What We're Reading: Page 100
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 05, 2022
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Fast Company
COVID forced cities to redesign their streets. Now, some of those changes are permanent
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The Washington Post
Food trucks can help us dine out during the pandemic, if cities embrace them
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Canary Media
Will GAF Energy beat Tesla on integrated solar roofs?
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Tampa Bay Times
Is Tampa’s tree canopy shrinking because of a change in state law?
Jan 04, 2022
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The Atlantic
Big cars are killing Americans
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KCUR
Kansas City is one of a few cities using a new mobile app to know, and count, its homeless people
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The New York Times
Why New York City May Soon Be More Walkable for Blind People
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Marketplace
Why are Black people leaving big cities?
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
City audit shows San Diego’s internal technology systems need greater transparency, accountability
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WIRED
Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders
Jan 03, 2022
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CNET
CES 2022 will close on Jan. 7 amid COVID concerns, major exhibitors pulling out of show
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Bloomberg CityLab
10 Ways Cities Came Back in 2021
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NBC News
Cities vowed in 2020 to cut police funding — but budgets expanded in 2021
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The Washington Post
As U.S. pushes a shift toward electric cars, where should the chargers go?
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ProPublica
Boston City Councilors Seek Review of Surveillance Tech Purchase by Police
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Gothamist
New “Smart Bins” Show City’s Slow Progress On Composting Goals
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The Verge
Waymo plans fleet of self-driving, all-electric robotaxis with Chinese automaker Geely
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ABC News
Santa Monica offering families displaced by historical construction projects priority in affordable housing
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WIRED
The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever
Dec 23, 2021
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The New York Times
De Blasio Pledged to Improve Inequality in New York. Did He?
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Buzzfeed News
Rapid Omicron Spread Has Cities Scrambling To Cope With Testing Demand
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Route Fifty
More Cities Move to Adopt Vaccine Requirements for Indoor Spaces
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Fast Company
We’re living in an age of big tech promises and small results
Dec 22, 2021
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TechCrunch
Crypto mayors on the rise
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The Guardian
Revealed: the Florida power company pushing legislation to slow rooftop solar
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Construction Dive
Protests, politicians and pushback: Some of the year's most contentious construction projects
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NPR
Tesla is under investigation over the potential for drivers to play video games
Dec 21, 2021
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Utility Dive
Democrats plan to press ahead with Build Back Better bill, despite Manchin opposition
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The Guardian
Contact with nature in cities reduces loneliness, study shows
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Reuters
U.S. cities try new way to help the poor: give them money
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ProPublica
How Black Communities Become "Sacrifice Zones" for Industrial Air Pollution
Dec 20, 2021
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The Guardian
Grassroots rebels: meet the ‘biophilics’ who are busy greening our cities
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The Washington Post
In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature
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The Wall Street Journal
Some Cities Turn to Decriminalizing Drugs as Overdoses Climb
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The New York Times
Could Oreo Cookies Solve New York’s Rat Problem?
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The Robot Report
Toronto City Council votes to ban sidewalk robots