The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Common Edge surveyed mayors and urban designers for ideas about what the next decade holds in store for cities. There were plenty of challenges in facing the world before the pandemic.

March 18 - Common Edge

The two largest cities are headed in two different directions when it comes to parking enforcement for street sweeping during the coronavirus pandemic—for now at least.

March 18 - Los Angeles Times

A debate about how to more efficiently operate the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's bus service is underway.

March 18 - WAMU

Bike counts and bike share rides are increasing in two of the country's largest cities as commuters look for transportation modes that allow for physical distancing.

March 18 - The New York Times

A sad day for the planning profession, as the American Planning Association makes the hard, but necessary decision to cancel the 2020 National Planning Conference.

March 18 - American Planning Association

The province of Ontario is considering a new law to strengthen tenant protections, but advocates say the law will have the exact opposite of the intended effect.

March 17 - The Star

Ride-hailing companies are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with actions that can protect both drivers and riders.

March 17 - Smart Cities Dive

With the Trump administration's support, private industry is busy building new broadband infrastructure on public lands. The effect is already obvious in many national parks.

March 17 - High Country News

Six Bay Area counties have taken drastic action to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. "Please read this Order carefully. Violation of or failure to comply with this Order is a misdemeanor punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both."

March 17 - San Francisco Chronicle

Planetizen has been tracking the development proposal for the Terraces of Lafayette in California since 2015. The saga isn't over yet.

March 17 - The Mercury News

As restaurants and other local retail businesses ponder how to stay open as people stay at home and social distance for the foreseeable future, parking regulations will likely be reevaluated—they already are in Cincinnati.

March 17 - Cincinnati Business Courier

The federal funding formula for capital costs attached to the coronavirus pandemic will change in states that have declared an emergency.

March 17 - Federal Transit Administration

Planning and building the future will have to wait.

March 17 - NYC Planning

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In "A History of Street Networks," Lawrence Aurbach discusses the intellectual movements driving the growth of suburban-style street design.

March 16 - Michael Lewyn

A legal battle is being waged between the coal-exporting states of Utah, Wyoming, and Montana and coastal cities in California, Oregon, and Washington that pits the power of local land-use authority against the protection of interstate commerce.

March 16 - Los Angeles Times

Public transit agencies are responding to declining ridership during the Coronavirus outbreak by reducing service. But the right balance between safe, reliable, and sustainable will be hard to calibrate in these difficult times.

March 16 - The Boston Globe

Restaurants and bars shut down on Sunday due to the coronavirus. On Monday, a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew becomes effective. According to a Harvard University public health expert, "Hoboken probably is the model we all need to move towards now."

March 16 - Insider

Critics say the design of homes that come with gentrification is too often uninspired, incompatible, and downright ugly.

March 16 - The Texas Observer

Identifying potential hubs and activity centers allows regions to foster economic growth and density.

March 16 - The Avenue (Brookings)

It’s not "luxury" factors that make housing in Washington, D.C., extremely expensive.

March 16 - WAMU