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Voters appear to have passed the most contentious ballot measure in San Francisco, Proposition Q, that allows city workers to remove tent encampments if shelter is available. Voters in other Bay Area counties passed taxes for affordable housing.

November 11 - San Francisco Chronicle

Urbanists consider what the administration of President-elect, Donald Trump, will mean for cities.

November 11 - CityLab

Anticipating a massive shift of companies from London following implementation of Brexit, Dublin, Ireland is seeing plans for new office buildings popping up all over.

November 11 - The Irish Times

The Mini Metro transit planning game has been around in all its simple and frustrating glory for a few years now, but it only recently became available as a mobile app.

November 11 - The Verge

Votes are still being counted, but an expansion of the MAX light rail system to the suburban community of Tigard appears to be squeaking out a victory.

November 10 - OPB

At the height of the California drought, a group of water suppliers offered rebates for people willing to remove lawns. Now, it's time to figure out if the experiment worked.

November 10 - AP via San Jose Mercury News

Study finds people walk more in denser cities with more parks no matter what their country of origin.

November 10 - Fast Co.Exist

Seattle is set to build a nine-lane tunnel on its waterfront, the Urbanist's Ryan Packer is disappointed with its design and the project's stated goals.

November 10 - The Urbanist

Higher per mile prices push, lower-income Bronx commuters to use other means of travel.

November 10 - RPA Lab

After years of decline, some Pittsburgh neighborhoods are beginning to see an uptick in popularity, so the city is seeking to protect the existence of affordable housing.

November 10 - Next City

Subdivision Staging Policy stirs passion and, some hope, progress in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Montgomery County.

November 10 - The Washington Post

A familiar argument of suburban apologists is that people prefer suburban environments over urban environments. Joe Cortright reminds us, however, that "revealed preference" doesn't tell the whole story.

November 10 - City Observatory

Miami’s city government hopes to get some financial compensation from banks for the hardship the city endured during the foreclosure crisis.

November 10 - The Washington Post

More than the president was decided. Results are in on a Washington carbon tax, a California plastic bag ban, a Sunshine State restriction on solar panels, and on a ban on oil drilling in a California county that actually has oil drilling.

November 10 - Planetizen

FEATURE

Beyond the headline-grabbing presidential election, many states and localities voted on issues critical to the planning profession.

November 9 - James Brasuell

Neighborhood revitalization will focus on parks and libraries under a new program in Philadelphia.

November 9 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Many countries have rolled out climate policies since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015. A new report gathers data on the capital investments that will drive the construction of all that new infrastructure.

November 9 - International Finance Corporation

It used to be that only New Orleans and Las Vegas allowed people to carry a drink outdoors and imbibe in public. Now cities all over the country, mostly in traditionally conservative states, are loosening their laws.

November 9 - Stateline

Industries over leased and developers over built. The city of Houston's office market has gone from boom to bust in only a few years.

November 9 - The Wall Street Journal

Sometimes the day-to-day operations of the most fundamental of citywide responsibilities comes down to the details of a contract.

November 9 - Atlanta Business Chronicle