The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

While Atlanta gets ready for new transit service, its suburbs may not be so lucky.

April 4 - Curbed Atlanta

In the aftermath of the Measure S vote, members of the Los Angeles City Council have responded by pushing for expediting community plan updates and finding a sustainable source of funding for updating the region's plans.

April 4 - The Planning Report

Parramore, an African American community in Orlando, has been almost erased from history.

April 4 - Modern Cities

Coastal communities are battling the near certain rising sea levels. As a result, many are faced with the choice to stay and rebuild their homes or begin the process of "managed retreat" away from vulnerable coastal areas.

April 4 - WBUR

Streetsblog tells the story of how a Toledo resident got involved in complete streets activism in her community.

April 4 - Streetsblog USA

D.C. advocates are celebrating the mayor's support of several new bus investments.

April 4 - Greater Greater Washington

Has the Swedish retailer made a major breakthrough in affordable housing?

April 3 - Modern Cities

One of those Obama-era regulations that President Trump promised to ease is the Clean Water Rule, currently tied up in federal appeals court. The Department of Justice had asked the Supreme Court to discontinue the litigation.

April 3 - E&E News [Subscription]

Revised transportation funding legislation is needed to meet California's ballooning infrastructure deficit, but it needs a supermajority to pass, and it contains a fatal flaw for clean air activists.

April 3 - Streetsblog California

Progressive churches are attracting "younger, trendier demographics" to U.K. city centers.

April 3 - The Guardian

America's tech capital might be great at innovation, but innovation in bike transportation hasn't been a priority. Perhaps that's starting to change.

April 3 - Next City

Hundreds of thousands of early papers, drawings, and models are included in the Frank Gehry Papers.

April 3 - Dezeen

Cutting millions in federal aid to the New York City Housing Authority will "evaporate" years of progress in the city, said the agency's CEO.

April 3 - The Wall Street Jounal

BLOG POST

Students review municipal planning department websites in cities with more than 50,000 people to identify strengths and weaknesses. This post shares examples of the use of websites for information sharing and engagement.

April 3 - Jennifer Evans-Cowley

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie was never charged in the scandal that shut down access to the nation's busiest bridge for three days in September 2013 for political retribution. His aide and an appointment to the Port Authority were sentenced to prison.

April 3 - The New York Times

A new tool from the Department of Transportation maps all the noise created by traffic nationwide.

April 3 - The Architect's Newspaper

After the defeat of Measure S, Los Angeles Planning Director Vince Bertoni explains how a slew of new planning reforms will help move the city forward.

April 2 - The Planning Report

The report recommends making displacement prevention a more central component of land-use policy.

April 2 - The Architect's Newspaper

Ersatz versions of architectural icons like the Eiffel Tower, the London Bridge, or the Statue of Liberty are popping up around the world. Are you ready to test your skills in parsing the real from the fake?

April 2 - The Guardian

Fighting a plan to develop new affordable housing, some residents of Apalachicola, Florida prefer an effort to restore the town's dilapidated, though historic, housing stock.

April 2 - The New York Times