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Metro will close several stretches of the Blue and Green lines as it completes $350 million worth of upgrades and opens the new Crenshaw Line. More than 100,000 daily riders may be inconvenienced.

January 7 - Long Beach Press-Telegram

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Transportation planning is undergoing a paradigm shift. The new paradigm is more multi-modal and comprehensive, and so can better respond to changing travel demands and emerging community needs.

January 7 - Todd Litman

The agency hopes that allowing more bikes on trains will boost ridership for both.

January 7 - Streetsblog USA

The Massachusetts Legislature approved a tax on short-term rentals in July 2018 only to have Governor Charlie Baker amend the bill. The amendments proved only a temporary setback.

January 7 - Mass Live

After the initial shock of Governor Andrew Cuomo's cancellation of the planned L Train closure subsided, analysis and commentary rolled in.

January 7 - New York Daily News

Housing measures fared well in the 2018 election, and it's likely that Democratic contenders for the presidency in 2020 have taken notice and will boost those issues in their campaigns.

January 6 - Curbed

The plan for the Gold Line Extension to Montclair in San Bernardino County has changed quickly. Now some want to throw out the idea completely.

January 6 - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Cities use the studies to inform decisions about inclusionary housing programs. But a closer look shows that there is great variation in the methods and metrics, with no one correct approach for every situation.

January 6 - Terner Center for Housing Innovation

The program aims to address infant mortality by improving transportation access so women can more easily get prenatal care and other services.

January 6 - CityLab

With the threat of sea level rise, homes on higher ground in Miami are becoming increasingly desirable. But they are located in low-income communities of color, and residents are facing rising housing costs and displacement.

January 6 - Slate

A new earthquake warning system is in place in the city of Los Angeles.

January 5 - Associated Press via The Mercury News

So far.

January 5 - Mississippi Today

A plan to save money on highway megaprojects is likely to backfire, experts warn.

January 5 - Urban Milwaukee

The commute costs Atlanta residents more than in any other city, according to new analysis by Educated Driver.

January 5 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

With world population to grow by about 2 billion by 2050, and with more people eating higher on the food chain as nations develop economically, can world agriculture reduce its carbon footprint? A new World Resources Institute report shows how.

January 5 - Forbes

Thanks to two recent New York State court rulings, disposable food and beverage containers will no longer be made from polystyrene in the nation's largest city. The ban was originally proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in February 2013.

January 4 - The New York Times

A comprehensive study to revitalize the Atlanta regional waterfront, dubbed the Chattahoochee RiverLands project, is now underway.

January 4 - Saporta Report

A community initiative says demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and closure of the Battery Street Tunnel offer a chance to turn a series of green infrastructure ideas into reality.

January 4 - The Urbanist

In New Jersey, a cap-and-trade system existed for two decades and appeared to just perpetuate housing and social inequities. But now legislators and researchers are considering it again.

January 4 - CityLab

Southern Resident orca numbers are distressingly low. The proposed budget would fund a number of measures to help the whales.

January 4 - Crosscut