The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Tony Hsieh, who achieved international fame as head both of Zappos and the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, died in November. Several articles made an account of the Downtown Project's track record.

December 8 - Las Vegas Review-Journal

The California Environmental Quality Act, commonly referred to as CEQA for short, has been influencing planning and development in California for 50 years, creating a constant source of controversy and criticisms from both sides of the debate.

December 8 - California Planning & Development Report

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently closed outdoor dining because of a sudden but rapid rise of coronavirus infections in the county.

December 8 - Los Angeles Eater

Amazon is moving more moving more products than ever, and the company is expanding its physical footprint to keep up with the trends.

December 8 - The Boston Globe

One of the highest-profile, and most legally fraught, efforts to beat the competition into the autonomous vehicles market is now defunct.

December 8 - The New York Times

A new plan under development in Montgomery County, Maryland plots a course change for the famously suburban county.

December 8 - Greater Greater Washington

BLOG POST

Planetizen shares the latest in a series of compendia tackling the effects of the pandemic, now and in the future, for cities and communities.

December 8 - James Brasuell

Hawai'i is offering a remote-work program to attract workers from the mainland and help boost the local economy.

December 7 - U.S. News & World Report

The B Line subway includes two stops in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, but other than that, commuter rail and buses are the only options for transit. New light rail plans could change that.

December 7 - The Source

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued the nation's first stay-at-home order to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, issued a new order to prevent hospitals in the nation's most populous state from being overwhelmed with COVID patients.

December 7 - Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

You know what racial equity means, but have you heard of 'experiential equity'? Environmental neuroscientist Robin Mazumder explains the term and how it can inform our understanding of equity in the built environment.

December 7 - City Monitor

FEATURE

The latest edition of Planetizen's annual list of songs about places, for all the audiophiles with a passion for place.

December 7 - James Brasuell

Pedestrian improvements are planned as an economic development opportunity in one of the most pedestrian-friendly places in the entire country—the French Quarter of New Orleans.

December 7 - WDSU

A new initiative designed to implement the goals of the One Atlanta Housing Affordability Action Plan was announced last week in Atlanta.

December 7 - The Atlanta Voice

New York is still a place of bold architecture.

December 7 - 6sqft

The market is ready for carbon-neutral companies to redefine global reliance on natural gas. But not all clean energy producers are carbon-neutral.

December 6 - Quartz

The dream of high-quality, zero-emission transit in all large U.S. cities is possible.

December 6 - Urban Institute

The city of Fort Worth is moving to a site formerly occupied by the headquarters of Pier 1.

December 6 - CBS DFW

The beta version of a comprehensive new evidence-based platform called Streetsmart helps policy makers, planners, and advocates make the case for healthy, inclusive, and sustainable transportation investments.

December 6 - Streetsmart

A new study connects evictions to the spread of the coronavirus. Evictions continued in huge numbers during the pandemic despite a patchwork of eviction protections at multiple layers of government.

December 4 - Curbed