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Experts say more builders are building smaller homes to meet demand for cheaper ownership options.

February 25 - The Dallas Morning News

President's Trump's name appears on six fewer buildings in Manhattan than on Election Day 2016.

February 25 - The Washington Post

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Urban scholar Joel Kotkin says that gentrification has "failed" in Los Angeles. It's a curious notion, since gentrification is generally considered a bad thing. The reality is much more complex than Kotkin suggests.

February 24 - Josh Stephens

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposed new electric vehicle parking requirements in the recent State of the City address, but the proposal is in keeping with the Seattle Climate Action Plan released in April 2018.

February 24 - Smart Cities Dive

When the Manhattan megadevelopment got its start, big data was a major part of Hudson Yards' marketing pitch. Now it's "probably the last thing we'll get to."

February 24 - Metropolis Magazine

The White House is planning to establish a new climate panel, headed by a well-known climate denier, to question the findings of the president's own intelligence agencies that climate change does indeed pose a national security risk.

February 24 - The Washington Post

The city’s original plan to decrease car ownership isn’t quite panning out, even with more alternative transportation options for residents.

February 24 - The Boston Globe

The study gathers emissions reporting data from cities around the world.

February 23 - Tennessean

If you live in California, you've heard predictions of a disastrous earthquake dubbed "the big one." Now, scientists are warning of an epic rainstorm that could cause three times as much damage.

February 23 - Los Angeles Times

Autonomous vehicles are racking up quite a track record in California—and fewer of the miles driven by autonomous vehicles in 2018 had humans at the wheel than in 2017.

February 23 - Smart Cities Dive

A huge piece of real estate along the Chicago River is primed to host a new mixed-use campus.

February 23 - Crain's Chicago Business

A new law in the nation's capital will fine people on bikes caught listening to headphones as a Vision Zero traffic safety measure.

February 23 - DCist

Voters in Toledo, Ohio could grant personhood status to the polluted and abused Lake Erie.

February 22 - The Guardian

In a dispatch from the Urban 20 Mayoral Summit, Jocelyn Perry and Bill Burke-White write about cities' role in climate governance and public policy.

February 22 - Penn IUR Urban Link

According to a recent report, the self-sufficiency of agriculture in the Washington, D.C. region is declining. Encroachment from suburban sprawl, driven by a region-wide housing crunch, is one causal factor.

February 22 - Greater Greater Washington

Although Ford has stopped its commuter shuttle service, on-demand shuttles have a place in the transportation landscape of the future.

February 22 - Smart Cities Dive

New York City is holding a competition for a distinctive logo to clearly demarcate all of its 550 privately-owned public spaces.

February 22 - AM New York

The Boston area's Metropolitan Area Planning Council has an Artist-in-Residence Program that brings arts to the table as an integral component of the planning process.

February 22 - Barr Foundation

President Trump still touts coal and its return, but what’s happening in the real world suggests coal is on its way out for good.

February 22 - Intelligencer - New York Magazine

Many of the movies nominated for Oscars this year gain a great deal of thematic and storytelling meaning from their locations.

February 22 - Brookings