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The St. Paul City Council will soon consider a legislative package designed to increase the density of residential neighborhoods, following in the footsteps of its twin city, Minneapolis.

August 22 - Star Tribune

More widespread deployment of automated enforcement sensors could change the system from one of high fines and sparse enforcement to one that encourages more extensive behavior change.

August 22 - Greater Greater Washington

Cargo bike producers and delivery companies say the proposed 120-inch length limit and emphasis on four-wheeled bikes excludes many commonly used delivery bikes and favors one manufacturer.

August 22 - StreetsBlog NYC

The Texas Department of Transportation has a plan to leverage federal infrastructure funding for electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state.

August 21 - MRT

A revised, scaled-back version of a zoning reform effort in Anchorage would concentrate the proposed consolidation of residential zoning districts in one part of the city.

August 21 - Anchorage Daily News

Los Angeles Unified School District is in the process of implementing a plan to ensure that at least 30 percent of all campuses include green spaces by 2035.

August 21 - The 19th

Local business owners and the local elected official opposed the Geary transit-only lane project, but compromise and wide public support got the project across the finish line.

August 21 - The San Francisco Standard

After the state broke ground on a tolled express lane project at the eastern edge of Kansas, near Kansas City, tolls are also under consideration in the nascent stages of a corridor study located at the southwest edge of the same region.

August 21 - Shawnee Mission Post

Iowa City is planning ahead to ensure that housing supply keeps up with housing demand.

August 21 - The Gazette

PLANOPEDIA

The City of Tomorrow is the English name given to an early work of urban design by Le Corbusier, who, throughout his career, evolved a concept of city planning firmly based in rationality and order.

August 21 - Diana Ionescu

Massachusetts is one of the states in the nation requiring local governments to make more space for multi-family housing. Not all local governments are willing to comply, however.

August 21 - Mass Live

‘Accessory commercial units’ were once common across U.S. towns and cities. Now, zoning regulations make them illegal in many places.

August 20 - Strong Towns

The agency is working on designs for a bus stop shelter with built-in solar-powered fans to keep waiting riders cool.

August 20 - Houston Chronicle

A report makes recommendations for closing the region’s transit funding gap and improving service frequency and reliability.

August 20 - Chicago Sun-Times

Transit oriented parking reform has arrived in Cleveland.

August 20 - Signal Cleveland

With a patchwork of management and local agencies involved, the imperiled rail corridor has no unified plan for improving or relocating tracks impacted by coastal erosion.

August 18 - Streetsblog California

A proposed subway line was removed from DART’s 20-year plan, with the agency citing low ridership projections and local opposition.

August 18 - NBC DFW

The East Lakeview project is within easy walking distance of local businesses and transit.

August 18 - Streetsblog Chicago

A series of hasty removals of land from the protected Greenbelt last year were pushed through without environmental or financial analysis.

August 18 - The Globe and Mail

Opponents to a new university housing project cited a recent Berkeley case in which noise pollution was successfully used to deny an exemption from environmental review.

August 17 - The Daily Californian