The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Will sprawling cities stay sprawled? Starting in their downtowns, some Sun Belt behemoths are embracing denser, more walkable forms.

March 8 - CNU

The Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods in Chicago will update their master plan to keep pace with the north side Chicago growing wealth and popularity.

March 8 - Next City

An already troubled proposal to widen the I-94 Freeway in Milwaukee has now encountered a legal setback.

March 8 - Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

The city of Atlanta is building new housing, but very little of it is affordable. A new bond is intended to make a dent in that trend.

March 8 - WABE

The devil is in the details, as they say. That will be especially true as Congress and the Trump Administration decide how to allocate infrastructure spending around the county.

March 7 - Route Fifty

The perpetual project to improve transit service in San Francisco has a new chapter.

March 7 - Hoodline

While some cities debate secondary units and parking controversies, the city of North Vancouver is allowing three units on every single-family lot in the city—parking requirements not included.

March 7 - North Shore News

On Tuesday, the Trump administration anticipates unraveling two signature Obama environmental regulations: fuel efficiency standards for model year 2022-2025 light-duty vehicles and beginning the undoing of the Clean Power Plan.

March 7 - The New York Times

If Americans viewed housing as what it essentially is, a consumable good, solutions to our ongoing affordability crisis might just present themselves. And we'd probably loosen a lot of land use regulations.

March 7 - New York Times

In an ambitious plan dating back to the early 20th century, some Chicagoans want to build out park space over Lake Shore Drive's Oak Street S-bend. The project wouldn't be a straightforward one.

March 7 - Curbed Chicago

Councilmember José Huizar weighs the city's new rules against those proposed by the upcoming ballot measure.

March 7 - The Planning Report

Paolo Berdini, Rome's councilor for urban planning, has resigned from his position after clashing with the city's mayor over a new soccer stadium for AS Roma.

March 7 - Business Insider

A new framework plan for Detroit's East Riverfront District will focus more on creating public spaces than a previous version of the plan. The proposed vision for the waterfront would expand Milliken State Park and create two new parks.

March 7 - Detroit Free Press

A plan that includes improvements for LaGuardia, new rail transit and more automotive infrastructure to be completed over the next ten years.

March 7 - The Architect's Newspaper

Electrifying Caltrain is low-hanging fruit for Infrastructure spending. Unfortunately, the fruit may spoil on the vine because the California GOP and Donald Trump have put the project on hold.

March 6 - Medium

Los Angeles seems primed for a development boom, but when developments are built near highways there can be serious health consequences.

March 6 - Los Angeles Times

The Minneapolis-based retailer is thinking big by betting on a small store and the urban revolution.

March 6 - Modern Cities

Herbie Huff of the UCLA's Lewis Center and Institute of Transportation Studies pens a well-reasoned opinion for the Los Angeles Times as to why a market-based strategy to manage demand is the best approach to traffic congestion in Los Angeles.

March 6 - Los Angeles Times

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl made the announcement at the recent VerdeXchange Conference.

March 6 - The Planning Report

No surprise here. Scott Pruitt agreed with nine state attorney generals, including his replacement in Oklahoma, to reverse a request enacted by his predecessor to require oil and gas drillers to record information on the release of methane emissions.

March 6 - The Washington Post