Wednesday, November 8, 2023

The states getting clean transportation right

Also today: Free bus rides for Indian women, and commercial real estate braces for hit as WeWork collapses.

California is doing the most among its peers to make its transportation system more climate-friendly and equitable, according to a new scorecard from the advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council. The report provides a picture of the national transit policy landscape as state transportation departments prepare to allocate new federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

States were scored based on their efforts — or the lack thereof — to limit greenhouse gas emissions, invest in vehicle electrification and expand car-free transportation choices for residents, among other things. Massachusetts, Vermont and Oregon joined California at the top of the ranking, while four southern states were at the bottom due to low investments in EV infrastructure and public transit. Read more from me today on CityLab: California Ranks First in Climate-Friendly Transportation Investments

– Guillermo Molero

More on CityLab

How the Gemeindebau Made Vienna the Capital of Public Housing
With their huge scale and shared amenities, the municipal apartment complexes of the Austrian capital are a model that other cities struggle to copy.

Free Bus Rides Offer Indian Women New Option for Work, and Play
In a country with one of the world's lowest female labor participation rates, states are trying to give women more freedom to move around.

NYC, San Francisco Offices Brace for Pain from WeWork Bankruptcy
The coworking company's collapse is spreading through the battered commercial real estate industry, threatening to upend dozens of leases in several cities.

Paradise, five years later

"You know that saying it takes a village to raise a child? Well, it's gonna take a village to bring back their community."
Angela Alford
Resident of Paradise, California
Five years ago today, the devastating Camp Fire tore through the town of 26,000 people, killing 85 and burning down tens of thousands of structures. Paradise has since rebuilt, and has attracted both new and old residents. But challenges with reconstruction, and trauma, remain.

What we're reading

  • Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects (The Texas Tribune)
  • Hungry (but not for human contact), Americans head for the drive-through (The New York Times)
  • Pollution is driving today's reverse Great Migration (Capital B)
  • Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city (The Conversation)
  • 'A treasure beneath our feet': How the Dutch went down the toilet looking for heat (The Guardian)

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