The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Free Ride Everywhere Downtown (FRED) shuttle system in San Diego is so popular that demand sometimes overwhelms the number of available shuttles. The city has redoubled its commitment to the system.

November 23 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Eleven attorneys general have sent a letter, and a warning, to the Trump Administration: we'll battle new entrance fees in court if we have to.

November 23 - The Sacramento Bee

Boulder is expanding the portfolio of the city's Open Space and Mountain Parks.

November 23 - The Denver Post

Streetsblog Chicago took a look at the big projects reshaping the Chicago Transit Authority, on the occasion of the transit system's 70th anniversary.

November 23 - Streetsblog Chicago

Could a political movement to ban cars be gaining momentum in North America?

November 22 - Treehugger

An era of multi-family construction is expected to slow as the housing market recalibrate, according to analysis in Bloomberg.

November 22 - Bloomberg

Last year, ProPublica revealed that Facebook's advertising features were allowing discriminatory housing advertisements in conflict with Fair Housing Act. After promising to improve, Facebook still fails the standards of federal law.

November 22 - ProPublica

The Chicago City Council has approved a new budget that includes a new transit funding mechanism that could level the playing field for transit.

November 22 - Streetsblog Chicago

The DART Board of Directors has ordered the expansion of police and security patrols at transit stations in Dallas, while also considering investments in new surveillance technology on light rail lines.

November 22 - DART Daily

The original plan earned the city a highly competitive $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

November 22 - Smart Cities Dive

An administrator for the Kentucky division of the Federal Highway Administration informed the city of Lexington that its rainbow crosswalk does not meet federal safety standards.

November 22 - Lexington Herald Leader

The Rockefeller Foundations EIB Challenge is putting a spotlight on an innovative new funding mechanism.

November 22 - Saporta Report

The Regional Transportation Authority has been supporting transit oriented development planning processes in suburbs like Bartlett.

November 22 - Chicago Tribune

David Duyen identifies an under-reported culprit in the so-called "retail apocalypse," and challenges policy makers to respond.

November 22 - New Republic

TransCanada got its second wish. Last March, President Trump reversed President Obama's rejection of the 1,136-mile pipeline to carry Alberta oil sands crude. On Monday, the Nebraska Public Service Commission OK'd a route, but not the one it wanted.

November 21 - The Washington Post

A relative lack of conversions from office to residential—the adaptive reuse model driving the housing market in many urban areas—makes the Washington, D.C. region a perfect place to study the factors that make or break an adaptive reuse proposal.

November 21 - Greater Greater Washington

More than one city has ditched parking in response to the congestion and conflicts created by ride-hailing pick-ups and drop-offs .

November 21 - CNN

Robert Steuteville reviews Cities Alive, by Michael Mehaffy, describing the newly released book as "an important analysis for urbanism."

November 21 - Public Square: A CNU Journal

News of the details of the negotiation between Taiwan-based Foxconn and the state of Wisconsin have revealed ideas about transportation planning that are either ambitious or delusional, depending on your opinion.

November 21 - Biz Times

The St. Louis trolley revival is running out of cash.

November 21 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch