The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new report from the California Housing Partnership "revealed a wide gap between state support for homeowners and renters."

March 12 - Los Angeles Times

Pilot programs are not the real thing, warned Michael Lewis, executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, testifying at a House transportation subcommittee on March 7. Colorado completed a successful four-month pilot last April.

March 12 - AASHTO Journal

Trump's animus towards using federal funds to replace a century-old, hurricane-damaged rail tunnel under the Hudson River is so strong that he warned Congress he will veto a spending bill they must pass by March 23 to keep the government operating.

March 12 - The Hill

Six winners in three categories—signaling, subway cars, and communications—have won the MTA's unique crowd-sourcing exercise.

March 12 - The Architect's Newspaper

If the rezoning of single-family neighborhoods succeeds in Minneapolis as part of its ongoing Comprehensive Plan process, we could be looking at one of the most ambitious pro-development zoning schemes in the country.

March 12 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

FEATURE

Insight into the hard work of implementing the New Urban Agenda.

March 11 - Michael Mehaffy

BLOG POST

I don't bike, but I still feel safer on streets with bike lanes. This essay explains why.

March 11 - Michael Lewyn

Arriving this week. Like, practically right now.

March 11 - The Washington Post

Mechanical failures and understaffing have contributed to plummeting ridership for the Cincinnati Bell Connector.

March 11 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

The amenity in highest demand for companies looking to develop office space in Atlanta might surprise people: it's access to public transit.

March 11 - Bisnow Atlanta

Although it's unclear if the change is final, it's been widely reported that leadership at the U.S. Department of Housing and Development is pushing to remove wording about racial discrimination from the organization's mission statement.

March 10 - The Huffington Post

Designed to thwart predatory lawsuits, the bill could make it easier for businesses to ignore barriers to access, disability rights advocates say.

March 10 - The Washington Post

None of the top 100 American cities in African American population offers inclusive homeownership rates.

March 10 - Urban Institute

They say the pendulum swings, and the TIGER grant funding pendulum has swung away from public transit.

March 10 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

Kris Graves photographs all 77 NYPD precincts from Tottenville to Edenwald, looking to these buildings—sometimes humble, sometimes imposing—for the face and footprint of law and order in the neighborhood.

March 10 - Urban Omnibus

Surveys on ride-hailing conducted by regional planning agencies, academic institutions, and public transit agencies throughout the U.S. reviewed by the Associated Press largely led to the same conclusion: more traffic and reduced use of transit.

March 9 - Associated Press

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been criticized by pedestrian safety activists and, when a driver ran a red light killing two young children, hundreds came out to confront the mayor in person.

March 9 - The Village Voice

The Chicago Transit Authority's Red-Purple Bypass Project will add an additional track to speed up trains passing through the Belmont Station. The project requires the demolition of several neighborhood buildings.

March 9 - Chicago Tribune

Vancouver's mile-long street car was built for the Olympics and ran for only 60 days, but some of the city's residents want that service back.

March 9 - Next City

After the worst wildfire season ever, changes to local land use and state insurance rules essentially ensure that the same thing will happen again.

March 9 - Bloomberg BusinessWeek