The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new study maps out affordability and inequality across Toronto's transit network.

February 6 - The Star

By 2030, cities will have tripled in size since 2000. Unmanaged, incessant growth is threatening the planet, according to a new report from the World Resources Institute.

February 5 - Curbed

Some people in downtown Charleston, South Carolina report have trouble finding parking, the city's first comprehensive parking study shows that even at peak times the area is well under capacity.

February 5 - The Post and Courier

A new law in Portland, Maine could be the first to charge an affordable housing fee from new hotel developments.

February 5 - Portland Press Herald

Take a sneak peak at a potential future.

February 5 - The Denver Post

The Miami Worldcenter mega-development is entering the delivery phase.

February 5 - Globe St.

The Seattle Transportation Benefit District has led to a growth in ridership and improved access to frequent service, according to a third-year performance report.

February 5 - The Urbanist

President Trump has finally acted to fill the seat vacated by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

February 5 - Associated Press via Daily Herald

Richard Florida counters the idea that children and families are disappearing from U.S. cities.

February 5 - CityLab

The latest example of the Internet's power to make deliver data and maps to the masses, produced by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.

February 5 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

In preparation for tonight's State of the Union address, consider the role of "transportation" and "infrastructure" in previous State of the Union addresses dating back to 1999.

February 5 - Eno Center for Transportation

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Increasing allowable densities and reducing parking requirements are important strategies for achieving long-term planning goals, but to succeed they must be applied to large areas.

February 4 - Todd Litman

Linking Uber and transit is an attempt to bridge the first-and-last-mile issue for Denver users.

February 4 - Curbed

The leadership of neighborhood associations does not reflect the city’s demographics. In the future, funding of the groups could be dependent on reaching diversity benchmarks.

February 4 - Star Tribune

Civic San Diego and San Diego planning commissioners approved new parking standards that would eliminate minimums and set maximums of one space per multifamily unit. Those reforms and more must still be approved by the City Council.

February 4 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Although individual old buildings may be less expensive than newer ones nearby, historic preservation may make both old and new buildings more expensive.

February 4 - Michael Lewyn

Students at the University of California, Los Angeles are using ride-hailing companies to get between classes on campuses. The effect is far from the congestion and emissions reducing idea many hoped for from companies like Uber and Lyft.

February 4 - Daily Bruin

Road pricing has its faults as a revenue measure, but it needs to be compared to ten elements of the current system of paying for transportation, including hidden subsidies, says Joe Cortright, an urban economist with Portland-based City Observatory.

February 4 - City Observatory

Besides addressing mobility needs, activists hope a new transit option will make more of the city accessible for the disabled.

February 4 - Badger Herald

The Census Bureau expects misinformation campaigns like those leading to the 2016 President Election to sway the results of the 2020 Census.

February 4 - Nextgov