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Seattle’s education union has authorised a strike after contract talks broke down over special education cuts and class-size caps. While a US…
Read updateA Washington State op-ed argues that Seattle’s State Environmental Policy Act has been weaponised to delay housing, bike trails and affordable homes.…
Read updateThe 54-unit Equality Commons complex in Portland, Maine, is the state’s first affordable housing property intended for LGBTQ+ older adults. Demand far…
Read updateThe MTA has launched an $800,000 feasibility study to capture excess heat from subway platforms and use it to warm nearby municipal…
Read updateBrazil’s new National Urban Mobility Study outlines a 120% expansion of public transport networks across 21 metro areas. As London faces its…
Read updateA new legal challenge claims San Francisco and the state of California acted illegally by exempting nearly 1,900 parcels from a state…
Read updateA federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from implementing new criteria for $4…
Read updateLos Angeles has completed its first 100 percent affordable housing project under Mayor Karen Bass’s Executive Directive 1, raising questions for urban…
Read updateCity Observatory's weekly urbanism review examines academic consensus on sports stadium subsidies, vehicle miles traveled metrics in California housing plans, and the…
Read updateA recent feature from Planetizen examines fifteen US cities and their global namesakes, offering a lens into how transatlantic naming histories and…
Read updateA vacant unfinished building in West Hollywood has become an urban coyote habitat. The case is not a London story, but it…
Read updateAmazon's steering wheel- and brake pedal-less Zoox robotaxis receive nation's first go-ahead for paid public rides Diana Ionescu Sat, 08/01/2026 - 06:00…
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