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February 16 - Mobility Lab

How many now-classic design features are actually tax-avoidance strategies?

February 16 - 99% Invisible

If electric vehicles are the future, can gas stations be re-imagined into centers promoting exercise and healthy eating?

February 16 - Modern Cities

Fifty years of the Fair Housing Act hasn't been enough to stop banks and mortgage lenders from discriminating against people of color. Some bad actors are worse than others, though the whole industry in the aggregate is hardly free from indictment.

February 16 - Reveal (The Center for Investigative Reporting)

In this fake, satirical article, The Onion imagines that the MTA has finally had enough complaints about service failures and overcrowding on the New York subway. Vulgarities ensue.

February 16 - The Onion

Self-driving cars process a tremendous amount of data to pilot themselves through crowded streets. That computing power needs electricity, and lots of it.

February 15 - Wired

New York is the latest city that will prioritize shared uses when it divvies up public parking spaces.

February 15 - PIX 11

In Seattle, where bikes can be rented for as little as $2, rental fees don't cover most of the costs associated with bik share.

February 15 - KUOW

Colorado is looking like the new Florida.

February 15 - The Denver Post

A new report shows the need for Central Texas counties and cities to invest in their Latino populations.

February 15 - KUT

A rising tide doesn't necessarily lift all boats—even in a time of (mostly) decreasing income inequality at the city level.

February 15 - Brookings

Michigan voters decided that the Detroit City Council shouldn't have as much power to limit marijuana in their city, so the Detroit City Council shut it all down.

February 15 - The Detroit Free Press

Introducing the Cuyahoga Greenway plan, in the initial stages of visioning and public engagement in Northeast Ohio.

February 15 - The Plain Dealer

A literature review of the factors influencing public transit ridership.

February 15 - TransitCenter

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Many of the Best Picture nominees are set in cities, and none are focused on suburbia.

February 15 - Michael Lewyn

While there has been no lack of criticism (some might say condemnation) of the $200 billion investment that aims to generate an additional $1.3 trillion, some individuals and groups have stepped forward to praise the plan, or at least parts of it.

February 14 - DC Velocity

In a region where the utility is on the "brink of financial collapse," residents face outages, boil-water advisories and bills that come with health warnings.

February 14 - Los Angeles Times

A planned extension of the Metro Blue Line north from Minneapolis depended on eight miles of BNSF track.

February 14 - CBS Minnesota

The Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL) Initiative will help six cities identify and improve institutional racism.

February 14 - Smart Cities Dive

The city of Berkeley is exploring the sale of digital tokens—backed by municipal bonds—as a fundraising mechanism for affordable housing and other local priorities.

February 14 - Business Insider