The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The state pledged to put 1.5 million EVs on its roads by 2025.

January 23 - Los Angeles Times

Mayor Wilson signed two executive orders aimed at accelerating shelter and housing development and building bus priority lanes on Denny Way.

January 23 - Seattle Transit Blog

The Trump administration says the city’s housing policies and support of ‘cultural districts’ are racially discriminatory, while city leaders call the investigation politically motivated.

January 23 - Multifamily Dive

Building owners are required to install AC units for tenants who request them in the next four years, but tenants are on the hook for electricity costs.

January 23 - Brick Underground

While difficult to estimate for individual homes, experts argue that home buyers should have access to data about flood and wildfire risk, extreme heat, and other climate hazards in the area.

January 22 - Inside Climate News

Rising demand driven by AI data centers and uncertain energy sources could lead to a surge in power outages by the end of the decade.

January 22 - Popular Mechanics

Effective bus stop balancing can make buses faster while preserving accessibility.

January 22 - Works in Progress

The department ended its effort to challenge a court ruling barring it from withholding federal grants over immigration enforcement.

January 22 - Urban Milwaukee

Riders must be over 15 and pass a written and road test to license any type of electric bicycle.

January 22 - NBC Philadelphia

The lake ended 2025 with the third-lowest water level in a century.

January 21 - One Green Planet

A judge issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s suspension of five East Coast offshore wind projects.

January 21 - CNBC

Traffic fatalities in Bologna, the first major Italian city to lower their speed limit, dropped by 50 percent in the first year.

January 21 - Reuters

Streetcar service in Atlanta was suspended for five months for repairs and upgrades.

January 21 - Atlanta News First

Bridge to Power aims to boost partner organizations’ capacity, information exchange, and agency.

January 20 - Shelterforce Magazine

The near-unanimous vote allows commercial uses in residential areas in nearly every Washington neighborhood.

January 20 - The Urbanist

While officials tout the return of coal power as the answer to the affordability crisis, critics point to America’s aging coal infrastructure as a pain point in its return.

January 20 - MSN

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One argument against solving the housing shortage in large, expensive cities is that growth in those cities will drain people and wealth from declining areas. Data does not agree.

January 20 - Michael Lewyn

To achieve the level of transit access that most global cities enjoy, the United States would need trillions more in funding… and a LOT of buses.

January 20 - Transportation for America

The lawsuit alleges that the removal of ornamental grass has damaged the city’s tree canopy.

January 19 - Independent

Three events likely to occur in the first 90 days of the year will have major impacts on U.S. train travel.

January 19 - Streetsblog USA