Regional Planning

Pedestrian Bridge

15 Cities, 1 Mission: Build More Housing

A coalition of 15 cities in the Boston area agreed to rapidly build new housing to relieve pressure on the regional housing market.

October 4, 2018 - The Boston Globe

Minneapolis Traffic

Volunteer Your Travel Data for Science

The Metropolitan Council regional planning organization is looking for better data on how people move around the Twin Cities.

October 4, 2018 - Pioneer Press

Amazon Fulfillment Center

Grappling With the Potential Impact of Amazon's HQ2

What does it mean for housing planning if your county gets Amazon's second headquarters? Virginia's Loudoun County contemplates that possibility with a mix of confidence and trepidation.

September 27, 2018 - Loudoun Now

RTA Bus

New Orleans RTA Buses Taking a New, Regional Approach

New Orleans transit planners are working to extend the bus network deeper into the surrounding region, as was always intended.

September 19, 2018 - The New Orleans Advocate

Columbia River Bridge

New Hope for the Abandoned I-5 Bridge Project Between Oregon and Washington

The mayor of Vancouver, Washington is leading a goodwill campaign in the hopes of launching work on a new bridge over the Columbia River, after Washington abandoned Oregon on the project in 2013.

September 13, 2018 - The Oregonian

Walking and Biking Path

Making a Regional Map of Walking and Biking Trails

A cross-jurisdictional trail map is harder to find than one might expect. Not so anymore in the Washington, D.C. region.

August 15, 2018 - Greater Greater Washington

Olympic Mountains

Housing Construction Slows to a Crawl in Seattle's Suburbs

Seattle's suburbs are no longer leading the region in housing construction, even as Seattle's urban core is building more housing than ever.

August 12, 2018 - The Seattle Times

Exurban Commute

'Valley Link' Planned to Relieve Bay Area Super Commuters

Planners are working quickly to refine a proposal for a $1.8 billion project connecting the 680 corridor in the East Bay Area to bedroom communities in the Central Valley.

August 12, 2018 - The Mercury News

Tilikum Crossing

Final Public Comment for Portland Area's $42 Billion Regional Transportation Plan

Oregon Metro's Regional Transportation Plan sets policy and project goals through 2040.

August 8, 2018 - Bike Portland

Skyline

NYC Planning Director Marissa Lago Touts Regional Planning

Marisa Lago pens in an opinion piece supporting a regional approach to planning, timed for the release of a new "Geography of Jobs" report.

August 6, 2018 - Medium

Detroit People Mover

Regional Transit in Detroit: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come

Transit supporters in the Detroit region suffered a setback last week, but the hope is that they've only lost a battle, not the war, for regional transit.

July 24, 2018 - Detroit Free Press

Fall Sprawl

Prescriptions for the 'Broken' Massachusetts Multi-Family Market

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is taking a strong stance in support of zoning regulations that enable new multi-family housing developments.

July 19, 2018 - Metropolitan Area Planning Council

Dallas Highways

Induced Demand: Why Highways Still Reign in Dallas

Regional planners and Dallas officials aren't confident that the area's highway-centric worldview (and budget) will change anytime soon. The city's competitiveness in the national job market may be on the line.

July 7, 2018 - D Magazine

New York Sandy Power Outage

Wanted: A Regional Planning Approach to Climate Change

The effects of climate change—rising seas, extreme weather—will require coordinated action around the New York region. Regional planning, in other words.

June 18, 2018 - Curbed NY

Vinings, Cobb County

Cobb County, Georgia Preparing a Transit Wish List

Cobb County has been enabled by the state to raise taxes to fund transit expansions. Early planning efforts are expected to face political headwinds in a region known for opposing both taxes and transit.

June 14, 2018 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Meadowlands, New Jersey

Regional Plan Association Recommends Closing One Airport, Expanding Others Near New York

The total cost of the recommendations from a new report on the future of air travel in the New York region: $50.8 billion over 40 years.

June 13, 2018 - NorthJersey

San Diego Gaslamp District

Looking Back to Find the Future of San Diego

An advocacy group is republishing the 1974 regional plan for sustainability, and finding that it's just as relevant now as it was then.

June 13, 2018 - Bisnow

Seattle Transit Planning

Big BRT Plans Underway in Seattle and Environs

The Urbanist details on of the big bus rapid transit routes on the table in Seattle.

June 11, 2018 - The Urbanist

Pittsburgh Bridge

$4.9 Billion Planned for Transportation Investments in Southwest Pennsylvania

The public had a chance to review the substance of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission's Transportation Improvement Program this week.

June 8, 2018 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

George Washington Bridge

New York City Debuts Regional Mapping Tool

The Metro Region Explorer allows the public new kinds of understanding about the city of New York and how it fits into the surrounding region.

May 31, 2018 - Next City

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HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

Call for Speakers

Mpact Transit + Community

New Updates on PD&R Edge

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

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This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

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