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San Francisco Bay Area

Facebook Could Partner With Local Transit Authorities to Repair Defunct Rail Bridge

The Dunbarton Rail Bridge has been out of service since the 1980s. In a potentially groundbreaking development, Facebook is interested in repairing the bridge to serve multi-modal commuters.

June 18 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Ontario, Canada

Sidewalk Labs Opens House for its Toronto 'Smart City' Project

Sidewalk Labs has officially set up shop as Sidewalk Toronto, with a home base in Quayside, the waterfront district that the company is tasked with transforming in the image of a "smart city."

June 18 - The Toronto Star

San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco's Next Mayor a Self-Described 'Pro-Housing' Politician With Support From YIMBYs

London Breed is the first African American female elected mayor of San Francisco, and she brings high hopes that a pro-development approach can help mitigate the city's housing affordability crisis.

June 18 - Medium

Roosevelt Island

A Trip to the New Cornell Tech Campus on NYC's Roosevelt Island

Urban environment author Carol Berens visits the new Cornell Tech campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island.

June 18 - UrbDeZine

Nuclear Power

Trump Rebuffed by Federal Energy Commissioners on Coal and Nuclear Power Bailout

Last month the Trump administration directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to require grid operators to purchase power from aging coal and nuclear power plants, enabling them to keep operating as a matter of "national security." Regulators disagree.

June 18 - InsideClimate News


New York Sandy Power Outage

Wanted: A Regional Planning Approach to Climate Change

The effects of climate change—rising seas, extreme weather—will require coordinated action around the New York region. Regional planning, in other words.

June 18 - Curbed NY

Michigan Central Deport

The Massive Significance of Ford's Move into Detroit's Abandoned Michigan Central Depot

Ford has confirmed its plan to move into the Michigan Central Depot in Detroit.

June 17 - Detroit Free Press


Tideland

The Chesapeake Bay Comeback

Scientists say the Chesapeake Bay hasn't been this healthy in more than three decades. It's a testament to federal environmental regulations.

June 17 - The Washington Post

4 abandoned homes in St. Louis's Greater Ville neighborhood

Book Review: The Divided City, by Alan Mallach

Jason Segedy's review of a must-read for all planners interested in the subject of "Legacy Cities."

June 17 - Notes from the Underground

Ambitious Greenway Project Takes Shape in St. Louis

The winner of a competition to design the Chouteau Greenway in St. Louis hopes landscape architecture can inspire a larger conversation about race and class.

June 17 - Landscape Architecture Magazine

Entry turnstiles to the New York New Jersey PATH Tubes in Hoboken

NYC Mobility Report: Transit Ridership Drops While Population Grows

A new report from the New York City Department of Transportation opens the administrations of Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio to criticism from Streetsblog NYC.

June 17 - StreetsBlog NYC

Chicago Blue Line

Chicago's New Train to O'Hare Won't Be a Train—It's Elon Musk's 'Loop'

Loop, as in a derivation of Hyperloop, conceived by Elon Musk and to be built by his newest venture, The Boring Company, is the technology of choice for high-speed transit to O'Hare Airport.

June 16 - Chicago Tribune

A California City Approves its First-Ever Apartment Building

A small city in the South Bay Area, south of San Jose, has approved its first multi-family housing project—because state law mandated it.

June 16 - The Mercury News

Chile Metro

Plans for Huge Expansion of Rail Service in Chilean Capital

Chile's President, Sebastian Piñera, announced that Santiago's rail system will add two new lines and extend one of its existing train routes.

June 16 - International Rail Journal

Construction

Home Builders Experiencing High Costs and Slow Starts

The Trump Administration's tariffs on Canadian lumber are passing costs down to homebuyers, according to industry experts.

June 16 - The Dallas Morning News

Vermin Graffiti

New Yorkers Have More Complaints About Rats

New Yorkers are ratting out rats.

June 16 - The Wall Street Journal [paywall]

Pedestrian Deaths Up Sharply in Chicago

A Chicago Department of Transportation commissioner calls the trend "very troubling."

June 15 - Streetsblog Chicago

Accessory Dwelling Unit

Making Portland ADUs More Affordable

A new company offers to install coach houses in homes, in exchange for a portion of the rent.

June 15 - The Portland Tribune

How 5G Technology Can Enhances Security and Connectivity

Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks can be a great solution for IoT applications that have low data rates, require long battery lives, use low-cost modules and operate in remote locations. These networks can support many different services for cities

June 15 - Iot Times

Grant Program Deploys Smart City Tech for a Variety of Purposes Around Georgia

A grant program under the direction of Georgia Tech, with support from Georgia Power and the Atlanta Regional Commission, among others, has awarded grants for the development of "smart community" technology.

June 15 - SaportaReport

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