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What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Stop Sprawl, Mass Timber, and De-Stroadification

Stop sprawl: A city in Ontario turned down a massive urban growth boundary expansion and instead favored urban infill. IBR persists: A key vote in...

What We’re Reading: Kenmore Urbanism, Federal Regression, and Disputable Fugures

Sky high: After delays, the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah is getting construction underway. Kenmore urbanism: Crosscut highlighted this week how urban life is taking...

What We’re Reading: Still Stay at Home, Rise of the Bike, and Vilnius Goes...

Purple Line preview: Maryland's Purple Line light rail project, an extension of the Washington Metrorail, is set to see the first railcars this year. LA...

What We’re Reading: Red Vienna, 2040, And Monthly Membership

People first: There's a risk that autonomous vehicles may force people to accommodate them instead of the other way around. Prepping for BRT: Sound Transit...

What We’re Reading: Fight Climate Change, Bridging Divides, And Make Tracks

Fight climate change: A recent poll of Americans shows that a strong majority--regardless of political affiliation--believe that transportation departments should take carbon pollution into...

What We’re Reading: The new Arts and Cultural District

Goodbye Airbnb NYC: New York appears to be declaring war on Airbnb--there goes my cheap NYC trips! Year of the tree: Seattle watered a lot...

What We’re Reading: The First White President

The First White President: Ta-Nehisi Coates lays bare white supremacy and the racism coursing through this country's veins in this excellent long read in The...

What We’re Reading: Voters Were Generous in 2015 General Election

Forest in the clouds: Switzerland has wild plans to build a livable forest on a sky-high tower. State of emergency: Local electeds put together an...