Infrastructure

Toronto

Nokia Launches $1.5 Billion 'Smart Cities' Initiative in Canada

The new program offers cities access to $2 billion CAD in financing as well as a network of technical support.

April 19, 2018 - Smart Cities Dive

Seattle Freeway Park

Seattle Plans Remodel of World’s First Freeway Cap Park

The Brutalist design by a famed landscape architect will be preserved, but not without better visibility and improved lighting.

April 19, 2018 - The Architect's Newspaper

Houston City Park

Houston Bike Plan Gets the Funding it Needed

Houston finally has the funding in place to work toward its vision for a bike-friendly city.

April 19, 2018 - Houston Chronicle

405 Traffic

Elon Musk Might Really Get to Build a Tunnel Below Los Angeles

A Los Angeles city councilmember even wants to throw in a CEQA exemption for good measure.

April 18, 2018 - Urbanize LA

South Fork of the Skykomish River

Controversial Hydropower Proposal Scuttled in Washington

A victory for environmental conservationists.

April 18, 2018 - knkx

Freewways

Local Officials Hoping for Minnesota DOT Funding Help With Congested Intersection

Commuters in the Twin Cities region are hoping for relief at the notoriously congested and unsafe interchange between Interstate 494 and I-35W.

April 18, 2018 - Star Tribune

USDOT Awards $96 Million to BRT Projects in Washington, Missouri and Commuter Rail in California

On April 9, FTA awarded $43 million for a new, 12-mile bus rapid transit line in Everett; $30 million to extend BRT 10 miles in Kansas City and $22.5 million to extend a North Bay commuter rail line two miles to a ferry terminal on San Francisco Bay.

April 17, 2018 - AASHTO Journal

Dockless Bikeshare Service Launches in St. Louis, With City's Blessing

The city of St. Louis has launched a permitting system for dockless bikeshare companies LimeBike and Ofo to operate.

April 17, 2018 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Riverfront Open Space

Mayor Emanuel Wants to Open More of the Chicago River to the Public

Plans to double the length of publicly accessible riverfront will be included in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's State of the City address tonight.

April 16, 2018 - Chicago Sun Times

Seattle

Regional Planning for Growth on Display in the Pacific Northwest

The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) released a new "Regional Centers Framework."

April 16, 2018 - The Urbanist

BART Station

Vote to Take Money from Train Station to Pay for a New Road Causes a Stir

An expanded roadway outside the Union City BART station would mean more drivers and likely more congestion. City and county officials still argue those changes are necessary for the area around the station to function.

April 16, 2018 - East Bay Times

Bay Bridge

A Dissenting Take on the Bay Area's Proposed $3 Bridge Toll Hike

Beware of transportation officials promising traffic reductions, according to this opinion piece.

April 15, 2018 - The Mercury News

NYC Subway Construction

Add Another $1 Billion to the MTA's East Side Access Project

The price tag for one of the country's largest active transportation projects now totals $11.1 billion.

April 15, 2018 - NBC 4

Seattle Sound Transit

How Much Parking Near Transit Is Too Much Parking Near Transit?

Faced with the expensive costs of adding park and ride facilities along its expanding transit system, transportation planners in the Seattle region wonder if it's money well spent.

April 15, 2018 - Crosscut

East Troy Railroad

Public Gets a Look at First New Streetcar in Milwaukee

The Hop streetcar is under construction and nearing completion.

April 15, 2018 - Urban Milwaukee

Atlanta Bus Parody

Atlanta Suburbs Reconsidering Public Transit

A sweeping set of bill approved by the State legislature could pave the way for a "transformational" investment in public transit throughout the Atlanta region.

April 13, 2018 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Security cameras on a building

How Surveillance in Cities is Evolving

Across the globe, smart cities are increasingly procuring and implementing information technology in order to improve the efficiency and sustainability of urban spaces. The former CTO of L.A. and the mayor of Beverly Hills weigh in on the subject.

April 13, 2018 - The Planning Report

New York City Mayor

Speculation Continues on the Death of the Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar

The New York Times transit reporter looks into the lack of progress on the $2.5 billion project proposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in his 2016 State of the City speech. The mayor responds angrily to a Daily News article casting doubt on the project.

April 13, 2018 - The New York Times - N.Y. / Region

Strip District

Tax Increment Financing a Possibility for Big Pittsburgh Redevelopment Project

A $125 million adaptive reuse project is looking for help with infrastructure improvements. Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority is considering tax increment financing to fund street improvements.

April 12, 2018 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Free Floating Bikeshare

Dockless Bikeshare Regulations Search for Balance

The Dallas City Council is currently pondering a very contemporary question: how far should the city go in regulating dockless bikeshare companies?

April 12, 2018 - Smart Cities Dive

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