The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

After some notable disappointments in the development of 'smart city' projects, experts are increasingly critical of the movement to use tech to solve urban problems.

February 3 - Treehugger

As part of the biannual cleaning of the city's prized River Walk, San Antonio officials removed hundreds of invasive snails from the channel.

February 3 - My San Antonio

Cities on the Great Plains were giving away land in recent decades in the hopes of attracting new residents. Now they have a different challenge: responding to a sudden, but still modest, spike in demand.

February 3 - The Hustle

Shifting commute patterns and the popularity of remote work could pose an existential threat to the New York City region's commuter rail services.

February 2 - The New York Times

Local residents of Brookings, Oregon say a local church's meal services during the pandemic were attracting crime and vagrancy, so the city passed a zoning ordinance that limited the number of days the church could serve meals to two a week.

February 2 - Reason

The architecture critic for the Globe and Mail finds fault with two massive development proposals in the Toronto suburbs.

February 2 - The Globe and Mail

A 1,258-acre development is beginning construction near Fulshear, one of Houston's fastest-growing suburbs.

February 2 - Houston Chronicle

The city of Boise is soliciting public input on its plan to revise its zoning code to permit a wider variety of housing options.

February 2 - City of Boise

The city's controversial traffic camera program tickets Black and Latino motorists more than white drivers. Infrastructure may play a role in why.

February 2 - ProPublica

This short new publication by the Institute of Transportation Engineers provides an overview of key transportation equity concepts and describes practical ways to incorporate equity analysis into planning.

February 2 - Evaluating Transportation Equity

The housing construction market is responding to strong demand with a glut of new single-family homes.

February 2 - National Association of Home Builders

The Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit project will bring the first dedicated BRT corridor to San Francisco, nearly two decades after voters approved the project.

February 1 - Mass Transit

New data from Redfin shows strong demand, and an increasing share of the supply, in new homes.

February 1 - Globe St

Tim Keane, who has led the Atlanta Department of City Planning since 2015, is set to take a new job in a new city.

February 1 - Axios Atlanta

A much-needed park in South Los Angeles will reopen to the public after undergoing major renovations.

February 1 - MIG

The city is creating a strategy for improvements in the Clark Street corridor to improve the area's walkability and stimulate the local economy.

February 1 - City of Chicago

A new 30-year transportation plan, focusing heavily on transit projects and active transportation linkages, was approved recently for the Vancouver, British Columbia region.

February 1 - TransLink

Despite broader intentions, federal economic relief continues to get redirected to automobile-focused infrastructure.

February 1 - The Seattle Times

A new federal program will direct resources to reducing traffic deaths, improving roadway safety, and encouraging a shift to sustainable transportation modes.

February 1 - The New York Times

Light rail transit only recently arrived in its contemporary form to the San Gabriel Valley—first to Pasadena in 2003 before heading further east into the valley in 2016. The future of public transit modes in the region are still under negotiation.

January 31 - Streetsblog LA