The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Even though they often occupy valuable real estate, some Boston properties have sat vacant in various states of limbo for years.

July 2 - The Boston Globe

A new study by researchers at Illinois State University and the University of Michigan measured the informal footpaths—also known as "desire lines"—of Detroit.

July 2 - Landscape And Urban Planning

The Rockefeller Foundation has cited costs and a new strategic direction to explain why it abruptly cut off the program this year. While the work may live on in some form, the move underscores the risks of relying on private funding.

July 2 - CityLab

Dublin’s future as a leading cycling city was once bright, but many plans have stalled or fallen by the wayside.

July 1 - The Guardian

Following Salesforce's lead, the healthcare giant will relocate to a high-rise urban headquarters, transitioning out of seven locations it currently occupies in the East Bay.

July 1 - The San Francisco Chronicle

New state legislation will allow the city to expand the network of cameras and step up enforcement.

July 1 - Crain's New York Business

Structures initially intended to temporarily house disaster victims are serving a new purpose in Tacoma, Washington—sheltering homeless people and getting them on the path to more permanent housing.

July 1 - Fast Company

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed his first budget, the state's largest ever at $215 billion. Housing activists will be pleased to learn that it has, to use Newsom's terms, both "carrots and sticks" to compel cities to produce more housing.

July 1 - The Sacramento Bee

"Seattle is still a car town at heart," Danny Westneat writes, pointing to a number of gargantuan new parking garages like the 2,300-stall complex at Expedia's new headquarters.

July 1 - The Seattle Times

Population loss doesn't always equate to economic decline. Richard Florida discusses a study examining American metros that are retaining their economic vitality as they shrink.

July 1 - CityLab

A bill that seemed like it could be a casualty of a bitter partisan feud managed to squeak under the wire. With Governor Kate Brown's signature, single-family zoning will be prohibited throughout the state of Oregon.

July 1 - The Oregonian

The U.S. Senate still needs to approve the bill that would spend $5 million in initial funding for the Great Lakes Hyperloop System.

July 1 - Crain's Cleveland Business

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A few graphs provide insights into factors that affect the amount of motor vehicle travel in a community, and how driving can be reduced.

July 1 - Todd Litman

Oregon Metro and TriMet are studying the feasibility of a subway tunnel under Portland that would cross under the Willamette River to speed up MAX trains through the city.

June 30 - The Oregonian

"The gap between white and black home ownership is the widest since the New Deal."

June 30 - Marketwatch

The "One Atlanta Housing Affordability Action Plan" would protect or create 20,000 affordable homes in Atlanta.

June 30 - SaportaReport

A dataset on health measures in U.S. cities shows the difference in life expectancy between two Chicago neighborhoods is 30 years.

June 30 - The Guardian

The big city isn't such an anonymous place anymore.

June 30 - The New York Times

Developers are betting on the continued shift of office work from the suburbs to downtown in Toronto, as the city experiences a building boom to support brisk business in the technology and financial-services industries.

June 29 - Bloomberg

Dubbed "Detroit Square," the newly revealed designs for ten blocks around 12 cultural and educational institutions will redesign the public realm for the human scale.

June 29 - The Detroit News