The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Mayor Wu says putting a rent control policy in place is just one of several ways the city plans to improve housing affordability and prevent evictions, but the proposal requires state approval.

January 24 - The Boston Globe

Learn about eight L.A. parks that you can reach from Union Station without a car.

January 23 - Los Angeles Times

Learn more about Monterey Park, a city in the San Gabriel Valley, which was devastated by a mass shooting over the weekend.

January 23 - Los Angeles Times

Artificial intelligence is being used to generate all kinds of content. Can it successfully replace architecture critics, or does understanding place require physical presence?

January 23 - The Dallas Morning News

The program connects tribal communities with resources to help households in some of the nation’s most underresourced reservations access homeownership.

January 23 - Next City

Fatal crashes killed slightly fewer people in 2022 than in 2021, but deaths are still significantly higher than in 2019.

January 23 - Axios

Highway widenings still attract support from both sides of the political aisle, despite the inadequacies of the approach in solving the problems it intends to solve.

January 23 - The Kansas City Star

Urban cores around the country were transforming into live, work, and play destinations before the pandemic. The pandemic was a setback for this transformation, but it could also be a rare opportunity. It’s up to city leadership to seize it.

January 23 - The Washington Post

Some state legislators are proposing action at the state level as counties block development using zoning and development requirements even as housing prices rise sharply in the region.

January 23 - The Virginia Mercury

Senate Bill 9, approved by the California State Legislature to much fanfare in 2021, has had little impact on the way local governments do development business, according to a recent analysis by researchers at the University of California.

January 22 - Terner Center for Housing Innovation

Almost all U.S. mayors have some level of concern about climate change in their communities, but local leaders face some challenges in taking action.

January 22 - Smart Cities Dive

Philadelphia’s transit agency faces some structural challenges as it struggles to reorganize its services and bring back ridership.

January 22 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

A recent series of data on the growth of households in the United States reveals the unprecedented scale of housing demand in recent years.

January 22 - Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

The city is complying with an Oregon state mandate that some cities have challenged in court.

January 20 - KTVZ

Signs and markings designed for traffic control can make conditions less safe for pedestrians and other road users.

January 20 - Streetsblog USA

Louisiana is losing coastal lands, quickly, along with the habitat and economic resources located there. A Coastal Master Plan plots $50 billion in spending to protect the coast.

January 20 - NOLA.com

After a proposal for a mixed-use development failed to gain support from a local city councilmember, the developer turned the site into a truck storage depot, prompting concerns over air quality and health impacts.

January 20 - The New York Times

County officials hope reclamation efforts will help the region reduce its dependence on imported water supplies.

January 19 - ABC7

The federal funding will help move forward planning for an ambitious proposal to cap a downtown Atlanta freeway with a 25-acre park.

January 19 - Urbanize Atlanta

The department is proposing an updated version of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, which requires local governments to take action to end residential segregation.

January 19 - CNN