The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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

BLOG POST

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

Improved air quality can help achieve equitable economic growth, according to Chicago's newly announced Air Quality Agenda.

July 31 - Smart Cities Dive

Fake news site The Onion imagines the logical result of car-centric planning during a pandemic.

July 31 - The Onion

A new twist on the contemporary corruption scandal.

July 30 - The Denver Post

Some high-profile projects, including a 77-story tower, hang in the balance of a federal corruption case, but it's unclear whether Los Angeles can undo the approvals, whether they were achieved through bribes or not.

July 30 - Los Angeles Times

Minnesota utility company Xcel Energy plans to close four coal plants by 2030 and fully switch to renewable energy sources by 2050.

July 30 - MinnPost