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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/overheated-cities-climate-change-1.7315436
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/half-uber-lyft-trips-replace-more-sustainable-options
More than 50% of ride-hailing trips taken by surveyed riders in California replaced more sustainable forms of transportation, found a UC Davis study.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2024.2368260
https://e360.yale.edu/features/cities-flooding-combined-sewer-overflows-climate-change
To manage contaminated stormwater, Philadelphia went all in on “green” infrastructure, like rain gardens and permeable pavement. But an increase in extreme rain events is spurring other U.S. cities to double down on traditional sewer upgrades that can handle the overflow.
https://theconversation.com/ancient-rome-had-ways-to-counter-the-urban-heat-island-effect-how-historys-lessons-apply-to-cities-today-234546
As summer temperatures rise, finding ways to build cities that don’t hold in the heat and can provide some cooling is increasingly important.
https://capitalbnews.org/nyc-housing-homelessness-bensonhurst/
The fight over the shelter in New York highlights the nation’s failure to address affordable housing.
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2024/08/09/save-our-lakefront-rally-draws-huge-crowd-to-redefine-the-drive-open-house-demanding-a-people-friendly-ndlsd-layout
The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/aug/10/meaning-new-banksy-series-revealed-latest-london-artwork
Exclusive: secretive artist trying to raise a smile with pelicans, elephants, monkeys, wolf, goat and cat
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/08/the-transit-beat-is-becoming-the-climate-beat/
"A lot of times, people are not drawn in when climate is the top line. So I like to start with [a question like] ‘O.K., what's affecting your daily life?’”