Chicago’s transit agencies consider merger in the face of funding shortfalls, USPS rolls out its new goofy yet efficient trucks and Americans spend more than ever on cars.

Local perspective on strip malls and big boxes, upzoning in Switzerland, zoning reform persuasion, autonomous vehicle safety and managed retreat in South Carolina.

Rising car insurance rates, new Sydney metro line, air conditioning pitfalls, redlining revelations and the four-story sweet spot for residential buildings.

A roundup of stories on international subway projects, a bike Renaissance in Paris, transformation in a polluted Brooklyn neighborhood and more.

Hosting the Olympics may not be an economic boon for cities; a First Nations housing development in Vancouver; and more urbanist news worldwide.

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.