The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Calling it an "ideal time" to increase the 25-cent gas tax due to the lowest gas prices in five years, Rep. Linder Bateman (R-Idaho Falls) said legislators will have to "bite the bullet" to address aging road and bridge infrastructure.

January 8 - Local News 8 (ABC)

FEATURE

Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell shares his favorite Twitter feeds.

January 7 - James Brasuell

Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner and executive director for the city of Toronto, shares tips for how to create safe, fun environments for children.

January 7 - Active for Life

Take a spin on the country's first articulated electric bus (minus overhead wires), manufactured by BYD Motors Inc. in Southern California and tested recently on the Los Angeles Orange Line.

January 7 - Los Angeles Times

Same story, different year, though more data provided on which groups are leaving the Golden State: predominantly workers earning less than $50,000 a year. Conversely, those migrating to California from other states had higher incomes and education.

January 7 - Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

Conventional traffic safety programs emphasize ways that individuals can help reduce their risk, but new research indicates that safety depends largely on community planning decisions that affect how and how much people drive.

January 7 - Todd Litman

Denver has plans to create an "aerotropolis" in the vast plain surrounding Denver International Airport.

January 7 - The Denver Post

The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence released a report placing the value of San Francisco's park system at $959 million.

January 7 - City Parks Blog

The city of London has completed a long and remarkable comeback to the population level set as its standard back in 1939.

January 7 - Citymetric

Charles Marohn starts off the year strong by throwing down the gauntlet on the perpetual transportation funding debate.

January 7 - Strong Towns

Washington D.C. made a high-profile hire to run its Office of Planning: the former director of community and economic development of Salt Lake City, Eric Shaw.

January 7 - Greater Greater Washington

What's new for placemaking advocacy in 2015? In short, being an effective communicator is in. Being self-concerned and oblivious is out.

January 6 - PlaceShakers

Urban Land surveys ten of the best recent examples of development projects that incorporate agricultural facilities—from New York to new Orleans.

January 6 - Urban Land

The oil industry was predicting motorist outrage and an increase in gas prices of around 70-cents due to the carbon charge effective in the state on January 1. Some prices increased 10-cents, but went largely unnoticed.

January 6 - San Diego Union-Tribune

As people move back into the cities, and rental housing demand goes up, it's been an interesting time for people wrestling with the problems of highly unaffordable areas to live.

January 6 - Rooflines

The long-beleaguered California High Speed Rail project will have a historic moment today, January 6. The media's coverage of the event indicates the yet-to-be-determined future of the project.

January 6 - Los Angeles Times

William Fulton pens a column for the U-T San Diego assessing the city of San Diego's transition from suburban to urban after 18 months on the job as planning director.

January 6 - U-T San Diego

Transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft took a major step toward legal recognition in Massachusetts.

January 6 - The Boston Globe

New York City's luxury housing market has, rather suddenly, hit the brakes. Crain's New York Business surveys the landscape.

January 6 - Crain's New York Business

New leadership on transportation issues steps to center stage as the result of Republicans taking control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 2006.

January 6 - The Hill