The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Downtown Vitality Index measures how central cities are adjusting to post-pandemic conditions.

April 3 - Washington Business Journal

The three-year program will expand transit to rural and suburban areas that currently lack access to the region’s fixed-route bus lines.

April 3 - Greater Greater Washington

FEATURE

An Austin-based urban designer explains how protecting and encouraging the planting of street trees will make the city more resilient to increasingly common extreme heat events, among many other benefits.

April 3 - Diana Ionescu

A proposed ‘pace of change’ policy would have restricted the number of development proposals the city would accept in an effort to limit displacement of existing residents in affordable, low-rise rental units.

April 2 - Daily Hive

After a recent death on the White Oak Trail, Houston bike advocates say closure markers on the city’s bike trails are often inconsistent and hard to see, posing a danger for cyclists at night.

April 2 - Houston Chronicle

Adult fares will be capped at $4 per day or $72 per month under the new system.

April 2 - Business Wire

BLOG POST

The journal World Transport Policy and Practice continues its 26-year publication history.

April 2 - World Transport Policy and Practice

International immigration to the country’s most populous areas tripled even as major metropolitan areas continued to lose population.

March 31 - The New York Times

The “Transformational Brownfield” incentives approved by the Detroit City Council for the $1.5 billion District Detroit still require approval by the state.

March 31 - Detroit Free Press

The New Canaan Planning Commission rejected a development proposal, including 31 below-market-rate apartments, for lack of a third staircase, among other reasons, at a time when advocates are pushing to relax two-staircase requirements.

March 31 - Stamford Advocate

The percentage of land dedicated to parking in the central districts of major U.S. cities ranges from 4 percent to as much as 42 percent.

March 31 - Bloomberg CityLab

Though ‘cheap’ is a relative term.

March 30 - San Francisco Examiner

A change in the city’s speed limits has been shown to reduce the likelihood of injuries during collisions.

March 30 - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Just over half of people in the ‘Y’ generation now own homes, but the largest generation also continues to dominate the rental market.

March 30 - RentCafé

The proposed fees on transportation network companies and delivery services would help cover buddget shortfalls for transportation and transit in the state.

March 30 - MinnPost

A seven-block stretch downtown will remain closed to cars after the success of a pandemic-era outdoor dining program.

March 30 - Houston Chronicle

More cities and states around the country are recognizing the value of eliminating parking requirements.

March 30 - Congress For New Urbanism

An increase in fees for commercial construction projects is raising concerns from local developers who say the industry already faces rising costs to build in the city.

March 30 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Acknowledging the impact the city’s proposed congestion pricing program could have on underserved neighborhoods, the agency plans to spend over $130 million in revenue from the program on air filtration, trees, and other pollution reduction measures.

March 30 - The New York Times

A new study by SPUR and the Urban Land Institute’s San Francisco chapter estimates a specific number of apartment units that could be built from vacant office units in the city.

March 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle