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New research from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University finds that instead of setting people free from cars, more people are buying and using cars than ever before.

January 11 - Streetsblog USA

PLANOPEDIA

The term affordable housing refers to housing units that cost less than a predetermined percentage of household incomes. Planners use affordable housing as a general term to describe housing that doesn't put an excessive financial burden on its occupants.

January 10 - Diana Ionescu

Limiting development has been a powerful tool for anti-gentrification activists, but have these policies had counter-productive effects?

January 10 - The Atlantic

One Virginia town's complete streets transformation shows promise for active transportation interventions in small communities.

January 10 - Greater Greater Washington

Tropical storms, tornadoes, and wildfires, along with everything else.

January 10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

New data make it possible to trace outline of COVID-19's footprint on the Big Apple real estate market.

January 10 - The New York Times

Rather than trying to meet all of a community's needs within a one-minute radius, Sweden's Street Moves pilot program gives residents the power to decide how street space gets used.

January 8 - Bloomberg CityLab

Ronald Brownstein, a senior editor at The Atlantic, coins a new political-geographic term in the wake of the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections to describe a shift in the political alignment of nearly all large metropolitan areas in the nation.

January 8 - The Atlantic

With car ownership rates soaring, the fight for the city's free street parking spots is intensifying.

January 8 - The New York Times

The fallout from this week's attack on the U.S. Capitol Building includes numerous resignations of top Trump administration officials, including Elaine Chao, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

January 8 - NPR

BLOG POST

The latest in a series of compendia tackling the effects of the pandemic, now and in the future, for cities and communities.

January 7 - James Brasuell

Fans of Houston probably won't want to watch this video that calls the Space City a "jumbled up garbage town."

January 7 - Half as Interesting

The unique structure of the Maryland Transit Administration leaves local stakeholders out of decision-making.

January 7 - Greater Greater Washington

The North American Bikeshare Association released the first-ever state of the industry report for active forms of micromobility—i.e., bike share and electric scooter rental companies.

January 7 - Smart Cities Dive

A city of about 40,000 residents across the Puget Sound from Seattle has relaxed zoning regulations to entice more homeowners to build accessory dwelling units.

January 7 - The Urbanist

The Department of Justice has proposed a change to the interpretation of disparate impact in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and many anti-discrimination laws that followed.

January 7 - The Washington Post

BLOG POST

Underutilized parking lots are a costly waste. By managing parking more efficiently, cities can free up land to house people rather than cars.

January 7 - Todd Litman

The Housing Choice initiative, one of the country's most sweeping planning and development reforms to date, was included in a large economic development package approved by the Massachusetts Legislature earlier this week.

January 7 - Mass Live

With bike sales soaring as people seek out safe outdoor recreation, institutional support and investment can maintain the growth of cycling as commuters start going back to work.

January 6 - The Verge

With a diameter longer than two football fields, a new wind turbine design promises to revolutionize the wind energy industry.

January 6 - The New York Times