The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Three separate coalitions of local mayors, each from different corners of Eastern Massachusetts, want to the commonwealth to prioritize transportation funding. Some even called for a 15-cent increase to the gas tax.

November 16 - Metropolitan Area Planning Council

One of the most famous suburbs in the country has expended tenant protections in the midst of the housing affordability crisis challenging much of the state.

November 15 - Pasadena Independent

Paradise, California, burned to the ground last year, and the town’s recovery has begun. But questions remain about the measures that should be put into place to prevent another disaster.

November 15 - Los Angeles Times

Buses on State Avenue in Olympia, Washington will get their own lane a chance to jump to the head of traffic.

November 15 - The Urbanist

Critics of a plan to require Italian students to learn about climate change and sustainability say climate action can't wait for the next generation to come of age.

November 15 - The New York Times

The city of Clovis, California, didn't become 70 percent white by accident, according to the plaintiffs for a lawsuit in Fresno County Superior Court.

November 15 - Fresno Bee

The federal government's Opportunity Zones program is offering a tax break to a marina for superyachts and adjacent planned development in West Palm Beach, Florida.

November 15 - ProPublica

The American Planning Association is urging the Trump administration to rescind its decision to withdraw the country from the Paris Climate Agreement.

November 15 - American Planning Association

Transit advocates in California this week celebrated the hire of Jeffrey Tumlin, previously a principal with transportation consultant Nelson\Nygaard, as the new director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

November 15 - San Francisco Chronicle

The new Atlanta Department of Transportation has a new strategic plan, a new commissioner, and a whole lot of high hopes to live up to.

November 15 - Curbed Atlanta

An ambitious and innovative infrastructure program can multiply benefits for cities willing to take bold steps.

November 15 - Next City

BLOG POST

Evaluating New York City's new law designed to facilitate bus, pedestrian, and bike travel.

November 14 - Michael Lewyn

Promises of congestion and thousands of cars spilling on to quiet residential streets proved unfounded after the first week with tolls on the Highway 91 tunnel in Seattle.

November 14 - City Observatory

A pilot program in Columbus, Ohio, will help bring order to the city’s curbside space, a response to a mobility network that has become more complicated and crowded.

November 14 - Smart Cities Dive

The city of Phoenix will either have to raise the rate for waste removal int he city or cut programs like recycling.

November 14 - Arizona Republic

Vancouver has committed to green stormwater infrastructure by approving a Rain City Strategy that establishes an Integrated Stormwater Management Plan for each watershed in the city.

November 14 - Water Canada

The particulate pollution released by automobile travel can carry carcinogens to the brain, according to new research.

November 14 - The Guardian

A development deal described as the most complex in recent Southern Nevada history is moving forward. The end result could be another digitally enabled city, in line with efforts in other cities like Toronto and TK.

November 14 - Las Vegas Review-Journal

The story of how the autonomous delivery company Nuro has taken to the streets of Houston to map the city and test its concept.

November 14 - The Washington Poast

A skyscraper proposed for land formerly owned by Tribune Media has been redesigned to assuage the concerns of neighbors.

November 14 - Chicago Tribune