United States

 Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park

The Case for Wildlife Crossings

If wildlife crossings seem to expensive to build with so many infrastructure needs around the country, consider the cost of not building safe passage for animals.

April 20, 2019 - National Geographic

Lime Scooter

A Company of Scooter Vigilantes Sparks a Lawsuit

A lawsuit by Bird and Lime against the company Scooter Removal highlights the difficult challenges required to reconcile the private interests of new mobility companies with the access to the public realm on which they depend.

April 20, 2019 - Jalopnik

Down Payment

Housing Starts Hit Two-Year Low

Housing starts and permits are slowing nationwide. The current pace of construction would have been considered a trough in pre-recession economic cycles.

April 20, 2019 - Marketwatch

San Francisco

Maps: Where Teachers Can Afford Housing in California

Teachers can't afford to live in the neighborhoods where they teach in California—the biggest gap between teachers' wages and the cost of housing is found in the Bay Area.

April 19, 2019 - EdSource

Bureau of Land Management

Elizabeth's Warren Plan for Public Lands

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) recently published a detailed plan to protect public lands.

April 19, 2019 - Pacific Standard

A Sci-Fi Novel About an Urban Planners and a War Over Gentrification

The Municipalists, a new novel by Seth Fried, will definitely appeal to fiction-reading urban planners.

April 19, 2019 - CityLab

Los Angeles Chinatown

Los Angeles May Bar Source-of-Income Housing Discrimination

Officials hope that improving access to housing for people who use voucher programs will help prevent homelessness in the city.

April 18, 2019 - LAist

Downtown Dallas

New Population Estimates Released Today; South and West Lead Population Growth

No, they aren't the Mueller report, but the Census Bureau's annual population estimates for counties are always a big deal.

April 18, 2019 - U.S. Census Bureau

Central Parkway

Civic Crowdfunding to Mitigate 'Bikelash'

Public outcry about the priority given protected bike lanes on streets can be mitigated when civic crowdfunding is part of the planning process, according to this article.

April 18, 2019 - The Conversation

Florida Bikeshare

The State of Micromobility

The NACTO Bike Share and Micromobility Initiative yesterday published a bunch of data and infographics to explain the state of shared micromobility, defined as station-based bikeshare, dockless bike share, and scooter share.

April 18, 2019 - NACTO

SEPTA Bus

Transit Ridership Declined Nationally in 2018, APTA Report Finds

The latest data from the American Public Transportation Association reveals the national consequences of many local examples of declining transit use.

April 17, 2019 - Smart Cities Dive

Gentrification Protest

An Alphabetical Compendium of the Gentrification Blame Game

When it comes to identifying and repairing the underlying causes of gentrification, there's plenty of blame to go around.

April 17, 2019 - City Observatory

Apartment for Rent

The Results of Short-Term Rentals: Fewer Long-Term Rentals, Fewer Homes for Sale, Higher Rents

Research published last year, and explained recently in the Harvard Business Review, measures the effect of Airbnb in the housing market, and goes a step further to explain the economics of that effect.

April 17, 2019 - Harvard Business Review

Gila National Forest

The Most Endangered Rivers in the United States

American Rivers has announced their annual list of the most endangered rivers in the country.

April 17, 2019 - American Rivers

Bike Lane New York

Study: Cars Give Bike Lanes Less Space

A new study provides more evidence that people on bikes need more of a buffer from drivers in cars than a mere strip of paint can offer.

April 16, 2019 - Streetsblog USA

Mountain Waterfall

Comments Closed for Significant Changes to 'Waters of the United States' Rule

The Trump administration has spent the first two years of its time in office trying to overturn key provisions of the "Waters of the United States" rule.

April 16, 2019 - KJZZ

2020 Presidential Campaign

A Presidential Campaign Built on Rust Belt Revitalization

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is hoping to ride a track record of urban revitalization success to the Oval Office.

April 16, 2019 - Curbed

Brooklyn

Advocates Push to Study Racial Impacts of NYC Rezoning

Neighborhood rezonings that disproportionately displace minority residents could violate the Fair Housing Act, advocates say.

April 15, 2019 - Brooklyn Eagle

Portland, Oregon

$1.36 Billion in Federal Transit Administration Grants Awarded

The Federal Transit Administration announced a new round of funding for the Capital Investment Grants program last week.

April 15, 2019 - Federal Transit Administration

Donald Trump

Trump Signs Two Executive Orders Limiting States' Authority Over Energy Pipelines

The Trump administration's "energy dominance" agenda depends, in part, on growing the energy distribution network, namely pipelines, rail facilities, and ports. However, states can use the Clean Water Act to block pipelines and coal terminals.

April 15, 2019 - InsideClimate News

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.