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The effect of development codes can be felt in the urban tree canopies. Louisville is updating its code to stem the loss of 56,000 trees a year in the city.

March 12 - WFPL

Urban growth in Anchorage was tied to restrictive covenants forbidding the sale of property to minorities.

March 12 - KTOO

The effects of a global pandemic on American shores are beginning to emerge for public transit systems. The consequences of a drop in transit ridership could extend beyond the end of the pandemic.

March 12 - Vice

The director-general of the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday that the COVID-19 viral disease that has killed more than 4,000 people, infected nearly 120,00 people and is present in 114 nations is a pandemic.

March 12 - The Guardian

FEATURE

Managing development at the scale of megaregions is possible. An excerpt from the recently published book, "Designing for the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale," written by Jonathan Barnett, explains how.

March 12 - Jonathan Barnett

A new study published by the Journal of the American Planning Association details the gender dynamics of planning offices around the country, finding challenges with exclusive communication (i.e., shutting women out from workplace communication).

March 12 - Journal Of The American Planning Association

An infamous site has new development life after developers returned to the public with a revised project proposal.

March 12 - Chicago Tribune

A recent study studying the contemporary planning profession's rejection of the cul-de-sac includes a proposal to create more economic disincentives for inefficient street grid patterns.

March 12 - Axios

New light rail lines, dedicated busways, and expanded bus and commuter rail service are on the Project Connect menu.

March 11 - KUT

Should the United States be watching Italy for lessons on how to contain and mitigate the coronavirus?

March 11 - CNN

The Democratic House just passed a gas tax increase that the Republican governor opposes because he wants his state to join the Transportation and Climate Initiative, a carbon pricing program applicable to fuel. Both measures will fund transit.

March 11 - CommonWealth

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