The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

California State Senator Scott Wiener made a big splash this month by announcing a package of pro-development bills, and now interest groups are taking sides in a heated debate over housing and density.

January 25 - San Francisco Chronicle

The Puget Sound Regional Council's recently released "Regional Transportation Plan – 2018" has inspired debate about how the region should plan for growth.

January 25 - The Urbanist

Fewer seats and more room for standing commuters are among the updates to the rail cars coming to BART.

January 25 - San Francisco Chronicle

After two years of operations, funded with $300,000, the city of Oak Park is ending its Divvy bikeshare operation.

January 25 - Streetsblog Chicago

Officials in Miami-Dade County are moving quickly to potentially add a half-cent surtax to the November ballot.

January 25 - Miami Today

Canadian cities are expensive, but, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute in Toronto, they have room to spare for more housing .

January 25 - The Fraser Institute

A colorful data visualization tool maps information about which cities have the most protections for LGBTQ people in place. The tool is intended as a resource for LGBTQ travelers.

January 25 - Fast Co. Design

File under: acts of political courage.

January 25 - Streetsblog USA

A delegation of mayors cancelled a scheduled visit to the White House this week after the Trump Administration ramped up attacks on sanctuary cities.

January 25 - The Washington Times

BLOG POST

The hustle and bustle of cities are part of the appeal, but too much noise is unhealthy. Planners can help control the problem of noise in the city.

January 25 - Kayla Matthews

The sprawling locations where new hospitals are built in Minnesota provides insight for nationwide trends, and share traits with the siting of new schools

January 24 - Streets.MN

While the city determines where to place parking meters and how much to charge, when it comes to charging tolls to drive in Manhattan, the city's elected leaders are excluded from the political process.

January 24 - The New York Times

Planners in El Paso, Texas want to expand the SunCycle bikeshare system south of the border in Ciudad Juárez.

January 24 - CityLab

Even in liberal states like California, government-sanctioned residential segregation persisted in the 20th century. In a recent talk in L.A., Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law, charged planners with undoing this shameful legacy.

January 24 - California Planning & Development Report

As the second busiest bus corridor in the area, Vermont Avenue is currently a candidate for bus rapid transit. But would rail be a better choice?

January 24 - Urbanize LA

Given the fact that many homeless patients end up costing the system a lot more than average, several Chicago hospitals are considering ways to house them.

January 24 - Crain's Chicago Business

The Eno Center for Transportation looks at how on-demand transportation services can set themselves up to succeed, and learn from failed attempts.

January 24 - Curbed

Facing the highest rate of deaths of any major city in the U.S. opioid epidemic, the city of Philadelphia is preparing to take drastic measures.

January 24 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A theater in Chicago will open a new musical about the famous urban planner and architect in June of this year.

January 24 - Chicago Sun-Times

While federal officials are still staying mum about the contents of a leaked draft of pages from the Trump Administration's infrastructure plan, local and regional officials in the New York area seem more than a little worried.

January 24 - Politico