YIMBY News for 8/7

[Eric Budd]

Thousands of Apartments Going Up Thanks to New Texas Housing Laws, But Suburban Resistance Lingers

Next City

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KEYWORD SCORE: 62.81. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, height limit, homeowner, house, housing, income, market-rate, mixed-use, parking, project, rent, single-family, supply, transportation, urban, zoning

[image: Backyard] Oak Cliff neighborhood apartments in Dallas on July 11, 2024. (Photo by Azul Sordo / The Texas Tribune) *This article was originally published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. * An early proving ground for Texas to tackle the state’s housing affordability problem — and the pushback those efforts often generate — sits at an aging shopping center in North Dallas. Large stretches of storefronts at Pepper Square sit empty. Signs from a tou

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Op-Ed: Chief Shon Barnes Wasn’t a Martyr; He Was the Status Quo

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.38. downtown, gentrification, homeowner, housing, parking, parking lot, rent, urban, walk

[image: Op-Ed: Chief Shon Barnes Wasn’t a Martyr; He Was the Status Quo] When the news broke of the Bite of Seattle shooting, I was standing in the parking lot of the Beacon Hill Red Apple in shock and horror as I thought of all the families whom I saw enjoying their lives two hours earlier. I was heartbroken to imagine how all of that was shattered. Later, I was saddened further to learn that the shooter was a 15-year-old child and that a 19-year-old kid’s life was shattered; the latter will not go home. Two others, aged 44 and 56, also would not go home to their families and numerous others

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Data Centers Aren’t the Only Buildings That Need to Be Energy-Efficient

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.06. development, growth, house, housing, project, rent, walk, zoning

Data centers are under intense scrutiny these days. From city halls and statehouses to the nation’s capital, policymakers are deciding whether the facilities can fit into their communities without driving up energy and water bills, harming local air quality or putting their electric grid at risk. If only we were holding every building to the same standard. Long before the race for AI supremacy made data centers front-page news, buildings of all kinds — from offices to housing to retail — were already driving the demand for energy and other resources. The questions we’re asking about data cente

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King County Metro Adds 3,000 Weekly Trips with Fall Route Adjustments

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.45. bus route, downtown, project, rent, transit center, transportation, urban, zone

[image: King County Metro Adds 3,000 Weekly Trips with Fall Route Adjustments] King County Metro's next service change is less than four weeks away, and it's a doozy. After holding off on major changes to the bus network until after the FIFA World Cup, Metro will implement adjustments to increase access to light rail stations across the region. Eight existing bus routes will be retired, replaced with eight new ones and two new Metro Flex zones, with more than 3,000 bus trips added every week compared to service levels being provided today. The route adjustments on deck were all approved by the

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