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This week brings a new heat dome over the Central and Southwest United States — the same type of weather phenomenon that resulted in record-breaking temperatures in many parts of the country in June. Regardless of a city’s geography, cities everywhere are now having to adapt to more dangerous summers. “Cities that are used to... read more →

Uncertainty among government leaders about the distribution of federal funding “has not had a major impact” on long-range transportation planning around the country, but the impact it does have is largely negative, according to a report issued last week by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. States, metropolitan planning organizations and regional... read more →

The concept of “dig once” has become popular within many state and local infrastructure communities, according to Brittney Kohler, legislative director of transportation and infrastructure with the National League of Cities. Coordinating infrastructure projects, when practical, often is more efficient and less disruptive than tackling projects one by one. For... read more →

Dive Brief: Traffic fatalities jumped 10.5% in 2021 from the prior year, according to an early estimate issued Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Fatalities on urban roads rose 16%. NHTSA also estimated that 7,342 pedestrians were killed in traffic fatalities in 2021, a 13% increase over 2020’s already historically high number. Deaths among bicyclists were up 5%... read more →

Smart cities could learn a thing or two from the Italian slow food movement, according to Ball State University Associate Professor Rebecca Hammons. “Good, clean and fair” are principles that lie at the heart of that movement, according to Hammons, and those could be a model for smart cities to... read more →

A sizable chunk of people throughout the U.S. who have disconnected their jobs from their physical locations during the pandemic are moving away from large metro areas to mid-size and smaller cities. “Once you have people disconnecting their jobs from their locations, it gives them a lot of flexibility in... read more →

If half of all vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are zero-emission vehicles, in accordance with Biden administration targets, car buyers will need a lot more electric vehicle chargers — almost 20 times more chargers than today, according to McKinsey & Company. Electric vehicle owners charge their vehicles at home or at a workplace... read more →

If all goes according to plan, Bronx residents will begin to enjoy the fruits of the long-awaited redesign of their transit bus network on June 26. Planning for the project began in 2018. It met stiff opposition upon the release of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's draft plan in 2019, was put on... read more →

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to enact a major update to its Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) program, setting new standards on vehicle emissions and zero-emission vehicle regulations that 16 other states follow. Section 177 of the Clean Air Act allows these states to adopt California’s standards in lieu of... read more →