The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A casino or a racetrack would be notable in this part of Massachusetts, but this development is proposing both.

August 21 - The Boston Globe

The bridge was touted as a connection between downtown and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but it is more a reflection of the city’s misplaced fiscal and planning priorities.

August 21 - Curbed Atlanta

The Regional Plan Association (RPA) is responding to a spate of fatalities on the streets of New York city. The question remains whether the city's will response will be effective in improving traffic safety.

August 21 - Curbed New York

Extreme weather is exacerbating the threats posing communities struggling with a lack of affordable housing.

August 20 - Next City

The QLine streetcar joins the fare payment system of DDOT and SMART buses in the Motor City.

August 20 - Detroit Free Press

Homeless and working class riders won't have the shelter and mobility offered by Green Line trains in the Twin Cities, as Metro Transit cuts overnight service.

August 20 - Star Tribune

The city of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco, is the rare California city quickly adding housing units to the urban core. Local businesses are struggling to hang on as construction changes the fabric of the neighborhood.

August 20 - San Francisco Chronicle

In case you weren't already aware, there are is a how subculture of debate and controversy on Twitter devoted to the subject of housing. And if you were aware, and perhaps are a participant, here's what Fast Company is saying about you.

August 20 - Fast Company

Overall greenhouse gas emissions in California dropped 1% in 2017, according to the inventory by the California Air Resources Board, which includes a 9% drop in emissions from electricity generation and a 1% increase in transportation emissions.

August 20 - San Francisco Chronicle

It's not your imagination. Surface traffic at airports is worse than ever, according to this article, because of ride-hailing companies.

August 20 - The New York Times

The Cultural Landscape Foundation last week announced the creation of an international landscape architecture price, to be awarded for the first time in 2021.

August 20 - The Cultural Landscape Foundation

A greener life means fewer flights for many Europeans.

August 20 - Time

A new paper published by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University raises the stakes of the discussion about exclusionary zoning and its role in the ongoing housing affordability crisis in the United States.

August 20 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

The Netflix show Patriot Act, starring Hasan Minhaj, assigns blame for the current state of public transit.

August 19 - Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj

New development coming to Downtown Pittsburgh lacks sufficient parking, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

August 19 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

More than 40 percent of Dallas residents live within a half-mile of a park, but the school district and the city are working together with nonprofits to improve that figure.

August 19 - The Dallas Morning News

Some of the buildings in a new condo building in Toronto will have two master bedrooms.

August 19 - Toronto Star

These researchers call for dangerous, large-sized SUVs to be removed from the road.

August 19 - Forbes

San Francisco hoped a competitive permitting process would ensure considerations of equity in the operations of scooters in the city. The results haven't lived up to expectations.

August 19 - Los Angeles Times

New York City, which earlier this decade ago experienced wild controversy surrounding the addition of bike lanes and bikeshare to city streets, is once again faced with a battle of drivers versus bike lanes.

August 19 - The New York Times