by Marjory Givens | Jun 27, 2019 | Smart Cities
High housing costs can make a difference in how well and how long we live. This topic is the focus of this year’s County Health Rankings, an annual report on the many factors that shape health and opportunity, county by county, across the nation. This year, data in...
by Z. Andrew Farkas | Jun 26, 2019 | Mobility, Society
The recent National Climate Assessment has made clear that human-induced climate change has devastating effects. The I-95 Corridor of Maryland has been an ozone nonattainment area because of ground-level ozone experienced during our hot summers. Concerns over...
by Brendan Halleman and Nicklas Garemo | Jun 25, 2019 | Infrastructure
Roads are the world’s first social network. People and goods need to move for an economy to grow, for wealth to be created, for prosperity to be shared. Much as a dynamic economy depends on the movement of goods and services, people everywhere rely on roads to access...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Jun 24, 2019 | Behavior Change Blog Series
More people than ever live in cities. City leaders today are challenged to find efficient mobility options for residents, while promoting high quality of life and while minimizing carbon footprint. How can cities proactively manage the entry of new mobility (for...
by Mary Scott Nabers | Jun 20, 2019 | Economy, Society
Cities in nearly every state are either launching downtown revitalization and redevelopment efforts, or planning for them. Whether the project is a sports arena, entertainment venue, affordable housing, library, hospital, or community college, these initiatives have...
by Dr. Nikos A. Salingaros | Jun 19, 2019 | Environment, Infrastructure, Society
A Schizophrenic Approach to Building Cities Two currents — so far, irreconcilable and mutually exclusive — are shaping our cities. On the one hand, we have vast construction projects churning profits for multinationals, local firms, and indirectly for stockholders....
by Paul Mackie | Jun 13, 2019 | CommonWealth Series
If planned and promoted well, buses, trains, and bikes can be tremendous resources for how we’ll get around in the future. For now, the U.S. has invested in an almost entirely car-dependent country. To bridge the gap, there’s a far under-used sub-sector of the...
by Karin Brandt, Katherine Levine Einstein, David Glick, and Maxwell Palmer | Jun 11, 2019 | Economy, Governance
The community meeting is intended to be the ultimate democratic process. By giving every community member the opportunity to show up and make their voices heard, public meetings should lead to beneficial outcomes. These opportunities for public feedback about housing...
by Adrian Martinez | Jun 6, 2019 | Governance, Resources
When we think about climate change solutions, we often picture sweeping international agreements or comprehensive legislation from Congress. But many of the key decisions about how we generate and use energy happen in our own cities. At a time when progress in D.C. is...
by Brett Smith | Jun 5, 2019 | Economy, Governance
On August 2, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly published the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026. The Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Jun 4, 2019 | Behavior Change Blog Series
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipally-owned water and power utility in the nation, is lighting the way in making solar power more equitably accessible to all with the design and launch of its new Shared Solar Program. Once up...
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