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Planetizen Week in Review: August 1, 2016
Political junkies, map nerds, and transit fans all got plenty of big news to digest during the last week of July 2016.
Welcome to the what seems like the first week in years without a national political convention for the national media to obsess over. This edition of the Planetizen Week in Review takes a look at the planning-related policy directives emerging from the Democratic National Convention, good transit news from Denver, bad transit news from New York City, an aggressive response to Vancouver, British Columbia's soaring housing costs, and a subtle change to Google Maps that got big reactions from all of us paying attention.
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- New Developments Lower Rents in Surrounding Neighborhoods, Study Says
- How Arizona Is Preparing for the Coming Water Shortage
- The Changing Demographics of Denver's Suburbs
- The 'Crisis of Non-Replacement' Undermining Black Neighborhoods
- California Bill Would Eliminate Parking Requirements Near Transit
- Orlando Now Less Affordable than San Francisco
- Bill Requiring Zero-Emissions Car Sales by 2035 Passes New York Legislature
- Is the 'Tragedy of the Commons' a Myth?
- Equity and 'Righting Past Wrongs' to Start the 2021 National Planning Conference
- Two Demographic Firsts, Both Losses, for California
- Rail Deck Park a No-Go in Toronto
- Big Tech Flirts With Community Development
- Seeking Public Input on Regional and Rural Park Needs
- If You Build It, Cars Will Come: the Common-Sense Logic of 'Induced Demand'
- Pandemic Paradox: World's Most Vaccinated Country Also the Most Infected
- Recovery Fund Aims to Save Live Music Venues
- Building on Recent Planning Success in Akron
- The Housing Supply Debate: Evaluating the Evidence
- State Legislation Would Make Louisiana a 'Fossil Fuel Sanctuary State'
- Arizona Legislators Want to Ship Mississippi River Stormwater to the Colorado River
