Texas and Florida lead the nation in residential building permits in 2023 through July. read more »
Planning
Residential Building Permits Concentrated in South and Mountain West
- Login to post comments
Report: Building the New America
This new report examines the housing trends that are driving today's migration of people and jobs, and suggests a strategy that better fits the aspirations of most Americans. Below is a summary of the report and a link to download the full report: read more »
- Login to post comments
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
My young daughter was extremely excited when I pulled up to the large, two-level skate park in Riverhead, New York. I have been taking her brother there for many years and, despite her young age and small size, she wanted to take her scooter to the park. read more »
- Login to post comments
Adaption Is The Answer
The world is careening toward a climate crisis, and by that we do not mean nasty weather or impending human extinction. The real challenge lies in adapting to a changing climate without undermining an already stressed global order read more »
- Login to post comments
Land-use Law Kills More Than 100 People in Maui
At the latest count, more than 100 people died in the Maui fire that also burned most of the town of Lahaina. read more »
The Question of "Developed" Land -- And Its Impact On Housing
One of the often-used arguments from advocates for increasing housing supply in our nation's most expensive cities is that zoning policy, or the regulation of land use by local government, has kept an artificially low ceiling on housing development read more »
- Login to post comments
Report: How Will California Solve the Housing Crisis?
This new report examines the housing crisis in California and strategies to create more housing at affordable price points. Below is a summary and a link to download the full report read more »
- Login to post comments
New Jersey Challenges New York’s Cordon Fee Plan
With federal approval of New York’s environmental assessment, most of the federal, state, and local obstacles to New York City’s cordon pricing plan — which almost everyone erroneously calls a congestion pricing plan read more »
Amtrak Carried 86% of Pre-Pandemic PM in May
Amtrak carried 492 million passenger-miles in May 2023, which was just 86.4 percent of the 569 million passenger-miles it carried in the same month of 2019, according to Amtrak’s latest read more »
- Login to post comments
To Reduce Costs, California Also Needs to Build New Suburbs
The three myths that have led to this predicament are the following: Nuclear power and natural gas power causes unacceptable harm to the environment; reservoirs and desalination plants cause unacceptable harm to the environment; and single-family homes nestled in sprawling suburbs cause unacceptable harm to the environment. read more »
- Login to post comments