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Some may find it silly to get worked up over an annual fee of about $100 to pay for road maintenance when electric vehicle purchasers receive a $7,500 federal tax credit, on top of generous state perks, but electric vehicle supporters object to them.

March 9 - Vox

The Washington Post has a big scoop about the early draft of the Trump Administration's budget for the Department of Housing Urban Development.

March 9 - The Washington Post

Houston bike advocates were hoping the City Council would act on the city's first new bike plan since 1993. Instead, the plan will have to wait while councilmembers decide about how to approach funding for the plan's proposed projects.

March 9 - Houston Public Media

California has lost a quarter million low income residents over the last decade, in large part because of the high cost of housing.

March 9 - The Sacramento Bee

Small reminders and suggestions can add up to big changes for cities that "nudge" citizens.

March 9 - Data-Smart City Solutions

A Massachusetts regional planning agency says many of Boston's neighborhoods have too many unused parking spaces.

March 9 - The Boston Globe

In a piece for CityLab, Richey Pipparinen argues that trigger-happy city officials need to slow down their push to demolish homes.

March 9 - CityLab

Earlier this week, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan sent a draft of the city's new Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance to the city's Common Council.

March 9 - Politico New York

BLOG POST

Michael Smart and Nicholas Klein guest blog about their recent article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

March 8 - JPER

A reading list inspired by International Women's Day delves into subjects like "empathy in design to the challenge of defining diversity."

March 8 - Doggerel

Measure S and an oddly timed election brought planning and development to the center of the public consciousness in Los Angeles for a few months. The voters resoundingly supported one side of the issue.

March 8 - Los Angeles Times

The influx of new workers and residents in Downtown Boise has lead to a parking crunch, raising parking rates and leaving city officials searching for alternative solutions.

March 8 - Idaho Statesman

The U.S. EPA has signaled that it will withdraw an earlier decision to maintain the 54.5 miles per gallon target. Should that happen, a major casualty will be electric vehicles, according to one prominent EV advocate interviewed on NPR.

March 8 - NPR

Headlined by vertical (and horizontal) sprawl in China, India, and elsewhere, the global building boom requires vast quantities of concrete and asphalt. And to get those materials, sand must be taken from the environment.

March 8 - The Guardian

Will sprawling cities stay sprawled? Starting in their downtowns, some Sun Belt behemoths are embracing denser, more walkable forms.

March 8 - CNU

The Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods in Chicago will update their master plan to keep pace with the north side Chicago growing wealth and popularity.

March 8 - Next City

An already troubled proposal to widen the I-94 Freeway in Milwaukee has now encountered a legal setback.

March 8 - Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

The city of Atlanta is building new housing, but very little of it is affordable. A new bond is intended to make a dent in that trend.

March 8 - WABE

The devil is in the details, as they say. That will be especially true as Congress and the Trump Administration decide how to allocate infrastructure spending around the county.

March 7 - Route Fifty

The perpetual project to improve transit service in San Francisco has a new chapter.

March 7 - Hoodline