The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Underwater parking garages have been constructed in Europe, and Boston seems like the perfect opportunity to bring the idea to the United States.

August 23 - The Boston Globe

The American Society of Landscape Architects' list of podcasts for landscape architects is heavy on planning-related content.

August 23 - THE DIRT

A timely debate, as New York City debates a congestion pricing scheme proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and California looks for ways to reduce emissions from transportation.

August 23 - 100 Hours

Commute data for one of the nation's premier rail transit systems, revealed.

August 23 - Greater Greater Washington

While productivity improves in almost every sector of the U.S. economy, it's dropping quickly in the construction industry.

August 23 - The Economist

A total of $2.7 billion will be awarded to a potential list of 12 water storage projects, thanks to funding from California's Proposition 1, approved by voters in 2014.

August 23 - The Mercury News

Thanks to the governor's support, there is reason for optimism that a plan to charge motorists entering Manhattan below 60th St. and toll the East River bridges will have a better outcome than Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan did in April 2008.

August 23 - The New York Times

The soon-to-be tallest building in the nation not located in New York City of Chicago has a structural issue that required a pause on construction. The issue is not expected to be catastrophic, however.

August 23 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the state of Maryland are expected to sign a funding agreement next week for the Purple Line between Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

August 23 - The Washington Post

You might have been waiting for this article, and its many revelations about life inside the Department of Housing and Urban Development, since January or November.

August 22 - New York

San Antonio is changing, and the city's land use regulations aren't living up to the desires of the city's communities, according to one local architect and planner.

August 22 - Rivard Report

San Jose officials are having a hard time finding a neighborhood that will welcome an innovative approach to housing the local homeless population.

August 22 - The Mercury News

The public sector and the private sector need a better system of incentives to deliver on the infrastructure and development investments necessary to prepare for climate change and other environmental threats.

August 22 - Smart Cities Dive

The new study determined that carbon forestry offsets, which allow polluters to reduce carbon emissions out-of-state rather than in impacted communities near large pollution sources, is a beneficial climate program.

August 22 - The Washington Post

Rather than focusing only on which streets are most dangerous, Boston officials asked which neighborhoods wanted safety improvements to slow traffic, 45 different communities around the city said they did.

August 22 - Next City

A 35-year-old law is not living up to its moniker, the 'anti-NIMBY law'. A bill co-sponsored by a group associated with the YIMBY movement would fine cities $10,000 per housing unit if they fail to comply with the law.

August 22 - The Mercury News

Parting shots from the Great American Eclipse.

August 22 - The Oregonian

A draft of the Downtown Atlanta Master Plan will be made public on September 13, 2017. The plan focuses on revitalizing the city's urban core.

August 22 - Atlanta Intown

A key committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Shreveport, Louisiana approved a new highway through the neighborhood of Allendale, a historic but struggling neighborhood adjacent to downtown.

August 22 - Shreveport Times

BLOG POST

The Confederate monuments debate invites a broader interdisciplinary conversation about the nature and planning of public commemorative landscapes and, by extension, the identity and soul of a community.

August 21 - Dean Saitta