Pittsburgh

Details are emerging about the how and where of a proposed a bus rapid transit (BRT) connection between Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland.

October 24, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure will be up and running by 2017.

October 19, 2016 - PGH City Paper

The city of Pittsburgh launched a Buildingeye website to provide new access to the development and approval process in the city.

October 16, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Gabe Klein thinks a proposed ban on self-driving cars in Chicago is shortsighted.

October 16, 2016 - Chi.Streetsblog

The city of Pittsburgh could adopt a new set of standards for measuring development projects to focus on people, planet, place, and performance.

October 13, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A city already known for its livability is ready to add new bike lanes in high profile locations.

October 1, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This is Amtrak between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia: It could cost $13 billion to speed up the tip by 30 minutes, and $16 million to add just one more train.

September 25, 2016 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

When Uber announced this month that it would test-run its fleet of self-driving cars in the Steel City, many probably asked, "why Pittsburgh?" Unlike other post-industrial places, it's been incubating a 21st-century economy.

August 26, 2016 - Salon

From St. Louis to Baltimore, the Rustbelt Cities are seeing a growing population of millennials as a possible cure to shrinking populations and stagnating economies.

August 2, 2016 - Stateline

With a lack of suitable rental units and a lack of willing landlords, the city of Pittsburgh provides a case study for the failure of the Housing Choice Voucher Program to live up to its potential.

June 22, 2016 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

The city of Pittsburgh is celebrating the conveyance of 660 acres of property known as Hays Woods. The property will one day become the largest park in the city.

June 15, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Washington Post details each of the seven proposals competing for $40 million in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart Cities Challenge.

June 14, 2016 - The Washington Post

The state of Pennsylvania and the county of Beaver have what they wanted: Shell has decided to build a new ethane cracker facility northwest of Pittsburgh.

June 9, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Powersource

When it comes to one particularly invasive plant species in Pittsburgh, some food retail businesses are saying, "if you can't beat it, eat it."

May 28, 2016 - The Wall Street Journal

The power of modern parking technology is on display on the streets of Pittsburgh.

May 5, 2016 - Target 11

As Pittsburgh moves forward on a parking management program to fund neighborhood improvements, take a look at how other cities have adapted this Shoup-inspired redevelopment strategy.

May 2, 2016 - Keystone Crossroads

City Accelerator selected four cities to test new options for financing the infrastructure investments of the 21st century and beyond.

March 24, 2016 - Governing

Rents are on the rise in Pittsburgh, prompting some longtime residents to relocate farther away. Race, as well as class, figures heavily in this narrative.

March 1, 2016 - Carnegie Museum of Art Blog

Public hearings have begun for a proposal that would implement a flat fare system on the Port Authority of Allegheny County transit system.

February 24, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Good news for Pittsburgh, which is now officially reversing decades of Rust Belt trends.

February 22, 2016 - Pittsburgh Today