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Pro-Housing Candidates Sweep Puget Sound Region - h/t The Urbanist
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Pro-Housing Candidates Sweep Puget Sound Region - h/t The Urbanist
Growth advocates won multiple local seats around the Seattle area.
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about 3 hours ago
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80% of Public Transit Measures Passed in Last Weekâs Elections - h/t Mass Transit
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80% of Public Transit Measures Passed in Last Weekâs Elections - h/t Mass Transit
Around the country, voters said yes to supporting public transit.
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about 5 hours ago
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Houston Trains Once Again Get Green Lights Downtown After Travel Times Doubled - h/t Houston Chronicle
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Houston Trains Once Again Get Green Lights Downtown After Travel Times Doubled - h/t Houston Chronicle
Recent changes to the Red Lineâs signal priority forced trains to wait at red lights, leading to complaints of longer commute times.
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about 7 hours ago
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Chicago Mayor âWilling to Considerâ Eviction Freeze as ICE Raids Mount - h/t Block Club Chicago
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Chicago Mayor âWilling to Considerâ Eviction Freeze as ICE Raids Mount - h/t Block Club Chicago
Tenant advocates say many workers are staying home due to fears of immigration raids, putting some households behind on rent.
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about 9 hours ago
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Federal Judge Rules Trump Canât Tie Transportation Funding to Immigration Policy - h/t Politico
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Federal Judge Rules Trump Canât Tie Transportation Funding to Immigration Policy - h/t Politico
The judge said the administration did not offer âany plausible connectionâ between transportation projects and immigration enforcement.
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about 10 hours ago
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In Small Town Colorado, Rent is so High that Employees are Camping on Company Property - h/t Shelterforce
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In Small Town Colorado, Rent is so High that Employees are Camping on Company Property - h/t Shelterforce
The city passed an ordinance in 2024 allowing employers to offer workforce housing in the for of RV camping on company property.
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2 days ago
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Once a Leader in Reducing Homelessness, Houston Reports Fewest Shelter Beds in 2 Decades - h/t Urban Edge
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Once a Leader in Reducing Homelessness, Houston Reports Fewest Shelter Beds in 2 Decades - h/t Urban Edge
The number of unsheltered Houstonians grew after a decline in 2024.
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2 days ago
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Lawsuit Claims Florida Bus Lane Removal was Illegal - h/t Florida Politics
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Lawsuit Claims Florida Bus Lane Removal was Illegal - h/t Florida Politics
The state cites an increase in crashes and congestion as reasons for eliminating a dedicated bus lane on the SunRunner BRT line, but city data tells a different story.
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2 days ago
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NYC Voters Reject âUnofficialâ City Council Vetos of Housing Projects - h/t The New York Times
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NYC Voters Reject âUnofficialâ City Council Vetos of Housing Projects - h/t The New York Times
Voters approves multiple housing measures that streamline development permitting and shift approval to the City Planning Commission.
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2 days ago
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Seven Brilliant Projects Keeping New Orleans Safe from Stormwater
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Seven Brilliant Projects Keeping New Orleans Safe from Stormwater
20 years post Katrina, New Orleans has shored up and reinvented itself to absorb millions upon millions of gallons of stormwater. Their success holds lessons for landscape architects all over the world.
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2 days ago
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Home Prices are Stabilizing. Will it Last? - h/t Governing
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Home Prices are Stabilizing. Will it Last? - h/t Governing
Housing costs are growing at a slower rate than in recent years, but experts say significant home price reductions wonât happen in the short term.
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3 days ago
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LGBTQ+ Groups Have Been Quietly Buying Property, Building Equity and Community - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
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LGBTQ+ Groups Have Been Quietly Buying Property, Building Equity and Community - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
A temporary window of flexible funds in the early 2020s allowed many queer- and trans-led organizations to achieve long-held dreams of owning their own buildings and housing their members.
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3 days ago
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Artists Blanket Houston in Rainbow Murals After City Removes Rainbow Crosswalks - h/t Houston Chronicle
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Artists Blanket Houston in Rainbow Murals After City Removes Rainbow Crosswalks - h/t Houston Chronicle
Houstonians are responding to the removal of rainbow crosswalks with new murals celebrating diversity.
