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Donald Trump invokes the darkest days of urban decay and crime to appeal to his base. The facts speak to an urban triumph that has led to greater national prosperity and higher standards of living for tens of millions of Americans.

July 26 - Josh Stephens

After a tour of Los Angeles street furniture, Alissa Walker offers her reflections on cities' changing approach to public space.

July 26 - Curbed

A UK blogger argues that transportation infrastructure planning is informed too heavily by the kinds of trips men tend to make.

July 26 - Streetsblog USA

Big news has emerged from British Columbia, where the government has been criticized for not doing more to address the housing affordability crisis.

July 26 - Vancouver Sun

When Elon Musk talks, lots of people listen. Some also respond.

July 26 - Tesla

Pennsylvania has the nation's highest state gas and diesel taxes, 51.4 cents per gallon and 65.1 cents per gallon, respectively. Both are scheduled to increase up to 10 cents on Jan 1. A bill has been introduced to halt all future fuel tax increases.

July 26 - Land Line

Next City has released what it's calling an "urbanist's guide" to the Democratic National Convention.

July 26 - Next City

On July 25, 1916, New York adopted its first Zoning Resolution, for the first time regulating the height, size and arrangement of buildings in the city.

July 25 - The New York Times

The New York MTA has chosen the "remove-the-band-aid-quickly" strategy for its plans to repair the L Train line from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

July 25 - The New York Times

Anyone in Chicago or with their eyes on social media this weekend couldn't have avoided the scary sights produced by an afternoon storm.

July 25 - DNAinfo Chicago

Some are calling it the summer of Algae—from Utah to Florida to Australia, the world is encountering massive amounts of the stinky, dangerous sludge.

July 25 - Grist

Just because the public sector has set a goal to deliver thousands of new workforce housing units, doesn’t mean the market, or the private sector for that matter, will cooperate.

July 25 - The Boston Globe

Food desert-busting is one of the cross-over opportunities between planning and public health, but it's unclear how effective bringing healthy foods to underserved neighborhoods has been.

July 25 - The Dallas Morning News

Test your knowledge of the New York home base of Donald Trump's real estate business.

July 25 - Curbed New York

A new EPA report indicates that auto manufacturers will meet fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards relying largely on gasoline powered vehicles. Or will they? While likely to fall short of 54.5 mpg, they will come close enough.

July 25 - U.S. D.O.T. Press Release

If you guessed cheap gas, love of automobiles, or preference for air travel, you are correct, but those fall under one reason, "lack of demand." Two additional reasons are offered in this article for the construction industry.

July 25 - Construction Dive

The Republic National Convention dominated the news last week, and for good reason. There was also eye candy for New York transit advocates and lots of new housing research to enjoy.

July 25 - Planetizen

A home in poor physical condition can be "devastating" to a child's early development, a study of Cleveland kindergarteners found.

July 24 - The Atlantic

Though housing advocates consider micro-housing units a helpful tool in keeping housing affordable, the city of Seattle has nonetheless produced a series of regulations making such projects harder and harder to build.

July 24 - Neiman Taber

The market for office space has more and more companies looking to lease, according to an industry report.

July 24 - The Dallas Morning News