The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Feeling a little "tl;dr" about the "Urban Planning Trends to Watch in 2019" article published by Planetizen earlier this month?

January 21 - Planetizen via YouTube

A new online tool allows cities to measure progress in providing access to alternative forms of transportation.

January 21 - Fast Company

Los Angeles Metro CEO Phil Washington will recommend to his board next Thursday that they pursue a congestion pricing program to reduce traffic congestion, improve transit, and subsidize transit fares in Los Angeles in time for the 2028 Olympics.

January 21 - Curbed Los Angeles

Under the Trump administration, criminal prosecution of polluters is an historically rare activity.

January 21 - Associated Press

The new “Report on Effects of a Changing Climate to the Department of Defense” isn't the environmental win that it could be.

January 21 - Vox

Inland waterways have capacity to spare to help deal with an expected surge in freight movement around the country. Some TLC will be required to maximize that potential, however.

January 20 - Eno Center for Transportation

The city of Philadelphia provides a case study of the so-called "Latino Homeless Paradox." There are many more low-income and homeless Latinos than reflected in the numbers of those using supportive services in the city.

January 20 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Branding and bus rapid transit go hand in hand.

January 20 - The Urbanist

After a decade of shifting market preferences and an ongoing urban renaissance, how do downtown home prices compare in cities around the country?

January 20 - Property Shark

New York City's ailing taxi industry is fighting what they call a "suicide surcharge," a new $2.50 fee they will be forced to charge riders below 95th Street in Manhattan. Eight drivers have already taken their lives as their business suffers.

January 20 - The New York Times

Toronto Mayor John Tory is intervening in transit plans with a call to speed up spending and the construction timeline for the relief line, designed to relieve crowding on the city's subway system in the urban core.

January 19 - The Star

In an interview with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, former Arizona Governor and former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit recommends new approaches to the challenges facing the Colorado River watershed.

January 19 - Land Lines, Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy

The 16-mile Purple Line light rail project, which connects Maryland suburbs in Montgomery and Prince George's counties to the D.C. Metro Gold, Red, and Orange lines, is facing a new lawsuit.

January 19 - The Washington Post

Sen. Scott Wiener introduced legislation to make state highways that run through villages, town, and cities, often acting as main streets, accommodate the safety needs of walkers, cyclists, and transit users when undergoing capital improvements.

January 19 - Streetsblog California

For all the money pouring into autonomous vehicle technology, the public is still relatively unconvinced about the viability of the technology.

January 19 - Smart Cities Dive

An illustrated comic strip introduces the community of support found at Right 2 Dream Too, a homeless community of tents and tiny homes built by and for homeless people.

January 18 - The Nib

In a city where bus ridership has been declining for years, Pace has found success on the expressway.

January 18 - Chicago Tribune

Rather than simply being punitive, the Dutch rail carrier is trying to find cost effective ways to collect fares and make riders feel welcome.

January 18 - CityLab

Looking around the globe for lessons in equitable mobility in the new technology-enabled era of transportation.

January 18 - Thomson Reuters Foundation

Supermarket closings have turned parts of the city into food deserts. As a result, residents lack access to fresh food and suffer health and economic consequences.

January 18 - Louisville Courier Journal