The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Amber Richane, Project Manager for the city of Santa Monica's new City Services Building, on the city's commitment to building the world's most sustainable public building.

November 22 - The Planning Report

Technology is infiltrating every aspect of our lives, but, according to this article, we shouldn't underestimate the nefarious role it plays in urban spaces.

November 22 - Real Life

WeGo Public Transit did not receive a grant to build a transit center, and transit advocates say it’s a sobering setback in light of the agency’s other budget challenges.

November 22 - News Channel 5 Nashville

As other cities take daring steps to reclaim their streets, a car ban in downtown Boston doesn’t seem so implausible.

November 22 - Curbed Boston

Publically-owned bikeshare company B-Cycle will be scrapped and eventually be replaced, and the city is also planning to overhaul it's pilot dockless bike and scooter rental program.

November 22 - The Denver Post

China's Belt and Road Initiative, a massive program to develop infrastructure in dozens of countries worldwide, may be the largest construction project in history. Its benefits to host countries—and to China itself—remain far from certain.

November 22 - The Architect's Newspaper

A proposed high-rise would transform the downtown Boston waterfront, and the city's skyline.

November 22 - The Boston Globe

Johnny Simon shares the work of artist Marc Yankus, who created a series of images that remove people, cars, and animals from images of New York City.

November 22 - Quartzy

Meet the Ugly Gerry font.

November 22 - The Week

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) relies on technology to streamline transportation and improve access. But apps are not going to be enough for people to leave their cars behind.

November 21 - CityLab

Analysis of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a project that would add an additional bridge to supplement the rail capacity of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River.

November 21 - Greater Greater Washington

The idea that new development results in rising costs for renters in the surrounding neighborhood drives a new effort in Los Angeles.

November 21 - Curbed Los Angeles

Using treated waste as an agricultural fertilizer is controversial, but the practice has several climate-related benefits.

November 21 - Yale Climate Connections

Bill Witte, CEO and chairman of Related California, discusses how state and local governments ought to respond to the state’s challenges with housing affordability, growth in homelessness, and 'missing middle' housing supply.

November 21 - The Planning Report

Culdesac Tempe will offer will have apartments for 1,000 people and zero space for cars.

November 21 - Medium

Uber wants to launch a program in the United States soon that would allow users to consent to an audio recording of their ride.

November 21 - The Washington Post

Only a few places have managed to stem the tide of development in areas at risk to the effects (like wildfire and flooding) of climate change. Virginia Beach is an early test bed for what it takes to tell developers "no."

November 21 - The New York Times

A closer marriage between planning and landscape architecture would mean strong connections between the processes of policy making and place making.

November 21 - ASLA The Dirt

FEATURE

The history of inquiry into the "organic" nature of cities has revealed findings that inform the practice of urban planning.

November 21 - Fanis Grammenos

A review of board members' Q Cards reveals the extent to which the people who implement Houston's transit policy actually use the system: some quite a bit, some not so much.

November 20 - The Houston Chronicle