The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

California could consider an anti-rent gouging bill, a policy with key distinctions from rent control that also inform a more complete understanding of Oregon's recently approved statewide tenant protections bill.

March 7 - CALmatters

A new book by Samuel Stein links planning to the causes of a global finance industry that values worldwide real estate at $217 trillion, or 60 percent of the world's assets.

March 7 - Next City

A public-private partnership is under consideration in the Florida State Legislature to create a driverless shuttle route in Altamonte Springs.

March 7 - Orlando Business Journal

The automated decision-making processes of self-driving cars are ill equipped to protect that safety of people of color in public.

March 7 - Vox

A new game called Imaginable Guidelines invites participants to imagine, explore, discuss, and share their vision for the future.

March 7 - CityLab

The now-famous children's lawsuit, featured on 60 Minutes last Sunday, was not filed against President Trump—he just inherited it from his predecessor. Both administrations have tried to have the case dismissed.

March 6 - CBS News: 60 Minutes

The city of San Francisco is proposing an ambitious renovation of its Civic Center—the series of public spaces connecting Market Street to City Hall.

March 6 - San Francisco Chronicle

The legal history of the United States is full of laws designed to exclude and segregate the racialized other. This reading list recommends scholarship that sheds light on that history.

March 6 - Places Journal

A new service in St. Paul and Minneapolis will assist riders at both ends of their rides.

March 6 - Pioneer Press

Tacoma, Washington, a city of over 200,000 residents in the Pacific Northwest, is making room for more.

March 6 - The Urbanist

Duke University will not sign an agreement for a regional rail project that has widespread support from the campus community.

March 6 - Streetsblog USA

Georgia's House Bill 511 is progressing through the State Legislature with the potential to change funding and governance of transit in the city while taxing rides with taxi, limousine, and ride-hailing companies.

March 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The city of Alexandria, Virginia is asking the public to weigh in on a fundamental question of bus transit planning: ridership or coverage?

March 6 - Greater Greater Washington

A plan for 48 acres of riverfront land could make Minneapolis a leader in doing redevelopment right, argue city leaders.

March 6 - Star Tribune

A new plan will phase out cash fare payments on buses and trolleys, but many of the details are still up in the air.

March 6 - The Boston Globe

Carlos Aguilar, Texas Central president and CEO, comments on the changes to the San Francisco-to-Anaheim project announced last month by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and why his project linking Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth will progress.

March 5 - Texas Central

The county is considering service reductions on two routes with low ridership, but the cuts would significantly affect some neighborhoods.

March 5 - ARLnow

Few in Los Angeles have the opinion that the lack of housing supply is driving the homeless crisis in the city and around the state.

March 5 - Shelterforce

Transit oriented development doesn’t have to mean evictions and demolitions for existing renters, but often it does.

March 5 - The Tyee

Facing a difficult financial situation, the authority plans to refinance about a third of its homes.

March 5 - Curbed