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A better way to plan the post-pandemic Puget Sound Sweden's ‘Street Moves’ program offers a model for making neighborhood residents the planners of their own streets.  by A new type of construction kit that will change how Sweden uses city's streets is now being tested in Stockholm, in an innovation project led by ArkDes Think Tank. With the help of the kit, municipalities or residents can quickly create space for play, outdoor gym, cultivation, social hubs or anything else that gives the street life. (LundbergDesign) The coronavirus pandemic has raised important questions about the abi...

How the New Stimulus Can Strengthen Local Governments The American Rescue Plan can help local leaders do a lot more than cover budget shortfalls. The funds offer a chance for them to address equity issues, engage residents and create the future they want to see. Zachary Markovits, Results for America   |   April 9, 2021   |  Opinion We’ve heard it over and over: Never let a crisis go to waste. But while that might have become a cliché, it’s still good advice. And it’s a lesson America’s mayors and other local government leaders s...

Care Work Is Climate Work Overhauling the economy to cool the planet will require huge investments in care work. Biden’s infrastructure plan is just the start. JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images “What is infrastructure?” Somehow, this is the question under debate right now, thanks to America’s antiquated political system, which has made it virtually impossible to pass anything that isn’t a giant omnibus bill by the slimmest of margins. That could well make the recently proposed “infrastructure bill” President Biden’s last, best chance to jam something through the budget rec...

<strong>Editorial: </strong>Continued underfunding of public services is undermining the social fabric of our cities and towns

Cuomo: Remorse, but No Resignation Alternate-side parking: In effect until Mar. 28 (Passover). Image Credit...Andrew Kelly/Reuters Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had been keeping a low profile. After allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted kissing, some of his fellow Democrats had called for him to step down. Despite the Covid-19 crisis and the first anniversary of the start of the pandemic, Mr. Cuomo did not hold a news briefing for nine days. That ended on Wednesday when Mr. Cuomo appeared at a news conference in Albany with comments regarding the allegations. Along with giving an apology, the...