The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The effects of the megadrought in the American Southwest are reaching into Texas.

June 8 - KUT

For children who have asthma, pests like cockroaches and mice can trigger allergic reactions and lead to recurring and expensive hospital visits. Could insurers save money by investing in housing-based improvements like pest management services?

June 8 - Shelterforce Magazine

Our fair housing laws enshrine an approach that prohibits us from explicitly referring to race, even in programs intended to undo the harm caused by racism. Now restorative housing policy is attempting to directly confront this history.

June 8 - Shelterforce Magazine

The nation's growth slowed from 2010 and 2020, according to 2020 Census data, and demographers are still trying to figure out what population trends mean for the future of country's major metropolitan areas.

June 8 - Brookings

The program will fund research on mobility, congestion, safety, and other crucial transportation issues.

June 7 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

In Portland, a set of mysteriously installed bike racks is prompting questions about their true purpose.

June 7 - The Portland Mercury

The Dallas city council is evaluating three proposals that would impose new regulations on short-term rentals in the city’s residential neighborhoods.

June 7 - D Magazine

BLOG POST

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund stands out as an example of local grassroots climate action—in this case, the kind of action that makes other climate projects and programs possible.

June 7 - Joan Fitzgerald

With demand surging and rent costs rising sharply, mobile home parks are becoming unaffordable for their most vulnerable residents.

June 7 - The Washington Post

Thanks to state and regional funding, the city eliminated fares while making service improvements.

June 7 - Governing

The promoters of a new park hope to provide a model for how replacing surface parking lots with green space can mitigate urban heat and boost urban biodiversity.

June 7 - Greater Greater Washington

With coordinated effort at the local, state, and federal levels, the United States could meet its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

June 7 - Berkeley Lab

PLANOPEDIA

“If you build it, they will come.”

June 6 - Diana Ionescu

Oregon, the first state to end single-family zoning statewide, is on the cusp of another historic planning reform as the Land Conservation and Development Commission nears approval for new “Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities” rules.

June 6 - Sightline Institute

Twice as big as Downtown L.A.’s tallest skyscraper and bigger than Disney’s California Adventure Park with room to spare, the largest Amazon warehouse in the world is under construction in Southern California’s Inland Empire.

June 6 - Orange County Register

The Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District is making $23 million available for youth and veteran job training and recreation access programs.

June 6 - Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District

With the pandemic-era rent relief program ending, many California households are still struggling to pay back their rent debt and find affordable housing.

June 6 - CALmatters

A new project catalogs the city’s history of displacement and its impact on communities of color.

June 6 - VCU News

New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, has announced a new signature zoning initiative.

June 6 - New York City Office of the Mayor

FEATURE

The technology to make traffic enforcement obsolete is becoming available. But in the U.S. willing to use it?

June 6 - Angie Schmitt