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Biking and walking are often assumed as two peas in a pod, when in fact it might be more helpful to think of them as apples and oranges.

November 2 - Bike Portland

The Bay Area is one of the few metro regions in the U.S. with a separate MPO and COG, but that could change after voting members of both the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments agreed to a merger study.

November 2 - Contra Costa Times

Shell Oil surprised the environmental community in September by announcing an end to Arctic drilling. What could come next? Shell is abandoning plans for the Carmon Creek oil-sands project in Alberta and taking a $2 billion write-down.

November 2 - Bloomberg News

This week, voters in Philadelphia will decide on a ballot measure that could realign city government to create a new Department of Planning and Development.

November 2 - PlanPhilly

Big investments in residential building in New York City indicate the strength of the city's economy, according to an article in Crain's New York Business.

November 2 - Crain's Business New York

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There are a number of areas of planning that offer planners a role, but are not necessarily at the front of our minds. At the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, researchers shared results that can impact practice.

November 1 - Jennifer Evans-Cowley

A long, contentious political process has finally produced an approval for a massive capital investment program for the New York MTA. Some questions about funding remain, however.

November 1 - Politico New York

For the center of the hipster universe, the Brooklyn Chamber's recommendations may come as a surprise.

November 1 - Crains New York Business

Applications are due on November 6 for a novel position in the world of traffic safety: artist in residence at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

November 1 - Los Angeles Times

A week before a Nov. 3 Maine transportation referendum on a *general fund bond issue to address roads and bridges, TRIP released a report showing that over a third of the state's bridges "are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."

November 1 - Kennebec Journal

Swatting down untruths and misinformation by bike lane opponents in St. Paul doesn't require a PhD, but it helps.

October 31 - Beyond Chron

Research into the various shapes of cities in India may be able to predict the economic success of the city's residents.

October 31 - Knowledge @ Wharton

Depending on your opinion, hoverboards are some combination of expensive, annoying, or futuristically cool. Maybe these costume ideas will help you sort out your feelings on the matter?

October 31 - Fusion

The editors at CityLab got creative in conjuring up some urbanism-themed costume ideas. They'll even help you decide which works for you.

October 31 - CityLab

Maybe Halloween isn't the best night for it—but otherwise consider the weekend as a good time to get lost in a city.

October 31 - Citymetric

A three-week extension of federal transportation spending and three-year extension for railroads to install positive train control was signed on Oct. 29, the date the current highway extension expired.

October 30 - Transport Topics

It's the end of an era. After 36 years, China has decided to end its restrictive one-child policy, by allowing couples to have two children. Why the change? In three words: an aging population.

October 30 - BBC News

A city infamous for a broken and largely informal system of public transit is implementing a massive overhaul of its bus system. High capacity bus rapid transit will run at the center of the new system.

October 30 - Los Angeles Times

Transit Oriented Development projects around the country are still facing suburban-style parking requirements.

October 30 - The Dallas Morning News

The "Driving Forward" plan, as it's called, is unabashed in its ambitions to expand highway capacity in the state of Oklahoma.

October 30 - The Oklahoman