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But only if you drive a Tesla. Unlike a traditional "fill-up," charging an EV takes time—30 minutes for Tesla Superchargers—so Tesla provides an exclusive lounge for its customers at a new 40-Supercharger "rest stop" on I-5 in California.

January 5 - San Francisco Chronicle

Ten children, ages six through 12, were asked to draw the cars of the future, and then a professional illustrator touched up their ideas.

January 5 - Quartz

Former Washington State Representative Margaret Hurley, aided by Margaret Leonard at the local level, saved the Logan neighborhood in Spokane from a freeway plan that would have razed 600 homes. Now the plan is reborn in another part of town.

January 4 - The Spokesman-Review

In the U.K. university town of Cambridge, more than a quarter of disabled commuters travel by bike.

January 4 - The Guardian

Scandals and growing competition have contributed to the declining value of the transportation network company.

January 4 - Slate

Two new books chronicle the origin of U.S. policy on wildfire, the damage that policy has done, and why it’s unlikely to change any time soon.

January 4 - The New York Times

California State Senator Scott Wiener has established himself as one of the most ardent supporters of pro-housing policy in the state. His announcement this morning continued the theme.

January 4 - Medium

The largest private landlord in the U.S. faces a discrimination suit for refusing to rent to people with criminal records.

January 4 - Center for Investigative Reporting

The Los Angeles Times follows-up an earlier article on the dangers of building too close to freeways. It's a trade-off that the California Air Resources Board acknowledged last April with new guidelines that recognize the dire need for housing.

January 4 - Los Angeles Times

Citing the psychological impact of doughnuts and the American Red Cross, one opinion writer questions the wisdom of a recent sponsorship deal.

January 4 - Urban Milwaukee

Conceived as a stop-gap measure, New York City's cluster site program essentially pays landlords to house homeless people. Now, Mayor de Blasio wants to convert some of those sites directly into affordable units.

January 4 - The New York Times

The history of how homeowners came to wield expansive power over the development of entire neighborhoods and cities is complex and can't be traced to any one policy or market trend.

January 4 - The New York Times

For some delivery workers, many of whom are middle aged, getting around the city without an electric bike is impossible.

January 3 - The Washington Post

The county agency that had hoped to do downtown cordon pricing now wants to add express lanes on Highways 101 and 280, but city supervisors are divided on charging solo drivers the option to buy into managed lanes. Both freeways lack carpool lanes.

January 3 - San Francisco Examiner

John Portman, an exemplar of post-modern architecture around the world, died on December 29, 2017.

January 3 - The New York Times

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A historic summit with Denver mayors about responsible growth, and a take-to-the-streets protest of gentrification in the city, suggest the need for a better conversation about today’s challenges to urban sustainability.

January 3 - Dean Saitta

Observers say the Trump Administration might be threatening to "kill the hostage" in a hardline negotiation tactic on the Gateway project to build a replacement rail tunnel under the Hudson River to connect New York and New Jersey.

January 3 - Crain's New York Business

The mapping community was sad to learn this week that the Mapzen open source mapping platform would cease operation at the end of the month. Many of Mapzen's open source tools will live on, for those that now how to use them.

January 3 - Mapzen

In 2017, the Southern California city no longer had to be concerned about water quantity, but was plagued by issues of water quality.

January 3 - Voice of San Diego

Cities have become obsessed with going viral.

January 3 - CityLab