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An aging population of farmers may give way to a generation of young entrepreneurs who see the value and values of growing food.

April 14 - Fortune

Fuel cell electric vehicles are gaining a following in California, but nowhere else in the U.S. for the simple reason that almost all hydrogen fueling stations are located in the Golden State. Sales, or leases, are expected to jump this year.

April 14 - The Associated Press

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who represents an area covering about 300 miles of the border between Arizona and Mexico, would force the Trump Administration to complete an environmental review before completing its promised border wall project.

April 14 - Al Día

According to scientists, increasingly salty lakes pose health risks not just to their fish and plant life but to the people who drink their water.

April 14 - The Washington Post

It's illegal for local governments to build broadband service in 20 states, and such legislation is spreading.

April 14 - The Verge

Little by little, the grounds, facilities, and amenities of the St. Louis Gateway Arch are reopening to the public. Expect work on this $380 million project to conclude later this year.

April 14 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nations have sunk billions of dollars into carbon capture and storage for coal plants and have little to show for it. A new natural gas demonstration plant outside Houston is confident it is up to the task — without using federal grants.

April 14 - NPR

Retail across the US is shrinking precipitously. Where does that leave parking? Scott Doyon has pointers on not applying old logic to new dynamics.

April 14 - PlaceShakers

What a difference a wet winter makes.

April 14 - KQED

City branding got jokes.

April 14 - CityLab

According to a report in The Telegraph, some U.K. cities want to use air pollution as a reason to remove speed bumps, Peter Walker argues this idea is ludicrous.

April 13 - The Guardian

Citing data that show a large share of people killed while walking or biking were drunk, some are calling for programs to educate the public of the danger of walking and biking while under the influence of alcohol.

April 13 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Henry Grabar argues that the United States has already too many roads, and the burden of maintenance costs and the sprawl encouraged by road-building should make new roads and bridges the country's last priority.

April 13 - Slate

BLOG POST

At an annual gathering of land use journalists, we came away with more questions than answers about how the Trump administration will treat cities.

April 13 - Josh Stephens

In Chicago, food trucks are disappearing and some blame the city’s stepped up enforcement of regulations and fines.

April 13 - Chicago Reader

The curious and, at times, dangerous design of bus lanes that move against the flow of traffic in Mexico city will be expensive and time-consuming to take out, so the city looks for ways to work with what it has.

April 13 - CityLab

Seeing "No Matter Where You're From" signs in liberal-leaning towns makes me both smile and cringe. Why? Because I know the tolerant message belies the real feelings many have towards neighbors, not from other countries, but "other" neighborhoods.

April 13 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

China's "One Belt, One Road" program to create a network of trade routes across Eurasia took a major step forward this week when a freight train bearing export goods disembarked from the United Kingdom bound for China's Zhejiang province.

April 13 - Railway Gazette

The Trump Administration's draft budget blueprint allotted a 10 percent increase in funding for the Census Bureau, but experts say that's not nearly enough funding in context of the decennial census's ten-year cycle.

April 13 - Science

A team at Sasaki has created the "Understanding Homelessness" website, full of interactive features and one particularly helpful data visualization.

April 13 - CityLab