The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

After years of planning, Washington, D.C. this year adopted a new zoning code. With new maps from the District Office of Zoning, you can see for yourself what the city's new land use regulation regime looks like.

October 26 - Greater Greater Washington

If even a sliver of a 78-million-strong set of consumers seems willing to hand over cash for something, businesses organize themselves to deliver, whether we’re talking hula hoops or downtown apartments.

October 26 - PlaceShakers

While narratives about gentrification and segregation dominate the headlines, one study found evidence of increased integration around the United States.

October 26 - PhysOrg

The Chicago River is attracting some of the city's most creative visions for the future. The second plan in recent months proves the potential of the river as an open space asset.

October 25 - Chicago Tribune

California law and a local ordinance prevent new apartment buildings from falling under rent control. But that need not prevent a developer from requesting it, as a developer in San Francisco's Excelsior District has done.

October 25 - San Francisco Chronicle

In a new brief, Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Richard Weller writes about mapping that recognizes the interdependence of people and conservation.

October 25 - Penn Institute for Urban Research

Many cities and counties across the state are proposing transportation sales tax increases, but only San Diego's is opposed by a diverse coalition of environmental and labor groups. Murtaza Baxamusa explains why.

October 25 - UrbDeZine

Call it the re-education, the evolution, or the contrition of Richard Florida, but the "rock-star urbanist" has realized some unintended consequences of his creative class ethos, and he's ready to share a new vision for cities.

October 25 - Houston Chronicle

Curbed surveyed landscape architects specializing in drought-resistant lawns for their best "tips and tricks."

October 25 - Curbed

An example from St. Louis County shows one way that sprawl is subsidized by areas closer to the regional center.

October 25 - nextSTL

The city of Woodland, Washington, offers a case study in government funding. Voters there will consider a sales tax as part of its transportation benefit district, but the benefit could extend to the police department as well.

October 25 - The Columbian

A new study by the National Association of Realtors reveals trends in the real estate market—including a finding on the critical issue of Millennial preferences in housing.

October 25 - Chicago Agent Magazine

An EU irective calls for charging stations in all new European homes.

October 25 - The Guardian

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau aims to institute a national carbon price in Canada.

October 24 - The Economist

Alon Levy argues that the best path to traffic safety is through design rather than traffic law enforcement.

October 24 - Pedestrian Observations

Study links wildfires to climate change.

October 24 - Five Thirty Eight

Details are emerging about the how and where of a proposed a bus rapid transit (BRT) connection between Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland.

October 24 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Suddenly, the business practices of Airbnb seem to be under attack in many locations—including one of the company's most lucrative markets.

October 24 - The New York Times

One of the major critics of the $64 billion project that would link Los Angeles and San Francisco just became a supporter, and that's really good news considering the project's major booster, Gov. Jerry Brown, will be leaving office in two years.

October 24 - The Associated Press

The Akron City Council will this week decide on legislation that could at it to the roster of cities that have reformed parking requirements.

October 24 - Akron Beacon Journal