The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Los Angeles County's popular and award-winning Parks After Dark program returns for the spring, providing opportunities for residents to come together in safe and welcoming spaces where they can access quality programming and a variety of services.

April 4 - KTLA5

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a first-in-the-nation bill that would penalize California's oil refineries for excessive profits. Will it lower the state's highest-in-the-nation fuel prices?

April 4 - San Francisco Chronicle

With HUD seeking comments on a revamped version of the Affirmatively Furthering fair Housing Rule, now is a good time to seek lessons from the one state to attempt to implement the federal rule at the state level.

April 4 - Terner Center for Housing Innovation

Two recent studies are among the first to attempt a comprehensive account of the effects of the Investing in Opportunity Program, one of the signature place-based policies of the Trump era.

April 4 - Economic Innovation Group

RTD is beginning maintenance on retaining walls along its southeastern light rail lines that is expected to last roughly six months.

April 4 - The Denver Post

Developers in Fort Bend County are drawing inspiration from ‘agrihoods’ to build car-light communities in one of the nation’s fastest-growing areas.

April 4 - Urban Edge

The program aims to reach 800,000 French children by 2027.

April 4 - Next City

With the right policies in place, basement apartments, converted garages, and backyard cottages can create a significant number of affordable housing units.

April 4 - Governing

One writer argues that single-staircase buildings solve an architectural problem and make buildings more interesting, but the political problem of the U.S. housing crisis goes much deeper.

April 3 - The Nation

The state wants to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles across the board, but concerns linger about the technology’s road readiness.

April 3 - The New York Times

Ten recommendations for zoning code changes that could make housing more affordable.

April 3 - Congress For New Urbanism

Texas’ transportation priorities were on display in March—a few days after the gutting of a transit plan, a highway expansion broke ground depite years of local opposition.

April 3 - KUT

The New York Times recently published an article exploring six cities from around the world reinventing themselves for the 21st century: Paris, Sydney, Medellin, Lisbon, Singapore, and Durban.

April 3 - The New York Times

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