The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Bombshell revelations about an FBI investigation into corruption and conspiracy in Los Angeles City Hall made the news recently. At the center of the story is development financing from Chinese companies.

January 16 - Los Angeles Times

An annual reports finds a growing number of homelessness in Utah. That information, coupled with mistakes in earlier reports, casts doubt on the state's record of success in housing vulnerable populations.

January 16 - Place

The MBTA’s plan to repair and improve the ailing system means major service disruptions are likely coming. Officials say they want to minimize the pain and suffering of riders.

January 16 - The Boston Globe

Effects of the partial shutdown of the federal government differ between state highway departments and local transit agencies. Some effects aren't yet apparent, but could be soon.

January 16 - Governing

U.S. sales of plug-in electric vehicles, including those with internal combustion engines, increased by 81 percent in 2018 over 2017. But if you remove the best-selling Tesla Model 3 from the mix, the increase drops to 11 percent.

January 16 - Greentech Media

Putting a price on carbon emissions is widely viewed as an effective tool to reduce emissions. It can also be applied to help those who stand to lose the most from climate change, thus enabling a socially just transition to a low carbon economy.

January 15 - World Resources Institute

Covenants restricting ownership to white people are not uncommon in old Seattle-area property deeds. Homeowners can now put in requests to legally strike the offensive language.

January 15 - The Seattle Times

PG&E announced that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, facing $30 billion in liability after two years of catastrophic wildfires in the state of California.

January 15 - The Mercury News

A federal judge's decision accuses U.S. Commerce Secretary of playing politics with the U.S. Census.

January 15 - AP News

A local bus and transit advocate pushes for more improvements to the Maryland Transit Administration's bus system in the city of Baltimore.

January 15 - CityLab

China continues to lead the world in the construction of skyscrapers.

January 15 - Dezeen

Sam Raby argues that BART’s pay by distance fair structure exacerbates transit inequities.

January 15 - Curbed

To encourage people to move to Vermont, new program will help remote workers with the costs of relocating.

January 15 - WBUR

A lawsuit alleging intentional segregation by the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) has finally reached a settlement.

January 15 - WTTW

New York City has the slowest buses of any big American city, and Mayor Bill de Blasio aims to speed them up with better bus lane enforcement.

January 15 - AM New York

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Maybe, just maybe, Trump might also be willing to consider the decaying condition of U.S. infrastructure a matter of national security. And if Congress played along, perhaps we'd get a 2019 Infrastructure bill. That's how Eisenhower did it.

January 14 - Robert Fischer

Ohio has a new Republican governor, and the state has a transportation funding problem. Can a new group of advocates convince the state's political leadership to approve a new gas tax?

January 14 - Columbus Dispatch

Developments around the mall are now subject to tax breaks as part of a new program meant to aid disadvantaged communities.

January 14 - StarTribune

Developers pay impact fees to fund affordable housing and job programs, but the mayor wants the city to have more discretion around changing the requirements.

January 14 - The Boston Globe

Hundreds of cars in the system will be going offline in coming years, and the agency is looking at a variety of ideas for what to do with them.

January 14 - San Francisco Examiner