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The work of the Portland Bureau of Transportation on NE Tillamook Street is a perfect example of how a little bit of money can go a long way for traffic safety.

March 2 - Bike Portland

Many delivery services have come under scrutiny for questionable labor practices. Grub Street follows a Postmates delivery worker through one night to understand the nature of the work and assess the earnings.

March 2 - Grub Street

Cities across the country have ambitious goals to move to renewable energy, but support at the federal level is lacking. A new program will assist cities with procurement and regulation of renewables.

March 1 - Smart Cities Dive

Developers, environmentalists, and other experts discussed the challenge of achieving all-electric homes and businesses at VerdeXchange 2019.

March 1 - The Planning Report

China's decision to halt imports of most recyclables from the United States has caused turmoil. With few markets for their recyclables, Philadelphia is sending half of them to a waste-to-energy incinerator in Chester not designed to burn them.

March 1 - The Guardian

Two urban and regional planning faculty at the University of Michigan's Taubman College, Assistant Professor Robert Goodspeed and Professor Emerita Margaret Dewar, were awarded a grant to study data on evictions in Michigan.

March 1 - University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

This Airbnb Does Not Exist uses real Airbnb listings to make computer generated fakes.

March 1 - Futurism

This is definitely not a one-seat ride.

March 1 - CityLab

The mayor and a councilmember both made potentially sweeping proposals to address displacement as the city moves forward with plans to upzone neighborhoods, in keeping with the Mandatory Housing Affordability policy.

March 1 - The Urbanist

Transit and cycling advocates say fake and misused placards result in crowded streets and limit mobility.

March 1 - Politico

Tom Acitelli has been following the intersection of congestion pricing and transportation in Boston, particularly as at affects transit. Noting the landmark agreement on cordon pricing reached in New York on Tuesday, he asks if Boston is ready.

March 1 - Curbed Boston

The satirical news website The Onion must have seen the big news out of New York this week.

March 1 - The Onion

To combat displacement, Glendale authorized a new ordinance requiring that landlords offer year-long leases to existing tenants and capping rent hikes.

February 28 - Next City

When is a dog park more than just a park for dogs?

February 28 - CityLab

When gentrification takes center stage, neglected places facing poverty, segregation, and disinvestment are overlooked.

February 28 - City Observatory

New Jersey is considering a law that would give cities the option of implementing a new 3.5% parking tax on public and private parking facilities.

February 28 - Smart Cities Dive

Long before winning the congressional seat in California's 49th District, Mike Levin advocated for clean energy and a green economy.

February 28 - The Planning Report

The city of Berkeley, famed for its radical left politics in the 1960s, is now considered a bastion of anti-development obstructionism. Those politics could be changing, however.

February 28 - The Bay City Beacon

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Courtney Knapp of the Pratt Institute writes about a recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research

February 28 - JPER

The Minneapolis City Council will consider initial mixed-use development plans for critical riverfront industrial site surrounded by a struggling residential neighborhood.

February 28 - MinnPost