The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

More than a quarter of renter households in the United States earn 30 percent or less of area median income. And no state in the country can house them.

April 23 - The Washington Post

Not only does the plan promise more affordable housing, it’s also supposed to deliver “access to more upwardly mobile communities."

April 23 - Next City

Ordinary homeowners are beginning to factor climate change into the home-buying decisions in Miami.

April 23 - The Wall Street Journal

They call it a "Safety Stop" in Colorado, but it's the same idea.

April 22 - Streetsblog Denver

The Let's Move Nashville plan would spend $9 billion (including $5.4 billion for capital costs) to build a new transit network in the quickly growing city of Nashville. Voters will decide if the plan is worth the cost.

April 22 - Tennessean

Single-family rentals are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. housing market—and they're not going away anytime soon, a new study suggests.

April 22 - Terner Center for Housing Innovation

"Canada looks a lot like much of the US, in terms of economic types, city sizes and ages, development patterns," Jarret Walker says. So why can't Americans keep pace with Canadian public transit?

April 22 - Human Transit

More than half of American tenants are rent-burdened, putting them at risk of displacement. A national collaboration with PolicyLink hopes to help.

April 22 - Curbed

A case study emerging from the Brookings Institution’s Community of Practice on Regional Housing Solutions.

April 21 - Brookings

Coach houses could provide affordable housing and revenue for home owners if they were more widely permitted in the city.

April 21 - Chicago Cityscape

The Balboa Reservoir is the perfect spot for housing in San Francisco, Nicole Lindler argues, and the notion that it should remain a surface parking lot shows badly disordered priorities.

April 21 - San Francisco Chronicle

Seattle officials invited to Nashville to share insights from public transit success, as Davidson County mulls "Let's Move Nashville."

April 21 - USA Today

As Indianapolis expands its public transit, the public schools are trying a pilot program that provides bus passes for some students who would have used the school’s transit in the past.

April 21 - Indianapolis Star

With Mayor Jenny Durkan's announcement that Seattle will pursue cordon area congestion pricing coming five days after New York dropped its plan, a Washington State pro-business publication looks at the difficulties in getting the politics right.

April 20 - Lens

Holmdel, New Jersey, was home to a huge, beautiful, and empty headquarters of the now defunct Bell Labs. Now the campus is home to tech startups, a library, and a host of other businesses.

April 20 - CityLab

Lyft has announced a plan to offset carbon emissions generated by its rides.

April 20 - The Atlantic

The folks over at City Observatory brew up a "Cappuccino Congestion Index" to show that anything can be shown to cost Americans vast sums of money.

April 20 - City Observatory

International celebrations commence June 3.

April 20 - Bike Europe

Data from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey reveals that circumstances may be forcing lower-income young people to drive greater distances.

April 20 - State Smart Transportation Initiative

Chicago's buses are getting slower. Putting dedicated bus lanes on the drive could speed buses up, and a growing coalition supports the idea of dedicated bus lanes on one of Chicago's busiest thoroughfares.

April 20 - Crain's Chicago Business