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3 days ago
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Montreal Artist Envisions What Cities Would Sound Like if we Deprioritized Cars - h/t Streetsblog USA
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Montreal Artist Envisions What Cities Would Sound Like if we Deprioritized Cars - h/t Streetsblog USA
What would a city sound like without the noise of vehicles?
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3 days ago
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Baltimore Seeks to Stem Population Loss by Eliminating Parking Requirements, Legalizing Single-Stair Buildings - h/t The Baltimore Banner
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Baltimore Seeks to Stem Population Loss by Eliminating Parking Requirements, Legalizing Single-Stair Buildings - h/t The Baltimore Banner
A package of zoning reforms is aimed at making it easier to build and redevelop housing to draw people back to the city, which has been losing population steadily.
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3 days ago
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How Georgiaâs Drop in Per Capita Income Presaged Its Rural Demographic Collapse
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How Georgiaâs Drop in Per Capita Income Presaged Its Rural Demographic Collapse
Before a collapse in Georgiaâs rural counties population, a decade of drops in per capita income lay the foundation for future trouble.
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3 days ago
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SoCal Hotel to Become 98 Housing Units - h/t The San Diego Union-Tribune
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SoCal Hotel to Become 98 Housing Units - h/t The San Diego Union-Tribune
A shuttered Carlsbad extended stay hotel offers an opportunity to quickly bring close to 100 new housing units on the market, including 15 affordable apartments.
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4 days ago
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Denver Land Trust Fights Displacement Whether It Owns the Land or Not - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
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Denver Land Trust Fights Displacement Whether It Owns the Land or Not - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
Tierra Colectiva, a community land trust in the Denver neighborhoods of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, combines community organizing, traditional CLT development, and more unusual roles in a large affordable housing development.
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4 days ago
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Just 5% of Idaho Homes Affordable to Middle-Income Households - h/t Boise Dev
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Just 5% of Idaho Homes Affordable to Middle-Income Households - h/t Boise Dev
Idaho is in the top six least affordable states for the middle income bracket.
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4 days ago
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Teachers Make 5% Less Than a Decade Ago. These Districts are Building Housing for Them - h/t The Conversation
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Teachers Make 5% Less Than a Decade Ago. These Districts are Building Housing for Them - h/t The Conversation
The housing crisis is hitting education workers particularly hard, making it difficult to find housing near their workplaces.
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4 days ago
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US Commuters Lost 8 Workdays to Traffic in 2024 - h/t Smart Cities Dive
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US Commuters Lost 8 Workdays to Traffic in 2024 - h/t Smart Cities Dive
As more employers call workers back to the office, commute times are growing â and costing drivers in time and money.
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5 days ago
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Illinois âPeople Over Parking Actâ Bans Parking Requirements Near Transit - h/t Streetsblog Chicago
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Illinois âPeople Over Parking Actâ Bans Parking Requirements Near Transit - h/t Streetsblog Chicago
The new law could unlock denser, more affordable housing development near train and bus lines.
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5 days ago
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An Ohio School District is Known for its Walkability. A District Overhaul is Jeopardizing That. - h/t Streetsblog USA
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An Ohio School District is Known for its Walkability. A District Overhaul is Jeopardizing That. - h/t Streetsblog USA
Lakewood plans to close some schools and consolidate students to a centralized early education center, eliminating years of work that created safe walking routes to neighborhood schools.
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5 days ago
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Five Ways to Break the Cycle of Extractive Real Estate - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
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Five Ways to Break the Cycle of Extractive Real Estate - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
Here are the steps to having economies operated by stewardship, not speculation.
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5 days ago
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October Must-Reads: Top 10 Articles From Last Month
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October Must-Reads: Top 10 Articles From Last Month
Arizonaâs future needs sustainable growth, and part of the answer may lie in an experiment from its past.
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5 days ago
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Trumpâs 10% Tariff on Buses Could Raise Transit Costs Across North America - h/t Straight Arrow News
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Trumpâs 10% Tariff on Buses Could Raise Transit Costs Across North America - h/t Straight Arrow News
A new tariff on transit bus production will most significantly impact Canadian transit systems that rely on cross-border production.
