The Planetizen Crossword Puzzle: June 2024

June 28, 2024, 12:52 PM PDT

By Diana Ionescu @aworkoffiction

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1 The government's power to seize private property for public use.
6 June holiday marking the announcement of Emancipation for slave communities in Texas.
9 A public facility available to residents during extreme heat events.
10 Driverless conveyance that promises to ease terrestrial traffic by flying commuters between destinations.
11 Oregon city at the heart of a Supreme Court case that impacts how cities can regulate encampments and outdoor sleeping by unhoused residents.
13 Acronym for the number of miles driven in cars.
16 Municipal waste disposal facility.
17 Acronym for a residential property owners' group.
18 St. Paul-to-Chicago Amtrak rail line launched this month.

2 Midwestern city that grew in population in 2023 for the first time in 66 years.
3 Alternate name for an accessory dwelling unit, named after a family member who might occupy it.
4 Spanish city poised to ban all short-term rentals.
5 Changing a zoning code to allow for denser development.
7 New York governor who recently suspended New York City's proposed congestion pricing program.
8 The forced relocation of existing residents and businesses.
12 California town devastated by the Camp Fire in 2018.
13 Major Canadian city that just eliminated minimum parking requirements.
14 Natural disaster often started by human negligence and exacerbated by hot, dry conditions.
15 Starting this summer, this Texas city will be the largest U.S. city without a bike share system.
16 The scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities, and services for the purposes of securing the physical, economic, and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities.

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