The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Texas recently announced a historic commitment to automobile infrastructure.

September 6 - Texas Department of Transportation

Plans to extend 15th Street in Midtown Atlanta are designed to improve access to the Arts Center MARTA station.

September 6 - Urbanize Atlanta

The Federal Transit Administration announced the winners in the Bus and Bus Facilities and Low or No Emission Vehicle (Low-No Program) programs in August.

September 6 - Federal Transit Administration

Considered by some to be the most critical infrastructure project in the country, the Gateway Project is an ongoing example of the extreme costs of bureaucratic and political neglect.

September 6 - The New York Times

A long-awaited extension of the Bay Area’s regional rail transit system is finally coming into view, with an expected completion date of 2030.

September 5 - KALW

Move Ahead Washington, a law approved by the Washington State Legislature earlier this year, is expected to have a huge effect on transportation planning and engineering on state-controlled roads.

September 5 - The Urbanist

The ForwardDallas initiative is attempting for the Holy Grail of planning: development certainty.

September 5 - CandysDirt.com

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is backing one of the largest real estate development projects in U.S. history—larger even than the nearby Hudson Yards project.

September 5 - The New York Times

In Las Vegas, Denver, Philadelphia, and more, out of town newcomers have been driving up real estate prices by moving in from more expensive locations with the resources to outspend locals, according to analysis by the Business Journals.

September 4 - The Business Journals

This project could "save California," according to the Los Angeles Times. But it won't be easy.

September 4 - Los Angeles Times

The Federal Transit Administration issued a scathing review of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s performance last week, ordering major changes at the Boston area’s transportation agency.

September 4 - WBUR

The transit crisis continues.

September 4 - New York Daily News

The “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” will award $1 billion in grant funding from the American Rescue Plan to projects spanning 24 states.

September 2 - The White House

Fortunes are changing in Austin—a longtime magnet for new arrivals is dealing with skyrocketing housing costs and increasing amounts of out-migration.

September 2 - KVUE

A solar energy facility planned for Fairfield County, Ohio is in critical condition after local governments express their displeasure.

September 2 - Ohio Capital Journal

State-supported rail lines in Virginia set a new ridership record in July.

September 2 - Sun Gazette

Checking in with The Hub, a proposed rezoning that would enable a multi-parcel redevelopment at a conspicuous intersection, two years after the city paused the rezoning for additional analysis (spoiler alert: the analysis hasn’t even started).

September 1 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Austin's Visio Zero program is hard at work, making significant changes to some of the city's most dangerous intersections.

September 1 - Austin American-Statesman

While the impact on inflation of the questionably-titled Inflation Reduction Act remains to be seen, the law will mitigate the damage done by a landmark Supreme Court case in June that gutted the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

September 1 - The New York Times

There’s a reason land ownership is a matter of public record—but at the moment the records we have aren’t actually doing the job.

September 1 - Shelterforce Magazine