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As Los Angeles struggles with RV encampments, a new California law aims to help
The law allows the city to lease state transportation department property for $1 a month to securely store recreational vehicles formerly inhabited by people experiencing homelessness.
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2025’s top smart city conferences
Smart city technology, housing, climate action, road safety and more will take center stage at events already announced for next year.
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1.6M customers still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’
Multiple utilities say they will need to completely rebuild, rather than repair, electric systems in the hardest-hit areas.
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Q&AThis former Olympian is bringing a 43-mile trail to life in Virginia
Jon Lugbill, ardent trail user and executive director of a nonprofit that encourages active living, tells how the Fall Line Trail came to be and what it means for the communities it reaches.
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Affordable multifamily housing owners would get decarbonization help in NYC proposal
Building owners purchasing “offset certificates” to help meet Local Law 97’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction requirements would pay into the fund.
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Now is the time to ‘lean into’ decarbonizing transportation sector: Biden climate advisor
Reducing transportation emissions represents a “massive public health opportunity,” Ali Zaidi, a national climate policy advisor for the Biden administration, said at Climate Week NYC.
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HUD extreme heat playbook focuses on increasing resilience in housing
The guidance identifies potential federal funding sources and example projects that it says could work elsewhere across the country.
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Neighborhood decarbonization pilot programs can start in California
A new law allows natural gas utilities to electrify a neighborhood instead of replacing old gas pipelines under certain conditions.
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Customer satisfaction with public EV charging is improving: JD Power
Electric vehicle owners are particularly satisfied with the speed of public fast chargers. But public charging infrastructure isn’t keeping up with the number of EVs in service, a J.D. Power executive said.
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Up to $100K per city available for asphalt art in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ latest grantmaking
This marks the first round of funding offered since the U.S. Department of Transportation incorporated asphalt art into federal road design guidelines for the first time.
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How New York’s congestion pricing plan went from admiration to desperation
The tolling plan was once seen as a solution to fund new trains and buses and keep the system in good repair. Gov. Kathy Hochul's order to halt it leaves the transit agency waiting for a miracle.
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San Francisco’s BottleBank aims to boost recycling in a state with limited container deposit options
California is set to invest millions in innovations meant to make its container deposit return system operate more efficiently. BottleBank shares lessons from its first two years in operation as a mobile bag drop program.
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‘Road safety crisis’ requires US DOT action: TRB report
The report lays out five recommendations the Transportation Research Board says can be sustained over the years.
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Lyft tackles rideshare drivers’ EV range anxiety
Smartcar’s technology will ensure electric vehicle drivers only receive ride requests in their current battery range, Lyft says.
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Connected vehicle tech could help nationwide e-tolling, officials say
Public and industry leaders have long noted obstacles in regional wireless transponder networks and a goal to achieve more seamless travel.
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18 startups tested innovative tech in New York’s transportation systems. Here are the results.
Better curb management, transit resiliency and transit user experience were among the goals of the Transit Tech Lab experiments.
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Seattle boosts electric heat pump incentives with goal to eliminate oil-heated homes
With the city's new rebate, income-qualified households can access up to $8,000 each to switch from oil heat to an electric heat pump.
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Miami-Dade County, Florida, postpones vote on new incinerator due to siting concerns
The decision should not be taken lightly given the history of a waste incinerator that polluted one neighborhood for decades, a commissioner said.
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NOAA, Climate Mayors ink agreement to bring more science, data tools to communities
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will ensure the mayors can access the latest climate information, while Climate Mayors will contribute to NOAA case studies on resilience.
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NY transit agency proposes next $68B capital plan even as its current plan is in doubt
Despite the congestion pricing plan's pause leaving a multi-billion-dollar hole in its budget, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans a record investment in buses, subways and rail cars.
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Research points to the downsides of rent control
A review of over 100 studies shows the various negative impacts of policies that regulate rent, including that they can drive up prices in uncontrolled units nearby.
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How one city plans to reconnect a historically Black neighborhood split by a 1950s interstate
New Rochelle, New York, is one of more than 130 projects using funds allocated this year from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot program.
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Biden administration proposes expanding tax credits for EV charger installations
The proposed rule would expand on January guidance from the Treasury Department, allowing the tax credit to be accessed per individual charging port installed.
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How a 2nd Trump administration could ‘jeopardize’ Inflation Reduction Act climate funds
If elected, could Donald Trump claw back or withhold funds from communities? Experts from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law offer insight.
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Traffic congestion is worse now than before the pandemic: Streetlight Data report
Despite remote or hybrid work and empty offices, people are driving more. "The status quo isn’t working,” the report says.
