Urban Planning and Transportation
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Local leaders revive Toledo’s historic 'Black Wall Street'
Toledo's historic Dorr Street Corridor was once the beating heart of Black culture, wealth and business in the city. Now, community leaders and local …
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
EV charging stations coming to NW Arkansas
The Ozark Regional Transit Authority will use a $14.9 million federal grant to build electric vehicle charging stations around northwest Arkansas…
VA sees more school districts shift to clean buses
Virginia kids are heading back to school in a more environmentally friendly way. School districts and counties statewide are making the switch to …
Federal funding drives PA's increase in electric school buses
Many Pennsylvania students now ride electric buses to school. Some $900 million from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program …
8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?
By Syris Valentine for Grist.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration…
AZ has over 150 electric school buses, could more be on the way?
With school in full swing, many Arizona students will take the bus to school. Earlier this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded $900 …
Advocates tout electric school buses in Nevada, ask for more resources
Nevada has secured 60 electric school buses to take students to and from school and as the school year kicks off, advocates want to see more of the …
Renewal Village adds 215 housing units for Denver's unhoused residents
Renewal Village, a converted Clarion Inn featuring 215 units of permanent supportive and transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness…
AARP NE grant funds design contest for one type of 'missing middle housing'
Drawing attention to a housing option that could make it easier for older Nebraskans to "age in place" is one of the goals of an AARP Community Challe…
Survey: Wyomingites support increased EMS funding
Some emergency medical services, or EMS, are consolidating or closing across Wyoming, while the need for services is increasing. In 2021, Wyoming EMS …
Newsom urged to sign bill to require speeding alert systems on cars
Groups fighting for safer roads are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill requiring new vehicles to have a speed-monitoring system to warn drivers …
Confronting Bozeman's affordable housing shortage
An advocacy group in Bozeman is calling on young people and low-income renters to take on the city's notorious housing crunch. More than half of the …