The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Southern California steelhead was added to the federal endangered species list in 1997. Today, planners are working to create a new home for the trout in the L.A. River.

October 7 - Los Angeles Times

As California moves to hold local governments accountable for housing production goals, a report finds a 900,000-unit discrepancy. Offered here is the Embarcadero Institute's response to criticism received regarding the report's conclusions.

October 7 - The Planning Report

California voters will consider a landmark reform of its infamous property tax system this November. Prop. 15 would remove property tax caps on commercial properties established by Prop. 13 in 1978.

October 7 - CALmatters

Data collected from 13 million tree planting records in 473 urban areas across 73 countries provides insight into the role of urban trees in biodiversity conservation.

October 7 - Cosmos Online

New research suggests that cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector would have tremendous benefits to public health.

October 7 - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Opinion: Six months into the pandemic, the state of the U.S. economy reveals that the planning profession can support struggling Americans by focusing on transportation and the land use patterns that enable mass transit.

October 7 - James Brasuell

Residents use creative engagements to envision an arts and innovation district without displacement in Boston’s Upham’s Corner.

October 6 - Shelterforce Magazine

In pursuit of a grant for park development, Los Angeles County engages community members virtually to gather input and design a new park.

October 6 - Antelope Valley Press

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated its new rule change will result in up to 1,258 tons of additional emissions of hazardous materials every year.

October 6 - The Hill

Voters in Alameda, a city of nearly 80,000 people on an island in the East San Francisco Bay Area, will vote to end a prohibition on multi-family housing that has been in place since 1973.

October 6 - Alameda Sun

A new study published in the Land Use Policy journal explains how Houston's rapid expansion occurred, and why it matters.

October 6 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research: The Urban Edge

It took a pandemic, but the worldwide effort to move restaurant and retail businesses outside, at the expense of parking, is proving far less controversial than it would have before the coronavirus swept the globe.

October 6 - NPR

The forthcoming Boston Urban Forestry Plan is expected to support communities that have been disproportionately exposed to environmental stressors.

October 6 - Smart Cities Dive

Decades of building housing on the fringes of metropolitan areas have mired the United States in a housing affordability crisis defined by a widening gap between the haves and the have nots.

October 6 - Vox

The Midwest has been the epicenter of coronavirus since late August, led by North and South Dakota. Masks have the potential to significantly reduce viral transmission, but neither state mandates their use. Will a public health campaign help?

October 5 - Grand Forks Herald

The public is providing feedback for the idea of a congestion pricing scheme that could charge as much as $12 to drive into Downtown San Francisco.

October 5 - San Francisco Chronicle

Alfred Fraijo Jr., partner at Sheppard Mullin, shares frustration with what he sees as a state inaction on housing and L.A.'s legacy of piecemeal planning and outdated zoning.

October 5 - The Planning Report

The pandemic has affected all of us in big and small ways. A park planner shares how his professional and personal lives have changed as a result of the coronavirus.

October 5 - Parks & Rec Business

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In Right of Way, Angie Schmitt explains why U.S. pedestrian fatalities have increased in recent years.

October 5 - Michael Lewyn

A major victory in the fight for housing justice has been achieved in Philadelphia.

October 5 - Philadelphia Housing Action