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Chicago to Add or Upgrade 200 Bike Share Stations
The Divvy bike share system saw its highest ridership ever in 2025 with 6.8 million trips.
Architecture Firm to Stop Designing ICE Prisons After Staff Outrage
Employees of one of the nation’s largest “justice facility” firms called on their company to end contracts for detention facilities.
RIPTA Ridership Dropped 12% After Cuts Forced Riders to Quit Jobs, Lengthen Commutes
Rhode Island transit riders are being forced into hours-long commutes after RIPTA drastically reduced service last fall.
Study: California Transit Agencies Could Build 240,000 Homes on Land They Own
Almost half of the parcels identified as having development potential would fall under California’s new transit-oriented density law.
Portland Affordable Condo Project Offers a Path to Homeownership, but is it a Long-term Solution?
The project's affordability currently rests on temporary subsidies and market goodwill. For tenants who can’t buy—and future buyers looking for affordability—the risks are significant.
Memphis Data Center Will Harness Wastewater for Cooling
The xAI-owned Colossus facility uses as much water as 10,000 households.
Virginia Assembly Passes ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’ Bill
The law would require 60% affordability and ensure that projects have access to water and sewage lines.
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Trump’s Totalitarian Vision for the Future of Gaza
The Trump Administration has put forth its plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. It is a totalitarian nightmare.
Seattle Launches 24/7 Bus Service to SeaTac Airport
A new pilot program provides round-the-clock service to the city’s international airport.
Nevada is no Longer a Haven of Housing Affordability
Large investors own 11 percent of single-family rentals in Las Vegas — far above the national average of 3 percent.
Seattle Developer Builds 35-unit Co-housing Complex for his Friends
The building offers private apartments with shared amenities and reserves 20% of units for moderate-income families.
New Federal Grant Rules Could Kill Detroit Road Diets
Millions in federal dollars for safe streets could be in jeopardy after federal agencies changed conditions for grant funding.
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The Bittersweet Path to the Housing Crisis — and how to Find our way Home
Book Review: In “Bittersweet Lane: Creating Home(s) in the American Affordable Housing Crisis,” affordable housing developer Jamie Madden blends memoir with a manifesto for a new era of affordable housing in America.
Miami Restaurant Rebuild Includes 10 Units of Affordable Workforce Housing
The restaurant’s owner worked with a local community redevelopment agency to preserve a historic building.
Google Razed 80 Acres in Downtown San Jose. Then… Nothing Happened.
The project was expected to generate about $79 million annually in property taxes.
Road Salt has Increased Chloride Levels in the Potomac by 85%
A common winter road clearing technique is having major impacts on waterways.
Chicago Considers Buying its Greyhound Station to Save it From Redevelopment
The intercity bus terminal is a 15-minute walk from Chicago’s Union Station, served by Amtrak, and five minutes from a CTA Blue Line station.
Trump has Slashed Over $750 Million From Bike and Walking Trail Projects
The Trump administration is pulling hundreds of millions allocated under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Facing Federal Funding Freeze, NJ Transit Revises Zero-emission Plan
The agency is retooling a plan to modernize its aging bus depots after the Trump administration decided to freeze nearly $324 million in grants.
Commentary: Counting Road Deaths by VMT Minimizes the Harm and Normalizes Traffic Violence
When measured per capita, traffic fatalities in the United States far outstrip those in peer countries.
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FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
