The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In Sacramento, a protracted fight involving the California Environmental Quality Act downsized a proposed development. It also added fuel to the pro-Trump, anti-development fire that swept the nation on November 8.

January 5 - California Planning & Development Report

Columbus Underground takes a look back at the year that was in the real of real estate development.

January 5 - Columbus Underground

Demographic change means older city dwellers. Entrepreneurs and developers are searching for better ways to serve this community.

January 4 - The Guardian

After six years and 242 meetings, Buffalo's Green Code was signed into law Tuesday. The Green Code is the first rewrite of the city's zoning ordinance since 1953, and one of only three citywide form-based codes implemented in North America.

January 4 - The Buffalo News

Along with commute time reductions, expect significant rent increases resulting in some displacement of current residents around the three new Second Avenue Subway stations, according to a new report.

January 4 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

A Santa Ana small lot development could be an example of how California could become more affordable by building more dense urban-style homes throughout the state.

January 4 - Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

A list of mobile apps that support planning, as part of an annual update. Learn about exciting new ways to explore cities and enhance planning via mobile apps. Please feel free to add your own favorites.

January 4 - Jennifer Evans-Cowley

A smart city pilot project, already in place at three locations in Chicago and on the way to two more, deploys sophisticated data gathering technology to measure the simple act of rainwater running downhill. Better green infrastructure will follow.

January 4 - Data-Smart City Solutions

77 successful drone deliveries were made in the month of November from one 7-Eleven store in Reno, Nevada to customers in the city.

January 4 - Reno Gazette-Journal

European cities have taken a proactive role in regulating Airbnb.

January 4 - Quartz

As the city of Boise and surrounding communities in Ada County, Idaho continue to grow and sprawl outward, agricultural land in the county may become a thing of the past.

January 4 - Boise Weekly

Streetsblog USA has announced their 2016 Streetsies Awards.

January 4 - Streetsblog USA

Mapping the complete transformation of the beer business in the United States.

January 3 - City Observatory

The growth of household formation is a good indicator for the continue recovery of the housing industry.

January 3 - Housing Perspectives

The aspiration for a forthcoming Uniform Land Use Review Procedure for East Midtown Manhattan is nothing short of returning the neighborhood to central business district status.

January 3 - New York Post

Bike infrastructure is a source of political controversy, even in cities where biking is already popular.

January 3 - The Globe and Mail

Ambitious, Rapidly Expanding Vision Zero Movement Seeks to End Vehicular Deaths

January 3 - InTransition Magazine

Natural gas and renewable sources of energy are quickly replacing coal-fired power plants in the nation's energy portfolio. Economics, not regulations is determining what gets built, and what gets burned.

January 3 - Brookings Institution

The Seattle Weekly explores the question of how Seattle, a quickly growing and desirable city, is working to ensure housing options for its low-income residents.

January 3 - Seattle Weekly

A recent city audit has empowered Portland's new mayor, Ted Wheeler, to criticize the Office of Neighborhood Involvement in Portland.

January 3 - Livable Portland