How do officials fight sprawl in a place that has the dubious distinction of being the worst strip of sprawl in America.
"This is life all along the western edge of Southern California's fast-growing Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The urban-fringe area that was called the Orange Empire when citrus was king now calls itself the Inland Empire. Home to 3.5 million of California's 35 million people, the swath of valley, mountain and desert defines suburban sprawl and its woes: traffic snarls, crowded schools, vanishing vistas and a shortage of jobs for those who've moved here for the California dream of a family home they can afford... a study of 83 U.S. metropolitan areas by the Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth America organization ranked the Inland Empire by far the most sprawling and least liveable."
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San Francisco's School District Spent $105M To Build Affordable Housing for Teachers — And That's Just the Beginning
SFUSD joins a growing list of school districts using their land holdings to address housing affordability challenges faced by their own employees.
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Often an afterthought, graphic design impacts everything from how we navigate a city to how we feel about it. One designer argues: the people deserve better.
Engineers Gave America's Roads an Almost Failing Grade — Why Aren't We Fixing Them?
With over a trillion dollars spent on roads that are still falling apart, advocates propose a new “fix it first” framework.
The European Cities That Love E-Scooters — And Those That Don’t
Where they're working, where they're banned, and where they're just as annoying the tourists that use them.
Map: Where Senate Republicans Want to Sell Your Public Lands
For public land advocates, the Senate Republicans’ proposal to sell millions of acres of public land in the West is “the biggest fight of their careers.”
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