The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Federal Transit Administration has offered the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority a $1.35 million grant to partner with ridesharing app Via on first-last mile solutions.

November 27 - Engadget

As ridership soars, the "urban circulator" in the Woodlands Township is getting longer routes and more frequent service.

November 27 - Houston Chronicle

The city of Pittsburgh's Open Data project recently released a progress report to commemorate its first two years in operation.

November 27 - Data-Smart City Solutions

To help pay for their massive tax cut bill, Senate Republicans have proposed elimination of a small tax benefit that can save bike commuters $240 annually. Unlike the House tax bill, they don't touch parking and transit benefits.

November 27 - Bicycling

Not forcing "style-matching" are among the recommendations for a good accessory dwelling unit (ADU) policy

November 26 - CityLab

A 298-unit, 18-story tower in Pacific Park Brooklyn opened its doors to new renters in various categories of affordability over five months ago. 27% remain empty in the higher income tiers, and unlike market-rate units, the asking rent won't drop.

November 26 - The New York Times

Harvard Square bears the name of a prestigious private university, but it's still public space. More community organizations are taking a role in determining its future in an era of change for the historic location.

November 26 - Harvard Magazine

Harris County, home to Houston and the scene of widespread devastation during Hurricane Harvey and other weather events, will make large-scale changes to development regulations on floodplains for the first time in almost 20 years.

November 26 - Houston Chronicle

John Gallagher takes a look at some of the civic factors and organizations that have worked behind the scenes to pull Detroit through.

November 26 - Detroit Free Press

Christopher Hawthrone discusses the rise of a "quiet style" in architecture that returns to basic shapes and resists the urge to look futuristic.

November 25 - The Los Angeles Times

A new study finds evidence that the ripple effect from the San Francisco Bay Area's housing affordability crisis has reached all the way to Sacramento.

November 25 - The Mercury News

With plans for expansions and realignment in the works, Sound Transit recently ranked the performance of the routes and corridors throughout the bus and light rail transit system.

November 25 - Seattle Transit Blog

A 328-foot building is planned for the Downtown-Adjacent Midtown neighborhood.

November 25 - Houston Chronicle

Durham, North Carolina might not be the city you expect to hear about when the conversation turns to a wave of evictions driving residents from their homes as post-Recession development remakes the market.

November 25 - WNCN

The recent spill of 210,000 gallons of crude oil from the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota was far from an outlier.

November 24 - High Country News

The mayor of Oakland is challenging homeowners to offer their extra rooms and in-law units to the homeless, with a target to create a modest 100 new permanent supportive housing units.

November 24 - East Bay Times

To counteract the effects of sprawl, a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers recommends locating job growth in the city of Melbourne, Australia, in locations outside the city's core.

November 24 - The Australian

The Seattle Times says there could be no worse time than right now to repeal tax exempt bonds that help finance affordable housing.

November 24 - The Seattle Times

Not everything went according to plan in a perfectly planned demolition even in Atlanta over the weekend.

November 24 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A crowdfunding campaign recently launched to support a new kind of commissary kitchen in Portland.

November 23 - The Oregonian