The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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shares frustration with what he sees as a state inaction on housing and L.A.'s legacy of piecemeal planning and outdated zoning.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

The work of Chicago urban planner and developer Theaster Gates provides a proof of concept in a new report from the Urban Land Institute.

October 5 - Chicago Tribune

The National Highway Safety Administration released traffic safety data finding a huge spike in fatalities since the outset of the pandemic, but didn't mention the role of street design in traffic fatalities.

October 5 - Streetsblog USA

As Americans deal with job losses and ongoing unemployment, rent bills are piling up and a wave of evictions looms on the horizon.

October 4 - Route Fifty

Some might call it call it asphalt socialism, but public subsidies tend to only go one way in the United States: toward the car.

October 4 - Streetsblog USA

The city of Chicago's Equitable Transit Oriented Development Policy Plan prioritizes three key strategies for bringing equity to transit-oriented development.

October 4 - Chi.Streetsblog

The city pledges, part of Eurocities Inclusive Cities 4 All initiative, focus on real actions on key social issues for cities, such as housing, childcare, skills training, active support to employment, healthcare, long-term care and equal opportuniti

October 4 - Cities of the Future

People are moving less and rents are dropping, according to a new report from Apartment List.

October 2 - Apartment List

A new set of guidelines will help the media improve the accuracy of traffic safety coverage.

October 2 - The Guardian

The oldest city park in the United States, used as a cow pasture until the 19th century, is slated for a major upgrade.

October 2 - The Architect's Newspaper

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan rescinded a plan that would have cut bus service in the city of Baltimore to the bone.

October 2 - Baltimore Sun

Trump has been repeatedly criticized for misunderstanding the suburbs, but former Vice President Jose Biden's take on the subject during the debate also missed the mark.

October 1 - Bloomberg CityLab

As part of a series of dramatic environmental announcements in September, Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to work with legislators to end new hydraulic fracking permits in California.

October 1 - Palm Springs Desert Sun