The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

While hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles are much less popular than their battery-powered siblings, California remains committed to the zero-emission technology, with three state agencies investing in and monitoring its progress.

January 16 - CALmatters

Amid a nationwide bus driver shortage, transit agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area haven’t been able to fill vacant positions fast enough.

January 16 - East Bay Times

A model of accessory dwelling unit reform will be under consideration this year in the Washington State Legislature.

January 16 - Sightline Institute

Two aldermen want to halt all development activity The 606, also known as the Bloomingdale Trail, in Chicago to slow gentrification near the popular linear park.

January 16 - Chicago Tribune

Elections have consequences, and a new, younger City Council in Raleigh is ready to implement progressive planning and land use reforms.

January 16 - News & Observer

Bagby Street in Houston will soon have wider sidewalks and a new bike lane.

January 16 - Houston Chronicle

The public got its first taste of the ambitions of the Project Connect transit plan in the state capital of Texas.

January 16 - KXAN

The state’s energy plan focuses on the move to renewable energy, but specifics about how that will happen and what the costs will be need to be pinned down.

January 16 - NJ Spotlight

Uber enters the safe streets advocacy fray by offering a new publicly available data tool and launching a coordinated advocacy campaign.

January 15 - Uber Newsroom

The Interstate 84 viaduct in Hartford, Connecticut, is past due for major updates, and a variety of very different possibilities are on the table.

January 15 - CityLab

BLOG POST

Some urbanism commentators suggest that gentrification is the result of a "rent gap" between actual and potential rent. How should this theory affect zoning policy?

January 15 - Michael Lewyn

Proposition E, a ballot initiative up for vote in San Francisco in May, is one of the most radical planning positions in recent years, attempting to reduce housing costs by limiting housing demand.

January 15 - Mission Local

Denver and Los Angeles kicked the new year off by committing to the enforcement of a sleeping ban and sweeping away a large homeless encampment, respectively.

January 15 - The Denver Post

We shouldn’t have to scale down the idea of basic economic security to fit inside the dimensions of a tiny house. But that’s precisely what we’re doing.

January 15 - Shelterforce Magazine

An elevated walkway along Chicago’s LaSalle Street would not foster the vibrant street life that proponents envision.

January 15 - Chicago Tribune

A 37-mile commuter rail line under study in North Carolina could connect cities Raleigh, Cary, and Durham in North Carolina, but the system will cost a pretty penny, and it will have to succeed where light rail previously failed.

January 15 - The News & Observer

PLANOPEDIA

State preemption and local control are two of the most controversial and contested concepts in land use. Understanding when and where each one takes precedence is key to understanding the politics and governance of planning.

January 14 - James Brasuell

When housing costs are high, lower-income residents are not the only ones who end up struggling.

January 14 - WAMU

A reapportionment of House of Representatives will begin when the results of the Census 2020 have been finalized. A new analysis indicates that ten House seats will likely shift from the Northeast and Midwest to the West and South.

January 14 - Citiwire

In Washington, D.C., Airbnb has led to an increase in home prices, and the impact is more significant in neighborhoods with a higher density of short-term rental units.

January 14 - Urban Turf