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A new study links bigger vehicles to a sharp increase in pedestrian deaths over the last decade.

March 18 - Oregon Live

The city of Cincinnati will beef up its efforts to shift to renewable energy starting next week with electric police cars, fire trucks, and other city vehicles.

March 18 - Cincinnati.com

The new book Super Tall, by architect and writer Stefan Al, explains how the new generation of skyscrapers are built and how they fit into their respective urban fabrics.

March 18 - CommonEdge Collaborative

The trend of Black Americans leaving urban areas for suburban communities mirrors the White Flight of the mid-20th century but for vastly different reasons and with vastly different consequences.

March 18 - Associated Press via Los Angeles Times

The New York Times recently checked in with the California High-Speed Rail project and reported the current details, still in the process of a long evolution.

March 17 - The New York Times

A writer for Strong Towns offers a case study of "the byzantine development process" of many municipalities in the United States.

March 17 - Strong Towns

A partnership of researchers has created the most detailed map yet of the places where biodiversity is most at risk in the United States.

March 17 - The New York Times

With the extension from Congress, Milwaukee can continue work on its downtown streetcar.

March 17 - Urban Milwaukee

A little-known provision in California's state constitution enables exclusionary policies under the guise of local control.

March 17 - Los Angeles Times

As wildfires grow more destructive, how far should states go to protect homes located in high-risk areas?

March 17 - The Atlantic

More than violent crime or employment rates, foreclosure has largely driven the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Black residents from the city.

March 17 - Governing

The Brightline will connect Orlando to Tampa and reach speeds of up to 150 miles per hour.

March 17 - St. Pete Catalyst

The ordinance, which allows lot splitting and eases permitting for accessory dwelling units, is an effort to boost housing affordability.

March 16 - CBS 8 San Diego

The city's new mayor wants to see fare-free transit funded as a public good throughout the Boston region.

March 16 - The Washington Post

March 11 marked the second anniversary of WHO's declaration of the pandemic and the beginning of its third year. Cases continue to plummet in the U.S. and plateau globally while war in Europe has overshadowed the virus that has killed 6 million.

March 16 - The Associated Press

The city's commissioners are weighing the option of using neighborhood-level median income to set affordable housing restrictions, but the move could face lawsuits under the federal Fair Housing Act.

March 16 - Austin Monitor

PLANOPEDIA

Designed to assess the environmental impacts of new projects and provide mitigation measures, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has a controversial history, sometimes serving as a convenient tool for groups intent on stopping or slowing development.

March 16 - Diana Ionescu

PBOT will continue two highly successful COVID-era programs that allowed businesses and community groups to repurpose public spaces for pedestrian-oriented uses and engage with customers in safe, accessible outdoor settings.

March 16 - City of Portland

The pandemic forced a large-scale reexamination of how public spaces and urban form impact public health and equity. Now, policymakers can learn from those innovations to plan for the future of cities.

March 16 - Next City

The Massachusetts college town, with 200,000 residents, is kicking off the Worcester Now / Next long-range plan with a series of public engagement activities.

March 16 - Mass Live