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Muddy tire in pothole puddle anchored by bricks

New asphalt could make potholes extinct

Air conditioner in house window on Summer day.

New paint ‘sweats’ to keep buildings cool

Bridge over water in Rio Vista, California

Billionaire utopian city launches new shipyard plan

Toyota's Woven City at dusk with Mount Fuji in background

Electric Vehicles

Welcome to Woven City: Toyota offers first glimpse at futuristic town

Two SpaceX Starship rockets at Starbase in Texas

Elon Musk claims Starbase will become its own city

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia faces a major setback

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia may not be as eco-friendly as advertised

The back of a woman's head in a garden setting

How to discover weird and cool places near you

San Francisco Panorama from San Francisco Bay

Silicon Valley’s wealthiest want to build their own city outside of San Francisco

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo

a person stands on a snow covered mountain top looking out a vista of rocky mountains as the sun peeks above the horizon

Why it matters that humans and nature are growing apart

George Washington Bridge traffic going into Manhattan in the daytime when congestion pricing will apply

Why congestion pricing reduces traffic better than new highway lanes

A piping plover shorebird walks on sand, with tawny feathers on his back, a white stomach, a black band of feathers on his neck, and a green band on his ankle

Remembering Monty and Rose, the Chicago shorebirds that became the face of a movement

Water and air pollution on beach

Pollution kills 1 in 6 people worldwide

By Sara Kiley Watson

a black and white and purple stylized collaged image of a man holding a drafting pencil over a model of a city and on the right hand side another cut out of a circular street design

The resurgence of open public streets is a centuries-old idea

By Bill Gourgey

Atlanta skyline at sunset

Urban sprawl defines unsustainable cities, but it can be undone

By Jocelyn Timperley

A rendering of AI-assisted traffic light systems.

The future of open city streets could start with smarter traffic lights

New York city street grid vs. London street grid in thin colorful lines on black

A popular mobile game is teaching scientists how we navigate our worlds

Dallas-Forth Worth water gardens as an example of green infrastructure and walkable cities

Walkability won’t solve neighborhood health inequities

A park with tree canopy and benches in the fall.

Urban green spaces can’t beat climate change on their own

By Sara Kiley Watson