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A new law could enable affordable housing projects, if they meet the specified criteria, to bypass the public process that so often blocks their approval.

October 5 - Los Angeles Daily News

A website called status.pr is keeping residents and concerned observers apprised of progress in the recovery of the island's critical infrastructure.

October 5 - The Washington Post

Is Taco Bell finally prepared to bring to fruition the future predicted in the 1993 movie Demolition Man?

October 5 - Food & Wine

Michigan to grant amnesty to 300,000 drivers whose licenses were taken from them because they were too poor to pay the "Driver Responsibility Fee."

October 5 - Slate

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Recently released travel data show Americans returning to their cars as the economic recovery deepens. Alternative forms of transportation are not attracting new users.

October 4 - Steven Polzin

The American Planning Association's annual list celebrates the best urban planning and design from around the country.

October 4 - American Planning Association

The Covington by the Park development proposal is back. The developer has revised previously stalled plans for a conservation subdivision on Louisville's eastern edge.

October 4 - Insider Louisville

Partnering with the private sector carries risks. Witness the mess that followed the selection of a private firm to build an interstate in Indiana in 2014 that Vice President Mike Pence should have prevented in his prior position as governor.

October 4 - The Indianapolis Star

Negotiations between the city of Mountain View and tech giant Google over the latter's plans to expand its headquarters recently took a strange turn.

October 4 - The Mercury News

In 2019, the city of Memphis will enter its third century with, hopefully, an ambitious new vision for public transit in place.

October 4 - The Commercial Appeal

Growing set of tools measures the impact of urban form on climate. Hazel Borys reviews highlights of the CNU Climate Summit held last weekend near Washington, D.C.

October 4 - PlaceShakers

The "right street in the right place" hasn't always been a concept that departments of transportation were ready to acknowledge, much less adopt. The Florida Department of Transportation, however, is working to take context into consideration.

October 4 - State Smart Transportation Initiatives

The algae bloom in Lake Erie has spread to cover much of the edge of Lake Eerie near Toledo, but toxins remain low where local communities draw drinking water supply.

October 4 - The New York Times

Greater Greater Washington contributors put their heads together and came up with a list of the favorite podcasts.

October 3 - Greater Greater Washington

Zoning might not have saved Houston from Harvey, but a strong floodplain ordinance would have, according to an opinion piece published in the Houston Chronicle.

October 3 - Houston Chronicle

The processes for planning and permitting development and construction projects are moving online. A Southern California county provides the latest example.

October 3 - Inland Empire Community News

The vision for Aurora-Licton Springs includes more pedestrian-friendly housing developments—not the drive-in businesses, recycling and solid waste, vehicle sales, and mini-storage business that currently get permitted and built.

October 3 - The Urbanist

Cold hard cash is becoming a relic of the past for navigating the nation's transportation system.

October 3 - New York Post

A proposed bus rapid transit route connecting Pittsburgh to the neighborhood of Oakland will surely benefit many commuters, but other transit commuters, including some of the poorest in the region, will face new hardships.

October 3 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A seemingly innocuous sentence embedded in almost every subdivision ordinance across the United States has disconnected neighborhoods and made cities unwalkable. Two sentences could change that.

October 3 - Modern Cities