Melanie Curry wrote:

Automated vehicle (AV) hype has soared in recent years. While overblown promises never materialized, investment has continued and progress has been made in bringing them closer to market. Over fifty companies now have permits to test fully automated vehicles in California. A handful of AV-taxi companies even hold permits to test withou...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:

The city of Cleveland and real estate firm Bedrock, owned by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, have "announced a partnership with the goal of revamping the Cuyahoga riverfront near Tower City Center" that aims "to connect downtown residents and visitors to the riverfront with an approach focused on sustainability, equity, and accessibility....
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Todd Litman wrote:

The EU co-funded cities.multimodal project brought together cities, NGOs, universities, and other expert partners to facilitate the use of sustainable mobility solutions for residents in the Baltic Sea Region. 

The project published three documents, including a "Planner's Guide to Sustainable Urban Mobility Management" and a "Toolbox for Mobility Management." These documents share knowledge on how t...
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Oscar Perry Abello wrote:

The acronym “CSO” stands for “combined sewer overflow,” and CSO points like these are a feature of combined sewer systems designed and built mostly more than a century ago. In combined sewer systems, storm drains capture rainwater runoff — and any pollutants it picks up along the way — and send...
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James Brasuell wrote:

"The nonprofit research group Climate Central analyzed land cover in 160 cities, looking at things like the amount of pavement versus trees, population density and the heights and types of buildings to give each city a heat "index" or intensity score," explains an article by Barbara Moran.

Moran's coverage is focusing on Boston, whic...
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Kea Wilson wrote:

Rural homes are surrounded by nature, but are often larger than urban houses or apartments and people who live in them require cars to get around. City homes are usually smaller and offer short distances, but also a world of shiny consumption goods, takeaway food and entertainment options – at least i...
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URBAN HUB wrote:

LBC is the world’s most rigorous green-building certification standard and for a building to meet the criteria, its design must holistically address all seven “petals” of the program: place, water, energy, health, beauty, materials, and equity.

The result is a regenerative building that is self-sufficient and draws only on resources (water, sun...
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