The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Two new reports from Rider Levett Bucknall offer a positive outlook for the construction industry.

February 11 - Commercial Property Executive

Passenger vehicle ownership and vehicle miles traveled per person and per household remain below their historic peaks set in 2006 and 2004, respectively, but they have been on the upswing for the past four to five years, according to new data.

February 11 - University Of Michigan

The New York subway might lead the nation in terms of reach and ridership, but it still lags behind other rail systems in the country on one critical point: access to people with special needs.

February 11 - Crain's New York Business

Europe might be in political turmoil, but Eurostar high-speed rail service is expanding its reach.Europe might be in political turmoil, but Eurostar high-speed rail service is expanding its reach.

February 11 - Quartz

Yelp released revealing new data about city restaurants, showing which cities have a culture of independent eateries and which are dominated by chains.

February 11 - Slate

A bill that would cut back on the feed-in tariffs paid by utilities to solar panel owners in Kentucky.

February 10 - Louisville Courier Journal

The 'Coord' platform will give mobility companies a centralized place to access and use local data on parking, curb space, tolls, and the like.

February 10 - Wired

Communities are having more conversations about equity, engaging with the topic in a variety of ways, from human resources management to parks planning. However, there are other planning areas that have not clearly addressed equity.

February 10 - PlanIt - Metropolitan Council

A new book tells the story of Chicago's Cabrini-Green and reflects on what the lives of the people in this public housing project have to say about the lives of all Americans.

February 10 - South Side Weekly

The Internet of Things faces down crumbling infrastructure with an offering from AT&T designed to reduce the cost of manual inspections.

February 10 - Smart Cities Dive

For the next several months, nine sites will be the focus of efforts to design for resilience as sea levels rise. Proposals involve "threading nature back into an urbanized terrain."

February 9 - San Francisco Chronicle

Five years ago, Minneapolis rolled back parking requirements near transit. Since then, construction is up, rents are down, and the look of projects in these places has changed.

February 9 - Nick Magrino

Self-driving car companies have proposed equipping bikes, pedestrians, and even pets with the ability to communicate their positions wirelessly. But should autonomous cars really need the help?

February 9 - Slate

A highly anticipated lawsuit only spent a few closely scrutinized days in court before competing self-driving car companies Uber and Waymo settled.

February 9 - The Mercury News

Three cities around the country have the hardware to provide coverage of the Olympics in public.

February 9 - Smart Cities Dive

A ballot initiative is moving forward in Colorado that would severely limit housing production in the already housing-constrained Front Range region. We're not talking about urban growth boundaries here.

February 9 - The Denver Post

More Southern Californians are purchasing motor vehicles, particularly those who were previously transit-dependent, which largely explains the region's declining transit ridership, according to a newly released study.

February 9 - Los Angeles Times

The expansion of the built environment proceeds with little regard for the loss of biodiversity, and the planning field isn't doing enough to help.

February 9 - ASLA The Dirt

The borough of Emerson, New Jersey is testing the limits of eminent domain.

February 9 - NorthJersey

Call it buyer beware: the real estate website Trulia is offering a new tool to helps house hunters evaluate whether communities discriminate against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender residents.

February 9 - Trulia