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Among the factors that stand out in the "Spotlight on Highway Safety" report released Thursday by the Governors Highway Safety Association is increased "death by SUV," which kill at a higher rate than cars. Distraction, however, is hard to prove.

March 4 - USA Today

A new Transit Master Plan will spend approximately €2 billion a year on tram, rail, and bus improvements.

March 4 - CityLab

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In 2017, New York's highest court held that cities could be held liable for failure to adopt traffic calming policies. Why hasn't this ruling led to safer streets?

March 3 - Michael Lewyn

A new study quantifies just how much of the city of Phoenix is parking.

March 3 - Streetsblog USA

In 1970, half of the city's census tracts were middle-income. Now, only 16 percent of them remain so. Polarization between the well-off and the poor essentially splits the city in two.

March 3 - WBEZ 91.5

Dallas provides the setting for a deep exploration of shotgun houses. The city keeps knocking them down, but according to this architecture critic, they could play a key role in solving the city's affordable housing crisis.

March 3 - The Dallas Morning News

Walmart will soon be seen side by side with CSX and BNSF.

March 3 - Supply Chain DIve

New political leadership in the state of Ohio has Cincinnati regional leaders hoping for big state funding for a project to repair and replace the Western Hill Viaduct.

March 2 - Cincinnati Enquirer

Even as prospects for high-speed trains dim in California, San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center has already spurred a development spree in the surrounding area.

March 2 - San Francisco Chronicle

In California, a billion gallons of water ends up in the ocean every day. A new bill seeks to curb this practice by requiring treatment facilities to increase recycling and reuse efforts.

March 2 - Los Angeles Daily News

The work of the Portland Bureau of Transportation on NE Tillamook Street is a perfect example of how a little bit of money can go a long way for traffic safety.

March 2 - Bike Portland

Many delivery services have come under scrutiny for questionable labor practices. Grub Street follows a Postmates delivery worker through one night to understand the nature of the work and assess the earnings.

March 2 - Grub Street

Cities across the country have ambitious goals to move to renewable energy, but support at the federal level is lacking. A new program will assist cities with procurement and regulation of renewables.

March 1 - Smart Cities Dive

Developers, environmentalists, and other experts discussed the challenge of achieving all-electric homes and businesses at VerdeXchange 2019.

March 1 - The Planning Report

China's decision to halt imports of most recyclables from the United States has caused turmoil. With few markets for their recyclables, Philadelphia is sending half of them to a waste-to-energy incinerator in Chester not designed to burn them.

March 1 - The Guardian

Two urban and regional planning faculty at the University of Michigan's Taubman College, Assistant Professor Robert Goodspeed and Professor Emerita Margaret Dewar, were awarded a grant to study data on evictions in Michigan.

March 1 - University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

This Airbnb Does Not Exist uses real Airbnb listings to make computer generated fakes.

March 1 - Futurism

This is definitely not a one-seat ride.

March 1 - CityLab

The mayor and a councilmember both made potentially sweeping proposals to address displacement as the city moves forward with plans to upzone neighborhoods, in keeping with the Mandatory Housing Affordability policy.

March 1 - The Urbanist

Transit and cycling advocates say fake and misused placards result in crowded streets and limit mobility.

March 1 - Politico