The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The impact of coronavirus on unemployment and healthcare is predicted to affect black and Latinos at a disproportionate rate, raising questions about what can be done to ease the suffering and close the racial wealth divide in America.

April 8 - CNN Business

More affluent people in the United States tended to stay at home sooner, and much more consistently, than low-income Americans according to location data tracked on mobile phones.

April 8 - The New York Times

The original epicenter of coronavirus outbreak was also the first region in the nation to implement social distancing measures, serving as a national model of behaviors that lessen the spread of the deadly virus.

April 7 - The New York Times

Just as the original New Deal was in large part designed to address the dire challenges rural America faced in the 1930s, today's rural community economic development practitioners can learn from the Green New Deal.

April 7 - Shelterforce Magazine

Los Angeles resilience officer Aaron Gross and Hitachi's Beverly Rider provide a point-in-time glimpse at the evolving notion of resilience and how governments, businesses, neighborhoods, and people prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster.

April 7 - The Planning Report

The 220-mile route would connect the two cities and could potentially boost the economies of communities along the stretch.

April 7 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Missouri is taking stock of its construction program as gas taxes and sales taxes plummet.

April 7 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Materials procured overseas are taking longer to arrive in the United States, and the delays are causing a ripple effect in the construction industry.

April 7 - The New York Times

The spread of the coronavirus has delayed one of the most closely watched planning projects in North America.

April 7 - Smart Cities World

Ecofascism, or the "promotion of authoritarian, facist [sic] ideologies for environmental good," is mistaken for virtue signaling as the coronavirus sweeps the globe.

April 7 - Grist

During the outbreak, the agency will allow companies to monitor themselves for pollution violations.

April 6 - The New York Times

A controversial statewide rent control law passed into law by the state of New York last year has suffered a setback in the state's highest court.

April 6 - The Real Deal

Denver now has more than 13 miles of streets closed to car traffic. Only Minneapolis has more.

April 6 - Denverite

Only 17 of San Francisco's 89 Muni transit routes will still operate by the middle of the week.

April 6 - San Francisco Examiner

FEATURE

One of the dominant themes to emerge from the spread of COVID-19 is the conflict between the need to be in nature for health and well-being while avoiding public space as much as possible to prevent the spread.

April 6 - James Brasuell

A high-ranking federal official also issued a warning about the potential for the pandemic to affect mortgage borrowers.

April 6 - Marketwatch

BLOG POST

Is government too efficient to protect us from epidemics?

April 6 - Michael Lewyn

Public health experts were pleased that Trump extended his coronavirus guidelines, but they remain advisory, left to state and local governments to implement. Nine states have yet to issue stay-at-home orders, leaving the nation vulnerable to COVID.

April 6 - The Hill

As New York City has shut down and people remain physically isolated, stoops provide spaces where residents can safely connect with others and the city itself.

April 5 - Curbed New York

Narrow sidewalks and pathways mean that people cannot realistically stay far enough apart.

April 5 - Kostelec Planning