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Can Boston improve pedestrian safety with redesigned streets, intersections? It’s about to find out.
City leaders hope a new initiative will reduce speeding and crashes by installing more speed humps, redesigning intersections and making traffic signals more pedestrian-friendly.
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NYC region faces significant health inequities: report
All decisions made in the region, from building more housing to expanding highways, affect public health outcomes, one of the report's authors said.
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Collecting data to support energy-burdened communities poses unique challenges, experts say
Census data isn’t collected often enough to reflect neighborhood demographic shifts, and asking communities to self-report can present additional burdens, panelists said at a clean energy summit.
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High-speed rail gains steam as Atlanta, Dallas aim to come aboard
With Texas and Georgia looking seriously into future bullet trains, high-speed rail could appear in states outside California.
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The ‘infrastructure decade’ is here, but challenges loom for local governments at the helm
“Money is flowing, grant applications are live, private capital is ready to move. But there are real constraints to achieving public goals,” Brookings Metro Senior Fellow Adie Tomer said at an event last week.
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Salary ranges are growing in tech hub job postings, Indeed finds
California and Washington were home to seven of the top 10 areas with the largest one-year salary range increases, the employment website found. Both states have large technology talent hubs, including San Francisco and Seattle.
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Q&AIn San Jose, city climate plans must have ‘the cool factor’
After winning a national climate leadership award, the city’s chief sustainability officer discussed how libraries can win over electric stove skeptics and how house parties might boost community engagement.
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E-scooter riding on the sidewalk? Speed restrictions may be to blame: study
“If cities are serious about reducing or eliminating sidewalk riding, they will reduce the speed of cars on local streets and invest in Infrastructure like protected bike lanes, ” a Lime spokesperson said.
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Dallas under pressure as Royal ransomware group threatens leak
By listing Dallas on its leak site on the dark web, Royal rebutted the city’s claims that data was not compromised during the attack.
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Feds to give ‘first-of-its-kind’ homelessness support to California and 5 cities
The “ALL INside” initiative will work closely for up to two years with selected communities, including Dallas and Chicago, offering each the assistance of a dedicated federal official.
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New federal guidance unveiled for bicycle, pedestrian and micromobility projects
The Federal Highway Administration wants to ensure “that biking, walking and other ways to travel are safe, convenient and enjoyable for everyone,” Administrator Shailen Bhatt said.
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Most of US faces elevated risk of blackouts in extreme heat this summer, NERC warns
All areas are expected to have adequate resources for normal summer peak load, but extreme weather could create widespread challenges, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Wednesday.
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How a federal program meant to help communities buy zero-emission buses instead favors fossil fuels: report
A legal requirement added to the Federal Transit Administration program in 2015 led to the disparity, advocacy organization Transportation for America said.
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Los Angeles mayor announces next steps in plan to build shelters, housing on city properties
Mayor Karen Bass said she would spend the rest of her term trying to make “the disposition and development of City owned land faster, cheaper, and more streamlined” in a Tuesday letter to the public.
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Dallas courts still closed 2 weeks post-ransomware attack
Continued outages also prevent police from accessing data, severely impacting efforts to reduce crime as summer approaches, Police Chief Eddie Garcia said.
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Nearly 1 in 6 Ubers, Lyfts have an open safety recall
Although ride-hailing companies may require drivers to complete open safety recalls, “passengers don't know the recall status of their rides,” a U.S. Government Accountability Office report found.
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Federal guidelines for eVTOL operations encourage cities to plan for infrastructure
As industry analysts anticipate rapid development of air taxi operations in the coming decade, the FAA released plans to integrate eVTOL aircraft in the nation’s airspace.
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Q&AHow NYC is preparing its infrastructure for extreme weather
Thu-Loan Dinh, who helps lead infrastructure design for the city’s Department of Design and Construction, discusses the agency’s biggest resilience concerns and how to address them.
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NREL energy audit tool may help cities meet climate, building decarbonization goals
Local governments often lack the staff and resources to conduct energy audits on thousands of buildings, an engineer at the National Renewable Energy Lab said, but technology can help overcome those challenges.
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Why Boston is turning bus stops into digital pop-up libraries
Users are not required to have a library card or download an app to access the primarily English- and Spanish-language offerings.
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NYC hotel reopens as asylum seeker center
The reopening of the Roosevelt Hotel will give the city a space to offer resources and short-term housing to a rising number of asylum seekers.
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How Bird, Lime, Spin and Superpedestrian want cities to regulate shared e-bikes and scooters
The companies’ recommendations come as many shared micromobility pilots end, and local governments make them permanent.
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A ‘tech hub’ in your city? Commerce Department launches application process for $500M in grants
The program will focus on key technology areas such as artificial intelligence and batteries. Its first phase will designate at least 20 “tech hubs” with the potential to be globally competitive innovation centers in the next decade.
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Rents continue rising, with moderate growth expected through 2023
Major U.S. metros, except Phoenix and Las Vegas, experienced rent increases from March to April, a new report found.
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Chicago environmental justice order signed as mayor’s term ends
The order requires the completion of a citywide environmental justice data project, creates a new environmental justice coordinator role and calls for community engagement standards.
