The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Everything you've ever wanted to know about inclusionary zoning: its history, its position in the debate about the future of cities, and its promise as a solution to the nation's housing crisis.

March 5 - Land Lines

Current zoning doesn't support the range of uses proposed for a new "Innovation Economy District" at the Industry City location on the Brooklyn Waterfront.

March 5 - The Real Deal

Citing a dire housing situation for low-income renters, Columbus, Ohio is considering its first community land trust. The aim is to create housing alternatives for low-income residents of revitalizing neighborhoods.

March 4 - Next City

Failed investments and buildings with no tenants sit on the outskirts of Beijing and Shanghai.

March 4 - CityLab

The beleaguered project is still very much alive, despite some media claims to the contrary. As for the Trump administration's claim to two grants awarded to the now-$77 billion project, the state has a deadline to meet if it wants to keep them.

March 4 - Capital Public Radio

The Natural Resources Management Act enjoyed bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. But it left out contentious issues like wildfires, greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting wildlife corridors.

March 4 - High Country News

Urban economist Joe Cortright examines the connection between gas prices and driving in the U.S. over the last two decades. Prices matter: increased gas prices results in decreased driving, providing the prices persist for the long-term.

March 4 - CityLab

Located at the University of California, Davis, The Green at West Village is set to house nearly 3,300 students. The development includes nine four-story buildings, community space, and recreational fields.

March 4 - The Mercury News

A proposed state law, SB 330, would make it remove some local control of land use regulations by making it very difficult to downzone.

March 4 - Urbanize LA

Dallas' street car lines were extensive before the age of the private car.

March 4 - D Magazine

Among the factors that stand out in the "Spotlight on Highway Safety" report released Thursday by the Governors Highway Safety Association is increased "death by SUV," which kill at a higher rate than cars. Distraction, however, is hard to prove.

March 4 - USA Today

A new Transit Master Plan will spend approximately €2 billion a year on tram, rail, and bus improvements.

March 4 - CityLab

BLOG POST

In 2017, New York's highest court held that cities could be held liable for failure to adopt traffic calming policies. Why hasn't this ruling led to safer streets?

March 3 - Michael Lewyn

A new study quantifies just how much of the city of Phoenix is parking.

March 3 - Streetsblog USA

In 1970, half of the city's census tracts were middle-income. Now, only 16 percent of them remain so. Polarization between the well-off and the poor essentially splits the city in two.

March 3 - WBEZ 91.5

Dallas provides the setting for a deep exploration of shotgun houses. The city keeps knocking them down, but according to this architecture critic, they could play a key role in solving the city's affordable housing crisis.

March 3 - The Dallas Morning News

Walmart will soon be seen side by side with CSX and BNSF.

March 3 - Supply Chain DIve

New political leadership in the state of Ohio has Cincinnati regional leaders hoping for big state funding for a project to repair and replace the Western Hill Viaduct.

March 2 - Cincinnati Enquirer

Even as prospects for high-speed trains dim in California, San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center has already spurred a development spree in the surrounding area.

March 2 - San Francisco Chronicle

In California, a billion gallons of water ends up in the ocean every day. A new bill seeks to curb this practice by requiring treatment facilities to increase recycling and reuse efforts.

March 2 - Los Angeles Daily News