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These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyIn Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained
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These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why
In Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of destruction. 

Counting the Historic Structures Destroyed by Southern California Wildfires
Significant buildings spanning decades of Southern California design have been consumed by uncontrolled wildfires in the Los Angeles metro.

A Blueprint for Better Bike Lanes
Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.

What Robotaxis Brought San Francisco
Outgoing transit agency head Jeffrey Tumlin reflects on how self-driving cars from Waymo, Cruise and Zoox affected the city's other transportation modes. 

The Leaf Blowers Will Not Go Quietly
Scores of US cities are trying to muffle the seasonal din of gas-powered leaf blowers. But the new regulations and fines are generating resistance, too. 

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Will Americans Ever Lose Their Taste for Telework?
The pandemic-era rise of remote work has hammered transit ridership and devastated downtowns. A transportation researcher looks at the long-term effects of our new commutes.   

In a City of Sprawl, Wildfire Evacuation Is Getting Harder
As climate change supercharges fire season and more people move to areas that are primed to burn, street design can make a life-saving difference.


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