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Public transit cities around the world are operating well below pre-pandemic ridership levels, with many cutting service and no real clear idea about how and when a recovery will begin.

March 29 - The New York Times

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now supports three-foot distancing in elementary school classrooms provided there is universal masking. For middle and high schools, it depends on the level of coronavirus transmission in the community.

March 29 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The city will offer a new round of rental assistance to eligible families who owe back rent.

March 29 - KTLA

The developer of the 15-home community claims they will produce homes with a tenth of the waste of traditional construction in record time.

March 29 - The Guardian

With more people getting back in their cars, can pedestrian-oriented open streets survive?

March 29 - Politico

With increasing pressure on the nation's supply of affordable housing, low- and middle-income renters are seeing their rents go up while higher-quality apartments drop prices to lure back remote workers.

March 29 - The Washington Post

The new guidelines call for pedestrian and bike infrastructure as part of the design of new state-run projects.

March 29 - Streetsblog Massachusetts

American policymakers could improve the effectiveness of infrastructure projects by focusing on five key elements.

March 29 - Governing

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Municipal programs and urban design offer cities multiple, perhaps surprising ways, to clean the environment.

March 28 - Devin Partida

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is doing a study to inventory and analyze the need for facilities like beaches, natural areas, open space, regional parks, trails, and local parks in rural areas.

March 28 - National Recreation and Park Association Open Space Blog

Mayor Francis Suarez thinks the tunnel could alleviate congestion, but critics argue the city's rising water table makes tunneling too expensive and impractical.

March 28 - Bloomberg Quint

An idea to expand regional rail service around D.C. has new substance after the Greater Washington Partnership revealed the first details of a plan to convert the MARC and VRE commuter train systems into high-frequency, all-day regional service.

March 28 - The Washington Post

Dan Gilbert, the billionaire credited with the revitalization of development interest in and around Downtown Detroit, made a bombshell announcement in his first in-depth interview since suffering a stroke in 2019.

March 26 - The Detroit News

The Dallas City Council kept the d2 subway plan on track with a vote this week.

March 26 - D Magazine

A housing policy debate is taking place on the editorial pages of Cincinnati publications.

March 26 - Cincinnati.com

A new plan would spend an estimated $17 billion to remove a huge chunk of the Interstate Highway System's footprint in Hartford, Connecticut.

March 26 - The CT Mirror

A historic ruling in Canada allows the federal government to supersede the efforts of provinces in fighting the causes of climate change.

March 25 - The Star

Traditionally associated with its wide-open spaces, Texas is now, undeniably, defined by the cities and suburbs that comprise its built environment.

March 25 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Despite alarming claims about the nation's roads and bridges, a column in the Chicago Tribune argues that the administration's proposed infrastructure spending doesn't match actual needs.

March 25 - Chicago Tribune

Robust investment in the region's public transportation network can ensure a more equitable and sustainable path forward.

March 25 - Greater Greater Washington