The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Cities can take action to improve conditions during extreme heat events and prevent heat-related deaths, many of which occur in low-income communities.

April 27 - Wired

Closed and struggling malls around the country are being repurposed as healthcare centers.

April 27 - Fortune

Thanks to longer fire seasons and increasingly intense blazes, Western states are experiencing the nation’s worst air quality.

April 27 - High Country News

The mutual housing developments known as limited-equity cooperatives give lower-income residents an opportunity to buy into a building where they could not otherwise afford it.

April 27 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The transit agency’s board voted to use all-electric buses in its planned bus rapid transit fleet, but criticism of plans to expand a freeway to accommodate the new route remain.

April 27 - Tampa Bay Times

Maine could become the third state to eliminate single-family-only zoning to encourage light density increases in residential areas and make it easier for homeowners to build accessory dwelling units.

April 27 - Reason

Mystery surrounds the decision by the Biden administration to not ask for an immediate stay of an unanticipated district court ruling to vacate the CDC's masks-on-transit rule. Two days later they appealed as coronavirus cases increase nationwide.

April 26 - The New York Times

As mortgage rates creep higher and builders continue to experience supply bottlenecks, the future of the housing market remains uncertain.

April 26 - The Washington Post

Fresh interest in green building among investors, new incentives, and stricter building codes are making it more possible to include green building practices in affordable housing production.

April 26 - Wealth Management

Residents in Pacific Beach want the city to revise its design of the Diamond Street ‘slow street,’ the last remaining segment of pandemic-era pedestrian-oriented road in the city.

April 26 - San Diego Union-Tribune

Housing and environmental activists are calling on the city to commit to a ‘Trees and’ approach, rejecting the perceived conflict between housing affordability and a healthy urban tree canopy.

April 26 - The Stranger

Denver residents will be eligible to receive up to $1,200 in rebates on electric bike purchases as part of an effort to help more people access sustainable transportation modes.

April 26 - KDVR

More inclusive urban design can help more people access social services and public amenities.

April 26 - The Architect's Newspaper

For the first time since the League of American Bicyclists started ranking states for bicycle friendly practices and policies in 2008, Washington State does not appear at the top of the list.

April 26 - League of American Bicyclists

Going above and beyond California’s state-level housing density bonus law, San Diego launched its own program to encourage developers to build more affordable units.

April 25 - Smart Cities Dive

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Urban villages can maximize accessibility and inclusivity, helping residents be healthy, wealthy, and happy. Here are specific targets for planning them.

April 25 - Todd Litman

The city’s shared e-scooter program has proved popular, seeing more than eight times as many rides as its bike share system.

April 25 - The Seattle Times

According to data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, no U.S. state or metro area has an ‘adequate supply’ of housing for the lowest-income households.

April 25 - Beaumont Enterprise

Poseidon Water, a massive desalination project proposed for the Pacific coast in Huntington Beach, has been in the works for more than two decades. A critical vote is expected for the project next month.

April 25 - Los Angeles Times

The sprawling Mojave Desert plays a key role in carbon sequestration, storing around 10 percent of California’s carbon. But the fragile ecosystem is threatened by large-scale renewable energy projects.

April 25 - Mojave Desert Land Trust