The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Some of the opinions of Michael Bloomberg, billionaire candidate for president, haven't aged well since his time as the mayor of New York City.

February 18 - CityLab

Outgoing San Francisco Planning Director John Rahaim announced his departure in September. Rich Hillis will be the next to have the job.

February 18 - San Francisco Chronicle

The 186-page "Resilient Houston" document was released to the public in the nation's fourth largest city, which is facing numerous environmental stresses.

February 18 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research: The Urban Edge

Several recent studies add fuel to the fire of whether market-rate housing helps affordability or drives low-income people from their neighborhoods.

February 18 - The New York Times

A plan for the riverfront property would bring thousands of housing units to the historically industrial area.

February 17 - Chicago Tribune

Los Angeles and Uber bike-share subsidiary Jump are in a protracted legal battle over the city's data sharing requirements.

February 17 - Los Angeles Times

The New Carrollton transit station will add Purple Line light rail to its multi-modal mix; planners at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) hope to leverage the new transit for new land use and development around the station.

February 17 - The Washington Post

A new report by Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan economic think tank, claims that Miami is the most vulnerable coastal city in the world.

February 17 - Scientific American

Dockless bikes offer the unexpected and help users navigate and understand the urban environment in new and different ways.

February 16 - Next City

The first phases of a plan to remake the downtown Los Angeles plaza into a more inviting, accessible public space are going to kick off soon.

February 16 - Curbed Los Angeles

California's water resources are under threat from climate change, and the state's water agency must take action to face the challenges.

February 16 - The Sacramento Bee

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program has released a report that looks at the effects of new transportation-related technologies on public agencies .

February 16 - TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Gary Mason has been decorating a SEPTA trolley for Valentine's Day since 1993.

February 14 - WPVI Action News

A study identifies cities where people stay in their homes longer, and they tend to be at either end of the income and home values spectrum.

February 14 - The New York Times

A study of residents in Beijing, China who became car owners indicates that they used alternative transportation modes less after buying cars.

February 14 - MinnPost

The measurable effects of climate change are a tangible reminder of trends over time that otherwise can be hard to recall.

February 14 - Outside

A former industrial site on the edge of Portland, Oregon's urban core is planned with major urbanism ambitions.

February 13 - UrbanLand

For a long time Airbnb shined in the profit-making department, when compared to other tech companies valued over a billion dollars. Now the once-profitable short-term rental platform is losing money, quickly.

February 13 - Recode

Private companies and public transit agencies will share a lot of data to ensure that new mobility on demand (MOD) services are effective and sustainable. Lessons on the kinds of data necessary to make MOD work are emerging in L.A. and Seattle.

February 13 - Eno Center for Transportation

Cities and counties all over the South are restricting further development of dollar stores.

February 13 - Next City