The city’s bus rapid transit service will be the second BRT system in Wisconsin.
In a move that complies with a state law aimed at reducing transportation emissions, Eugene amended its parking rules to eliminate minimum requirements and set maximum parking lot sizes.
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A provision in the city’s ADU ordinance allows developers to build an essentially unlimited number of units on single-family lots.
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Arlington, Texas has the dubious distinction of being the largest city in the nation with no fixed-route public transit system.
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Seattle Makes Historic Affordable Housing Investment
While the 2024 budget plan invests in housing and social programs, city leaders warn the city will face a shortfall of almost $250 million in 2025.
Greyhound Abandons Stations at Travelers’ Expense
As the company shutters stations, passengers are left without shelter, basic amenities, and often farther from central cities and transit connections.
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The New Jersey city implemented simple yet impactful changes to eliminate traffic fatalities.
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Another domino has fallen in the parking reform movement.
Federal Court Dismisses Huntington Beach Housing Lawsuit
A federal judge on November 13 dismissed a lawsuit the Orange County city filed against the state and the Southern California Association of Governments in March in an attempt to exempt itself from state housing laws.
Alexandria Passes Zoning Reform
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Durham Eliminates Parking Requirements
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Audit Reveals Utah’s Housing Shortage
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Some residents feared proposed zoning reforms aimed at redressing historic injustices could harm residents in the short term.
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Alexandria Passes Zoning Reform
The city is one of a growing list to eliminate single-family zoning.
The Rise of Zoning Reform
As the housing affordability crisis spread from mainly coastal cities to the rest of the nation, cities and states are taking a serious look at outdated zoning codes that hamper efforts to build more housing.
Durham Eliminates Parking Requirements
Another domino has fallen in the parking reform movement.
Audit Reveals Utah’s Housing Shortage
The state must build 28,000 housing units each year to keep up with a growing need.
El Paso Zoning Changes Could Bring Opportunity—or Displacement
Some residents feared proposed zoning reforms aimed at redressing historic injustices could harm residents in the short term.
The High Cost Of Minimum Parking Requirements
Donald Shoup has famously argued that minimum parking requirements cause congestion, air pollution, sprawl, poor urban design, and auto-dependence, among other consequences. Now Shoup teaches the central tenet of parking reform for Planetizen Courses.
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