The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Central districts benefit from diversity, but a century of disinvestment and exodus has put many in a precarious position.

July 8 - The New York Times

Raleigh, North Carolina is the latest city in the United States to relax zoning restrictions in residential neighborhoods as a component of a housing affordability strategy.

July 8 - The News & Observer

A new report can help park developers and managers assess quality, park by park and systemwide, to make investments and address disparities in access to high quality parks.

July 8 - Urban Land Institute

An emergency ordinance signed by the city's mayor will allow restaurants to keep outdoor dining facilities built during the pandemic for at least one more year.

July 8 - Eater Los Angeles

Using a series of mid-century guidebooks, a new project seeks to uncover historic LGBTQ spaces around the country.

July 8 - Next City

The effects of the pandemic economic shutdown on the rental market have been far lower than feared—at least at aggregate, not individual, levels. Is an eviction moratorium the most helpful tool at this point in the pandemic?

July 8 - Governing

The land adjacent to Tyler Perry Studios will be developed into an entertainment district with offices, restaurants, and retail.

July 8 - Urbanize Atlanta

Overcrowding and housing insecurity among Black and Brown communities led to disproportionately high COVID-19 fatalities, research shows.

July 8 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research

The cost of building roads and transit projects has skyrocketed in the last 50 years, but the reasons behind the rise are complex.

July 7 - Vox

A spike in coronavirus cases, driven by the Delta variant in one of the world's most vaccinated countries, has resulted in the return of the indoor masking mandate dropped just ten days earlier.

July 7 - The Washington Post

The Brackett Knoll subdivision is wrapping up construction in Hartford, Connecticut, offering duplexes for sale at reduced rates with built in rental income included.

July 7 - Hartford Courant

Five experts reflect on developing trends and future possibilities for resilience in Honolulu and other cities.

July 7 - Hawaii Business Magazine

The "Smart Cities Challenge" paid Columbus, Ohio $50 million to kick start a revolution of urban technology. The revolution never arrived, according to a recent assessment by Wired writer Aarian Marshall.

July 7 - Wired

A new mapping tool visualizes the unequal distribution of urban trees in U.S. cities.

July 7 - Bloomberg CityLab

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Some people oppose commercial development in working-class neighborhoods, fearing gentrification. But if nothing that makes a place more desirable can be built, jobs will become less accessible to those neighborhoods—an obviously absurd result.

July 7 - Michael Lewyn

After seeing dramatic cuts in service and ridership during the pandemic, transit agencies have a small window of opportunity to gain and retain regular passengers.

July 7 - Bloomberg CityLab

Although remote work has opened up new housing possibilities for many Americans, data indicates that migration flows to 'heartland' cities have been relatively modest.

July 6 - Brookings Institution

The updated language clarifies that projects can include Complete Streets features, items supported by the county's voters through Measure M.

July 6 - Streetsblog L.A.

A new approach prioritizes investments in the capacity of people closest to the problem to achieve population-level impacts.

July 6 - Prevention Institute

Due to the emergence of the more transmissible Delta variant, Los Angeles County's masking guidance goes beyond what the CDC and the state health department recommend for those who are fully vaccinated. St. Louis has joined them.

July 6 - Los Angeles Times