United States

For those who have spent the last year or so waiting on the edge of their seats in speculation about the contents of President Trump's promised infrastructure plan, there is finally some indication of what the future holds.

January 22, 2018 - Axios

The potential risks of privatizing mobility are scrutinized in a Canadian city that subsidizes Uber rides.

January 22, 2018 - Motherboard

EnergyNet auctions off oil and gas leases for state and federal lands—and business is booming under the Trump Administration.

January 22, 2018 - Outside Online

The Saturday Night Light Live cast took a break from satirizing the Trump Administration to poke fun at Amazon.

January 22, 2018 - Recode

Wondering what a Community Land Trust is? Look no further.

January 22, 2018 - Marketwatch

A new interactive maps brings a visual reality to the scale of displacement effected by urban renewal of the 1950s and 1960s.

January 20, 2018 - Chicago Magazine

Nine out of 12 members of the National Park Service advisory board resigned this week, saying that the Department of the Interior "showed no interest in learning about or continuing to use the forward-thinking agenda of science," among other claims.

January 20, 2018 - National Public Radio

The dichotomy in economic outcomes around the country won't be solved by one-off competitions like the bidding process to land Amazon's second headquarters.

January 20, 2018 - Brookings

A CityLab article surveys Twitter for the seven stages of Amazon grief.

January 19, 2018 - CityLab

After announcing the coast of almost all states would be open for oil and gas production, the Secretary of the Interior changed his mind on one after meeting with Trump’s favored candidate for Senate.

January 19, 2018 - The New Yorker

With the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule on the ropes, a legal strategy has emerged to challenge HUD's plan to delay enforcement.

January 19, 2018 - CityLab

The What Works Cities initiative has grown quickly since it launched in 2015.

January 19, 2018 - Route Fifty

In the days before Google Maps, when AAA TripTiks and Thomas Guides ruled the planet…

January 19, 2018 - National Geographic

A Harvard study found that, in 27 communities and cities with both private and city owned internet, the municipal broadband was almost always cheaper.

January 18, 2018 - Boing Boing

Affordability is elusive in many of America's cities, but some of them made concrete efforts to fight that trend in 2017.

January 18, 2018 - Next City

In September, 238 applicants dreamed the impossible dream of attracting the second headquarters of Amazon, along with some 40,000 jobs. Today, all but 20 of those applicants will have to find a new quest.

January 18, 2018 - The New York Times

The drop in crime in cities has extended American life expectancies, especially those of black men, and brought more wealthy people into urban areas.

January 18, 2018 - The New York Times

A manifesto for street livability, health, and humanity in the era of driverless cars.

January 18, 2018 - Bruce Appleyard

Around the world, car crashes are the tenth leading cause of death, and while the United States is spending money on transportation, that money isn't making the roads safer.

January 17, 2018 - Curbed

A study from the USGS using five decades of data shows salinity and alkalinity are up in waterways across the United States.

January 17, 2018 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette