The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

As states move to boost housing production near transit, opposition from neighborhood groups frustrates efforts to build new developments.

January 24 - Route 50

Landlords are offering generous incentives in an effort to prop up the struggling U.S. office market.

January 24 - The Real Deal

PLANOPEDIA

Walkability refers to the ability to safely walk to services and amenities within a reasonable distance, usually defined as a walk of 30 minutes or less.

January 23 - Diana Ionescu

A controversial desalination plant in Orange County could receive massive state subsidies, but advocates argue the money would be better spent on affordable housing projects to relieve the state's housing crisis.

January 23 - Capitol Weekly

While the focus has been on flashier components of the infrastructure bill, some smaller initiatives could have outsized impacts by shifting priorities and funding resilience efforts.

January 23 - Governing

A New York Times op-ed calls on the city to add landfill development on Manhattan's southern shoreline, claiming it would increase affordability and protect the city from rising sea levels.

January 23 - The New York Times

New Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin made promises on the campaign trail to reverse the state's commitment to climate reductions.

January 21 - The Virginia Mercury

The population center of Harris County is now outside central Houston, a shift that occurred over the last two decades as the region's suburbs blossomed.

January 21 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Transportation planning decisions affect our lives in many ways. New Quick Bites (short reports) published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers can help create healthier and happier communities.

January 21 - ITE Transportation and Health Resources

A new study evaluates county-level foreclosure risk, underwater home values, and more real estate market data after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.

January 21 - Attom

It's back to the drawing board for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project.

January 20 - The Oregonian

New political leadership in Cincinnati is centering housing equity in a proposal that would ease zoning restrictions and streamline Low Income Housing Tax Credits, among other measures.

January 20 - CityBeat

A natural experiment in Medellín indicates that infrastructural investments can reduce crime and improve perceptions of public safety.

January 20 - Streetsblog Chicago

A recent study by the Transit app reveals which communications methods are the most and least effective at reaching demographic groups representative of transit riders.

January 20 - transit

Governor Newsom's new budget proposes incentives for developers to build housing in existing urban areas away from fire-prone zones to reduce fire risk and add to the state's insufficient housing stock.

January 20 - The Los Angeles Times

More Houston households face evictions as landlords seek to recover back rent accrued during the last two years of the pandemic.

January 20 - The Houston Chronicle

BLOG POST

The metaverse is expected to revolutionize the remote and hybrid workplace. But for cities whose municipal services rely on property and sales taxes, and even urban transit revenue, remote work could spell potentially long-term trouble.

January 20 - Robert Fischer

With a new mayoral administration comes new planning leadership in the Big Apple.

January 20 - New York City

Native American leaders in the Southwest want to ensure their communities have a voice, and an opportunity for well-paying jobs, in renewable energy projects on Native land.

January 19 - High Country News

Two autonomous shuttle companies closed last week, but one industry observer sees reasons for optimism for the long-term viability of the still-speculative market.

January 19 - Forbes