The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Los Angeles Magazine provided Los Angeles Director of City Planning Vince Bertoni an opportunity to speak in his own words on the ways planners are preparing for the future.

August 14 - Los Angeles Magazine

The 2017 "Worst Case Housing Needs" report paints a dire picture of the nation's low-income housing options, as the Trump Administration proposes drastic cuts to federal housing programs.

August 14 - The Washington Post

BLOG POST

This post offers a critique of claims that there is an ideal, "Goldilocks density."

August 14 - Michael Lewyn

Eight years ago, a proposal to charge on drivers entering the most congested parts of Manhattan was soundly defeated when it moved from the city to the state. Now the idea is being revisited again, with support from the governor.

August 14 - The New York Times

Three bills at the top of the Democratic leadership's housing agenda will have little impact on the state's chronic housing shortage according to multiple analyses, and wouldn't affect the outcome of a Bay Area mega-development controversy.

August 14 - Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

This rapidly diversifying community is one to watch as planning for cultural inclusion, social equity, and environmental sustainability become priorities for the American city.

August 14 - Dean Saitta

The $500 million, eight-mile extension, mostly paid by private funds and express lane tolls, broke ground August 9. Transurban, the private company in the public-private partnership, will pay $15 million annually for public transit improvements.

August 14 - Planetizen

It's been a century since a hurricane larger than category three has scored a direct hit on the Tampa Bay region. If a storm arrives to change that streak of luck, it will find a region severly underprepared to deal with the effects of sea-level rise

August 13 - The Washington Post

The size of the gap between wages and the cost of rent is growing, and spreading. For renters, every corner of the country's housing market is in crisis.

August 13 - CityLab

A free camp for young people in Brooklyn is teaching kids to appreciate the science and art of planning.

August 13 - Smart Cities Dive

The city of Edmonds, located to the north of Seattle, is putting the finishing touches on a plan that would increase heights in an urban district along State Route 99.

August 13 - The Urbanist

Agrihoods emerged in the 1990s as a master-planned alternative to the golf-centered communities of the past. Many of these developments are going strong, and gaining in popularity.

August 13 - Realtor

An approved, 55 micro-unit, mixed-use development with no parking sited on a transit corridor with 15-minute headways has been halted by a legal ruling after neighborhood opponents proved the bus was not meeting its schedule.

August 12 - Seattle Weekly

The changes in store for the main corridor through San Francisco's central business district connect to a larger story about accessibility for people with disabilities.

August 12 - Next City

A rival to Citibike will add 300 new bikeshare bikes to the streets of New York City.

August 12 - New York Post

Cuts mean an already meager transit service will cover less of the sprawling Hillsburough County Community.

August 12 - Tampa Bay Times

New Jersey's largest city is celebrating a downtown revival, but city leaders want to ensure that Newark avoids the displacement that often accompanies revitalization.

August 12 - The New York Times

The new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge will span the Anacostia River between Washington, D.C. and Anacostia.

August 11 - The Washington Post

Advocates have reason to be concerned about the performance of the two newest streetcar lines in New Orleans—both the largest transit projects after the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.

August 11 - The Times-Picayune

Welcome to Velotopia.

August 11 - The Guardian