11 women whose work can inspire post-pandemic planning
By Lindsay Neiman, Planning Magazine, Winter 2021. This roundup selects just four of the eleven described in the article.
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In some cities, the pandemic’s economic pain may continue for a decade
By Mark Muro and Yang You, Brookings, March 11, 2021. New forecasts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offer a useful caution.
Proposed legislation would give cities fewer excuses for blocking housing
By Josh Stephens, CP&DR, March 8, 2021. Hundreds of proposed bills would provide tools for the state and cities to increase housing production.
Study finds wildfire smoke more harmful to humans than pollution from cars
By Nathan Rott, NPR, March 5, 2021. Mitigation for exposure relies on people and households and communities knowing when to avoid smoke exposure.
Bay Area’s migration is real, but Postal Service data shows California exodus isn’t
By Roland Li, Susie Nielson, San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2021. Housing costs are often cited as the main reason to move.
Petaluma becomes first in the US to ban new gas stations
By Andrew Chamings, SFGate, March 2, 2021. Existing gas stations will only be allowed to add infrastructure for electric vehicles.
Where the ‘15-minute city’ falls short
By Feargus O’Sullivan, Bloomberg CityLab, March 2, 2021. Toronto-based urban designer and thinker Jay Pitter argues it risks entrenching social divisions.
Will ending single-family zoning create more housing?
By J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 2021. Developers, architects, and housing advocates provide their perspective on the question.
Berkeley begins process to end single-family zoning
By Supriya Yelimeli, Berkeleyside, February 24, 2021. Berkeley was the first city in the United States to enact single-family zoning in 1916.
Cities aren’t shrinking because everyone’s moving out, but because no one’s moving in
By Henry Grabar, Slate, February 22, 2021. If the populations of the nation’s largest cities are truly plummeting, they are in big trouble.