Category: Links

Time-lapse photo of a Houston freeway at night shot through a chain-link fence.

National Links: No Narrowing Lanes

Changing USDOT policy, the pitfalls of car-centric city life, data-driven housing initiative and the effects of coal-burning pollution.

Looking skyward at palm trees, framing an A-frame building

National Links: A Billionaire Urbanist?

A neighborhood in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, modifies its pandemic-era tradition of socially distanced block parties. Plus, pedestrian-only streets in Paris.

An urban tree and lawnscape.

National Links: E-Bike Bliss

This week: Stories about the transformative power of e-bikes, a persistent myth about transportation funding, designed forests, urban beauty and more.

Larderello Geothermal Power Plant near Toscana, Italy.

National Links: Energy for the Taking

Manheim, Germany switches to heat pumps. A water recycling plant in El Paso breaks ground. Companies move for streetcars in California. And more urbanist news.

Red light in a semaphore

National Links: No Right Turn on Red

A research study shows the positive impacts of library use; how Miami may solve its trash problem; and more national and international news.