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The decrease in U.S. economic activity during the pandemic year of 2020 reduced the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 10.3 percent.

January 12 - Rhodium Group

Land values and construction costs have increased since voters approved the Sound Transit 3 ballot initiative.

January 12 - The Seattle Times

Almost a year into the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Urban Institute assesses what we've learned about transportation equity—and what these lessons mean for the future.

January 12 - Urban Institute

Two industry consulting firms released new reports on the best-selling master-planned communities in the United States.

January 12 - RCLCO

The Congress for the New Urbanism will begin the search for a new CEO after Lynn Richards announces plans to depart.

January 12 - CNU Public Square

The High Line has a chance to add the role of civic connector to its list of plaudits.

January 12 - The New York Times

A recent study of preschoolers shows that small children are intuitive urban planners—if anyone ever listens.

January 11 - The Conversation

One of two architecture critics working at major daily newspapers to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, Blair Kamin announced his retirement last week via Twitter.

January 11 - Blair Kamin via Twitter

The material, now being tested on California roads, is made using recycled PET plastic and promises longer-lasting road treatments.

January 11 - Construction & Demolition Recycling

Cities like Vancouver are rethinking parking minimums as they try to meet climate goals, reduce traffic, and reallocate street space to other modes.

January 11 - Sightline

BLOG POST

Why is it hard for transit agencies to enforce pro-mask rules?

January 11 - Michael Lewyn

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao became the first cabinet secretary to announce her resignation due to the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters, but at least one high-profile member of congress has derided the announcement.

January 11 - CBS News

For the first time in the pandemic, over 4,000 Americans died on one day, January 7, from a disease that had no name before Feb. 11, 2020.

January 11 - The Washington Post

New research from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University finds that instead of setting people free from cars, more people are buying and using cars than ever before.

January 11 - Streetsblog USA

PLANOPEDIA

The term affordable housing refers to housing units that cost less than a predetermined percentage of household incomes. Planners use affordable housing as a general term to describe housing that doesn't put an excessive financial burden on its occupants.

January 10 - Diana Ionescu

Limiting development has been a powerful tool for anti-gentrification activists, but have these policies had counter-productive effects?

January 10 - The Atlantic

One Virginia town's complete streets transformation shows promise for active transportation interventions in small communities.

January 10 - Greater Greater Washington

Tropical storms, tornadoes, and wildfires, along with everything else.

January 10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

New data make it possible to trace outline of COVID-19's footprint on the Big Apple real estate market.

January 10 - The New York Times

Rather than trying to meet all of a community's needs within a one-minute radius, Sweden's Street Moves pilot program gives residents the power to decide how street space gets used.

January 8 - Bloomberg CityLab