The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Transit Cooperative Research Program recently released a current snapshot of public transit ridership trends on bus and rail services in U.S. urban and suburban areas.

February 26 - The National Academies Press

A four-month-old California housing law that applies only to 100% affordable housing near transit has dramatically changed a housing proposal in an affluent Peninsula city, though it is too soon to say if the additional two-stories will be approved.

February 26 - San Mateo Daily Journal

"Golden Gates: The Fight for for Housing in America," a new book by New York Times reporter Conor Dougherty, chronicles the early days of the YIMBY movement in the Bay Area.

February 26 - California Planning & Development Report

Before YIMBY was a household word and before Minneapolis ended single-family zoning, Seattle's Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) broke the planning status quo.

February 26 - Sightline Institute

A high-profile appointment highlights the launch of Denver's new Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency.

February 26 - Colorado Community Media

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was on the verge of proposing a plan to protect New York City from storm surges and sea-level rise. Instead, the city of New York has lost federal support for a path toward climate resilience.

February 26 - Gothamist

The reality of ride hailing has fallen well short of the wishful thinking about reduced congestion and reduced pollution that defined the early days of Uber and Lyft.

February 26 - The Verge

Nashville builds four miles of sidewalk a year.

February 25 - WSMV

The planning approvals process took a black eye in Boston last year, when a bribery scandal sent a Boston Planning and Development Agency staffer to jail.

February 25 - The Boston Globe

The idea of blocking major streets to private automobiles is making advocates envious in cities that have yet to implement the idea. A petition is circulating to give the car-free treatment to Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.

February 25 - Billy Penn

Missouri lawmakers removed a barrier to the creation of a Hyperloop test facility in St. Louis.

February 25 - St. Louis Business Journal

Most Americans are aware that the 2020 Census is underway, but many still lack information about key details of the big, national headcount.

February 25 - Pew Research Center

Chicago is late to the game on all-door bus boarding, but that will change this summer.

February 25 - Chicago Tribune

On March 1, Luxembourg will be the first country in the world to make all its public transit free to ride.

February 25 - Tom Scott on YouTube

A Dutch advocate believes Lego's city sets should reflect streets that prioritize all users. Including bike lanes would be one way for the toy manufacturer to start accomplishing that goal.

February 25 - The Verge

The nation's first fuel cell electric train will make its debut in Southern California in about four years, but it's also associated with a controversial ballot measure on the station sites that voters of Redlands will decide on Super Tuesday.

February 24 - KVCR

CNN host Fareed Zakaria questions whether the goals of Sanders' ambitious Green New Deal are realistic.

February 24 - The Washington Post

Former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening penned a local opinion for The Washington Post in support of the TCI to advance funding of alternatives to driving and ask readers to shape the controversial initiative by submitting comments by Feb. 28.

February 24 - The Washington Post

A development controversy also now an expanding legal controversy, after a local planning commission rejected a controversial development proposal allowed by zoning.

February 24 - Los Angeles Times

Uber’s "Make My Train" app feature lets riders better plan journeys across modes.

February 24 - Smart Cities Dive