The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Heard of food deserts? Some neighborhoods are banking deserts, where credit unions are the only reputable financial service providers. Now, these community institutions are getting easier access to federal recognition.

February 9 - Next City

In a city that prides itself on toughing out cold, snowy winters, a bad delay from a few inches of snow is cause for anger and confusion.

February 9 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

A study from the Urban Land Institute shows developments near transit generate almost twice as many tax dollars per dollar spent.

February 9 - Greater Greater Washington

There was a time when moving was very common among Americans, as that has changed it's had profound impacts on the economy and life in the United States.

February 9 - CityLab

Elections have consequences. Per a Jan. 24 executive memo, the Army Corps of Engineers indicated that it will grant Dakota Access LLC the final permit to tunnel under the Missouri River and complete the controversial pipeline.

February 9 - The Washington Post - Energy and Environment

A proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) route for Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles was approved in Measure M, the transportation sales tax approved by L.A. County voters in November.

February 9 - Urbanize LA

Breezewood Pennsylvania is home to a traffic bottle neck on the I-70, and could be a target of Trump's promised infrastructure spending.

February 9 - The New York Times

The congressional battle over public lands is only just beginning. The latest action: the House voted to rescind the Bureau of Land Management's recently approved "Planning 2.0" rule.

February 9 - The Denver Post

The best city for taking transit to the airport, according to one ranking, is also known for car culture and sprawl.

February 9 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Time will tell whether President Trump is able to enact any of the ambitious trade policies he proposed on the campaign trail, but research shows the cities that will prosper or suffer based on the success of those initiatives.

February 8 - The Washington Post

Few government programs are as misunderstood, with such high consequences, as public housing subsidies.

February 8 - Greater Greater Washington

The sign code for North Redington Beach, Florida has been found in violation of the First Amendment, following a dispute with a local café.

February 8 - Rocky Mountain Sign Law

But that's no reason not to try, figures Republican Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, chair of the powerful House Natural Resources Committee, who has his sights on the Bears Ears National Monument, barely a month old.

February 8 - NPR

With a high number of elderly residents, the London suburb of Purley has taken steps to become "dementia-friendly." There's no single definition of what that means, but community awareness and education are a focus.

February 8 - The Guardian

The editors of a new book on displacement in New York argue that the city's historical record of exclusionary zoning carries over into the present. Urbanist concepts in vogue today simply rehash old divides.

February 8 - CityLab

Will a carbon tax have a better chance of success at the federal level if Republicans propose it? We're about to find out.

February 8 - The New York Times

Facing scary stuff that's also inevitable tends to clarify the landscape for decision-making.

February 8 - PlaceShakers

New York continues to grow, and as the city changes, so does its garbage.

February 8 - The New York Times

In a growing London, skyscrapers seem to be popping up everywhere, We Plan London catalogs the ten tallest.

February 8 - We Plan London

"Sunday might have been the Super Bowl, but Saturday was Metro’s super day," reports Dug Begley.

February 7 - Houston Chronicle