The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A year of intense challenges also offers a chance to break from the unsustainable, inequitable status quo.

March 10 - Island Press

The San Antonio Housing Authority has been working for years to replace the Alazán-Apache Courts with mixed-income housing using a tax-credit deal. But that plan is now scrapped in favor of keeping the apartments as public housing.

March 10 - Next City

The $150-million endowment will expand the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative and develop capacity-building programs for mayors and city leaders.

March 10 - Forbes

Officials from Brightline recently signed an agreement that dictates terms for the study of an extension of the private rail system between Orlando and Tampa.

March 10 - Orlando Sentinel

BLOG POST

Electric cars might look great in your driveway, but they're a symbol of a systemic problem: an ineffective, car-based approach to addressing transportation's climate impacts.

March 9 - ConorBronsdon

As the Mexican government charts the country’s recovery from COVID-19, a newly published paper charts national solutions to urban transportation and housing challenges that will put Mexico’s cities on a path to prosperity and resilience.

March 9 - Compact Connected Clean and Inclusive Cities in Mexico

Child in the City asks “If you could see the city from an elevation of 95 cm, what would you do differently?” It provides a toolbox of specific policies and planning practices for creating more child-friendly communities.

March 9 - Child in the City: Planning Communities for Children & their Families

Climate-friendly government policies and recent investments by energy companies are accelerating the growth of renewables.

March 9 - Bloomberg

A new pilot program in Santa Monica aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a testing ground for new technologies.

March 9 - Smart Cities Dive

BLOG POST

One common scapegoat for rising pedestrian death rates is "distracted walking." But there is little reason to believe that smartphone-wielding pedestrians are a major cause of roadway carnage.

March 9 - Michael Lewyn

A proposed Climate Planning Unit could help the federal government guide comprehensive climate policy and manage project costs.

March 9 - Brookings Institution

A total of 144 metropolitan statistical areas might lose their federal designation if a proposal under discussion at the Office of Management and Budget is approved.

March 9 - Associated Press

Los Angeles' ADU Standard Plan Program will offer homeowners a set of pre-approved designs that will save them time and money.

March 8 - Los Angeles Times

The concept, touted as "hyper-local," can fail to take into account local conditions and historical inequities in American cities.

March 8 - Bloomberg CityLab

Seattle's city council considers reducing 'arbitrary' and 'exclusionary' limits on home-based businesses.

March 8 - The Urbanist

The White House COVID-19 Response Team explains why governors are wrong to lift mask mandates and ease restrictions by putting the current level of coronavirus infections in the country in perspective, i.e., comparing it to the two prior surges.

March 8 - The White House

Eliminating single-family zoning and other exclusionary ordinances could have major impacts on housing in some of the country's most unaffordable cities.

March 8 - Bloomberg CityLab

The State Farm regional hub will house more than 8,500 employees and provide access to public transit and local amenities.

March 8 - Urbanize Atlanta

The U.S. Department of Justice in the final weeks of the Trump administration rejected an attempt to broaden the investigation into former Secretary Elaine Chao's potential ethics violations.

March 8 - The New York Times

FEATURE

New research suggests there might be a "symmetry deficit disorder" in today's built environments, with significant impacts on health, well-being, and even sustainability.

March 8 - Michael Mehaffy