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Track repairs and inconsistent service have lead to a 14 percent decrease in ridership, enough to wipe out the year's gains of all other U.S. rail systems put together.

March 17 - Washingtonian

A New Zealand river revered by the Maori people is granted the status of a living being by the country's parliament.

March 17 - BBC

Villages of tiny homes are being prepared in Portland and Denver to help individuals transition out of homelessness

March 17 - Denverite

All that pollen in the air giving you the sneezes is probably because of all the male trees your city has been planting.

March 17 - Greater Greater Washington

Some people just can't help but help themselves to the fast lane.

March 17 - PBS

About 50 property owners in the trendiest of New York boroughs have launched a fledgling solar microgrid—sometimes called distributed or peer-to-peer generation. Someday, such arrangements could put a huge dent in the utility industry.

March 17 - The New York Times

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has proven its seriousness about an ambitious proposal to build a light rail connection between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip.

March 17 - The Associated Press

One of the nuggets of significance in the Trump Administration's budget draft indicates the president's seriousness about building a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico.

March 17 - The Wall Street Journal

Melbourne's long-range plan for development through 2050 envisions denser neighborhoods, built around the idea of 20-minute neighborhoods.

March 17 - Melbourne Herald Sun

The Denver FUGLY Facebook page makes the case that developers are building too many boring tan and rust-colored buildings in Greater Denver.

March 16 - CityLab

An urban gardening and public health success story emerges from Milwaukee.

March 16 - Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Shared ownership model of artist housing transforming Indianapolis block from vacant to vibrant and seeks to keep prices stable over the long term.

March 16 - Modern Cities

Transit advocates should be concerned about the cuts proposed by the Trump Administration's early budget draft.

March 16 - Streetsblog USA

Saying that they believe in direct action and suspecting the motives of the State, a group of Portland anarchists are taking to the streets to fix potholes.

March 16 - Boing Boing

A funding formula that frequently determines the scope and quality of transit in the state of Maryland could be reformed by state legislators this year.

March 16 - Greater Greater Washington

The showman captured America's attention with a promise to "make America great again" with a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Receiving scant attention are the infrastructure grant programs he'll cut in order to fund massive defense spending.

March 16 - The Hill

Zoning around Chicago's public transit in relatively affluent areas won't allow for density or any kind of housing other than single family homes.

March 16 - Chicago Cityscape

Next City explores the possible consequences of reported desire by the Trump Administration to cut $6 billion from the budget of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

March 16 - Next City

Women in the building trades are celebrated as part of Women's History Month.

March 16 - The Architect's Newspaper

The city of Berkeley is suffering the consequences of the urban revival—soaring housing costs and humanitarian crises don't reconcile with the city's famously progressive politics.

March 15 - The Guardian