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For a small fee, motorists can now bypass a congested arterial road with two dozen traffic lights outside of Charlotte. Built and operated by the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, the 18-mile, electronically tolled Monroe Expressway opened Nov. 27.

December 6 - WFAE

Capital Metro is growing a new generation of public transit riders.

December 6 - Austin Monitor

St. Louis transit planners are evaluating the reasons behind a decline in transit use as the Metro Transit system prepares its first light expansion in years.

December 6 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Since a city judge determined the legality of the long controversial Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda, Seattle has been able to move forward with the plan to allow new density around the city.

December 6 - The Seattle Times

We've seen planning take the Broadway stage and turned into an Oprah, but perhaps the ballet is the most surprising place to see planning ideas on the stage.

December 6 - Next City

November's bombshell news about the partnership between Virgin and Brightline has now yielded ambitious plans for private investment in intercity rail service.

December 6 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Streetfilms explores the efforts of cities in the Boston region tp redesign bus operations.

December 6 - Streetsblog USA

While it's fun to tease about the architectural shortcomings of most newly constructed urban residential buildings in the United States, the causes of its ubiquitous sameness reveals the depths of the country's housing crisis.

December 6 - Curbed

A coalition of opposition groups claims that density is bad for the environment, and that the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan should be stopped.

December 6 - Star Tribune

Citi Bike's new owner is funding a massive expansion of the bike share system. Meanwhile ,City Hall is prepping for a battle over electric assist bikes and scooters.

December 5 - StreetsBlog NYC

Despite statements to the contrary just a week ago, Macron reversed position and caved to the demonstrators' demands that upcoming fuel tax hikes be suspended.

December 5 - CityLab

As the federal government sends massive subsidies to encourage so-called clean coal technology, coal-burning power plants aren't sending less pollution into the air and into the earth.

December 5 - Reuters

BLOG POST

Jeff Speck's new book not only makes the case for narrow, walkable streets, but also provides more detailed guidance for specialists.

December 5 - Michael Lewyn

In his sixth annual list of gift ideas for “plannerds,” park plan-nerd Clement Lau takes a different approach.

December 5 - UrbDeZine

In a strange confluence of factors, expired speed limits and a state statute have hampered speed enforcement. Unfortunately, the proposed solution also looks a like a problem.

December 5 - Los Angeles Times

The data on select bus service (SBS) in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus system are definitive: with off-board payment and bus-only lanes, buses perform better and attract more riders.

December 5 - The Spirit

Montgomery County, Maryland planners were trying to raise the bar for bicycle infrastructure planning and design in North America.

December 5 - Greater Greater Washington

Massive projects stayed a dream in 20th century Boston. Lessons from the failed ideas of the past inform a more complete understanding of the city in the 21st century.

December 5 - The Boston Globe

On what is arguably a peak parking day, parking lots around the country still had plenty of space.

December 5 - CityLab

New Orleans could make it easier to build new homes on small lots in the struggling Lower 9th Ward.

December 4 - The Advocate