Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist leads the effort to remove the city's 'freeway to nowhere' and reconnect a divided downtown.
"Demolition crews are finishing up one of the most dramatic public works projects in the city's history: the dismantling of the Park East Freeway, a half-mile elevated roadway built in the 70s as an east-west connector between Interstate 43 and a proposed lakefront freeway that-thankfully, by most accounts-never got built. The change promises to be a boon to developers because it frees up a big parcel of land for offices, homes and retail. In addition, with the removal of the freeway, a psychological barrier to businesses using the northern part of the business district is gone."
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Maui's Vacation Rental Debate Turns Ugly
Verbal attacks, misinformation campaigns and fistfights plague a high-stakes debate to convert thousands of vacation rentals into long-term housing.

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San Francisco Suspends Traffic Calming Amidst Record Deaths
Citing “a challenging fiscal landscape,” the city will cease the program on the heels of 42 traffic deaths, including 24 pedestrians.

Detroit Says Problems With Property Tax Assessments are Fixed. Advocates Disagree.
With higher-valued properties under assessed and lower-valued properties over assessed, advocates say there's still a problem with Detroit's property tax system.

Defunct Pittsburgh Power Plant to Become Residential Tower
A decommissioned steam heat plant will be redeveloped into almost 100 affordable housing units.

Trump Prompts Restructuring of Transportation Research Board in “Unprecedented Overreach”
The TRB has eliminated more than half of its committees including those focused on climate, equity, and cities.
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