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6 days ago
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Texas Grapples with How to Power New Data Centers That Consume More Energy than Cities - h/t The Texas Tribune
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Texas Grapples with How to Power New Data Centers That Consume More Energy than Cities - h/t The Texas Tribune
The stateâs utility grid operator is scrambling to adjust its planning processes to meet a skyrocketing number of interconnection requests.
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6 days ago
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US Census Releases Most Accurate, Granular Housing Data Yet - h/t Niskanen Center
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US Census Releases Most Accurate, Granular Housing Data Yet - h/t Niskanen Center
A new measurement tool eliminates the inaccuracies that have plagued data about housing supply, helping governments more clearly understand how housing policies are impacting local needs.
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6 days ago
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Report: Corporate Investors Bought One Quarter of Philadelphia Homes since 2016. Advocates are Raising Alarms. - h/t The Philadelphia Tribune
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Report: Corporate Investors Bought One Quarter of Philadelphia Homes since 2016. Advocates are Raising Alarms. - h/t The Philadelphia Tribune
Corporate buyers are putting homeownership out of reach for more regular households, forcing more people into renting and raising the cost of homeownership.
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6 days ago
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On the Tradeoffs Between Sunlight and Walkability
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On the Tradeoffs Between Sunlight and Walkability
There are five kinds of streets in this world.
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6 days ago
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Report Shows San Franciscoâs âFamily Zoningâ Plan Would Produce Less Than Half of Needed Housing Units - h/t San Francisco Chronicle
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Report Shows San Franciscoâs âFamily Zoningâ Plan Would Produce Less Than Half of Needed Housing Units - h/t San Francisco Chronicle
The cityâs economic analysis reveals that a rezoning proposal would yield from 8,504 to 14,646 units, well below the number required by the state.
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7 days ago
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Regulators Investigate Teslaâs âMad Maxâ Self-Driving Driving Mode that Intentionally Weaves, Takes Risks and Ignores Speed Limits - h/t Ars Technica
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Regulators Investigate Teslaâs âMad Maxâ Self-Driving Driving Mode that Intentionally Weaves, Takes Risks and Ignores Speed Limits - h/t Ars Technica
The company launched the mode after previously scrapping it in 2018 in response to safety concerns.
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7 days ago
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Illinois Rescues Transit With $1.5 Billion Bill, Creates New Authority - h/t The State Journal-Register
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Illinois Rescues Transit With $1.5 Billion Bill, Creates New Authority - h/t The State Journal-Register
The bill increases tollway charges and the sales tax in some counties but excludes prior proposals to tax entertainment and billionaires.
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7 days ago
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Maine Forces Cities to Allow at Least 2 ADUs on Residential Lots - h/t News Center Maine
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Maine Forces Cities to Allow at Least 2 ADUs on Residential Lots - h/t News Center Maine
A new state law bars local jurisdictions from restricting ADUs in residential areas.
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7 days ago
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A âHappy Accidentâ Made This 183-Unit Luxury NY Building Affordable Housing - h/t City Limits
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A âHappy Accidentâ Made This 183-Unit Luxury NY Building Affordable Housing - h/t City Limits
After an apartment building failed to sell its units at market rate, it was sold to a nonprofit that rents the units exclusively to housing voucher recipients.
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7 days ago
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From Queens to Chattanooga, Federal Funding Cuts are Killing Park Projects - h/t Bloomberg CityLab
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From Queens to Chattanooga, Federal Funding Cuts are Killing Park Projects - h/t Bloomberg CityLab
Cuts to grants from the Department of Transportation to the EPA are impacting small and large park projects across the country.
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9 days ago
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In California, Opaque Utility Charges are Loopholing Rent Caps. Tenants are Fighting Back. - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
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In California, Opaque Utility Charges are Loopholing Rent Caps. Tenants are Fighting Back. - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
A commonly used billing system can allow landlords to quietly shift building utility costs onto tenants. Tenants say itâs time to break open the black box.
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9 days ago
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Temperatures in Subways Can Soar Well Above 100. What Some Cities are Doing About it. - h/t Wired
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Temperatures in Subways Can Soar Well Above 100. What Some Cities are Doing About it. - h/t Wired
Extreme heat can be even more dangerous in confined subway cars and stations.
