The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Local parks and green spaces that enable safe social distancing have never been more important to people living in cities. The Trust for Public Land has released a new report showing their importance and the challenges they are facing.

August 4 - The Washington Post

A $7 billion transit investment plan for Austin would include $300 million toward preventing displacement of communities in neighborhoods located near planned transit investments.

August 4 - KUT

Virtual reality meetings are a poor substitute for the normal public engagement process included in the city of New York's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, according ton opinion piece recently published by City Limits.

August 4 - City Limits

Analysis of Trump's favorability ratings with suburban voters and the demographic trends of recent years could doom his recent messages regarding the Democratic agenda for the suburbs.

August 4 - The New York Times

Lately it seems like people are forgetting that zoning is a legal process, requiring the support of elected officials.

August 3 - Notes from the Underground

Urban planning decisions about highway placement in Detroit damaged Black communities. Nithin Vejendla shares an opinion about how to address this legacy and move toward justice.

August 3 - Detroit Free Press

California, the largest state by population in the United States, is responsible for 33% fewer carbon emissions per capita than any other state, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

August 3 - The Mercury News

Reports last week that the U.S. economy is about 30 percent smaller than before the pandemic aren't reflected in driving trends.

August 3 - Smart Cities Dive

The parking reform movement continues its march across the continent.

August 3 - Reasons to Be Cheerful

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A new book explains why people object to new housing in their neighborhoods, and whether these "neighborhood defenders" are representative of the public as a whole.

August 3 - Michael Lewyn

The Vermont State Senate voted unanimously to approve legislation that would reduce barriers to more compact residential development. The Vermont House of Representatives is up next.

August 3 - CNU Public Square

A new report explores the untapped housing opportunities for the region around New York City, and suggests planning tools for adding hundreds of thousands of housing units without building hundreds of thousands of new buildings.

August 3 - Regional Plan Association

A pair of articles from the Twin Cities, revealing the racist motivations of exclusionary zoning.

August 2 - Rewire

A southwest Ohio city is updating its development code in response to a desire in the community to better protect the city's existing communities.

August 2 - Dayton Business Journal

A step toward an overhaul of the way speed is managed on city streets around the country.

August 2 - Smart Cities Dive

Vision 2030 will update the award winning Vision 2020 New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan.

August 2 - NYC Planning

PLANOPEDIA

Urban planning is the most common term used in the contemporary United States to describe the professional and academic field of planning, but understanding the implications of the term requires a discussion about the history of the word urban and the changing politics of planning.

July 31 - James Brasuell

PLANOPEDIA

Euclidean zoning is responsible for the sprawling, suburban character of much of the built environment in the United States.

July 31 - James Brasuell

A grim warning was issued by the non-profit group that represents America's medical schools and teaching hospitals: if the nation doesn't change its response to the pandemic, "Multiples of hundreds of thousands" of additional deaths may occur.

July 31 - CNN

Early in the pandemic, bike sales soared and vehicle miles traveled plummeted. As people have been driving more, more people have also been infected with the novel coronavirus.

July 31 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research