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FEATURE

Census 2020 faced funding challenges, leadership changes, and unprecedented politics on its way to a big launch this week. Now the coronavirus is sending people into social isolation, making the process of an accurate count very difficult.

March 11 - James Brasuell

California State Senator has released draft legislation to follow up on the previous SB 50, which in turn followed up on SB 827. The new bill, SB 902, promises a "light touch."

March 11 - KQED

As a first step in furthering goals set in the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan, Minneapolis recently released the draft of a new ten-year transportation plan.

March 11 - StarTribune

The lives of Seoul's poorest residents in squalid below-ground housing are brought out of the shadows in the film "Parasite."

March 11 - The New York Times

De Blauwe Loper, the Blue Carpet in English, will redefine bike infrastructure ambition.

March 11 - The Architect's Newspaper

BLOG POST

Geoff Boeing of the University of Southern California writes about a recent article he co-authored in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

March 10 - JPER

Planning conferences are among the events experiencing the effects of Coronavirus mitigation measures.

March 10 - Chicago Tribune

Oil prices crashed Monday due to a disagreement between two of the world's largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia and Russia, amidst a slump in oil demand due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Oil will flood the market as demand drops.

March 10 - The Washington Post

While Texas Central's plan to build a high-speed rail link between Houston and Dallas has already dealt with years of opposition from rural communities, big fights over the use of eminent domain have yet to begin.

March 10 - The Dallas Morning News

Transit planners are rethinking a December proposal to eliminate and reduce transit service in response to a shortage of drivers in the Denver area.

March 10 - The Denver Post

The Upper Harbor Terminal project is set to transform an area north of downtown, but residents are concerned about the long-term impacts and outcomes.

March 10 - Minnesota Public Radio

So far in 2020, drivers have killed 15 pedestrians on Connecticut roads.

March 10 - Hartford Courant

Seeing an opportunity for massive profits, private companies have snapped up homes and become corporate landlords in cities across the country.

March 10 - The New York Times Magazine

PLANOPEDIA

The comprehensive plan, sometimes also referred to as a master plan or a general plan, is the foundational document of long-term planning and zoning in the United States.

March 9 - James Brasuell

Two Bay Area transportation sales tax measures affecting three Bay Area counties performed poorly on Super Tuesday, but it hasn't deterred the groups backing a nine-county mega-measure. Progressive groups are proposing non-sales tax alternatives.

March 9 - The Mercury News

The country’s economic pie is sliced up differently now as growth in metropolitan areas involves either income or population increases—but not both.

March 9 - The New York Times

Last year’s state ban ended a 13-year red-light enforcement program in Dallas. City officials say that intersections throughout the city are less safe without the cameras.

March 9 - The Dallas Morning News

As the coronavirus continues to move across the globe, its effects on shared transportation modes and freight shipping are becoming more apparent.

March 9 - Eno Center for Transportation

The portion of Portland's Comprehensive Plan devoted to missing middle housing spurred a lawsuit that held up the plan until January of this year.

March 9 - City of Portland

Minneapolis and St. Paul are teaming up, with new authority granted by the State legislature, to lower speed limits in both cities.

March 9 - Star Tribune