The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

BART is readying its "Fleet of the Future," which includes adding more room than originally designed for bike storage.

June 1 - San Francisco Examiner

The Phoenix metropolitan area is growing again, but the water supply isn't. Many development plans derailed by the Great Recession won't find it easy to start where they left off.

June 1 - Arizona Republic

The el/El/L debate has never been resolved, but the CTA says its usage is the correct one.

June 1 - Chicago Magazine

The U.S. News World and Report, better known for ranking colleges and universities, recently released a ranking of state transportation systems.

May 31 - U.S. News & World Report

Milwaukee's mayor has a $160 million plan to extend The Hop streetcar, but the proposal so far lacks the necessary political support.

May 31 - Urban Milwaukee

Reducing the number of traffic lanes to improve bike and pedestrian safety can be inherently controversial when auto travel times are increased, and it can upset motorists further when they learn gas taxes are funding those safety improvements.

May 31 - Los Angeles Times

Rather than bonds, an op-ed makes the case for electronic tolls to pay for improvements to commuter rail lines between New York City and Connecticut.

May 31 - Connecticut Post

The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) renewed its contract with Transdev to oversee transit operation, but is also making significant changes to the management structure, including bringing management positions inside the authority.

May 31 - The Times-Picayune

While the middle class does not face the same kind of nationwide affordability crisis as low-income populations, geography and demographics are placing new stress on middle-income households.

May 31 - Brookings

FEATURE

New Urbanism was in part born of the criticisms of 20th century planning principles popularized by Jane Jacobs, but Jacobs infamously derided the new school of thought.

May 31 - Fanis Grammenos

Neighborhoods in Philadelphia are undergoing rapid, unprecedented change. Proposed legislation would ban the architectural signifiers of that change.

May 31 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

It's been remarked upon before. Infrastructure in New York City is a cost nightmare compared to other global cities. Accountability is lacking, Josh Barro writes, but MTA also suffers from an "institutional lack of power."

May 31 - Intelligencer - New York Magazine

Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns sits down for an interview with Derek Avery, "a community-conscious real-estate developer based in Dallas, TX."

May 31 - Strong Towns

The world hasn't been the same since Airbnb launched in 2008 and quickly grew in popularity.

May 30 - CityLab

With plans to extend California's 710 Freeway off the table, cities in the path have been awarded funds for alternative road projects. But residents of San Marino aren't all on board.

May 30 - Pasadena Star News

The city is experiencing significant growth and development, but it has a complicated history of booms and lags and its civic future is uncertain.

May 30 - Places Journal

No issue is more important to California's air and climate regulators than ensuring that the state retains its ability to set tailpipe emission standards. Mary Nichols, the head of the Air Resources Board, has threatened to ban tailpipes.

May 30 - CALmatters

The National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced its list of the 11 most endangered historic places in the country.

May 30 - National Trust For Historic Preservation

Is this a two-birds-with-one-stone situation?

May 30 - The Seattle Times

The Sacramento City Council could ensure that more students arrive at school every day, as future lifelong transit riders, by offering free public transit.

May 30 - The Sacramento Bee