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With the construction of a new community center and housing, Philadelphia's Chinatown sees a more secure future for the historic neighborhood

November 28 - PhillyMag

Apartment List has published research showing the top destination cities for those 19 to 35 years of age based on ten years of census data from 2005-2010. Among the top 10 destinations, only three were on East and West coasts.

November 28 - Apartment List

An interactive map from Chicago Cityscape shows all of the city's parking lots, vacant spaces, and city-owned land. Not all of it is truly vacant, or developable, but the map shows how much scope remains for new construction.

November 27 - Chicago Cityscape

Over the next two decades, bold estimates have local governments around the world spending over $41 trillion on "smart cities." But what are smart cities, and how do we measure return on investment?

November 27 - CNBC

A Berlin-based olfactory expert used 6,500 scents to recreate the smells of 35 cities.

November 27 - Atlas Obscura

The driver has been arrested and charged with the deaths of five children who died at the scene of the one-vehicle crash in which the bus slammed into a tree on Monday afternoon. The National Transportation Safety Board is on the scene.

November 27 - WRCB tv

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has aligned himself with opponents to the addition of a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport, citing noise and air pollution concerns

November 27 - BBC

The frontline of the ongoing battle between Airbnb and government regulators shifts from Albany to New York City.

November 26 - The Wall Street Journal

A distance of two miles can mean the difference of living more than ten years longer in the city of Denver. The city and its residents are gathering resources to improve public health outcomes in all the city's neighborhoods.

November 26 - The Denver Post

Traffic police in Mumbai have launched a campaign to cut down on unnecessary honking by motorists in the city of Mumbai

November 26 - The Indian Express

We can’t simply rely on the federal government to solve the San Francisco Bay Area’s challenges. Time and time again, we have turned to local do-it-yourself solutions. This year, voters rolled up their sleeves and took matters into their own hands.

November 26 - San Francisco Chronicle

Car2Go has pulled out of several cities recently, making even carsharing's most ardent believers wonder if the business model is built to last.

November 26 - Transportist

Los Angeles is building several affordable housing projects for artists.

November 25 - KPCC

As the MTA repairs Hurricane Sandy-related damage to train transit, advocates look for solution to a coming transit crunch.

November 25 - Politico

Kansas City, Missouri is in the process of considering an $800 million general obligation bond to fund transportation projects. The advocacy group BikeWalkKC, seeing the opportunity, is already advocating for how to put that money to use.

November 25 - BikeWalkKC

A post examining common responses to the question of why the cost of housing continues to rise requires a frank discussion about the nature of Seattle's "housing shortage."

November 25 - The Urbanist

At most big box stores, the parking lots occupy far more land than the stores themselves, sucking up unnecessary resources from our communities.

November 25 - Modern Cities

From the smallest scale to the largest, climate change has left no stoned unturned in its initial impacts on the planet and its species. Stay tuned.

November 24 - Pacific Standard

Waiting for transportation network companies to change development? The future is already here.

November 24 - The Wall Street Journal

Brightly lit pedestrian and commercial districts like Times Square and Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo are some of the most famous urban environments in the world. But that doesn’t mean they work in every city.

November 24 - CityLab