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Build housing in S.F.'s Presidio? It's not as crazy as it sounds.

How high-speed rail won over the world

San Francisco grows up and slims down

Will Trump derail America’s bullet train plans?

Was Jane Jacobs a YIMBY?

California Forever should’ve been government-led from the start

America's Most Exciting Transit Project

America’s Transit Exceptionalism

How robotaxis could transform cities

Social Housing Lands in America

The Genius of Vancouverism

Inside the battle between Amtrak and the freight railroads

What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the U.S.?

Oakland deserves another BART station

America’s hydrogen train fixation, explained

Buy everyone an e-bike!

Which city is more affordable, Houston or Boston?

Los Angeles is laying the groundwork for a better urban future

A plan to build Silicon Valley's tallest tower could break California housing politics

California Forever, the tech-billionaire funded city, plans for transit after all

Amtrak is still riding the nostalgia train

The perils of freeway caps

Has LA cracked the code for building affordable housing?

The real problem with California Forever

Is this the first wave of de-gentrification?

Think the city is a museum? Wait until you hear about the suburbs

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