The plastic bag ban actually worked
Although our coastline is scattered there are fewer plastic bags, some report Kr Callaway for fast companies due to bans and fees. “A new analysis of coastline cleanup data shows that there are fewer garbage bags in areas where plastic bags are prohibited or consumer fees. This study provides the strongest evidence that by regulating […]
Improve indoor air quality one block at a time
A group of California neighbors are working to eliminate gas-powered appliances that cause harmful air pollution in the home. The group is an alliance of California Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action, formed after learning about the public health risks created by indoor gas appliances. As Twilight Greenaway explains in Inside Climate News, the “neighborhood scale” or […]
Opinion: How to rebuild the “starter home” market
In his first series on affordability for small homes and housing in Greater Washington, Payton Chong outlines how home prices, which are artificially maintained high by large lot size requirements, can be rapidly reduced by lifting “middle housing missing” and limits to reducing minimum lot sizes. “By demanding some level of land under each house, […]
How to improve traffic safety by understanding that it’s close to Mississ
Do we ignore important data about close mistakes at the intersection of urban mobility and road safety? Today’s city article claims that while many cities are using crash reports to redesign their intersections to improve safety, “one of the key layers of data is often missing: insight into what almost went wrong.” This article assumes […]
Parking with access to Raleigh Pilots app-based feedback program
The city of Raleigh, North Carolina, uses digital tools to improve parking availability and seeks feedback from residents and visitors with obstacles and mobility challenges, including access to sidewalks and ease of parking. “On June 16th, Voice collects user input when it scans QR codes posted near designated parking spaces by the Americans with Disabilities […]
How to fund sci-fi muni without cutting services
In a work in the San Francisco Chronicle, Joe Diment outlines several ways that city city transport (MUNI) can reduce large budget deficits without reducing services. It’s a financially difficult time. But San Franciscans need to ask themselves why bus and train services are on the chopping block despite continuing to subsidize the city’s most […]
Judges link Trump’s order-stopping state transport grants to immigration actions
This story by Ariana Figueroa and Ashley Murray was originally published on the Colorado Newsline. It’s shortened. A federal judge in Rhode Island blocked an order that had been yanking billions of federal dollars for state roads, bridges and airport projects that didn’t support Trump’s administration’s immigration crackdown. US District Judge John James McConnell Jr. […]
New York MTA rethinks subway bottlenecks
New York City Metropolitan Transportation is set to resolve decades-old bottlenecks with its subway system, Gossa Mist’s Stephen Nessen reports. “It’s called Nostrand’s linkage, and everyone passing it is familiar with its rage. The linkage is on a stretch in central Brooklyn where two, three, four and five lines cross, and dozens of trains need […]
Cuomo is a candidate for both Nimbys and developers. What gives?
This work was originally published in a city state. In metropolitan politics, housing does not fit properly along existing ideological lines. This dynamic was particularly vivid in the New York City mayoral race, culminating in tomorrow’s primary. I wrote about the mayoral candidate housing policy in a recent CityLab work. Among them, I recently noticed […]
Southern Californians investigate trees for destructive oak pests
Goldspotted Oak Bowlers (GSOB), an invasive beetle responsible for the mortality of widespread oak trees in Southern California, was the region’s first “GSOB Blitz.” Hosted by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources with support from Calfire and other partners, the event mobilized about 200 volunteers in five counties to search for signs of invasion, including D-shaped […]