The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Multiple sites slated for housing development are now being turned into charging and storage lots for autonomous vehicles, making housing an unintended victim of the robotaxi revolution.

January 27 - San Francisco Chronicle

Even before President Trump took office, California was not meeting its emissions reduction goals.

January 27 - Streetsblog California

The pandemic’s effects continue to impact housing markets, with formerly affordable cities seeing a steep rise in housing costs.

January 27 - The New York Post

The National Low Income Housing Coalition issued a statement charging that Trump’s executive orders would worsen the housing crisis.

January 27 - National Low Income Housing Coalition

Thanks to a construction boom, the city is no longer the most expensive housing market in Texas.

January 27 - Governing

According to preliminary data, crashes and injuries dropped dramatically within the city’s new congestion relief zone.

January 27 - StreetsBlog NYC

Transit stations increase nearby jobs and populations, but they could also contribute to displacement. What can we do differently?

January 26 - Shelterforce Magazine

Mayors from around the country agree that more support is needed at the federal level to strengthen housing assistance programs.

January 26 - U.S. Conference of Mayors

A ‘right to counsel’ program that offers legal aid to residents facing eviction has saved the state $36 million.

January 26 - The CT Mirror

Annapolis has launched an interactive Tree Canopy Map to engage residents in urban forestry efforts, highlighting tree coverage data and encouraging community involvement to achieve the city’s 50 percent canopy goal by 2050.

January 26 - Eye on Annapolis

Localized power grids, sometimes sourced from renewable sources, can make energy systems more resilient and reliable.

January 24 - Reasons to Be Cheerful

Professor Glenn Lyons offers insights about the challenges facing planners in times of rapid technological, cultural, and social change, in Local Transport Today's first ‘Deep Thinking Initiative’ article.

January 24 - Local Transport Today

FEATURE

How freeway capping projects can literally and metaphorically bridge urban divides.

January 24 - Dan Biederman

BLOG POST

The new U.S. federal administration may eliminate useful information sources. Planners should download and preserve key documents and datasets.

January 24 - Todd Litman

The city will issue a request for proposals to build subsidized housing on up to three downtown parking lots.

January 23 - Palo Alto Daily Post

Los Angeles has imposed an additional tax on luxury home sales to generate millions for housing efforts in the city. Shelterforce checks in on where the money has gone, and what’s to come.

January 23 - Shelterforce Magazine

The city’s cordon pricing scheme did not affect how much people spent at local businesses, new research finds.

January 23 - Centre for Cities

Trump’s order puts a freeze on unspent funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

January 23 - Smart Cities Dive

Foot traffic and business in the largely Latino Little Village neighborhood declined by as much as 50 percent, with many businesses staying closed on Tuesday.

January 23 - Bloomberg

Despite the benefits, just three Midwestern cities have bus rapid transit lines.

January 23 - Streetsblog Chicago