Public Health
As Texans face soaring electricity costs, a public health crisis looms
Demand for electricity in Texas is surging, largely driven by data centers and other industries, and residential customers are footing the bill.
America faces a 'fun shortage'
The United States has lost nearly a third of its bowling alleys and a fifth of its movie theaters since 2001.
Replacing lead pipes in Chicago costs more than 6 times the national average — and authorities can't explain why
Replacing one lead pipe in Chicago costs around $31,000, while the national average cost sits at around $4,700 per line.
Planning for Love, Part 1: The link between urban form and dating
A brief exploration of dating through history highlights how the spaces in which we live and move shape our social lives and relationships.
Cool Routes app plots shady walks in arid Arizona
Alternate routes provided by the app reduced the heat experienced during the walk by an average of 4.5 degrees.
Report: 75% of NYC warehouses are in 'disadvantaged communities'
Low-income New Yorkers are 1.2 times more likely to live within half a mile of a warehouse.
Who is allowed to walk on the beach? It depends on where you live
Debate over who has the right to access beaches has sparked a slew of legal cases.
San Francisco leaders shelve proposed patio smoking ban
Facing backlash from business owners, supervisors postponed a discussion of legislation that would bar smoking from restaurant and bar patios.
Study: Airborne tire pollution is harmful to human health
Rubber particles that wear off tires combine with other chemicals to create harmful airborne pollutants.
The Pacific Northwest is an unlikely front in the fight for cooling
A 2021 heat dome killed over 250 people in the Pacific Northwest, bringing into sharp focus the potential of extreme heat to have deadly consequences even in historically cool climates.
Making economic sense of city-owned grocery stores
Several cities are moving to create municipal stores, but do they actually save low-income households money?
The categorization conundrum of the American exurbs
Exurban counties exemplify the shortcomings of defining rural at the county level.
San Francisco weighs patio smoking ban
Business owners say the ban could force patrons onto sidewalks and disrupt long-standing bar culture, while proponents of the ordinance say second-hand smoke is a threat to patrons and workers.
Study: Pavement covers 40% of Phoenix
A new study reveals how ultrafine particles emitted by pavement worsen air quality.
NYC Congestion Pricing Revenue Will Fund up to 1,000 Hybrid Refrigerated Trucks
Traffic to the Hunts Point Produce Market causes increased rates of asthma in surrounding neighborhoods.
Downtown Salt Lake City Skyscraper Cleans the air Around it
The newly built Astra Tower filters air for its own residents and for the city.
Seattle Creates 4 ‘Low-pollution Neighborhoods’
The pilot program is designed to reduce air pollution and increase access to transit and safe walking and biking infrastructure.
California Seals 21 Urban Oil Wells in South LA After Decades of Activism
The permanent closure of a long-troubled South Los Angeles oil site marks a hard-fought victory for residents and underscores the growing urgency of addressing hazardous idle wells in communities nationwide.
Dear Trump: the Future Belongs to the Efficient
Trump abandoned climate protection goals claiming that cheap fossil fuel helps consumers and the economy. A mobility-focused analysis shows that he is wrong: resource efficiency is the key to health, economic success and happiness.
EPA Guts Emissions Regulations
The agency is eliminating the endangerment finding that underpins the agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
