governments to report the value of property, sales, and income tax breaks.

August 6 - The Wall Street Journal

The city has launched a program of collaboration with the green tech industry.

August 6 - Governing

The wave of skyscraper construction in New York is about to jump the East River.

August 6 - Crain's New York Business

BLOG POST

Attempts to limit new construction to preserve neighborhood character are an example of "beggar thy neighbor" politics.

August 5 - Michael Lewyn

The potential of a standard, easily accessible data set tracking building and land use permits could completely change the way the public interacts with changes in their community.

August 5 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog