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California's new governor is giving local governments more time to comply with state-mandated housing targets.

March 14 - Los Angeles Times

The trends in home improvement have a lot to do with the trends of the larger real estate market.

March 14 - The Harvard Gazette

A Twitter account is broadcasting its findings about the mood of transit riders in Boston, in real time.

March 14 - The Boston Globe

The legislative quid pro quo is being used by members of the city council for the wrong reasons, leaving neighborhoods throughout the city in limbo.

March 14 - The Inquirer / Philly.com

The gas tax, suburban highway spending cycle is both self-serving and self-destructive, according to this article.

March 14 - Streetsblog USA

A $2.75 billion plan to build a channel for flood waters around Fargo, North Dakota is described as one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the country.

March 13 - Governing

Two generations ago, most children walked to school. But the numbers have dropped significantly.

March 13 - Public Square: A CNU Journal

State and county officials gathered on Friday to celebrate the start of a $514 million project to convert carpool lanes to express lanes and connect auxiliary lanes to make for a lane addition. The 32-mile project on Highway 101 opens in 2022.

March 13 - San Mateo Daily Journal

Seattle is working toward its Vision Zero goals, after a year in which most people killed by drivers in the city were pedestrians.

March 13 - The Seattle Times

Missouri state legislators have created a task force aimed at delivering a hyperloop route between Kansas City and St. Louis.

March 13 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Recent news has revealed some cracks in the pavement below the speedy wheels of electric scooter share.

March 13 - James Brasuell

According to the Urban Institute's Housing Affordability for Renters Index, the number of renters who can afford to buy a home in their metropolitan area is generally increasing when compared to the housing bubble of the mid-2000s.

March 13 - Urban Institute

Architect Larry Kearns argues that re-legalizing accessory dwelling units in Chicago could do a lot to promote affordable housing and economic diversity.

March 13 - Chicago Cityscape

Online reviews aren't representative of overall neighborhood populations, but they can reveal data that otherwise might go unnoticed during research phases of planning processes.

March 13 - PhysOrg

It's been five years since the Rockefeller Foundation launched the 100 Resilient Cities initiative. A new analysis by the Urban Institute evaluates the accomplishments of 100 Resilient Cities so far.

March 13 - 100 Resilient Cities

The city of San Jose has the "least distinctive" downtown skyline of the nation's major cities, according to editorial board of The Mercury News. The City Council has a chance to change that.

March 12 - The Mercury News

The Transit app will replace the Metro on the Go app for multi-modal trip planning around St. Louis.

March 12 - Government Technology

Protected bike lanes, a relatively new addition to streets in the United States, are already evolving.

March 12 - Greater Greater Washington

Hydroponic farming company Square Roots will expand thanks to a partnership with Gordon Foods.

March 12 - Curbed

A comic strip called "Spinning Our Wheels' explores the difficulties of navigating Chicago with a special needs child.

March 12 - Chicago Reader