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AG Says Burbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing
On Monday, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell issued an advisory to warn cities and towns across eastern Massachusetts that they “must comply” with the state’s new MBTA Communities Law by legalizing multifamily housing near MBTA bus routes and rail stations. Where many of Boston’s suburbs currently only allow single-family homes with large lawns, the new law […]
March 21, 2023
TxDOT Chooses Highways Over Housing
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is pushing forward with an $85 billion, decade-long plan to expand the state’s highway system, despite widespread opposition and even a federal lawsuit — even if that means tearing down housing.
February 16, 2023
SPUR Talk: Housing Lessons from Vienna
Want to solve homelessness and make it so people aren't paying nearly all their income on housing? Look to Vienna
January 11, 2023
Weekend Roundup: More Ways to Save JFK, Parking Trumps Safety Again
Walk San Francisco's JFK action checklist, will parking trump safety on Hopkins Street in Berkeley, and MTC's new transit housing policy in this weekend roundup
September 30, 2022
Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing
The new TOD zone will allow up to 2,400 units of housing to be built at the two large BART station parking lots within the city limits. Next steps: develop and build the housing.
June 3, 2022
Commentary: State Density Bonus Threatens Progressive Parking Policies
At $120,000 per space, using luxury parking to subsidize affordable housing undermines planning for compact development centered on green mobility. It’s tantamount to gentrification by parking.
May 19, 2022
SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?
People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.
May 17, 2022
Barrier Backstory on the Oakland Embarcadero
There might be a chance to pull some good out of a frustrating, sad situation
December 21, 2021
Pressure Builds to Close S.F.’s Safe Sleeping Sites
A special report on vaccinations, the COVID crisis, and San Francisco's unhoused
June 25, 2021
Op-ed: Build Infill Housing and Welcome New Neighbors to San Francisco
I’m excited to welcome my new neighbors, and for this sort of infill to be replicated on every lot across the city.
April 28, 2021
