The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The troubling trend of buying and selling homes as an investment has some critics worried that it will contribute to an already overheated housing market.

November 2 - Vox

The tour's creator wants to give visitors a different take on the city, pointing out the quirky gems amid its notoriously beautiful buildings.

November 2 - Chicago Tribune

The Court's decision could limit the agency's authority to regulate carbon emissions in the power sector.

November 2 - Bloomberg

The past, present, and future of zoning in Tennessee.

November 2 - Tennessee Lookout

BLOG POST

C.J. Gabbe at Santa Clara University and Greg Pierce at the University of California, Los Angeles write about their recently published article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

November 1 - JPER

The Build Back Better agenda is in retreat—including much of the substance on a plan to spend $330 billion to tackle the nation's housing affordability crisis.

November 1 - Vox

When it comes to pedestrian safety, Halloween has never been so frightening.

November 1 - Bloomberg CityLab

An innovative set of zoning reforms have two more approvals left to become law.

November 1 - Streetsblog Mass

The city's new regulations pave the way for making the pandemic experiment a permanent fixture.

November 1 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Milwaukee County Transit System could be adding a bus rapid transit line to the existing PurpleLine.

November 1 - Urban Milwaukee

Communities exposed to higher levels of air pollution experience higher rates of infection, particularly in areas with high population density.

November 1 - St. Louis Public Radio

After Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs dropped the project, Toronto is evaluating other proposals for redeveloping their waterfront.

November 1 - The Toronto Star

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in October proposed a $1.75 billion operating budget that will make it cheaper to ride transit in the Windy City.

October 31 - Chicago Transit Authority

Corruption is a common companion to the development approvals process—Cincinnati is no exception. But Cincinnati is attempting a new approach to conflicts of interest.

October 31 - WTOP

What started out as an ambitious example of planning and zoning reforms has been trimmed back to respond to opposition from neighborhood groups—and the threat of secession from one neighborhood in particular.

October 31 - SaportaReport

Car condos are coming to North America's largest cities—first New York and now Toronto.

October 31 - Toronto Star

PLANOPEDIA

Micromobility is an umbrella term encompassing a variety of small, generally low-speed vehicles and conveyances that can be electric or human-powered and privately owned or part of shared fleets.

October 29 - Diana Ionescu

Electric and battery-powered leaf blowers have a reduced impact on pollution and human health, but our lawn care practices continue to harm plant and animal habitats.

October 29 - The New York Times

While resources pour in for urban climate resilience projects, smaller communities often bear the brunt of extreme weather events.

October 29 - The Architect's Newspaper

Managers of affordable housing at the deadly northern end of Ida's path review what worked, what didn't, and what we might need to abandon altogether.

October 29 - Shelterforce Magazine