By Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News, May 7, 2020. Ruling ends a years-long battle over massive redevelopment of failed shopping mall in Cupertino. Decisions in two SB 35 cases say cities must apply objective design and planning standards in a very clear way.
Second SB 35 ruling lets Vallco project proceed Read More »
By Ethan Elkind, May 4, 2020. Working from home seems the most likely candidate for a pandemic culture-changer that reduces emissions.
Will telecommuting yield the best long-term environmental benefit of COVID-19? Read More »
By Riordan Frost, Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, May 4, 2020. Seven questions and answers about potential changes in residential mobility.
Mobility: Who is moving and why? Read More »
By Jonathan Schuppert, AICP, May 13, 2020. Is everything upside down, or is it suddenly right side up?
Director’s note: Rethinking our public spaces and health Read More »
By Associated Press, May 2, 2020. California has been creeping toward 40 million residents without ever quite getting there.
California shrinks; still most populous state Read More »
By Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 4, 2020. Milan comes out of COVID-19 lockdown with a climate-conscious attitude, encouraging other cities to follow.
Milan mayor: ‘People are ready’ for green change Read More »
By Jeff Davis, Eno Center for Transportation, April 8, 2020. Gas rationing wasn’t rolled out to the whole country until December 1, 1942. But the VMT reductions were obvious as soon as rationing started in the East six months earlier.
The last time VMT dropped this sharply? WWII gas rationing Read More »
William Lieberman, AICP, Principal Planner at CHS Consulting Group in San Francisco, discusses his 50-year career as a transit planner for public agencies and as a private sector consultant. Interview by Catarina Kidd, AICP, May 11, 2020.
Meet a Local Planner: William Lieberman, AICP Read More »
By Naphtali H. Knox, FAICP, editor, May 9, 2020. Post COVID-19, SF could see a huge spike in vehicular congestion “unless transit systems can resume safe, high throughput operations quickly.” Plus 12 photos of the near total absence of vehicles on Bay Area bridges and SF streets during the Friday afternoon getaway March 27.
Are congested streets and highways just around the corner? Read More »
