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Better cities could save $31 billion a year

A new report by CEO’s For Cities shows how access to destinations is more important than how fast you can drive in your car while you are trying to get there.  The report, titled, “Driven Apart: How Sprawl is lengthening our commutes and why misleading mobility measures are making things worse“ makes a couple of points, […]

Forbes: By 2018, 'one-fifth of urban food will be grown on rooftops and in former parking lots'

Within a decade, will a huge portion of your food come from around the corner? It sure is pretty to think so.

Are Google's self-driving cars actually signs of Transformers' imminent world domination?

The world is pumped that Google is passing mile markers on the road to creating a fully automatic automobile. But let's consider what we got the last time robot vehicles were allowed to freely roam the earth: Transformers.

Stupid goes viral: Climate Zombies of Oregon, Hawaii, Minnesota, and northern Rocky Mountains

I finish up all states west of the Rockies, throw in Minnesota, and find not one, but two Republican incumbents who admit the reality of climate change

How NYC's streets are being reclaimed from the automobile [VIDEO]

The last three years have seen an incredible transformation of New York's streetscape. More than 200 miles of bike lanes have been added, while Times Square and many other formerly car-clogged spaces have been turned into havens for pedestrians.

How does population affect climate change?

Slowing population growth could get us 16-29% of the emissions cuts we need by 2050 to stave off dangerous climate change, according to a new study.

Wisconsin governor's race: Barrett vs. Walker

Milwaukee's mayor and county executive face off this fall, bringing very different visions for rebuilding Wisconsin's economy.

There's safety in numbers for cyclists

You might reasonably think that the number of bicycle crashes would skyrocket as more people take to the streets on two wheels. It's a fine, common-sense assumption -- that happens to be wrong.

Big Oil money pouring back into California to boost Prop 23

The flow of out-of-state oil money into California to block the state's cutting edge greenhouse-gas law keeps getting stronger.

The Cincinnati subway that never was [VIDEO]

Today, some people look at the decision to halt the Cincinnati subway in 1925 as fatally short-sighted. "If they had finished this system, we may have actually held on to some of our businesses that have left. Cincinnati downtown may have been a viable institution."