The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Two cities, of similar size (about 90,000 residents), and located in different corners of the country, unceremoniously dispatched dockless bikeshare pilots in recent weeks.

September 29 - WCVB

The new head of the Sewage & Water Board of New Orleans comes to the job from Milwaukee, and he already has big ideas about what the city must do to prevent flooding like it experienced last summer.

September 29 - The New Orleans Advocate

In a turnaround from prior voter surveys, a poll released Wednesday on November propositions found a slim majority of voters opposed to repealing the state's first legislative gas tax increase since 1989. Rent control opponents received good news too

September 29 - The Mercury News

One of Philadelphia's most potent code enforcement tools is back in effect after the state Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling by a lower court.

September 29 - PlanPhilly

There's a point to be made about the decline of New York City's affordable housing stock. Instead we'll talk about a badly mistaken report that severely over reported the problem.

September 29 - The Wall Street Journal

Recent electric scooter news is defined by tragedy.

September 28 - Planetizen

Caltrain will end service into the city of San Francisco while it converts the route to electric power.

September 28 - San Francisco Examiner

Despite the disappointment of losing a stadium deal to the financial concerns of St. Louis voters, Major League Soccer is willing to give the city another look.

September 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The New York Department of City Planning (DCP) released the first in a series of videos introducing DCP staffers to the world.

September 28 - NYC Planning

The findings of a new report might run counter to common perceptions about Cleveland's shrinking population. Downtown Cleveland could, and should, provide more housing opportunities, according to the report.

September 28 - The Plain Dealer

Electric buses have arrived. Portland is only the latest example.

September 28 - The Oregonian

Boston's housing goals were set in 2014, but had to be revised as the city's population growth exceeds previous estimates.

September 28 - WBUR

Californians will determine whether to repeal recent fuel tax and user fee increases; Missourians to vote on a 10-cent gas tax hike over 4 years; Coloradans whether to hike the sales tax, and the most interesting measure will be decided in Utah.

September 28 - Governing

The new 5G networks are almost here, but some think it is not too early to think ahead to 6G.

September 28 - Smart Cities Dive

The Reductress published a satirical post in which students discover their teacher takes three buses to get to work and decide to reward her with a better commute...made possible by better bus service.

September 28 - Reductress

Congestion management using parking strategies would be more politically palatable while delivering significant outcomes.

September 27 - New York Times

The final version of the More MARTA plan—a plan to spend $2.7 billion on the Atlanta region's public transit system—will be up for consideration in October.

September 27 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Raising the height of the Shasta Dam in Northern California has been on the table since the 1980s. Now it looks like the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation is going through with it.

September 27 - Maven's Notebook

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner might as well have accused his Democratic opponent of wanting to hike the gas tax. J.B. Pritzker denies he plans to introduce a VMT fee but admits that he's open to all ideas to raise revenue to maintain infrastructure.

September 27 - Illinois News Network

BLOG POST

Robert Venturi, who died last week at 93, was not an urbanist as such. But in rejecting modernism and bringing honesty to discussions about aesthetics, Venturi deserves a debt of gratitude from planners and other architects alike.

September 27 - Josh Stephens