The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Transit agencies use complex models to predict future ridership, but these have not yet caught up with the still-changing post-pandemic travel needs of transit users.

March 9 - Governing

Black families face bigger challenges when trying to buy homes, leading to a growing gap between Black and white homeownership.

March 9 - Madison 365

Taking a second look at the widespread, but dangerous, practice.

March 9 - Pew Stateline

A tool designed to guide federal grant distribution may not prioritize the highest-need communities, while conflicting grant guidelines create challenges for local agencies.

March 9 - Route Fifty

The agency released a set of plans showing proposed station infrastructure as it works to expand BRT to a larger area around Atlanta.

March 9 - Urbanize Atlanta

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Communities in Colorado are using a do-it-yourself process known as “Call Yourself Creative” to establish new neighborhoods that leverage the arts for community and economic development goals.

March 9 - Ronnique Bishop

A bill legalizing duplexes and fourplexes in most of the state’s residential neighborhoods passed the state House on Monday.

March 8 - The Seattle Times

In a speech on Sunday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, likely Republican presidential contender Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said that the pandemic was “a great test in governing philosophies."

March 8 - The Washington Post

The painted symbols can not only fail to protect bike riders, but can actually make riding conditions less safe.

March 8 - Momentum Magazine

Two proposed laws would enhance road safety for bicyclists and pedestrians and improve the city’s multimodal infrastructure.

March 8 - Block Club Chicago

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Learn more about the various impacts of buying out private property with the intent of furthering urban development.

March 8 - Devin Partida

The city wants to boost economic development in its historic core, improve transit and connectivity, and encourage more housing near its MARTA rail station.

March 8 - Decaturish

The Rhode Island House Speaker has introduced a package of 14 bills intended to ease housing construction without stepping on any toes at the local level.

March 8 - WPRI

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"The Practice of Democracy: A View from Connecticut" is a new exhibition on display from January to June in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Norwalk which unpacks the relationship of land use and development to democracy.

March 8 - Mark H. McNulty

Residents of Los Angeles who drive less are exposed to higher rates of air pollution due to policies that have encouraged commuting through low-income neighborhoods.

March 7 - USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

A proposed bill would pave the way for school districts to use their transportation budgets to support chaperones for biking or walking, public transit passes, or other modes.

March 7 - Oregon Live

The rising cost of housing, along with the pandemic, has transformed the lack of housing affordable to teachers in expensive parts of California from bad to worse. Solutions so far only address half the problem or don’t go far enough.

March 7 - The Guardian

Even with the growth of electric vehicles, experts say the trend toward larger, heavier vehicles is inherently incompatible with environmental goals.

March 7 - The New Yorker

Lessons from community activists around the country provide insight into how ‘freeway fighters’ can leverage recent momentum against road expansions to have more impact in 2023.

March 7 - Streetsblog USA

A proposed measure would require developers receiving city incentives to provide more benefits to local stakeholders and increase local hiring.

March 7 - Signal Cleveland