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- Wall Street emerges as GOP’s new villain amid house price pinchBlackstone Group, KKR & Co. and other private-equity firms are increasingly making new investments in single-family homes to rent out To view the full story, click the title link.
- Critical care nurse on why getting vaccinated is the right choiceSandra Lindsay became the first American to receive a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine To view the full story, click the title link.
- Lack of oversight allowed LinkNYC to fall $70M behindState audit highlights shortcomings of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s high-tech effort to replace payphones with free Wi-Fi To view the full story, click the title link.
- Street vendor reform failed both bricks-and-mortar shops and street peddlersThey say City Hall's legislation aimed at regulating an underground economy is a bust To view the full story, click the title link.
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- Does Highway Removal Make Cities Healthier?Does Highway Removal Make Cities Healthier? Diana Ionescu Fri, 07/30/2021 - 08:00 Primary Image The redesign of Oakland's Mandela Parkway has been heralded as an "appropriate, if partial, amends for the devastation wrought on low-income neighborhoods by the freeway-building boom of earlier decades." The full story reveals Sarah Digiulio, is more complicated. "Although the 1.3-mile […]
- In Extreme Heat Waves, Cities Need 'Social Resilience' to Help the Most VulnerableIn Extreme Heat Waves, Cities Need 'Social Resilience' to Help the Most Vulnerable Diana Ionescu Fri, 07/30/2021 - 07:00 Primary Image "In an era of escalating climate change," asserts Sarah Kaplan, "extreme heat is the United States’ most fatal form of weather disaster. Already this summer, hundreds of Americans have lost their lives amid a […]
- Denton Plans to Replace Most Bus Routes With On-Demand MicrotransitDenton Plans to Replace Most Bus Routes With On-Demand Microtransit Diana Ionescu Fri, 07/30/2021 - 06:00 Primary Image According to a blog post from TransitCenter, "[d]espite mounting evidence of the limits of microtransit, the transit agency in Denton, TX, is barrelling ahead with a plan to replace most of its fixed-route bus system with on-demand […]
- Canada's Minister of Infrastructure Underscores Importance of Transit-Oriented DevelopmentCanada's Minister of Infrastructure Underscores Importance of Transit-Oriented Development Diana Ionescu Fri, 07/30/2021 - 05:00 Primary Image Canada's federal minister of infrastructure and communities recently announced a "$1.3-billion contribution to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension of the Expo Line" in Vancouver, writes Kenneth Chan. After the announcement, the minister touted the importance of transit-oriented development and […]