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The Pandemic Bike Boom Survives—in Cities That Stepped Up
In 18 years working in bicycles, Eric Bjorling had never seen anything like April 2020. With no end to the…
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What Can Be Done About the Global Housing Crisis? Plenty
Angharad Paget-Jones, from Port Talbot, Wales, doesn’t expect to ever get on the housing ladder. Despite what money-saving advice and…
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Why Cities Want Old Buildings Taken Down Gently
Emily Christensen knows this sounds a little West Coast, but when she enters the old houses her company has been…
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The Psychology of Placing EV Chargers Along Roads Less Traveled
Gil Tal lives in Davis, California, where winter daytime temperatures are in the mid-50s and annual rainfall is well below…
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Wait, So Where Will Urbanites Charge Their EVs?
So you’ve got a nice house with a garage where you can charge your electric vehicle—you’re living in the future.…
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Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders
When the pandemic hit the US in March 2020, public health officials told people to stay home. But many couldn’t.…
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The US Is Gently Discouraging States From Building New Highways
Highways are not great for the planet. Their smooth, wide, inviting lanes have helped make transportation the largest source of…
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America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter
In 2016, Columbus, Ohio, beat out 77 other small and midsize US cities for a pot of $50 million that…
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Transit Agencies Are Trying Everything to Lure You Back
Last week in Washington, DC, the board of the Metropolitan Area Transit Authority did something almost unheard of: It offered…
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The Pandemic Put an End to Rush Hour. What Happens Now?
Before everything got weird and terrible, there were these things called rush hours. Between, say, 6 am and 10 am,…
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