The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Vision Zero: a strategy to eliminate road crashes, particularly those with fatal outcomes. COVID Zero: a strategy to end coronavirus transmission. Only one has worked—but at a steep price.

January 27 - The New York Times

PLANOPEDIA

A development approval process decides whether or not to allow a proposed development project to proceed with construction. There is plenty of room for interpretation, both legal and political, about what a development approval process can or should entail.

January 27 - James Brasuell

The island nation is mandating mid-density zoning requirements and transit-oriented development in an effort to increase housing affordability and encourage compact development.

January 27 - The Brookings Institution

Almost every county in the country has more Hispanics than in 2010, according to recent Census data now searchable by interactive map.

January 27 - Social Explorer

The American Rescue Plan included $280 million in funding for the Indian Community Development Block Grant program. A third round of funding announced in January adds $84 million to that total.

January 27 - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

A group of young climate activists are demanding an end to traffic-inducing road expansion projects and a renewed commitment to sustainable, transit-oriented transportation.

January 27 - Bloomberg CityLab

Experts caution that to encourage significant new housing production, other zoning reforms that reduce costs and streamline permitting should accompany increased density requirements.

January 27 - Governing

Delaware County plans to amend its solar zoning ordinance and lift a moratorium on the construction of new solar farms that was implemented after local opposition stalled the project.

January 27 - The Star Press

BLOG POST

The narratives of 1921, 2008, and 2020 are still in full effect after two years of pandemic disruption in the housing market. All the threats of eviction, homelessness, and systemic racism are still present, with the potential to worsen, in 2022.

January 26 - James Brasuell

Although the current housing crisis has been compared with the housing crash of the late 2000s, experts caution that affordability issues could plague the U.S. housing market for years to come.

January 26 - The New York Times

Publish or perish?

January 26 - Tom Sanchez

The microchip shortage facing the automotive industry illustrates the significant impact that supply has on the cost of durable goods.

January 26 - Slowboring.com

The federal government has an opportunity to make a generational investment in the country's infrastructure that could fundamentally shift the way we live and move around cities.

January 26 - Governing

Out of the top five U.S. metro areas, Houston's transit ridership is second-lowest only to Dallas.

January 26 - The Houston Chronicle

As subway riders return in fits and starts, some stations are experiencing a much faster recovery than others.

January 26 - The New York Times

A Massachusetts law aimed at reducing the state's housing shortage mandates zoning for multi-family housing in most eastern Massachusetts jurisdictions.

January 26 - Slate

Even in the absence of lethal collisions, the experience of repeated near-misses can discourage pedestrians from walking and degrade public perception of road safety.

January 25 - NextCity

BLOG POST

Compact, walkable urban villages support sustainable economic development by reducing transportation costs, leaving residents with more money to spend on local goods, and by creating more efficient and attractive commercial districts.

January 25 - Todd Litman

An iconic multifamily housing form repurposes the former homes of Mexico's elite into communal housing for urban workers.

January 25 - Bloomberg CityLab

How complicated zoning and permitting, slow construction, and a dearth of certain skills in the public sector cause delays and increase the cost of U.S. infrastructure projects.

January 25 - Bloomberg CityLab