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Parking garages and lots could help shape the new mobility landscape in important ways that go far beyond storing cars.

January 13 - Smart Cities Dive

Environmental review required by the California Environmental Quality Act would no longer apply to the construction of homeless shelters under a law proposed in the California State Legislature.

January 13 - The Sacramento Bee

The U.S. Department of Transportation, under fire for not doing enough to prevent an Uber self-driving car from killing a pedestrian in Tempe in 2018, has released the latest iteration of guidelines for autonomous vehicle technology.

January 13 - Smart Cities Dive

Banning cars will not be effective as long as U.S. cities continue to prioritize transportation systems where mobility is dependent on driving.

January 13 - Brookings

The Trump administration last week published its latest attempt to undermine a fair housing rule adopted during the Obama administration.

January 13 - Curbed

FEATURE

The adaptive nature of cities is exemplified once again, by the self-organizing response of street networks after transformative changes.

January 12 - Fanis Grammenos

The consequences of the Congressional budget approved at the end of 2019 can be measured in millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

January 12 - Inside Climate News

The A’s want to build a new stadium, housing, and office space on waterfront property in Oakland. However, the project would involve massive corporate handouts and threaten the jobs and housing of African-American residents.

January 12 - The Mercury News

Developers of a ski town in Utah are expanding the weekend tech conference into a village with permanent residents.

January 12 - The Architect's Newspaper

An organization successfully balanced the tension between expanding rail line service and improving bus service, and ensuring race was at the forefront of the conversation.

January 10 - Shelterforce Magazine

Auto manufacturers will offer more battery and plug-in hybrid models this year, and the nation's largest state is expected to approve a new regulation requiring medium and heavy-duty truck manufacturers to sell zero-emission vehicles.

January 10 - Government Technology

Comparing Houston in 2010 to the city today reveals a variety of transportation, infrastructure, and economic changes.

January 10 - Urban Edge

BLOG POST

Anaid Yerena of the University of Washington, Tacoma writes about a recent article she authored in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

January 10 - JPER

Southern California’s Salton Sea has long struggled with environmental issues, but wetlands have been springing up and nurturing diverse ecosystems.

January 9 - Los Angeles Times

A state constitutional amendment from the 1950s has been used to hold back public housing, but voters could have a chance to strike it down later this year.

January 9 - The Mercury News

As we enter the digital age of transportation, cities are finding new ways to digitize their policies.

January 9 - Wisconsin Autonomous Vehicle Proving Ground

California started the decade with a recession and hangover from rampant development in the 2000s. What ensued was an economic boom like none other. Meanwhile, its cities developed only incrementally, spiraling into a catastrophic housing shortage.

January 9 - California Planning & Development Report

On-demand technology has vastly transformed cities by changing everything from the way we shop and travel to how markets target and serve us.

January 9 - CityLab

FEATURE

Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell tries to predict the big ideas and trends that will dominate the discussion about the future of land use, planning, and development in the first year of the new decade.

January 9 - James Brasuell

The population in Canada will increase substantially in the future, and transit planning is crucial to ensuring that cities thrive.

January 9 - The Globe and Mail