The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Land use and zoning reform is not a magic wand, and effective changes to any planning regime change requires careful work. A new report Urban Institute provides case studies and guidance on how to achieve desired outcomes from a reform process.

October 27 - Urban Institute

A comprehensive review of the 100 largest cities in the United States shows which mayors have followed up on pledges to cut carbon emissions.

October 27 - Brookings

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A great challenge facing urban planning in the short- and long-term future is how to complete green infrastructure and development without spurring gentrification and displacement.

October 27 - Joan Fitzgerald

Amtrak is presented with the potential for two futures: In one is a $25 billion expansion to update national intercity rail with contemporary patterns of settlement. In the other is fiscal crisis and continued service cuts.

October 27 - My San Antonio

President Trump has fallen short of 2016 promises to update and upgrade the key infrastructure of the United States, according to this article.

October 27 - The Washington Post

The rental market is triggering metrics not seen since the depths of the Great Recession, according to a new report on the state of the rental market in three New York City boroughs.

October 27 - StreetEasy

One of the best tools for understanding the consequences and potential of transit planning has been recently updated.

October 26 - TransitCenter

How an ambiguous legal definition is endangering nonprofits’ control of dozens of affordable housing developments in the final years of their tax credit agreements.

October 26 - Shelterforce Magazine

As the coronavirus outbreak surges across the country, many rural communities are now seeing an unprecedented spike in infections and hospitalizations.

October 26 - National Public Radio

Many architecture firms are still struggling, but the industry, a bellwether for planning and the larger economy, has recovered a little from the lows of the spring and summer months.

October 26 - Archinect

The cost of parking won't be passed down to residents at a newly approved multi-family residential development in Charlotte.

October 26 - Charlotte Observer

A case study from the Boston region shows the power of allowing moderate density on transit adjacent residential parcels currently available only to single-family detached homes.

October 26 - Brookings

One of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Philadelphia is increasing parking requirements and limiting building heights at all costs.

October 26 - WHYY

A plan to widen interstates 495 and 270 failed a critical step on the way to approval, in a decision likely to lead to a lawsuit when the Maryland Department of Transportation settles on a final plan.

October 26 - Maryland Matters

The pandemic's cumulative death toll in the U.S. does not include over 100,000 fatalities that are directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19, according to a CDC report released Oct. 20 on the subject of "excess deaths."

October 25 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Vox's popular video explainer production team explains the consequences of U.S. auto dependency, and how to make transit work in the world we live in.

October 25 - Vox

The Better Bus plan is the latest effort at rethinking public transit in Nashville.

October 25 - WeGo Public Transit

Critics of the Trump administration who chide the president for a lack of accomplishments should check the environmental record.

October 25 - The New York Times

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Dodgers Foundation will renovate an unplayable ballfield into a new Dodgers Dreamfield, which will serve almost 3,500 youth in the surrounding community.

October 23 - L.A. Downtown News

How the Joint Ownership Entity NYC is helping its community developer members stay strong during COVID.

October 23 - Shelterforce Magazine