The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Planting food-producing trees can offer both shade and a source of healthy foods in concrete-dominated neighborhoods.

February 9 - Grist

A proposed tax abatement program would promote the conversion of office buildings to housing.

February 9 - Venable LLP

If passed, the law would require all highway projects to show how they would reduce VMT or mitigate their impact.

February 9 - StreetsBlog NYC

Since a November fire in Los Angeles, city officials have found more than three-quarters of leased freeway-adjacent properties visited so far fail their inspection.

February 8 - ABC7

Limiting parking within 20 feet of intersections improves visibility and reduces collisions with pedestrians.

February 8 - Mercury News

‘Housing First’ and other evidence-driven homelessness response programs are showing success in some cities and regions while the number of unhoused people rises across the nation.

February 8 - Brookings

Even when accessibility is taken into account, transit stations and pedestrian infrastructure often still fail to make appropriate accommodations.

February 8 - The Conversation

Recipients largely spent the monthly $1,000 on basic necessities like housing and food, which mirrors results of similar programs in other U.S. cities.

February 8 - Business Insider

Developments near the city’s popular greenway will no longer be subject to minimum parking requirements to make way for more effective development.

February 8 - Urbanize Atlanta

The city voted to spend $6 million on a plan to address future development.

February 8 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

So far, the department has allocated 90 percent of its federal transportation funding to road projects and less than 1 percent to transit.

February 8 - New York Focus

Modular housing can be built faster and at lower cost than traditional homes, but the industry is stymied by regulatory and other barriers.

February 7 - Center for American Progress

A measure on the local ballot in March could force the city to implement its own mobility plan, which city officials call “a guide, not a mandate.”

February 7 - Los Angeles Times

These national monuments, parks, and sites honor and preserve Black history in America.

February 7 - Sierra

City officials want to encourage the redevelopment of underused surface parking lots.

February 7 - Axios

Most of the census tracts designated at high risk of flooding are in less affluent neighborhoods.

February 7 - Urban Edge

Nearly 11.2 million older adults in the U.S. are spending more than 30 percent of their household income on housing.

February 7 - Novogradac

District officials could commit up to $200 million as short-term support for the struggling regional transit system.

February 7 - DCist

More than 55,000 apartments across the U.S. are scheduled for conversion from old office space this year, according to a new report.

February 7 - Yield Pro

The state Transportation Commission ultimately voted to move a controversial Inland Empire interstate project forward.

February 6 - Streetsblog California