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For a long time Airbnb shined in the profit-making department, when compared to other tech companies valued over a billion dollars. Now the once-profitable short-term rental platform is losing money, quickly.

February 13 - Recode

Private companies and public transit agencies will share a lot of data to ensure that new mobility on demand (MOD) services are effective and sustainable. Lessons on the kinds of data necessary to make MOD work are emerging in L.A. and Seattle.

February 13 - Eno Center for Transportation

Cities and counties all over the South are restricting further development of dollar stores.

February 13 - Next City

What began as Google buses, transporting highly paid engineers from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, has transformed into multi-company fleets serving white- and blue-collar workers in the 3,000-square-mile Northern California megaregion.

February 13 - Protocol

Dating back to a tradition begun in the 1630s, public meetings are an essential part of the political systems, and planning processes, of U.S. cities. Public meetings are also broken, according to this article.

February 13 - Curbed

The Global Resilient Cities Network (GRCN) has been formed by cities formerly members of the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program.

February 13 - Smart Cities Dive

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Many jurisdictions have vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction targets, intended to reduce congestion and pollution. They can also provide large but often overlooked traffic safety benefits.

February 13 - Todd Litman

In 2015, Austin, Texas adopted a Vision Zero goal to reach zero traffic fatalities.

February 12 - Smart Cities Dive

Everyone pays a high price for the congestion and pollution of car dependence, according to this article, so maybe drivers should start paying more for the privilege.

February 12 - Honolulu Civil Beat

A new report estimates the cost of inaccurate maps for delivery companies in the billions of dollars.

February 12 - Smart Cities Dive

Research suggests that more and more parking won't solve the woes of struggling commercial corridors, even if it's difficult for business owners located on those corridors to believe.

February 12 - Local Logic

The hordes of people moving to Texas every year could soon encounter the same kinds of housing affordability challenges they left behind.

February 12 - Houston Chronicle

A Baltimore city councilmember thinks the city has misplace priority on parking by making it illegal to play in the street.

February 12 - WYPR

Urban renewal plans for Downtown D.C. and the Shaw neighborhood are all that's left of a mid-20th-century planning effort.

February 12 - Bisnow

The American Planning Association identifies three issues that will define the year in state legislatures around the country.

February 12 - American Planning Association

An onion piece published by D Magazine makes an argument for less burdensome parking requirements as a way to deliver more affordable housing options in Dallas' housing stock.

February 11 - D Magazine

Resilience in a post-Brexit London.

February 11 - Smart Cities Dive

Auto insurance comparison outfit Insurify reviewed two million insurance applications and calculated the states with the rudest drivers based on one or more driving violations.

February 11 - Insurify Insights

Too many cities lack a legal way for corner stores to be planned or built—despite the obvious benefits of the use to neighborhoods.

February 11 - CNU Public Square

The controversial tax break known as TIF looks headed for reforms in the Windy City, as Mayor Lori Lightfoot promises reforms that ensure more equitable application of the benefits of TIF.

February 11 - Chicago Tribune