The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

As the state authority responsible for the regional planning and zoning of the Hackensack Meadowlands District, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority recently proposed the "Draft Hackensack Meadowlands District Master Plan Update 2020."

September 12 - Jersey Journal

FEATURE

The career of Emily Yasukochi, senior associate at Nelson\Nygaard, has offered an incredible variety of experience and institutions considering it's all been centered around transit and sustainable transportation.

September 12 - James Brasuell

Long awaited improvements on the Amtrak route between Chicago and St. Louis are being delayed again, this time because of trouble installing positive train control (PTC).

September 11 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The legal challenges to a one-cent sales tax approved by Hillsborough County voters in 2018 continue.

September 11 - Tampa Bay Times

If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 as expected, downzonings, density reductions, housing construction moratoriums, and housing caps will become illegal.

September 11 - The Orange County Register

Details provided regarding the Virginia Supreme Court ruling in Helmick Family Farm, LLC v. Commissioner of Highways.

September 11 - Inversecondemnation.com

Google's plans for the Diridon Transit Village are much more clear.

September 11 - The Architect's Newspaper

There won't be many places left to sleep for the massive population of homeless living in the city of Los Angeles.

September 11 - Los Angeles Times

The church that owns a unique parcel of agricultural land in the middle of the Denver metropolitan area is prepared to sell to a developer that plans to build a mixed-use, master planned community.

September 11 - The Denver Post

September 9 marked the 60th anniversary of a defining moment in U.S. transportation history.

September 11 - Eno Center for Transportation

The latest mobility survey conducted by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has some bad news about congestion and travel times.

September 11 - Curbed New York

Seven million drivers have used the toll lanes on I-75 and I-575 in Georgia since they opened a year ago.

September 11 - The Atlanta-Journal Constitution

Are pedestrian walk buttons effective, or do they only give us the illusion of control? It can vary.

September 10 - WAMU

The city of Seattle took advantage of a new state law to donate three underused parcels to affordable housing developers.

September 10 - The Seattle Times

Planners are giving shape to one of the potentially controversial aspects of the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

September 10 - MinnPost

And other perhaps surprising data from the multi-family housing development industry.

September 10 - Jersey Digs

A strong economy can lead to a lack of affordable housing and a lack of affordable housing can lead to higher rates of homelessness. But a stronger economy can also disqualify regions from federal support for homelessness.

September 10 - KUOW

A study by scholars at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University finds that renters around the country are more likely to pay a larger share of their income on housing than homeowners do.

September 10 - NPR

There's a new front in the city of L.A.'s ongoing conflict between anti-development forces and efforts to add density at and around transit.

September 10 - Los Angeles Times

At least one of the country's largest cities has positive progress to report when it comes to reducing the number of people killed on streets.

September 10 - Streetsblog Chicago