urbanism
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California has big dreams — and they’re stuck in traffic.
Cars just ran over California's climate goals
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Mass transit wins big in ballot initiatives
On a bleak night for progressives, voters across the country backed transit projects.
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Racism stands in the way of Obama’s push for affordable housing
Low-density zoning is often really about keeping non-whites from moving in. But that gives the federal government power to fight it.
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What makes a city great? New data backs up long-held beliefs
Here's more proof that Jane Jacobs was right.
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Millennials love cities because they provide the one thing their boomer parents couldn’t give them
Why is Gen Y migrating to the cities? Because millennials are craving the things they didn’t get in their suburban upbringings, like connectedness and adventure.
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Dude singlehandedly finds homes for 500 unwanted trees
Meet a Seattle resident who digs up and replants unwanted trees -- including arboreal monsters weighing up to 400 pounds.
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Detroit residents are turning the city into suburbs
Detroit is undergoing a remarkable process of un-building, its residents literally transforming its denser neighborhoods into sparse suburbs.
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Adorable video of kids on wheels in the bike-friendliest place on earth
There is a city in which 80 percent of residents commute to work by bicycle, even in winter. And they train their young to do the same!
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How successful cities are like marijuana
In comparison to other crops, the relatively high value of pot is a good metaphor for a city's decision to invest in its downtown versus sprawl, says Joe Minicozzi, the new projects director at Public Interest Projects.
