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The California Road Charge Pilot will be the nation's second road usage charge program. Unlike OReGO, which launched last July, it is a pilot program that will last nine months, but like the Oregon program, it is restricted to 5,000 volunteers.

January 30 - Streetsblog California

Bad news for transit advocates in Los Angeles this week, as the Los Angeles Time reported data that makes the region's transit investments look like something less than money well spent.

January 30 - Los Angeles Times

The critically lauded Plan El Paso hasn’t yet spurred the kind of urban revitalization it was designed to achieve. Some say its evidence that people still want sprawl, other say changes are still coming.

January 30 - The Atlantic

Gov. Rick Snyder (R-Mich.) announced on Wednesday that the state is working to ensuring safe tap water for Flint residents. While there is no schedule to replace the corroded lead pipes, they are being treated to prevent further lead leaching.

January 30 - Detroit Free Press

Local officials accused of being "gullible" as they mull a proposed development deal that would redevelop an iconic downtown theater and knock down a derelict hotel in Midtown Anchorage, Alaska.

January 29 - Anchorage Dispatch News

New research reveals more of the details of how trees provide therapeutic effects for humans.

January 29 - The New Yorker

A new book published by the Pew Research Center details the demographic changes that will shape the politics—beyond presidential elections—of the future.

January 29 - Pew Research Center

Nashville residents are being asked to choose their preference among a menu of transit planning options. The most expensive version of the plan would cost $5.4 billion, the least $800 million.

January 29 - The Tennessean

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is using a new ad against GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, based on his use of eminent domain against an elderly woman in Atlantic City. Trump strongly defended using the controversial tool.

January 29 - Vanity Fair

Aurora, Colorado recently approved a large, transit-adjacent project designed to appeal to a younger set than is currently living in the city. Some entrenched interests were not happy with the decision.

January 29 - The Denver Post

It makes sense that the transit agency serving the Silicon Valley would be one of the first to adopt a formal open data policy.

January 29 - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

A map-making effort by The Washington Post's Wonkblog puts the Western United States' population, or lack thereof, in perspective.

January 29 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

A new scorecard, called "Freeing the Grid," evaluates states on the incentives they offer homeowners and businesses to install rooftop solar.

January 29 - CityLab

A satirical New Yorker article nails the perpetual debate between New York and Los Angeles.

January 29 - The New Yorker

One of the most powerful agents of environmental protection in the state of California is faced with what some believe is an existential threat.

January 28 - Los Angeles Times

New leadership at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is redoubling efforts to find new sources of revenue for the state's transportation funding deficit.

January 28 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A local Democrat is not happy with the performance of the city in operating the Atlanta Streetcar.

January 28 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A big moment in the process of updating the California Environmental Equality Act.

January 28 - Streetsblog California

City Observatory puts the housing market of major U.S. cities in perspective by comparing the value of housing markets to the value of large corporations.

January 28 - City Observatory

The tough task of removing bus stops to speed up travel times is on the table in Washington, D.C.

January 28 - Borderstan