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When Buffalo, New York, changed its zoning code so that developers no longer had to provide specified amounts of parking, space was freed up for public transit and people.

PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH Marketview Heights resident Ashley Smith wants to convert a vacant lot on Mona Street into a community garden. Where many in the Marketview Heights neighborhood saw problems with the vacant, city-owned lot at the corner of Forester and Mona streets, Ashley Smith saw promise. The 6,700-square feet of nothing had sat idle for years, a mon...

New green code to make Coventry the most environmentally-friendly UK City of Culture The prestigious status for the city starts on May 15 and will run for 12 months Coventry War Memorial Park (Image: Coventry City of Culture Trust/Graeme Peacock) Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletter...

While most countries battle waves of COVID-19 pandemic, life is back to normal in Wuhan Shopping malls are crowded, restaurants busy, pedestrians with their pets a common sight on roads and retirees relax by singing and dancing in public. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Statues along a street are seen with masks placed on them as a WHO mission team visits Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. (Photo | AP) Express News Service KOCHI: More than a year after Kerala reported India’s first Cov...

A proposal by the regions largest federally qualified health center to convert a Niagara Street warehouse and storage facility into a community medical clinic is facing opposition from some neighbors. Neighborhood Health Center wants permission to evade the citys Green Codes walkability requirements in an area where the city is investing in the streetscape to make it pedestrian-friendly. As a result, it was forced to yield on one of its variance requests, while the citys Zoning Board of Appeals...

Qatar Rail urged passengers to abide by the preventive measures tomorrow, December 18.   For all the Qatar National Day events as well as Amir Cup Final, Qatar Rail is expecting to see a large turnout. To avoid crowding, the customers can benefit from the metro’s journey pre-planning service through the Qatar Rail mobile application or Doha metro website and arrive at the station in advance of their journey. Qatar Rail urges passengers to abide by coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions and arri...