Posts by Jeff Wood — Contributor
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National links: Sticks, not carrots, get people out of cars
Why cities need to massively reduce car use while incentivizing sustainable forms of transportation. Planners are reevaluating the impacts of one-way streets. What cities can do to make cooling centers more effective. Keep reading…
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National links: Car ads should be more truthful
Should car ads go the way of tobacco ads? Quantifying the cost of highway construction in Atlanta and DC. Researchers at Georgia Tech are taking a new approach to traffic safety. Keep reading…
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National links: LA releases pre-approved ADU plans to generate more affordable housing
LA moves forward with affordable ADU design templates. Suburbs look to reinvent their office parks. How the Biden administration is doing little to curtail highway expansions around the country. Keep reading…
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National links: How ancient cooling designs could help us fight climate change
How ancient passive cooling techniques could help us reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Can Montreal’s newest light rail line serve as a model for the rest of Canada? Dallas will soon have a hike and bike loop. Keep reading…
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National links: Amtrak may have to choose frequency over national service
Amtrak’s ridership versus coverage problem. Lyft wants out of bikeshare. Predictable city branding. Keep reading…
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National links: Greyhound terminals close, leaving riders on the street
Greyhound opts for curbside pickup and dropoff as it closes bus terminals across the US. Paris looks for solutions to mitigate urban heat and the impacts of climate change. How hurricanes are displacing working- and middle-class homeowners in Florida. Keep reading…
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National links: Business groups increasingly support people-centered streets
Business Improvement Districts increasingly support people-centered street redesigns. Dangerous urban heat endangers users of playgrounds and bus stops. Utah launches a first-of-its-kind road pricing pilot. Keep reading…
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National links: Some cities ban drive-thrus due to safety and other concerns
Cities explore banning drive thrus. Midwestern cities struggle to revitalize following impact of pandemic. AI tenant screening errors make the housing crisis worse. Keep reading…
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National links: Homelessness in CA is driven by prices, not mental illness or drugs
A study from UCSF finds that age and income, not drugs and mental illness, are the primary factors driving homelessness in California. How FEMA’s “managed retreat” flood buyout program might be reinforcing segregation. Why Europe and the US diverge on traffic death rates. Keep reading…
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National links: Vermont passes HOME Act, expands missing middle housing
Vermont eliminates exclusive single-family zoning, legalizing missing middle housing statewide. The collapse of the I-95 overpass isn’t causing congestion to the extent as originally feared. How a federal court case from 2018 is shaping cities’ responses to homelessness. Keep reading…