The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

As garage operators find their businesses increasingly unsustainable, some are looking to affordable housing as the logical next incarnation of their buildings.

July 14 - Smart Cities Dive

The case for freeway in urban areas isn't as unequivocal as it might seem. Plans to undo the damage of the legacies of past freeway planning need to ensure an inclusive future.

July 14 - Los Angeles Times

BLOG POST

The Urban Mobility Report (UMR) evaluates traffic congestion problems and recommends congestion reduction solutions. How well does it reflect travelers' priorities?

July 13 - Todd Litman

A new book demonstrates how the National Park Service uses GIS technology to meet its mission and showcases a selection of maps used for effectively managing national parks.

July 13 - ESRI

Community activists across the city have fought to clean up, preserve, and enhance former industrial sites as parks, community gardens, and green spaces.

July 13 - High Country News

The city council voted to apply for a $1 million federal grant to study the potential benefits of building a park over downtown freeways.

July 13 - Urbanize Atlanta

As more research demonstrates the negative health and environmental impacts of excessive traffic noise, the New York state legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the sale of muffler modification devices.

July 13 - Streetsblog New York City

The zoning change will significantly reduce the cost of building affordable housing developments.

July 13 - 5280

After adjusting to COVID-19 protocols and pandemic-era budget cuts, transit agencies must again reorient their service to the post-pandemic world.

July 13 - TransitCenter

At the onset of the pandemic, certain media figures were quick to jump on the bandwagon of anti-urbanism. While many of the anti-urban predictions failed to come about—neither did the problems of cities disappear.

July 13 - The New York Times

Over 100 million eligible Americans have chosen not to be inoculated against COVID-19, posing a risk to vaccinated and unvaccinated alike. A July 4th White House celebration was a "missed opportunity" to model health policies, opines one expert.

July 12 - The Washington Post

The growth of institutionalized housing has led to growing inequality between Black and white homeownership rates in the Twin Cities, new research shows.

July 12 - Minneapolis Post

Walker contemplates the implications of the science fiction staple that continues to fascinate and engage writers and technologists.

July 12 - Human Transit

A plan to conjure 28,000 new homes from the landscape fed by the San Pedro River in Southern Arizona is once again on the wrong side of regulators.

July 12 - Arizona Republic

To some, the agreement promises too much funding for traditional infrastructure programs rather than 'adaptations and innovations.'

July 12 - Strong Towns

A coastal geologist urges state leaders and residents to start planning for 'managed retreat' away from the coastal communities most vulnerable to sea level rise.

July 12 - Grist

The Move PGH pilot program is being credited as a major step forward for the integration of personal technology and shared transportation.

July 12 - Streetsblog USA

FEATURE

A strategic switch to biking would dramatically reduce the depth of roads, saving untold billions over the next generation.

July 12 - Richard Dion

California's Project Homekey has been a boon for homelessness support services as well as the economic and living conditions on a corridor in Fresno known as Motel Drive.

July 11 - CALmatters

A call for zoning reforms that legalize commercial buildings in residential neighborhoods in Seattle—a building type and land use that has fallen out of favor all over the United States.

July 11 - The Seattle Times