The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Low-income families suffer most from dramatic spikes in housing and transportation costs, but governments can soften the impact through a series of actions.

March 22 - Urban Institute

The majority of federal infrastructure funding is not tied to federal requirements, letting states set their own targets for road safety and improvements.

March 21 - The Washington Post

The Green Line Extension project, in the works for decades, is now providing rail transit service from Boston north into Somerville.

March 21 - Boston.com

The state of Connecticut is looking to take a more aggressive role in allocating affordable housing development requirements around the state.

March 21 - Hartford Courant

The system overhaul is partly due to nextbike's shift to focusing on its European markets. The new fleet will include 350 e-bikes and expand service to new neighborhoods.

March 21 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Startups aimed at streamlining the house-flipping process are seeking out rental property owners as the popularity of single-family rentals continues to grow.

March 21 - Bloomberg CityLab

Low rainfall and unusually high temperatures are contributing to worsening drought conditions in more than half of the continental United States.

March 21 - The New York Times

A school district in North Carolina is leading an effort to improve road safety for students and school staff who walk or bike to school.

March 21 - ABC 11

As ridership dropped during the pandemic, Philadelphia's transit agency started locking station doors to keep unhoused people from using the tunnels as shelter. Now, riders are becoming trapped inside.

March 21 - Billy Penn

FEATURE

Making the right decisions to create a positive urban legacy.

March 20 - Margaret Newman

Averaging less than 400 square feet per unit, the Sixth and Chicon development is a new take on urban density.

March 20 - Austin Towers

City and state officials hope the proposal to turn part of I-375 into a walkable boulevard will help bring back businesses and economic vitality to the area.

March 20 - WDET

Christopher Alexander died on March 17, leaving behind a towering legacy of influence on the fields of architecture, planning, and urban design.

March 20 - CNU Public Square

A new study links bigger vehicles to a sharp increase in pedestrian deaths over the last decade.

March 18 - Oregon Live

The city of Cincinnati will beef up its efforts to shift to renewable energy starting next week with electric police cars, fire trucks, and other city vehicles.

March 18 - Cincinnati.com

The new book Super Tall, by architect and writer Stefan Al, explains how the new generation of skyscrapers are built and how they fit into their respective urban fabrics.

March 18 - CommonEdge Collaborative

The trend of Black Americans leaving urban areas for suburban communities mirrors the White Flight of the mid-20th century but for vastly different reasons and with vastly different consequences.

March 18 - Associated Press via Los Angeles Times

The New York Times recently checked in with the California High-Speed Rail project and reported the current details, still in the process of a long evolution.

March 17 - The New York Times

A writer for Strong Towns offers a case study of "the byzantine development process" of many municipalities in the United States.

March 17 - Strong Towns

A partnership of researchers has created the most detailed map yet of the places where biodiversity is most at risk in the United States.

March 17 - The New York Times