The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new city report provides data on the number of affordable housing units built in the city of Boston as a result of the Inclusionary Development Policy.

August 9 - The Boston Globe

A piece in The Nation argues a Denver highway plan will further shrink the black community in that city through the use of eminent domain.

August 9 - The Nation

Accessing the internet is too expensive for many, not just in rural areas but also in cities.

August 9 - FiveThirtyEight

Delaware and Pennsylvania will join a small, select number of western states that have explored technology to charge drivers by the miles they drive, not the fuel they burn, to fill their transportation budgets in lieu of fuel taxes.

August 9 - WTOP

FEATURE

With the recently adopted Community Greening Plan, Capital Region Water has committed to the implementation of green stormwater infrastructure in Harrisburg. The plan is empowering residents to partner in stormwater management.

August 9 - Claire Maulhardt

Zoning and red tape gets a bad wrap in arguments that blame the housing crisis on a lack of housing supply. Another narrative credits a shortage of construction workers on the lack of housing supply in the country.

August 9 - The Wall Street Journal

The story of Utrecht's new bike parking garage—with enough space initially for 6,000 bikes—has a surprising twist: local bike advocates don't think it's big enough.

August 9 - The Guardian

Advocates say the mandatory bike helmet proposal is a step in the wrong direction for traffic safety.

August 9 - Gothamist

BLOG POST

Chia-Yuan Yu and Minjie Xu guest blog about a recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

August 9 - JPER

Greater Greater Washington has identified a snazzy new app that informs transit riders about the crowd size on trains before they arrive. The benefit to crowded transit systems should be obvious.

August 8 - Greater Greater Washington

An editorial in the New York Times argues that exclusionary zoning reinforces segregation and must be curbed.

August 8 - The New York Times

Programs that make folks pay for garbage services based on how much they throw away can cut down trash in landfills. Designers are looking for ways to adapt these programs to multiunit buildings.

August 8 - Medium

More people now bike to work in New York than in any other U.S. city.

August 8 - The New York Times

Los Angeles Metro's new Gold Line light rail extension is attracting riders from the regional Metrolink commuter rail line that serves San Bernardino. The editorial board of the Daily Bulletin suggests that's not necessarily a problem.

August 8 - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Walkable urban neighborhoods tend to have more expensive housing but cheaper transport. By shifting spending from vehicles to housing a typical household can build a million dollars in additional equity by choosing a Smart Growth location.

August 8 - Public Square

Downtown businesses are helping fund an innovative program to get more downtown workers out of their cars and onto public transit.

August 8 - The Columbus Dispatch

Commercial vacancies have "ballooned" in Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle, as the energy slump takes hold of the real estate market. The last time vacancies were this high: the oil bust of the 1980s.

August 8 - Houston Chronicle

BLOG POST

We can all do better when it comes to water.

August 8 - Kayla Matthews

Kansas City will vote today on two transportation-related initiatives. Once would inhibit the growth of the Kansas City Streetcar. Another would create a tax to find several new rail lines.

August 8 - The Kansas City Star

No two people seem to quite agree on what the word "gentrification" means. If you're at all interested in what shapes our cities, you're bound to find yourself in a conversation about gentrification eventually—and you might find yourself in a fight.

August 7 - Modern Cities