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  • Can Green License Plates Help Plug Electric Cars?

    Feargus O'Sullivan

    October 25, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The United Kingdom has started cracking down on high-emission vehicle drivers by creating restricted zones that fine drivers of cars that emit a designated amount of pollution into the air; the carbon emissions in this type of zone in London has decreased by more than a third in six months. Now, the U.K. is taking their sustainability initiative a step further by labeling low-emission cars with green license plates that allow them to be easily recognized - and rewarded.

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  • Plans for a solar community in West Philly are halted by legislative red tape

    Brianna Baker

    October 23, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Gardner, Massachusetts

    Pennsylvania law is preventing a Philadelphia neighborhood from converting an empty lot into a solar farm, but community members are working to fight against this by citing neighboring states that are seeing positive impact from similar projects. One such project is in Massachusetts where shared solar energy systems is helping to offset "80 percent of the power needs of a nearby assisted living facility, an affordable housing development, a family-owned hardware store and a non-profit serving those with disabilities."

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  • The Doomed 1970s Plan to Desegregate New York's Suburbs

    Lizabeth Cohen

    October 21, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A plan forged in New York City suburbs in the 1970s addressed urban renewal and income inequality by creating low-income housing dwellings in nine separate towns outside of the city. Though the "Fair Share" program faced long-lasting criticism and ultimately failed, housing experts and developers still learn from the failed plan as they work toward urban renewal in the 21st century.

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  • San Francisco's Market Street Car Ban Is Overdue

    Laura Bliss

    October 17, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A plan to redesign Market Street in San Francisco uses a controversial approach used by cities around the world: eliminating personal cars entirely. This bicycle, pedestrian and bus-oriented layout approach reduces traffic accidents and fatalities; San Francisco plans to move forward with their plan in 2020.

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  • What Baltimore Gets Right about Urban Trees

    Christine McLaren

    October 17, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore has become a leader in maintaining and growing the city’s trees by monitoring their health more closely. Using a new mapping technique, city officials can analyze its current tree canopy and see how it affects other city data like temperature, health, and crime. While growing the green space has been slow and revealed areas of income inequality, their successes could be a model for other communities that want to grow their urban forests.

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  • Rooftop beehives in Philly help nurture bees—and maintain our food supply

    Jason Wilson

    October 17, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Bees and other pollinator populations have been rapidly declining, threatening food production nationwide, but urban beekeeping is helping to fight against this trajectory. In Philadelphia, rooftop beekeeping has become the norm for one section of the city, where the honey harvested goes directly to the businesses in the area.

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  • Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors

    Steven Mufson

    October 16, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Qatar, Doha

    In Qatar, where temperatures have reached unbearably high degrees, an engineering professor at Qatar University has designed a way to provide air conditioning to the outdoors. Although the method is arguably not a solution for climate change and could actually have negative impacts, it is successfully allowing people in the country to be able to leave the their homes, which in turn benefits the economy of the country.

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  • Building for Real With Digital Blocks

    Tina Rosenberg

    October 15, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    To get input on city design plans from citizens without any technical knowledge, some city planners are turning to Minecraft, an easy-to-use computer game that allows users to build in a three dimensional environment. Useful for planning public spaces (rather than designing a building), Minecraft has been adopted by UN Habitat to plan everything from soccer fields in Nairobi to a riverbank in Kosovo.

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  • Spain's Happy Little Carless City

    Will Doig

    October 11, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Spain, Pontevedra

    In Pontevedra, Spain, the city has taken incremental action to reduce cars and congestion in the city center. As the city is small and walkable on foot, walking has become the foremost transportation option, not through extreme regulatory hurdles, but by engaging business owners, providing short-term parking and even free parking on the edge of town, and making sure pedestrians feel front and center. Through slight design changes, local government and citizens alike have been able to reimagine what a walkable city looks like, then put it into effect with great success.

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  • This Conservative City Built a $132 Million Park Using One Weird Trick

    Zach Mortice

    October 11, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    After falling behind in urban planning and innovation in the 1990s and early 2000s, Oklahoma City created a limited-time sales tax called MAPS to pay for capital projects, like the new Scissortail Park. The tax consisted of a series of one-cent sales taxes and has brought in over $1.5 billion and has helped fund convention centers, other urban green areas, and more.

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