The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Sacramento City Council took steps toward an updated General Plan that includes a variety of innovative planning proposals, including the elimination of single-family zoning by allowing up to four dwelling units on all residential parcels.

January 20 - Sacramento Bee

Protected bike lanes, like the one Pasadena is installing on Union Street, increase safety for all road users and reduce the likelihood of fatal crashes.

January 20 - Streetsblog California

If the combined effects of winter's cold and the pandemic has you bummed, check out this community-building exercise in the frozen North.

January 20 - PlaceShakers

A combination of factors including a lengthy appeals process and the cost of construction have led to huge disparities in the number of units allocated to each community.

January 20 - Cal Matters

Under certain circumstances, states can conduct environmental reviews under state rather than federal regulations.

January 20 - Progressive Railroading

The "Atlanta City Design: Housing" initiative is one of the most ambitious planning reform efforts of any large U.S. city, but it's just getting started.

January 20 - City Monitor

Housing policy can ensure a sustainable economic recovery by focusing on five outcomes.

January 20 - Urban Institute

BLOG POST

Commemorate Inauguration Day by digging deep into the promises and potential of the Biden Administration.

January 20 - James Brasuell

FEATURE

Simon Winchester's new book, Land, brings global scope to the concepts of land use.

January 19 - Josh Stephens

Some of the world's biggest companies are investing in affordable housing, hoping to stymie the growing crisis their growth has contributed to.

January 19 - Smart Cities Dive

Slow streets programs provided a quick short-term solution and paved the way for some permanent street closures and realignments. Now, these programs are getting a second look as community groups react to the changes.

January 19 - Bloomberg CityLab

Los Angeles County partners with The Tree Pledge and the Radical Resilience Lab to strategically plant trees where they are most needed.

January 19 - PRNewswire

Do you know the COVID risk level where you live, work and play? Many COVID data trackers provide county and state-level data, but metropolitan area data had been more difficult to find until now, thanks to Covid Act Now.

January 19 - Covid Act Now

The 80-year-old Bunker Hill public housing complex will be replace according to a plan approved recently by the Boston Planning and Development Agency.

January 19 - The Boston Globe

New York Governor Cuomo's State of the State speeches last week included an ambitious proposal for a large-scale redevelopment project on Manhattan's west side, adjacent to Penn Station.

January 19 - New York Post

The yongeTOmorrrow project is heading toward the finish line with widespread support from advocates, but a few want the plan to go one step further.

January 19 - Toronto Star

The Economic Innovation Group has released its 2020 Distressed Communities Index.

January 18 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research: The Urban Edge

The nation's fair housing policies are built on a foundation of assumptions that neglects the community and culture of low-income neighborhoods.

January 18 - Shelterforce Magazine

The city, which has been slow to implement complete streets initiatives during the pandemic, promises closer collaboration with community groups to advance equity in transportation.

January 18 - Streetsblog Chicago

Planning departments relying on online public hearing processes will want to keep monitor this lawsuit in New York City.

January 18 - Brooklyn Paper