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As the economy has improved, fewer people are looking for employment as school bus drivers. When fewer buses are available, more students drive to school, brining unwanted environmental risks along for the ride.

April 5 - The Wall Street Journal

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In an attempt to combat prohibitively high housing costs in California, some look to repeal the 1995 state law that limits the power of local rent control ordinances. However, removing those restrictions would likely exaggerate current problems.

April 5 - Reuben Duarte

The state of Ohio is expanding a practice used by the Fannie Mae to counter the negative effects of vacancies and blight.

April 5 - Associated Press via Cincinnati.com

A district judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging local authority to approve an under-construction bus rapid transit project in Utah.

April 5 - The Salt Lake Tribune

The Bertha tunnel boring machine was once stuck under the city of Seattle for more than a year. Now it has reached its goal, four years after it began its journey.

April 5 - Publicola

You be the judge: is this innovative land use in Downtown Minneapolis a woonerf or a glorified parking lot?

April 5 - MinnPost

The Wall Street Journal received lots of press packages from firms bidding to build the proposed wall between the border of the United States and Mexico. A gallery of renderings—sent in earnest, in protest, or in a crass marketing ploy—follows.

April 5 - The Wall Street Journal

Wells Fargo received an historic "double downgrade" from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as a result of its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination.

April 5 - Next City

New data from the U.S. Census and Empire Center shows that for the first time in a decade, the Empire State lost population. Furthermore, last year only two upstate counties had more residents arrive from other states than leave.

April 5 - New York Post

Devolution—or the end of federal funding for local or regional transit projects—is back on the table, thanks to the Trump Administration. Articles in two prominent media outlets debate the idea.

April 4 - The Overhead Wire

March was a momentous month for the Central Access Philadelphia (CAP) project. The project would build cap over I-95 at Penn's Landing, among other improvements.

April 4 - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

A recent survey found young people are more likely to support development in their neighborhood than their older counterparts in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region.

April 4 - San Francisco Business Times

With the high cost of land and housing in most major cities, why don't we just make the hundreds of "walkable" small towns in the United States more desirable places to live for average earners?

April 4 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

While Atlanta gets ready for new transit service, its suburbs may not be so lucky.

April 4 - Curbed Atlanta

In the aftermath of the Measure S vote, members of the Los Angeles City Council have responded by pushing for expediting community plan updates and finding a sustainable source of funding for updating the region's plans.

April 4 - The Planning Report

Parramore, an African American community in Orlando, has been almost erased from history.

April 4 - Modern Cities

Coastal communities are battling the near certain rising sea levels. As a result, many are faced with the choice to stay and rebuild their homes or begin the process of "managed retreat" away from vulnerable coastal areas.

April 4 - WBUR

Streetsblog tells the story of how a Toledo resident got involved in complete streets activism in her community.

April 4 - Streetsblog USA

D.C. advocates are celebrating the mayor's support of several new bus investments.

April 4 - Greater Greater Washington

Has the Swedish retailer made a major breakthrough in affordable housing?

April 3 - Modern Cities