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$10.69 for a 15-minute ride? For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff. In CityLab, I explored why.
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I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.

$10.69 for a 15-minute ride? For visitors, public bikeshare often feels like a ripoff. In CityLab, I explored why.
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gothamist.com
NY Attorney General James sues Trump admin over cuts to homeless housing program
New York City could lose at least $109 million to house formerly homeless New Yorkers.

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Ward 1 Update: Preserving progress for pedestrians


ternercenter.berkeley.edu
Understanding Housing Supply Bills That Go Into Effect in 2026 - Terner Center
Webinar | Wed, Nov 19 | 10:00am – 11:00am PT/1:00 – 2:00pm ET The year 2025 was a banner year for big bills to support housing supply and land use reforms. Notable new laws include ones that enable th...

sologi.co
With federal support, N.B. could see greater growth in housing co-ops | CBC News
There's a resurgence in housing co-operatives in New Brunswick, with plans afoot for three new co-ops promising about 200 units of affordable and secure housing in Sackville, Fredericton and northern ...


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If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Eff…
Your transit and street safety dreams are within your r…

Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC” Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”

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New National Poll Shows Strong Doubts Over Trump Administration’s Sudden Actions to Upend Federal Homelessness Programs
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

Why are we assuming that we want to maintain car volumes? To meet our climate, public health and road safety goals as a city, there is no reason any on or off ramp in #Seattle should require multiple lanes. #Rainier If you want to be angry, watch (starts at 1:05): youtu.be/Lr-C4k0EEf4?...
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Doug Ford handing murderous drivers a lifetime ban on driving is pretty clever when you remember that he is also making roads so unsafe that the murderous drivers have a higher chance of bring killed while walking or cycling.

arstechnica.com
Landlords’ go-to tool to set rent prices to be gutted under RealPage settlement
RealPage agrees to settle suit over DOJ claims software raised rents across the US.

Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary. If the book you want isn't there *request it.*

www.wsj.com
Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.

Tell you what--I like Baltimore plenty, but it is really interesting to me that Baltimore places higher on this list than Seattle, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix... If I lived in Baltimore I'd mention this survey to Philadelphians I knew at every opportunity. (Dallas, though? GTFO.)