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One hundred years ago roadbuilder Edward J. Mehren wrote that streets, should be redesigned for the utility of motorists alone. He got what he wished for as the U.S. became the first auto-dependent society. (Mehren also later got what he didn’t wish for: he was killed in a motor crash.)

The open streets of the pandemic reclaimed public space for pedestrians and bicyclists. From Bogotá to New York to Stockholm, some of those changes have become permanent.

This August, California legislators proposed an ambitious, sweeping ban prohibiting the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 in an effort to reduce vehicle emissions and fight climate change.  California leads the nation in efforts to limit the rapid warming of our planet through both legislation and conscientious consumption. The mandated increase in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) must spark an increase in supply as well; indeed, both domestic and international auto manufacturers have set targets to scale electric vehicle […]

Researchers from the MIT Senseable City Lab have produced a series of maps visualizing commuting habits across Chinese cities. Titled Potato Project, the study used mobile phone location data from 50 million individuals across 234 cities to understand commuting patterns between a person’s home...

If we are serious about getting people on bikes, they need a safe place to ride.

America’s top regulatory agency is failing its mandate to “keep people safe on America’s roadways” — and to truly accomplish it, they need to fundamentally change the way they operate.…

Salt Lake City is looking to change electric vehicle infrastructure policy. Here’s what you need to know.

The city should reduce the amount of land devoted to cars, so more housing can be built.

On September 22, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2097, a sweeping override of local parking regulations for projects located within one-half…

Parking garages and other forms of mandated vehicle storage capacity are generally...not good. So, in the spirit of the season (of tax-deductible giving), pl...

San Jose, Calif., recently became the largest U.S. city to strike down minimum parking requirements for new housing development. The city reversed zoning devised in the 1950s that reputedly gave it the worst sprawl of parking space in northern California.

Hundreds of bills were signed into CA law - many of which will go into effect in 2023. One law will impact how much parking will be included in new housing p...

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It’s well-established that California suffers one of the most pernicious housing crises among the states. Rampant unaffordability, ever-increasing numbers of unhoused, and battles between housing advocates and neighborhood opponents are rampant. But in the last year, the state's government has taken robust legislative steps toward stemming these calamities.

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The City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to adopt a new plan that has the goal of "reducing dependency on automobile transportation."

But Rep. Peter Miguel, Manila, who filed House Bill 5292, wants customers to first reach a minimum purchase before parking fees are waived.

The tube was nearly a mile long.

The original Hyperloop tube, built to host student competitions, has been torn down and will be replaced with parking

The Bend City Council discussed the future of a new Bend Costco in Wednesday night's meeting, and it was revealed that Costco is not afraid to back out of the project if certain requests are not grant