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The San Diego City Council is poised to give final approval to significant changes to the city's inclusionary zoning requirements,

August 5 - Times of San Diego

A new proposal for building high-speed rail in California would refocus funding to the urban ends of the complete, state route, by funding rail improvements first in Southern California.

August 5 - Los Angeles Times

Many suburban areas outside thriving urban cores are struggling to deliver vital services and maintain property values as job and population growth stagnates. It's time to confront the realities of those communities, according to this article.

August 5 - Governing

Here's a trillion dollar real estate market on the coasts of the United States—and it's building itself into rising levels of risk.

August 5 - The New York Times

The question of whether there is space for children in rapidly changing cities was under investigation in two recent studies with somewhat contradictory findings.

August 5 - Rice Kinder Institute for Urban Research: The Urban Edge

FEATURE

Urban park planning and design needs to deliver a lot of community benefit from a small amount of space. The lessons that emerge

August 5 - Claire Hempel

When first announced in 2014, the Morena Corridor Specific Plan provoked protests. The plan has changed, but it now finally has initial approval from the San Diego City Council.

August 4 - Voice of San Diego

The city of Minneapolis could achieve another first of land use regulation next week if the City Council votes to prohibit the construction of all drive-through facilities in the entire city.

August 4 - Star Tribune

In the rush to get the LVCC Loop ready for a major conference in 2021, concern grows about the potential of the project to damage the existing Las Vegas monorail system.

August 4 - TechCrunch

Funding for a $200 million bus rapid transit route on East Colfax Avenue in Denver is well behind schedule.

August 4 - The Denver Post

With some new transit tax money to spend, South Florida officials are pitching a monorail project in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

August 4 - South Florida Sun Sentinel

The Trump administration's attack on the protection and conservation of public lands has a new champion.

August 3 - Associated press via The Salt Lake Tribune

Stepping up the urban amenity game in Minneapolis.

August 3 - Star Tribune

Fear and misconception make the Census count more difficult in some parts of the country—like the state of Georgia.

August 3 - WABE

The sage over The Gulch development project—soon to be renamed Centennial Yards—will continue after project opponents filed an appeal of a June court decision upholding public financing for the project.

August 3 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lake Michigan has reached historic levels this summer. Properties on the Far North Side are most at risk. Swimmers have already been called back from the shore.

August 3 - Chicago Tribune

Lynda Lopez argues that transit advocates should be immigrant allies during crackdowns.

August 2 - Streetsblog Chicago

Low-income households would be eligible for half price fares to and from the Golden Gate Bridge district in Marin County by bus or ferry.

August 2 - Marin Independent Journal

Bus riders in Park City will win prizes and swag for boarding the bus the week of July 29.

August 2 - KPCW

Five "climate mayors" addressed the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis at their fist hearing on July 17, titled, “A Blueprint for Success: U.S. Climate Action at the Local Level.” Transportation was a major issue.

August 2 - Curbed