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  • A woman with rolling luggafe walks near Uber and Lyft signs.
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    Uber, Lyft report Q3 growth as ride-hailing demand booms

    The surge in consumer travel combined with return-to-office and back-to-school commutes helped lift the companies’ business.

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    Lack of funding still stands in the way of California’s local climate policy

    This finding in a report released Thursday is “very surprising” considering recent historic federal and state investments, said a co-author at the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment.

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    GM halts production of the Cruise Origin robotaxi

    The decision follows California regulators ordering Cruise to cease operations after a pedestrian was struck by one of its self-driving vehicles in downtown San Francisco.

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    Shared bike, e-scooter use recovers from pandemic lows, but hurdles remain

    Potentially concerning trends include rising costs for riders and an uncertain future for some shared-micromobility companies, a new report says.

  • A Chevrolet Cruise autonomous vehicle with a driver moves through an intersection on June 08, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
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    Cruise recalls driverless robotaxis after halting operations in 3 cities

    The General Motors subsidiary is grappling with two federal investigations and a recent incident in which one of its cars left a pedestrian seriously injured.

    Updated Nov. 8, 2023
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    Opinion

    EPA should put landfill methane on COP28 agenda: former Oregon governor

    States like Oregon are curbing landfill methane emissions to help achieve climate goals. Kate Brown says the EPA should take greater action on this issue ahead of COP28.

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    Are EV sales tanking? This Al Gore doesn’t think so.

    Despite recent labor and manufacturing woes, EV sales remain strong, and cities will benefit as more electric trucks and buses hit the streets, Al Gore III said.

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    NYC wants a ‘blue highway’ on its waterways

    To leverage its long coastline for delivery and get polluting trucks off the streets, the city is looking to the private sector for ideas.

  • Aerial photo shows a channel filled with boats leading out to a large body of water, with buildings and roads on either side.
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    Feds award $653M for 41 port projects

    Projects in New Jersey, Washington state and Texas are among the recipients of grants that aim to bolster U.S. supply chain infrastructure.

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    Amtrak Northeast Corridor projects get $16B in federal funding

    Major bridge and tunnel projects will make the nation’s busiest passenger railroad “safer, faster, and more reliable,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

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    Opinion

    Big power’s EV charging strategy: Raise rates, overpromise, underdeliver, repeat

    We grant publicly regulated utilities certain privileges in exchange for reliability and affordability. When they try to leverage that privilege to corner a new market, they deserve plenty of pushback.

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    Cities tackle rising pedestrian deaths

    Experts cite risky, distracted and impaired driving — as well as less traffic enforcement — as factors sending pedestrian fatalities to new highs. Can new funding reverse the tide?

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    Deep Dive

    Advocates hope federal funding will help stem the tide of pedestrian deaths

    Complete Streets, Vision Zero and the safe system approach all aim to improve pedestrian safety. The federal government is finally putting big dollars behind the effort, too.

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    LA hotels won’t be required to house homeless people as city rethinks ballot measure

    The Los Angeles City Council proposed a revised version after striking a deal with the union of hospitality workers sponsoring the measure.

  • Cars and pedestrians navigate a rainy downtown street in Tucson, Arizona.
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    Deep Dive

    Can Sun Belt cities go from danger zones to pedestrian-friendly?

    Tucson, Jacksonville, Los Angeles and other fast-growing, car-centric cities are focusing on street design and other strategies to slow drivers.

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    EPA kicks off effort to help communities use climate, environmental justice funds

    The agency will host a six-day “national virtual open house" starting on Nov. 6, which will include panels about how communities can use “historic” federal funds to address pollution and climate change challenges. 

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    Ørsted cancels two offshore wind projects along New Jersey coast

    The projects became financially unworkable due to supply chain problems and increased interest rates, the company said. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called Ørsted’s decision “outrageous.”

  • Overhead view of pedestrians crossing a street in midtown Manhattan.
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    Deep Dive

    US drivers kill 20 pedestrians a day. Here’s what cities are doing about it.

    Targeted interventions aim to reduce the higher pedestrian death rates in communities of color and low-income communities and make cities more walkable for all.

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    How cities can decarbonize delivery in the era of online orders

    A new action guide by the National League of Cities points to emerging policies and technologies to combat increasing air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion.

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    Boston’s year-old $2.3B Green Line Extension needs repairs

    Construction wrapped on the light rail project in December 2022, but it turns out the rails were placed too narrowly, said the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s general manager.

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    US DOT awards over $82M in grants for safer streets to 235 communities

    Although most grants were under $1 million, Baltimore received nearly $10 million to pilot road safety strategies and install sensors at key intersections.

  • Aerial view of a large landfill near power lines and surrounded by forest. A large city is visible in the distance.
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    Local officials demand federal policy to reduce landfill methane emissions

    Ground-up strategies to bring down such emissions are insufficient, more than 50 local elected officials said in a letter to the U.S. EPA.

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    Opinion

    ‘Yes in God’s Back Yard’ law aims to help battle California’s housing crisis

    The recently signed bill allows religious groups and nonprofit colleges to build affordable housing on their land without strict adherence to zoning standards. 

  • A shift to remote work has softened the demand for office space, accelerating the need for commercial-to-residential conversions.
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    White House advances office-to-residential conversions with new resources

    The guidance, financing and technical assistance aim to address a 30-year high in office vacancies and ease the affordable housing crisis.

  • A fleet of white eVTOL aircraft with four rotors, one parked with landing gear on concrete surface in front of glass terminal building and others in midflight.
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    Legal fights over air taxi regulation stand in the industry’s way

    The technology is largely there for short-haul urban rides to become a reality, but uncertainty over governing jurisdictions is one of the issues keeping the industry grounded.