A house in Sacramento by David Sawyer licensed under Creative Commons.

Facing a deepening housing shortage, one California city is looking to get rid of its most space-intensive zoning designation. What’s in the cards for post-pandemic travel? Dallas wants to improve pedestrian mobility.

A step toward eliminating single family zoning in Sacramento: The Sacramento City Council unanimously supported a move to get rid of single family zoning in the city, mirroring similar changes in Oregon and Minneapolis. The new rule would allow four units on each parcel of land, though design guidelines would be included. (Theresa Clift | Sacramento Bee)

Airbnb CEO says travel is changed forever: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky predicts that travel won’t be the same again after the pandemic ends. In the future, he believes, more travel will be for leisure and less for business, people will visit smaller cities on road trips to less touristy areas, and people may visit more family and connect with friends. (Danielle Abril | Fortune)

In Dallas, a plan to move beyond cars: The City of Dallas unveiled its first ever mobility plan, “Connect Dallas,” in a committee meeting this week. The plan looks to elevate the importance of pedestrian safety and connect mobility to economic development, the environment, and wellbeing. The plan acknowledges that the city has become dependent on the automobile and needs to focus resources on active transportation. (Matt Goodman | D Magazine)

How Biden’s climate plans can be informed by cities and states: USA Today shares a series of pieces exploring how climate policies across the country could be models for the incoming Biden administration. Transportation in California, farming in Indiana, and sea level rise on the coast are three of 10 articles covering the topic. (Dinah Voyles Pulver | USA Today)

Could empty shopping centers and corridors solve housing?: California is facing an estimated housing shortage of 1.3 million units. The problem is difficult because of local opposition to land use changes but three state housing bills might offer a few solutions including the ability to transform commercial properties into housing. One bill would make it easy to build housing on land zoned commercial and another would allow workforce housing on the land left by big box stores. (Patrick Sisson | Bloomberg CityLab)

Quote of the Week

“When did we ever think we would be able to do something so fast at such a low cost at such an opportune time? I was amazed. By Oct. 11, the site work had begun.”

LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis discussing how LA was able to rapidly build homeless housing for just $200K per unit.

This week on the podcast, Peter Calthorpe discusses his argument that arterials are the perfect location for housing.