The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

According to a newly released working paper, people in 20th century noticed the air and noise pollution and severed neighborhoods caused by freeways, and many of those people chose to move to the suburbs rather than deal with the nuisance.

July 12 - PlanPhilly

New federal legislation would establish a national complete streets program.

July 12 - Streetsblog USA

Transit is getting a new look.

July 12 - WHYY

Uber is the most popular ride-hailing company, but Lyft is gaining ground, especially in specific regions around the United States.

July 11 - Second Measure

Introducing "algorithmic space planning." The last word in that phrase shows that planners should take notice of the new technology just as much as architects and engineers.

July 11 - Architect Magazine

Two companies so far have purchased carbon credits through the newly public program in Washington State's King County.

July 11 - KUOW

Projects to add housing resources to help give homeless people a roof over the head have run into all sorts of public opposition—often times fueled by ignorance of how different kinds of homeless housing options work.

July 11 - Voice of San Diego

A new task force is being assembled in Portland to implement new road pricing mechanisms that convinces people to ditch their cars for more efficient modes of travel, while also ensuring low-income communities don't bear too much of the burden.

July 11 - The Oregonian

A group called Safe Embarcadero for All is suing to block the construction of a homeless shelter on city-leased land across from piers 30-32 on the San Francisco waterfront.

July 11 - San Francisco Chronicle

Fargo-Moorhead, the metropolitan statistical area straddling North Dakota and Minnesota, has seen the quickest growth in land value in the Upper Midwest for the span of years between 2012 and 2017.

July 11 - MinnPost

Local news sources are shedding light on planning for a new highway route that could pass through sensitive habitat of endangered that has yet to undertake a formal environmental or public input process.

July 11 - WFPL

A spate of recent development agreements have generated extra cash to run additional transit service on the MBTA system in Boston.

July 11 - The Boston Globe

Real estate advisors RLCO have been compiling data on sales at master-planned communities since 1994. The mid-year report for 2019 shows strong sales growth in the sector.

July 11 - RCLCO

The two leading figures of the Democratic Party in Washington, D.C. released the "Fair Chance at Housing Act."

July 10 - The Hill

According to an article in The Denver Post, more community land trusts are being created in Colorado to help more find their footing in the housing market.

July 10 - The Denver Post

On the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland, it's a good time for urban river keepers everywhere to reevaluate their work and redouble their efforts to make safe and healthy rivers for everyone.

July 10 - The Boston Globe

If the Supreme Court hears an appeal of a landmark U.S. Ninth Circuit Court case settled in April, the ruling would have widespread implications for dealing with homeless encampments throughout the West, perhaps nowhere more so than Los Angeles.

July 10 - Los Angeles Times

By designating that "family" refer to a specific set of ties, many zoning codes make it difficult for "functional" families without those ties to find a place to live.

July 10 - CityLab

The city of Seattle has taken the first steps toward creating a "Green New Deal." Now comes the hard part of deciding on specific policies.

July 10 - The Urbanist

Non-conforming uses, usually historic buildings that predate the strictures of 20th century zoning codes, can get a little more comfortable under the reforms approved by the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

July 10 - MinnPost