The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The station is the nation’s first new major rail terminal in over half a century.

February 28 - Mass Transit

A decision from the Government Accountability Office spurred by Republican pushback led the agency to issue a new memo abandoning its previous stance, which ‘gently’ promoted maintenance work over new road construction.

February 28 - Politico

As indoor malls lose their luster, their properties offer convenient amenities and infrastructure perfectly suited for redevelopment into housing, parks, and retail.

February 27 - Los Angeles Times

Bus riders in Los Angeles frequently lack protection from sun and extreme heat, with bus stops in some of the county’s hottest areas having the worst amenities.

February 27 - Smart Cities Dive

The Orange County beachfront community has had enough of the California State Legislature’s preemption of local zoning laws.

February 27 - LAist

The Island Press Urban Resilience Project (URP) has published a new, free "Resilience Matters" e-book that contains fascinating articles, op-eds, and interviews that provide practical guidance for collective action to build a fairer, greener future.

February 27 - Resilience Matters: Collective Action for Healthier Communities

A new report suggests that an overreliance on external consultants by U.S. transit agencies and other government entities is hollowing out the public sector and raising the costs of transit projects.

February 27 - Slate

Zoning regulations designed to boost the housing supply for families have contributed to a housing crisis that makes housing costs a major burden for many American families.

February 27 - Discourse Magazine

Zoning reform will be key to the Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s vision to almost double the city’s population.

February 27 - Wisconsin Public Radio

BLOG POST

Multiple statewide land use reform proposals are up for debate in the Nutmeg State. Which, if any, will become law?

February 27 - Mark H. McNulty

BLOG POST

A recent Planetizen blog claims that urban highway expansions reduce traffic congestion and benefit everyone. That must be a joke! Most planners now recognize that such projects tend to be economically wasteful and contradict community goals.

February 26 - Todd Litman

The public has been getting a close look at a proposed mega-project at Tower City Center in Cleveland that could eventually yield 3.5 million square feet of construction.

February 26 - Cleveland.com

FEATURE

The updated version of Donald Appleyard’s 1982 book Livable Streets, written by Appleyard's son, dives even deeper into the ‘ecology of the street,’ proposing actionable solutions for the conflicts and problems facing urban environments today.

February 26 - Bruce Appleyard

A new tool developed in British Columbia calculates the cost of infrastructure over the entire life cycle of the project.

February 26 - Strong Towns

With all apologies to the late great Fred Rogers.

February 24 - Curbed

Federal workers are pushing back on a return to the office, citing the environmental benefits of eliminating daily commuting.

February 24 - The Washington Post

The implementation of a new master plan for the neighborhood of Oakland, home to the University of Pittsburgh, is moving forward despite controversy and a contentious community engagement process.

February 24 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Two Virginia cities were awarded federal funding aimed at improving connections between neighborhoods cut apart by freeway construction.

February 24 - WRIC

Local cyclists are resisting a plan to prohibit e-bikes in all of the city’s open space preserves.

February 23 - Palo Alto Weekly

A recent package of code changes by the city of San Diego will make it possible to build high-rise residential buildings and accessory dwelling units in larger areas around public transit.

February 23 - The San Diego Union-Tribune