The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The entire state of California is now on a shelter in place order, but planning desks and public hearings on land use issues were already in the process of shutting down.

March 23 - Lay of the Land

Bogotá, Colombia is preparing for the coronavirus pandemic by making space for people on bikes in the public realm, calling bikes a hygienic option for mobility.

March 23 - SmartCitiesWorld

The realities of the coronavirus are most obvious in the declining ridership, and revenues, on public transit in the United States, but it's not enough to shut down public transit when so many people depend on safe, healthy service.

March 23 - TransitCenter

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Numerous writers and experts are already examining the question about what happens to ideas about urbanism in a future forever altered by recent events.

March 23 - James Brasuell

The Transit app has created the most comprehensive portal for transit ridership data—with a key caveat made about the source of the data.

March 23 - transit

Governors of three of the nation's largest states, containing the three largest cities, have issued emergency orders to slow the spread of COVID-19.

March 22 - The Washington Post

Pittsburgh is expected to release its Bike(+) Plan later this year.

March 22 - Next City

In planning, stereotypes of older adults still dominate, and it’s time for that message to change.

March 22 - Insights (Toole Design)

By providing support for workers and small businesses, local governments will play a crucial role in weathering the virus and stabilizing the economy.

March 22 - Brookings

The largest state in the country has been ordered to shelter in place.

March 20 - California Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response

King County, home to Seattle, will wait to ask voters to approve a 0.2% sales tax for funding transit until a time both when transit use is higher, and people aren’t facing waves of sudden unemployment.

March 20 - The Urbanist

Donovan Rypkema and Adrian Scott Fine highlight myth-busting findings on the impacts of historic preservation overlay zones (HPOZs) on affordability, density, diversity, and economic resilience of neighborhoods across Los Angeles.

March 20 - The Planning Report

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. real estate market are only beginning to show, but renters, homeowners, landlords, lenders, and more need to prepare for the worst.

March 20 - Connecticut Law Tribune

The Architecture Billings Index in February 2020 could lend hope in the current economic climate, or it could set a benchmark for a future recovery.

March 20 - Archinect

In the absence of federal leadership in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, East Coast states and West Coast counties have collaborated to implement uniform containment strategies to arrest the spread of COVID-19, and it's catching on.

March 19 - CNBC

Two of the most transit rich regions in the United States have sounded alarms about the need for federal relief as transit ridership plummets as workers stay home or avoid public transit. The APTA is supporting the cause.

March 19 - Government Technology

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to introduce legislation that would relax zoning restrictions on coach houses, known widely as accessory dwelling units, in the city of Chicago.

March 19 - Chicago Sun-Times

A region once brought to a standstill by two inches of snow is now almost completely free of traffic congestion.

March 19 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Despite the drastic funding limitation imposed by Washington's voter-approved Initiative 976, the state found a way to fund $10.4 billion in (mostly highway) transportation projects.

March 19 - The Urbanist

A new level of enforcement would keep bus lanes clear in Chicago.

March 19 - Chicago Sun-Times