National Links: Can Coffee Shops Make You Happy?
Why do states spend so much federal infrastructure money on highways rather than transit? And more national and international news.
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National Links: Proving How Trees Can Improve Health
Designing a neighborhood for people with Alzheimer’s, Democratic Congressmen seek to raise the insurance cap on trucks and rich NIMBYs fight a subway.
National Links: An Introverted Economy
Environmentalists are divided in Minneapolis, a California judge orders Beverly Hills to grow and a big funding bill for transit.
National Links: Universal Basic Mobility
California dips a toe into Universal Basic Mobility, cities look to decrease emissions from delivery vehicles and the national housing crisis defined.
National Links: What’s Prompting Lower Rents in Minneapolis
Pittsburgh plans for climate-induced rain events, German cities reduce emissions by lowering speeds and, yes, stress contributes to dangerous driving.
National Links: Climate Impacts and Canadian Cities
This week in National Links: tales of two Canadian cities, big and small emissions cuts and the new life of manufactured homes.
National Links: Politics of Bogota’s BRT
A noodle billionaire coaxes Jakartans away from their wells, Bogota and Denver approach transit overhauls, and Alan Greenblatt examines downtown Salt Lake’s pandemic recovery.
National Links: Is Land Value Tax Back?
Baby Boomers elbow out younger home buyers, the future of post-pandemic transit and fights over equity in Charlotte, North Carolina.
National Links: Will Europe Ban U.S. Pickups?
County commissioners “don’t have time” to take the bus; plans for fighting poverty; auto-centric land use in Denver; and more national and international stories.
National Links: A 30-Year Trap!
The problems of long mortgages, the difficulty of switching from auto-centric development, health neighborhoods in Mayo Clinic’s new campus plan and more in National Links.