The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A new rule will make it easier to send vouchers for rent assistance to wealthier neighborhoods. The Trump Administration is not a willing partner in this effort.

January 29 - Next City

It's possible Amazon could select a suburban campus for its second headquarters. Here's why that possibility could be a benefit to suburban environments everywhere.

January 29 - CityLab

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Parking requirements are the dark matter of the urban universe: they affect transport and land use in mysterious ways. These fun facts illustrate the costs and impacts of economically excessive parking supply.

January 29 - Todd Litman

Bus riders, comprising about three-quarters of Los Angeles Metro ridership, declined 21 percent since 2013, But it wasn't just bus routes—two light rail lines also lost riders.

January 29 - Los Angeles Times

National economic indicators may look good, but some areas are still clawing their way back from the 2008 recession. Cleveland's Slavic Village, an "epicenter" of the foreclosure crisis, is one of them.

January 29 - Marketplace

A piecemeal, reactive approach to historic preservation in the capital may burden the future with too many buildings of "middling merit."

January 29 - Greater Greater Washington

The rise of online retail has come with a flurry of delivery trucks that don't always have good places to stop. Researchers from Amazon's hometown are on the case.

January 29 - Landscape Architecture Magazine

Infrastructure, climate change, and natural disasters were among the themes of the California governor's final address to the legislature and public. Two of his accomplishments, high-speed rail and increasing the gas tax, face uncertain futures.

January 28 - The New York Times

The complete streets movement calls for streets to be designed—or redesigned—in order to accommodate a broad range of users and uses.

January 28 - InTransition Magazine

No, technology and private industry is not ending the need for public transit, according to Jarrett Walker.

January 28 - CityLab

The North Sounder commuter rail service from Seattle to Everett could increase ridership by adding four stations in the city of Seattle.

January 28 - The Urbanist

Now that the Trump Administration has reopened the U.S. coastlines to oil and gas extraction, it's unclear whether anyone will take up the opportunity in the Pacific Northwest.

January 28 - EarthFix

A $2.3 billion extension of the CTA's Red Line would be the first extension of a Chicago's "L" line since 1993.

January 27 - Chicago Tribune

Should cities with some of the worst air pollution in the country be adding massive campuses for logistics and heavy industries?

January 27 - KVPR

Analysis from the Center for American Progress breaks down the fallout in funding and job losses to the state level, if policies proposed in the Trump Administration's infrastructure plan and its proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 are adopted.

January 27 - Center for American Progress

Autonomous vehicles replacing fixed transit may be on the minds of many in the transportation world, but that's not stopping cities from upgrading and building around their transit lines.

January 27 - Modern Cities

“It has to be one of the greatest wastes of money in any state’s history,” Alan Greenblatt writes.

January 27 - Governing

The first protectionist policies implemented by the Trump Administration, a key part of the president's campaign platform, will affect the renewable energy industry.

January 26 - New York Times

A big data dump from Trulia, supplemented by helpful analysis, helps make sense of the U.S. rental market.

January 26 - Trulia

A series of renderings by a Seattle architect shows the recently completed high-rises, along with under construction, proposed, and rumored projects. Seattle is changing, quickly.

January 26 - The Urbanist