The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Green Line extension will bring light rail service from Boston to Somerville and Medford, when it's done.

August 14 - The Boton Globe

This pop quiz will probably expand knowledge about cities more than test it, because the questions and answers are pretty obscure.

August 14 - The Guardian

The prosecution rests.

August 14 - Streetsblog USA

The longest rail line in the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority system will be extended again, and could eventually cross county lines.

August 13 - Daily Bulletin

There is a lot of development and planning intrigue about a casino developer and the extremely challenging plan to add an on-ramp to the Schuylkill Expressway in South Philadelphia.

August 13 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Ride smartphone app, which has gathered millions of miles of bike trip data to help inform bike planning and encourage cycling, is moving on to micromobility.

August 13 - Bike Portland

The glitzy new neighborhood doesn’t cater to all Boston residents, according to a new survey.

August 13 - The Boston Globe

A big feature explores the effects of climate change, which are already very much changing life in the United States.

August 13 - The Washington Post

Call it a role reversal: Oakland is building far more apartments and housing units than San Francisco—a reversal of the history of development in the Bay Area.

August 13 - San Francisco Chronicle

Reform of the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) is underway at the local level after a new state bill offered "safe harbor" under the law for a menu of land use and development reforms.

August 13 - The Urbanist

A rooftop housing development in the Indonesian capital takes the suburb to new heights.

August 13 - The Guardian

Cincinnati area voters might get a chance to decide the future of transit funding in the city of Cincinnati and the county of Hamilton.

August 13 - WCPO

A recent study out of Europe reveals the potential of electric-assist bikes (e-bikes) to transition mobility away from cars.

August 13 - Treehugger

An Urban Land Institute program brings students into the discussion and gives them the tools to make a difference in the planning processes that define their communities.

August 12 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Land use and transportation planning will play key roles in an effort by Los Angeles County to achieve carbon neutrality in 30 years.

August 12 - Smart Cities Dive

The Red Line extension to 130th is still unfunded and a universal Chicago fare card hasn’t materialized, but in the immediate term, the Metra can run more trains and charge lower fares to help get the South Side moving.

August 12 - Chicago Tribune

Kids need to go places just as adults do, and they have needs many adults don’t have.

August 12 - Saporta Report

Not urban land use, but in the literal sense: land used to produce food, graze livestock, supply drinking water, grow trees, and sequester carbon. As the climate warms and the population grows, crop yields will decrease and land will be degraded.

August 12 - The Washington Post

The Los Angeles City Council voted to officially end the use of Level of Service in measuring environmental impact in favor of a more people-friendly measure: vehicle miles traveled.

August 12 - Streetsblog Los Angeles

The never-before-used design is already being built.

August 12 - The Seattle Times