The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

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Cities are attempting to wrest back local control over land use and zoning via some ingenious—and sometimes disingenuous—strategies.

March 1 - Diana Ionescu

The city council failed to move on a proposal that would have implemented rent stabilization, opting instead to explore other avenues for preventing evictions and improving the cost of housing.

March 1 - Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

The San Jose to Merced Project Section Final Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement could be approved by April 21.

March 1 - California High-Speed Rail Authority

In a major reversal, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised the metrics and thresholds that determine when masking is recommended. Only 5% of counties met the old metric on Feb. 25; now 70% of Americans need not don a mask indoors.

March 1 - The Washington Post

In this hopeful and frustrating year, contributors to the Island Press Urban Resilience Project celebrate our collective progress and challenges in a new free book of short and sweet articles, op-eds, and interviews. Essential reading for planners!

March 1 - Resilience Matters: Opportunities for Action to Strengthen Communities

Among the options on the table for the Southside Complete Streets Project is a configuration that would turn Telegraph Avenue near the campus of UC Berkeley into a pedestrian, bike, and transit-only plaza.

February 28 - The Mercury News

Continuing Mayor Anne Hidalgo's efforts to make Paris more accessible to pedestrians and cyclists, the city plans to implement a 'car-light' zone in the city center that prohibits through traffic.

February 28 - Fast Company

The plan lays out the city's plans for improving its bike infrastructure and sidewalk network.

February 28 - News Channel 5 Nashville

Housing voucher recipients face a gauntlet of challenges when trying to find housing. Nonprofits are doing their best to streamline the process.

February 28 - LAist

The city pulled the plug on a proposed street redesign after community groups criticized the public engagement process for not listening to all local voices.

February 28 - Bloomberg CityLab

The proposed freeway expansion in downtown Houston has faced searing backlash from local residents who see the project as a relic of the era of rampant freeway construction and neighborhood disruption.

February 28 - CBS News

FasTracks, one of the most ambitious long-term transit plans in the U.S., has been underway for over 15 years. With the finish line in sight, some locals wonder how useful the new hub-and-spoke system (regional routes connecting to downtown) will be.

February 28 - Denverite

FEATURE

Mobile apps continue to redefine the practices of planning—urban planning, regional planning, transportation planning, community planning, and rural planning included.

February 28 - James Brasuell

A small change in the design of ride-hailing apps can make users more likely to choose walking or biking for short trips.

February 27 - Fast Company

A bill introduced in the California legislature would allow public universities to bypass environmental review regulations for student housing projects.

February 27 - Los Angeles Times

The Maryland General Assembly is the latest state legislature to consider a new "just cause" eviction law.

February 27 - Maryland Matters

Subways in Kyiv and Kharkiv are performing as bomb shelters, including the world's deepest station, after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Wednesday night.

February 27 - Quartz

The California Housing Department gave credit to Los Angeles for targeting so much growth before telling the city it needed to do more.

February 25 - Los Angeles Times

After a successful pilot program, the OCTA will permanently offer free bus rides to youth ages 6 to 18.

February 25 - Orange County Transportation Authority

Rural Washington communities want to see federal infrastructure funding allocated to projects in the historically neglected eastern parts of the state.

February 25 - Investigate West