The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Federal Transit Administration selected 19 projects aimed at boosting development, affordable housing, and connectivity to transit.

November 22 - Mass Transit

While some open streets experiments have met with backlash from community members, others were so successful they led to permanent changes.

November 22 - Next City

The city is developing a plan to address housing affordability and equity and encourage more housing production.

November 22 - Alexandria Now

California has long led the nation in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A law approved in 2006 still provides direction for the state’s efforts.

November 21 - Los Angeles Times

The adaptive reuse of non-residential buildings has soared in recent years as demand for office space drops and the housing shortage deepens.

November 21 - Smart Cities Dive

Cities in Santa Cruz County, California are making outdoor dining laws permanent, and some businesses are getting sticker shock at the extra cost of maintaining the pandemic-era expansion of al fresco dining.

November 21 - Lookout Santa Cruz

The 17-acre Second Ward project has spurred both optimism for a more walkable city and concerns about displacement and gentrification.

November 21 - Houston Chronicle

The proposal would award people who report blocked bike lanes a percentage of resulting tickets. Critics say the city must address the underlying reasons for blocked bike lanes first.

November 21 - M Live

The agency says BRT will cost less, be completed faster, and provide more frequent service than the commuter rail option.

November 21 - Mass Transit

BLOG POST

Are the needs of emergency response vehicles inconsistent with nondrivers’ needs for slower, safer streets? Maybe not.

November 21 - Michael Lewyn

A large system redesign is nearing implementation in and around Boston, but the new system map will require more drivers than the MBTA currently employs.

November 21 - The Boston Globe

Nashville is the latest city to enact a substantive change to the parking requirements set by the city’s zoning code—doing away with parking minimums and setting parking maximums in the city’s Urban Zoning Overlay.

November 20 - The Tennessean

The fiscal toll of the pandemic is only beginning to reveal itself. The challenges presented to growing office vacancy rates are not unique to San Francisco.

November 20 - Bloomberg

Four dams are coming down along the Klamath River. The final decision to remove the dams is a milestone political and legal victory for indigenous tribes living in Southern Oregon and Northern California.

November 20 - High Country News

The sprawling mass of suburbia has been a disaster for the environment. But now smaller, denser cities herald a renaissance in city living.

November 20 - Wired Magazine

Portland’s ‘aggressive’ new camping ban could threaten the city’s most stable community of unhoused people, the two-decade old, self-governing Dignity Village.

November 18 - Next City

A new extension to the Kansas City Streetcar will open up the free transit line to Rockhurst University students.

November 18 - The Rockhurst University Sentinel

The new lane will let riders travel between the two cities in a protected bikeway designed to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

November 18 - TAPintoJerseyCity

Residents can view plans for the 14-acre project that include public plazas and green spaces connecting local landmarks, employment centers, and transit stations.

November 18 - Urbanize Atlanta

Cities around the world are failing to achieve progress toward their sustainability and public health goals, new research finds.

November 17 - Brookings