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San Francisco Street

Deadly New York Limousine Crash Prompts Oversight Questions

The deadliest transportation accident in recent years has some asking whether more can be done to regulate modified vehicles, including limos.

October 12, 2018 - NPR

New Orleans Doors

Short-Term Rentals Too Controversial to Touch in New Orleans

A proposed revision of the city of New Orleans' regulations of short-term rentals was too controversial for the City Planning Commission to approve at a hearing this week.

September 27, 2018 - The Advocate

Queen-Spadina

3,000 Units Removed From Airbnb in Vancouver After New Rules Take Effect

New regulations for short-term rentals in Vancouver, British Columbia, are designed to return units to the rental market.

September 7, 2018 - The Star Vancouver

Hoover Boards and Bus Transit

Ensuring the Benefits of Multiple Mobility as a Service Options

Vertically integrated mobility as a service options can offer great benefit to users, but unless cities create the right framework, it could stifle innovation and competition, as well as making the playing field too difficult for small companies.

September 6, 2018 - Urbanism Next Blog - Sustainable Cities Initiative

Bike Share

Baltimore Municipal Bike Share Ends; Private Bike Share Pilot Begins

Dockless electric scooters and bikes are welcome on the streets of Baltimore, as long as they follow a few rules. In related news, the municipal bike share system Baltimore Bike Share has ceased operations.

August 25, 2018 - The Baltimore Sun

MBTA Green Line

Massachusetts Could Be Next to Tax Short-Term Rentals

Legislation on the verge of approval in Massachusetts would enact a linkage fee, in effect, that would generate revenue for funding affordable housing.

August 8, 2018 - Governing

Manhattan and Brooklyn

New York City Clamps Down on Short-Term Rentals

New York City just approved new regulations on short-term rentals that could greatly reduce the number of listings in Airbnb's largest domestic market.

July 19, 2018 - The New York Times

Electric-Assist Bike

In Defense of Electric-Assist Bikes

Electric-assist bikes, also known as e-bikes, will make it easier for more people to ride bikes, according to this opinion piece.

July 14, 2018 - The Urbanist

Dockless Bike Share

Dallas Puts a Price on Each Dockless Bike Share Bike

The city of Dallas has approved its regulatory scheme for dockless bike share operators.

July 5, 2018 - Dallas Observer

Pokestop and Froyo

Chicago Should Legalize A-Frame Signs, Alderman Says

A-frame sandwich board signs are illegal in Chicago, but they're widely used anyway.

July 4, 2018 - Block Club Chicago

Skinny Skyscraper

Regulating the Deliberate Emptiness of New York's Skyscrapers

Mechanical voids or stilts—whatever you call the trick of architecture that has been pressing the residential skyline in New York ever higher, the city is ready to regulate.

June 29, 2018 - Crain's New York Business

A License to Short-Term Rent

New regulation staking effect in July will require Montgomery County, Maryland residents to apply for license if they want to rent property on sites like Airbnb, HomeAway, and more.

June 20, 2018 - WTOP

High Rise Construction

Industry Report: Regulations Add 30 Percent to Multi-Family Development Costs

Two organizations representing the development industry have released a report to highlight the costs of doing business.

June 19, 2018 - National Association of Home Builders Eye on Housing

Electric Scooters

A Kinder and Gentler Approach to Scooters

It's a temporary experiment, but Santa Monica will not cap the number of scooters operated by private companies in the city.

June 15, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

Brooklyn

New York City Law Would Curb Illegal Hotel Conversions

A new law would crack down on illegal hotel conversions by increasing regulation of short-term rental companies like Airbnb.

June 11, 2018 - City & State

Dockless Scooter

New Chapter in the San Francisco Scooter Wars: Removal

The city attorney vows to bring order to the streets (and sidewalks) of San Francisco by requiring electric scooter share companies to apply for permits. First step: all e-scooters must be removed by June 4, or risk a $100 fine per day per scooter.

May 29, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

New Orleans City Park

New Orleans Already Rethinking its Short-Term Rental Regulations

New Orleans passed short-term rental regulations into law in October 2016, and launched a permitting process launched in April 2017. By May 2018, some city councilmembers are already proposing change.

May 24, 2018 - The Times-Picayune

Pedal Pub

'Pedal Pubs' Challenge Established Traffic Laws

What they lack in speed they make up for in revelry. But multiple-rider "beer bikes" also pose challenges to regulators.

May 17, 2018 - Governing

Madrid Street

Madrid Seeks to Sharply Curtail Short-Term Rentals

A suite of restrictions under consideration in Madrid would eliminate short-term rentals from 95 percent of the city.

May 16, 2018 - The Local

Boston

Boston Mayor Wants to Limit Short-Term Rentals

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh thinks short-term rental companies like Airbnb are having a negative effect on the city's housing market, and he'll walk a fine line to regulate the industry.

May 11, 2018 - The Boston Globe

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