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The Onion's always-sardonic "American Voices" feature allows some totally fake people to respond to Honolulu's recent decision to make it illegal to text while crossing the street on foot.

August 4 - The Onion

According to Next City, a new mapping tool from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition reveals the roots of gentrification in addition to making stark a history of discrimination.

August 4 - Next City

The nation mourned the ten-year anniversary of the tragic collapse of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis this week.

August 3 - Route Fifty

Amtrak is partnering with Lyft to offer train passengers a discounted option for first and last mile needs. New Lyft riders qualify for a $5 savings on each of their first four rides.

August 3 - The Verge

A "one-stop shop" for marijuana businesses will open in time for the statewide legalization of the industry this January.

August 3 - San Francisco Chronicle

Decades ago, Walter Benjamin theorized that pretty much everything could be reproduced—and, therefore, nothing was unique. This dismal conclusion, however true it may be, ignores the uniqueness of landscape.

August 3 - Common Edge Collaborative

The city of Los Angeles is weighing in on a proposal to pump groundwater from the desert near Palm Springs.

August 3 - The Desert Sun

Wildfires tend to start at the Wildland-Urban Interface: those border zones between cities and the open land surrounding them. Keeping the lid on sprawl, it can be argued, would tame the inferno.

August 3 - Wired

Author Scott Allard debunks lingering myths about how people experience poverty in cities. Poverty's suburbanization, he argues, has more to do with the loss of jobs than migration from "inner cities."

August 3 - CityLab

More than one media outlet praised Los Angeles' optimism for cutting a deal with the International Olympics Committee to host the 2028 Olympics.

August 3 - The Guardian

David Yager, an oil industry consultant, writes that recent reports predicting electric vehicles will eventually outsell those with internal combustion engines are vastly exaggerated, notwithstanding national bans on future sales of such cars.

August 3 - Business Insider

The government of Canada is scrambling to build a policy in response to growing numbers of asylum seekers crossing the border between the United States and Canada.

August 3 - The Globe and Mail

Students and faculty at Austin Community College are less inclined to make use of their discounted transit passes. But, why?

August 2 - Austin Monitor

The protest isn't likely to work, but some locals will miss a fast-food joint that they say serves as a democratic oasis in the neighborhood.

August 2 - Chicago Tribune

Portland's TriMet is dealing with technical problems arising from a failed maintenance project and a record-breaking heat wave.

August 2 - The Oregonian

Also, the House of Representatives has approved the funding president trump wants for the wall, but the Senate is likely to balk.

August 2 - Associated Press via Denver Post

The suburban, master planned community of Columbia, Maryland is many of the things urbanists hope their cities will become.

August 2 - The Washington Post

A popular neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is looking for ways to make its main drag more pedestrian friendly.

August 2 - Greater Greater Washington

A power outage that began in North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday of last week is expected to continue for three to five more days. Mandatory evacuations have devastated the area during its peak tourism season.

August 2 - The Washington Post

The biggest obstacle to the adoption of electric vehicles in California, a shortage of charging infrastructure, just became a lot more manageable thanks to $200 million from Volkswagen stemming the from the dieselgate settlement.

August 2 - Los Angeles Times