The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Jarrett Walker and Mathew Yglesias discuss one of the great quandaries of 21st century transit planning—how to increase cost effectiveness and ridership while also ensuring equity and service for underserved communities.

January 16 - Human Transit

Governor Kathy Hochul wants to build 800,000 new homes in New York in the next decade.

January 16 - Governor Kathy Hochul

The 2023 Washington state legislature will evaluate a slew of proposals aimed at increasing housing supply and affordability.

January 15 - Crosscut

Recent storms are bringing plenty of water to parched parts of California, but scientists warn the relief won’t be a long-term solution to longer, drier periods.

January 15 - The New York Times

Proposals for road diets, ‘15-minute cities,’ and other traffic reduction programs often meet with unfounded conspiracy theories claiming that the plans are nothing short of steps to world domination.

January 15 - The Guardian

The city is continuing its investment in safety and accessibility improvements for transit riders, pedestrians, and cyclists.

January 15 - Houston Public Media

The group is tasked with making a deeper assessment of the underlying infrastructural causes of fatal crashes and recommending improvements.

January 13 - Bloomberg CityLab

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Active modes (walking, bicycling and their variants) and micromodes (e-bikes and e-scooters) can provide large climate emission reductions and other important benefits, if we let them. Small modes are important but often undercounted and undervalued.

January 13 - Todd Litman

Restaurant owners argue that new requirements for the city’s permanent outdoor dining program are practically impossible for most of them to meet.

January 13 - Philadelphia Magazine

To meet zoning constraints, the twisting skyscraper uses an innovative design that optimizes its small footprint.

January 12 - Bloomberg CityLab

The company formerly known as Facebook’s once planned to revive the Dumbarton Rail Bridge across the San Francisco Bay. Those plans are as derelict as the bridge.

January 12 - The New York Times

Oil companies with operations in the city of Los Angeles are suing over an ordinance that seeks to phase out drilling within city limits due to public health and environmental concerns.

January 12 - Los Angeles Times

The agency will administer $100 million in grants to cities, states, and tribal nations as part of the Biden administration’s Justice40 initiative.

January 12 - Route Fifty

The group brings together advocates for road safety and better transit in the hope of influencing local elections and city policy.

January 12 - Streetsblog Chicago

Milwaukee is about to get a major community space upgrade thanks to one of its most recognizable hometown brands.

January 12 - Urban Milwaukee

The county’s plan addresses a range of infrastructure improvements and community resources that could limit the impacts of extreme heat waves.

January 12 - Route Fifty

Proposed zoning updates that would make it easier to convert office buildings in commercial districts to housing and other uses could yield up to 20,000 new housing units in the next decade.

January 12 - Gothamist

Eight cities in Washington’s King County saw sharp increases in traffic fatalities, signaling a need for more robust road safety and traffic calming policies.

January 11 - The Urbanist

A Los Angeles Times editorial explains how political intrigue is spilling over into planning frustration in the city of Los Angeles.

January 11 - Los Angeles Times

Extreme weather events in the United States cost $165 billion and killed more than 474 people last year.

January 11 - Bloomberg Green