Keeping cities cool in Germany, helping low-income Californians use transit, the pandemic effect on downtowns, and more national and international news.

Heartland manufacturing boom faces land-use hurdles, Japan forms plan for underground freight conveyor system and a bitcoin mine in rural Texas causes debilitating noise issues.

Cities continue to battle empty storefronts; a lawsuit concerning environmental impacts has paused an interstate expansion in California; and more national news.

Work-from-home policies have super-commuters on the rise; tiny houses may (or may not) help solve homelessness; and more national news.

Kudos to Colorado’s climate-focused governor, bad news for walkable cities, smart transit scheduling in Boston and NYC’s inspirational High Line Park.

Online shopping spurs more warehouse construction around Philadelphia, debating the merits of groundscrapers and AI compiles more accurate traffic models for planning.

Examining our connection to cardboard boxes; evening visits downtown are higher than before the pandemic in many cities; and more national and international news.

An ancient system that cools cities by a few degrees, London’s best use of former industrial lands, and Denver’s pro-transit deal with oil and gas companies.