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The nighttime illumination of Chicago is almost finished with a complete overhaul of its streetlights, producing a dramatic effect in the nighttime environment of the city.

January 3 - Chicago Tribune

A report by researchers from Stanford University says the cost of transitioning the world to entirely renewable energy production would pay for itself in seven years and add a net positive amount of jobs measured in the millions.

January 3 - Yale Environment 360

A literature review notes three big themes and challenges to emerge from a year's worth of intellectual investigation of civic engagement.

January 2 - Data-Smart City Solutions

Solo drivers in the Golden State will have more options to escape traffic congestion on busy freeways – for a price, as transportation agencies increasing decide to convert existing carpool lanes to high-occupancy toll lanes and add new ones.

January 2 - Los Angeles Times

Ambitious talk from the mayor of Los Angeles.

January 2 - Financial Times via Inside Climate News

It was thought that California's population would reach 40 million two summers ago, but growth continues to slow, setting records. Net migration, which includes domestic and international movement, was negative for the first time since 2010.

January 2 - Los Angeles Times

In Golden, Colorado, residents want to keep a parcel of land as open space, but it could come with a hefty price tag.

January 2 - The Denver Post

The public-private partnership is a massive expansion of the city’s entertainment district.

January 2 - The Dallas Morning News

Traffic data shows more and more cars and trucks using the new Tappan Zee Bridge in 2019, in what looks like an obvious case of induced demand.

January 2 - Times Herald-Record

Incremental changes to density on single-family parcels could boost the nation’s housing stock without dramatic impacts at the neighborhood level.

January 2 - Curbed

New state legislation will kick in at the start of the new year easing restrictions on ADUs.

January 1 - La Cañada Valley Sun

According to the architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, smart phone technology enabled the most profound changes in Philadelphia during the 2010s.

January 1 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

National Geographic shared a list of 15 of its best images captured during the 2010s.

January 1 - National Geographic

This article pitches Colorado's new commercial marijuana regulations, including making more space for public consumption, as a way for the state to keep up with California.

January 1 - The Know

Trends in land use and development are made obvious with satellite imagery tracking changes during the 2010s.

January 1 - The New York Times

A first draft of the urban planning history of the 2010s.

December 31 - Planetizen via YouTube

FEATURE

Planetizen's annual list of the best of the planning Internet gives a taste of the technological and editorial milieu of the urban planning Internet at the beginning of a new decade.

December 31 - James Brasuell

In parts of Alaska, it's easier to start the Census count in January, when the ground is frozen. They'll get a head start in January.

December 31 - Associated Press via NBC Montana

A new metric for measuring land use regulation traces the evolution of land use regulations over the past decade, finding that U.S. municipalities on a net basis adopted slightly more restrictive land use regulations from 2006 to 2018.

December 31 - The National Bureau of Economic Research

This annual architecture and design award has been kicking for ten years now, and 2019 provides the perfect opportunity to review the decade that was the 2010s.

December 31 - Curbed