The Dallas Observer's city hall blog has been tracking -- literally by the minute -- the city's proposed comprehensive plan that's pushing mixed use development and meeting a local government's support, skepticism, and outright absenteeism.
Various blog entries over the past couple of days have been chronicling the comprehensive plan's path to a vote, which was approved by the Dallas City Council June 14. The Observer's coverage depicts the city's officials as mostly uninterested in the public's opinion about the plan, reporting that Dallas Mayor Laura Miller didn't even show up to the vote.
"Yesterday evening, her absence from council chambers during the heartfelt, at times contentious discussion over ForwardDallas!, the comprehensive plan that threatens/promises to reshape the city in Portland-based urban planner John Fregonese’s image in coming years, was the source of some debate: Should the mayor have been tending to the business of two airlines who employ thousands living in Dallas, or should she have been at council listening to and talking to hundreds of people begging to be heard about a plan affecting millions?"
FULL STORY: The Bawl at City Hall
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Canada vs. Kamala: Whose Liberal Housing Platform Comes Out on Top?
As Canada votes for a new Prime Minister, what can America learn from the leading liberal candidate of its neighbor to the north?
The Five Most-Changed American Cities
A ranking of population change, home values, and jobs highlights the nation’s most dynamic and most stagnant regions.
San Diego Adopts First Mobility Master Plan
The plan provides a comprehensive framework for making San Diego’s transportation network more multimodal, accessible, and sustainable.
Housing, Supportive Service Providers Brace for Federal Cuts
Organizations that provide housing assistance are tightening their purse strings and making plans for maintaining operations if federal funding dries up.
Op-Ed: Why an Effective Passenger Rail Network Needs Government Involvement
An outdated rail network that privileges freight won’t be fixed by privatizing Amtrak.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions