The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Giants announced two massive development proposals in recent weeks, and the Warriors are opening a new arena to regular season games later this week.

October 22 - San Francisco Chronicle

Particulate matter air pollution has been on the rise since 2017, according to new research. Wildfires, economic activity, and lax regulation are potentially to blame.

October 22 - Bloomberg

After several years of increasing traffic fatalities, the total numbers of people killed by cars every year in the United States is finally declining. The same can't be said for pedestrians and people on bikes.

October 22 - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The city has proposed a "safe lot" for homeless residents living out of their cars, but the cost could run above $1,000 a person.

October 22 - Seattle Times

The benefits of equitable mobility policy will extend to equitable housing outcomes, according to this article published by Sidewalk Labs.

October 22 - Sidewalk Talk

The city of Smyrna wants to benefit from the $1 billion in investment coming to the area around SunTrust Park in Cobb County, Georgia, so it's helping pay for a pedestrian bridge to connect to the ballpark.

October 22 - The Atlanta Journal Constitution

The D.C. Zoning Commission delayed a decision that would be the final step toward legalizing Airbnb and other short-term rental companies operating in Washington, D.C.

October 22 - WAMU

The "Test Rides" program in Sweden is showing success in getting people to drive less and take transit more.

October 22 - Fast Company

The Chicago Sun-Times responds to two Illinois state legislators who have recently proposed bills that would ban red light cameras statewide.

October 21 - Chicago Sun-Times

A new task force formed in Portland, Oregon will consider ways to make automobile use more expensive, including parking pricing, area and time-based fees, fleet charges, road user charges, cordons, and freeway pricing.

October 21 - Bike Portland

Although electric scooter rental companies won't confirm the reasoning behind price increases for scooter rides in the Washington, D.C. region, it's likely the same story will be repeated in other regions as well.

October 21 - The Washington Post

The fingerprint of Hurricane Harvey and recurring flooding events around the state are evident in the statewide election in Texas on November 5, 2019.

October 21 - Austin American-Statesman

The first of four new parks opening in Dallas in the next few years opened earlier this month—Pacific Plaza park.

October 21 - The Dallas Morning News

The California Coastal Commission could have overturned part of San Diego's ambitious parking reform policy approved earlier this year, and would have if commission staff had won their arguments.

October 21 - Streetsblog California

The Blue Line light rail line, connecting Los Angeles and Long Beach, is almost finished with a $350 million repair program. When it reopens to service it will be called the A Line.

October 21 - Los Angeles Times

A new report identifies looming challenges with the water supply enabling growth in Central Arizona suburbs.

October 21 - Arizona Republic

The Parks Without Borders program in New York City is intended to open parks to the rest of the public realm, but some local activists like their parks just how they are.

October 21 - City & State New York

New research finds that different types of parks correlate with different gentrification effects, adding to the complexity of urban change.

October 21 - CityLab

New research reveals an "unseen force" in the housing crisis: consolidation of home building capital and land ownership.

October 20 - The Washington Post

The Chicago Tribune combed a pile of legislation to produce an authoritative database of projects funded in an historic spending spree by Illinois.

October 20 - Chicago Tribune