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9 days ago
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NYC to Expand Red-Light Camera Program, Target 'Ghost Cars' - h/t Smart Cities Dive
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NYC to Expand Red-Light Camera Program, Target 'Ghost Cars' - h/t Smart Cities Dive
The city plans to add 450 new cameras to catch red light violations.
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9 days ago
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LA Housing Authority Buys 30-Unit Apartment Building for Supportive Housing - h/t KTLA
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LA Housing Authority Buys 30-Unit Apartment Building for Supportive Housing - h/t KTLA
The Koreatown building will offer housing as well as healthcare services and case management.
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10 days ago
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Developer Transforms Historic LA Mortuary Into 122 Senior Housing Units - h/t The New York Times
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Developer Transforms Historic LA Mortuary Into 122 Senior Housing Units - h/t The New York Times
The former Pierce Brothers Mortuary served as a church before being partially destroyed in a fire in 2018.
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10 days ago
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Consumer Protection Advocates Raise Alarms About Climate Insurance Discrimination That âMimics Redliningâ - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
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Consumer Protection Advocates Raise Alarms About Climate Insurance Discrimination That âMimics Redliningâ - h/t Shelterforce Magazine
As homeownersâ insurance companies and lenders increasingly factor climate risk into their business strategies, communities may see a resurgence of racial and economic exclusion that mimics redlining. But our hands arenât tied.
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10 days ago
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Illinois Legislators Propose new Taxes on Billionaires and Entertainment Venues to Fund Transit - h/t Chicago Tribune
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Illinois Legislators Propose new Taxes on Billionaires and Entertainment Venues to Fund Transit - h/t Chicago Tribune
The plan to shore up Chicago-area transit agencies would raise $1.5 billion for the stateâs transit networks.
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10 days ago
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Charlottesville Settles the Legal Dispute That has Left it Without a Zoning Code Since June - h/t Smart Cities Dive
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Charlottesville Settles the Legal Dispute That has Left it Without a Zoning Code Since June - h/t Smart Cities Dive
The city plans to fund two impact studies to settle the suit and move forward with enacting its 2023 zoning plan update.
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10 days ago
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Trump's Threat to âTerminateâ NYC Tunnel Project Could Kill Penn Station Redevelopment - h/t The American Prospect
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Trump's Threat to âTerminateâ NYC Tunnel Project Could Kill Penn Station Redevelopment - h/t The American Prospect
The Hudson River tunnels are a key rail connection between the Northeast and the South.
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10 days ago
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When âNeutralityâ Becomes Blindness: The Perils of Censoring Race, Class, and Gender Data in Urban Planning
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When âNeutralityâ Becomes Blindness: The Perils of Censoring Race, Class, and Gender Data in Urban Planning
Political pushback against DEI is descending right at the moment that AI is rising in urban planning. If we donât fight it, the results could be catastrophic.
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10 days ago
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USDOT Threatens to Bar California From Issuing Trucking Licenses - h/t Insurance Journal
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USDOT Threatens to Bar California From Issuing Trucking Licenses - h/t Insurance Journal
In the wake of three fatal crashes involving immigrant truck drivers, Transportation Secretary Duffy says the department could pull $160 million in funding and bar the state from issuing new licenses.
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11 days ago
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City of LA Buys 30-Unit Apartment Building for Supportive Housing - h/t KTLA
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City of LA Buys 30-Unit Apartment Building for Supportive Housing - h/t KTLA
The Koreatown building will offer housing as well as healthcare services and case management.
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11 days ago
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The Five Oldest Roads in America Still in Use - h/t Jalopnik
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The Five Oldest Roads in America Still in Use - h/t Jalopnik
The history of the United States can be told through its roadways.
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11 days ago
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Manhattan Waterfront Parking Lot to Become Public Park - h/t StreetsBlog NYC
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Manhattan Waterfront Parking Lot to Become Public Park - h/t StreetsBlog NYC
A lot that has served as parking for decades will add a much-needed public amenity to the East River waterfront.
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11 days ago
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