The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

California Assembly Transportation Committee Chair Laura Friedman shares policy priorities for reducing emissions, eliminating traffic fatalities, and improving the connectivity of urban regional light rail in Southern California.

February 8 - The Planning Report

Public health experts credit the controversial L.A. County public health order and the state's regional order, both of which banned outdoor dining, with reducing the viral spread that overwhelmed hospitals with COVID patients last month.

February 8 - Los Angeles Times

A new plan calls for increased funding for housing and supportive services to relieve the state's housing crisis and end homelessness.

February 8 - The Mercury News

Putting a lid on the interstate through downtown Seattle could create new space for parks and housing, reduce pollution, and reconnect the disrupted street grid.

February 8 - The Urbanist

The city is using the redistributed money to purchase hotels for permanent housing and provide supportive services.

February 8 - Curbed

Arterial roads and poorly designed intersections pose significant threats to cyclist and pedestrian safety.

February 8 - Outside Online

BLOG POST

The events of the past year shows that the law of supply and demand applies to urban housing, and that gentrification can, in fact, be subdued.

February 8 - Michael Lewyn

Despite every manner of local opposition, the Texas Department of Transportation is pushing forward with a plan to widen Interstate 45 north of the city of Houston, demolishing and displacing thousands of homes, businesses, and community facilities.

February 7 - Houston Chronicle

Expensive homes dominated the metro Denver real estate market in 2020.

February 7 - The Denver Post

The Biden administration's climate plan calls for sweeping reform in the country's energy policy and places new focus on addressing racial and economic disparities.

February 7 - The Washington Post

The Federal Railroad Administration recently released a preliminary study of a proposed high-speed maglev train route between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

February 7 - The Washington Post

COVID-19 restrictions have highlighted the importance of abundant, multi-use open spaces accessible to all.

February 5 - San Francisco Chronicle

Resident services has long been the first to be cut in hard times—but for some housing providers that may be changing.

February 5 - Shelterforce Magazine

After the Twin Cities lowered speed limits in the urban core of the region in 2020, a trio of suburban cities are planning to follow. Two of the cities are planning to set some speed limits as low as 20 mph.

February 5 - Star Tribune

The State of Place blog is offering a pop quiz designed to help you diagnose the kind of post-2020 city-maker you are.

February 5 - State of Place

The nation’s most populous state without an intercity passenger rail program could be the benefit of ambitions to expand the network of Amtrak service around the country.

February 4 - All Aboard Ohio

Regional parks like Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in Southern California offers something for everyone and are more important than ever in the midst of a pandemic.

February 4 - KCRW

Automated mobility technologies are coming. How do we ensure that they serve everyone?

February 4 - Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon

The Washington State legislature will consider a number of bills this session that would alter planning and development in a state grappling with population growth and rising housing costs.

February 4 - The Urbanist

Transit advocates are launching a new push for federal funding aid to increase service on existing transit routes.

February 4 - TransitCenter