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U.S. home values appreciated sharply during the pandemic, particularly in communities of color, where prices rose by as much as 10.3%.

May 25 - Housing Perspectives

After determining the size and scope of President Biden's infrastructure package, the next biggest challenge is determining how to pay for it. The partisan divide is steep, but Roll Call exposes division within the Democrats' ranks.

May 25 - Roll Call

U.S. commuter rail systems, primarily designed to bring workers to and from central business districts, must adapt to serve a broader population as the traditional workday changes.

May 25 - Governing

For a second time, Charles Marohn is facing a challenge from the engineering profession over his work as the founder of the popular advocacy organization Strong Towns. This time, Marohn and Strong Towns are pushing back.

May 25 - Strong Towns

The world's most famous, and influential, bus rapid transit system, which served 2.4 million riders a day in Bogotá in the days before the pandemic, offers lessons in transit planning and management as it enters its third decade.

May 25 - Reorientations

FEATURE

The Beaufort County Greenprint Plan, completed in 2020, offers an innovative model of open space planning integrated within a larger planning framework.

May 25 - Emily McCoy

PLANOPEDIA

Part of a movement that sought to modernize cities through a rational reorganization of the urban form, "Towers in the Park" is a style of housing development that emphasizes a separation of uses and access to communal green space and amenities.

May 24 - Diana Ionescu

The country cannot hope to achieve its goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions without fundamentally rethinking its land use and development patterns, according to this article.

May 24 - Brookings

Residents in some of the city's single-family neighborhoods worry about the potential impacts of ADU construction on local character and parking.

May 24 - San Diego Union-Tribune

It isn't just Boise that's changing quickly as in-migration picks up its pace in southwestern Idaho.

May 24 - Boise Dev

A recently appointed councilmember threw a wrench into hard fought local negotiations over a planned bus rapid transit that passes through the Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock.

May 24 - Los Angeles Times

The SPUR Regional Strategy sets a new standard for planning advocacy, not only for the depth and breadth of its vision, but for its skill in execution.

May 24 - San Francisco Chronicle

Urbanist Richard Florida assesses post-pandemic possibilities for neighborhoods that once relied on 9-to-5 workers.

May 24 - Bloomberg CityLab

A new report shows that long-term federal investments in electric vehicles could promote significant growth in the sector as the nation moves toward reducing GHG emissions.

May 24 - Rhodium Group

Little Island came into the world as Pier 55 and even managed to come back from the dead before opening last week.

May 24 - The New York Times

Critics panned new renderings for the 28th Street/Little Portugal station on the planned BART extension into San Jose.

May 23 - The Mercury News

The Biden administration announced late last week that they would reduce the spending proposed in the American Jobs Plan from $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion, although there is some question about the true significance of those changes.

May 23 - Politico

Minimum parking requirements, argues Michael Manville, raise the cost of construction and eat up valuable urban real estate.

May 23 - The Atlantic

BLOG POST

Here are just a few ways urban environments are transforming and reinventing themselves in the wake of the coronavirus.

May 23 - Devin Partida

Restaurants in areas designated as "slow streets" during the pandemic saw a boost in consumer interest.

May 21 - Bloomberg CityLab