The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The economy is improving in places like Texas, but a closer look indicates that cities are taking off while rural areas are lagging behind.

July 20 - The New York Times

New York trains are running on time more often because of additional vacuum trains, according to the New York MTA.

July 20 - Crains New York Business

Water is encroaching on neighborhoods and shorelines in Detroit at rare levels. Those impacts and many more are considered only a preview of what's to come when the worst effects of climate change strike the Great Lakes region.

July 19 - The Detroit Free Press

Four intrepid reporters from the Chicago Tribune raced to O'Hare International Airport by personal car, a ride-share, on CTA, and on Metra to decide which is fastest.

July 19 - Chicago Tribune

The Renaissance Revival building that houses New York City's beloved Strand Bookstore is under consideration by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. The case has provoked debate between rival advocates.

July 19 - Pacific Standard

Fixed route bus ridership in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois has gone up for 13 consecutive months.

July 19 - WGLT

In a shift away from subway expansions and upgrades, Toronto looks to improve the bus and streetcar systems.

July 19 - The Star

To reach an ambitious net-zero target for transportation emissions in San Francisco, Mayor Breed and two supervisors introduced legislation to require large parking facilities provide electric vehicle charging for 10% of spaces.

July 19 - San Francisco Chronicle

The Living Cully coalition prioritizes the well-being of long term, lower-income residents with future-building revitalization projects.

July 19 - Next City

Washington State released a report detailing the business case for connecting Seattle to Portland and Vancouver by high-speed rail.

July 19 - Business in Vancouver

Over a year after Capital Metro in Austin overhauled its bus system design, the system is bucking national trends and achieving growth in its ridership numbers.

July 19 - CBS Austin

Predicting the future of challenges facing cities isn't very hard when the future is already staring cities right in the face.

July 19 - Meeting of the Minds

A proposal to dissolve the groups has led to a debate about their purpose and who really benefits from them.

July 18 - Oregon Live

There are more than 90,000s dams in the U.S.; many will never be visited by federal or state inspectors.

July 18 - Yale Environment 360

If you pay a 20% down payment for a home, you’re making a leveraged bet that the home will maintain or grow its value.

July 18 - City Observatory

The Minister for Transport called it "part of the answer to climate change" – charging air travelers a modest fee for international trips that originate in France and investing the revenue in greener alternatives such as rail transport.

July 18 - The Washington Post

The public got its first chance to weigh in on a controversial proposal to makeover a sliver of Toronto waterfront as an ambitious experiment in "smart city" technology.

July 18 - The Star

Sydney built more than 30,000 multi-unit homes last year. That new supply has meant falling rents in most of the city.

July 18 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Controversy over a plan to revitalize the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal in Washington, D.C. has some questioning whether the High Line in New York City is the best model for the adaptive reuse of public space.

July 18 - Greater Greater Washington

The Houston Council voted yesterday to extend its market-base parking program.

July 18 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research