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Leadership Change Could Lead to Changes in Suburban Oakland County, Michigan

The suburban status quo is due for an update in Michigan's wealthiest county, and a new county executive is ready to lead the county in a new direction.

December 26 - CityLab

Plastic Bag Litter

95 Environmental Regulations Threatened by the Trump Administration

New York Times analysis quantifies the environmental regulations at risk under the actions of the Trump administration.

December 26 - The New York Times

Uber CEO

Travis Kalanick, Uber's Controversial Founder, Finally Leaves the Company

The announcement finally severs the ties between the ride-hailing company and its founder and former CEO.

December 25 - Uber Investor

Winter Fun

Wisconsin Town Could Lift Ban on Throwing Snowballs

Since 1962, throwing a snowball in Wausau, Wisconsin could have gotten you a ticket.

December 25 - Wisconsin Public Radio

Bus Priority Zones

Watch the Miracle on 14th Street in Action

The changes to 14th Street in Manhattan have proven innovative ideas about bus priority and congestion relief.

December 25 - Streetfilms via Vimeo


Christmas Lights

The Anti-Urban Streak of Hallmark's Christmas Movies

The culture war episode sparked by a recent commercial aired on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel shouldn't surprise anyone who has noticed the anti-urban themes consistent in the channel's Christmas movies.

December 25 - The Washington Post

Baltimore, Maryland

Christmas Eye Candy: The American Tradition of Christmas Decorations

Decorating for winter celebrations is an ancient tradition. The contemporary American version of the tradition comes in many forms.

December 25 - National Geographic


Texas Wind Power

Trump Tilts at Windmills

The media raised their collective eyebrows at statements made by President Trump about wind energy at an event this week.

December 24 - The Hill

Robert Moses

On Progressive Impotence and an Obsolete Penn Station

In a deep dive into the sad state of the nation's busiest transit hub, Marc J. Dunkelman raises a dispiriting question. In their zeal to ward off future Robert Moseses, have progressives crippled government's power to carry out its job?

December 24 - Politico

Homelessness

HUD's Latest Homeless Report Counts Increasing Homelessness

The federal government blamed California for the increasing number of people living in homelessness in the United States.

December 24 - Associated Press via The New York Times

Panama City Rainforest Fog

Land Use Patterns Connected to Biodiversity Crisis

As many as 1 million species are at risk of extinction if the world, including planning professionals and politicians, doesn't make big changes.

December 24 - Vox

Columbia University Athletics

Judge Tosses Manhattan Rezoning; Developer Tosses Affordable Housing Project

A court decision to toss a signature rezoning plan of the de Blasio administration in New York City had immediate repercussions for a development proposal that would have added hundreds of new affordable housing units.

December 24 - Crain's New York Business

Washington

A Transit and Land Use Planning Shift in Federal Way, Washington

Federal funding for Sound Transit's Federal Way Link extension and a new transit-oriented land use plan are changing the future of Federal Way.

December 23 - The Urbanist

Autonomous Vehicles

California Clears the Way for Autonomous Delivery Vehicles

Safety driver not included.

December 23 - Smart Cities Dive

A bus next to the re-located light rail station at Denver's Union Station

More Service Cuts Due to Denver's Bus Driver Shortage

Denver transit riders are bearing the brunt of the region's lack of transit drivers.

December 23 - The Denver Post

Poway, California

San Diego Residents Could Vote to Expand Ballot Box Planning Powers

The March ballot in San Diego County will ask voters to make big decisions about planning and development on the fringes of the developed parts of the county.

December 23 - Voice of San Diego

Muni Bus Market Street

People Over Cars: The Future of San Francisco

The San Bruno Avenue Multimodal Improvement Project moved forward in San Francisco despite local resistance. The planning and political calculus behind the project is a sign of more to come in the City by the Bay.

December 23 - San Francisco Chronicle

Silver Lake Dog Park

BLOG POST

Are Cities Really Losing Millennials?

Despite headlines to the contrary, the nation's most urbanized places appear to have gained thirtysomethings in recent years.

December 23 - Michael Lewyn

Downtown, Los Angeles

BLOG POST

Better Planning with More Comprehensive Transportation Cost Analysis

Transportation planning decisions often involve trade-offs between various economic impacts, including direct user costs, and various external costs imposed on other people. All of these impacts should be considered in planning analysis.

December 23 - Todd Litman

Brooklyn Open Space

Splashy New Project Revealed for the Williamsburg, Brooklyn Waterfront

A skyline-changing pair of towers are proposed for for the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn.

December 23 - The Architect's Newspaper

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