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President-elect Donald Trump is reported to have selected Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, for Secretary of the Department of Interior. Also, "Climate McCarthyism" emerges as a concern for federal employees.

December 12 - Reuters via Yahoo News

New data released by the Federal Highway Administration shows that vehicle mile traveled increased three percent for the first nine months of 2016 compared to the same period last year. Driving has increased continuously since April 2014.

December 12 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

FEATURE

To the potential surprise of many planners in the United States, strategic planning and politics can work together to produce significant policy outcomes in democratically governed cities.

December 12 - Lily Song and Diane Davis

The Internet of Things will continue to be a concern for cities, the ransomeware that struck the San Francisco transit system could have been much worse. A future attack will be.

December 11 - Wired

Uber and D.C. Metro are partnering in new ways as the transit agency deals with fallout from its SafeTrack repair program.

December 11 - WAMU

In the ongoing and contentious debate about whether market-rate development is a cure or a disease, another writer comes down on the side of more supply, no matter the cost.

December 11 - Bloomberg

Students at Emerson College live with the frustrations of the intersection of Boylston and Tremont streets everyday. They also have ideas for how to fix the intersection.

December 11 - The Boston Globe

Both during the campaign and his victory speech, President-elect Trump referenced the troubled conditions of 'inner cities.' A Tufts professor offers advice for the new administration if it really wants to help.

December 11 - Cleveland Plain-Dealer

London is planning to build multiple "cycle superhighways," among other improvements for bikers.

December 10 - CityLab

What does Vancouver’s housing market implosion mean for the Seattle area?

December 10 - Crosscut

In an effort to help solve the ever-evolving demands of urban logistics, UPS asks 'what can Brown deliver to you, on a fixie?'

December 10 - Modern Cities

The city's public works department hopes the app will improve efficiency, sustainability, and customer service.

December 10 - Forbes

Facebook has decided that being a good neighbor means donating funding toward affordable housing.

December 10 - The Wall Street Journal

Sometimes you have to stop and laugh about the big problem with no immediate nor obvious solution. You might even learn something while doing it.

December 9 - The Guardian

Beacon Economics projects a slowdown in job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the region's high housing costs.

December 9 - San Francisco Business Times

Private companies involved in Boston and Denver rail travel are facing increasingly large fines for service failures, and some are going unpaid.

December 9 - Governing

After the city's government cut funding to mental health services, closing many of the city's clinics, residents of Chicago's West Side voted overwhelmingly to tax their properties to reverse that trend.

December 9 - Chicago Tonight

Less than half of the $7 billion that Brazil's development bank committed since 2009 has been disbursed. As it withdraws from foreign projects, BNDES is beset by scandal.

December 9 - Bloomberg

Several years ago, officials in Long Beach, California, found themselves in a pickle. They had an aging city hall in need of seismic retrofits (price tag: $194 million). Fast-forward to last July, when ground was broken on a $520 million project.

December 9 - Doggerel

A Dallas News op-ed argues for a repackaging of the Dallas' ongoing open space and park investments to properly acknowledge the scale of the city's accomplishments.

December 9 - Dallas News