There have been many success stories across the US when it comes to getting homeless veterans off the street in places like Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Virginia and Connecticut, but homelessness in the general population is rising in America's largest cities. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, has just unveiled a five-year plan that realistically […]
Downtown Manhattan will shut down to cars and buses, and be filled up with activities for pedestrians in honor of Earth Day.
In a positive trend that began in the late 20th century, murder rates have declined significantly in many US cities, but so, too, have burglary rates. Is yours on the list?
Dallas and Fort Worth may not be in the bottom of lists for cycling-friendly cities for long. Transportation planners voted to spend $7 million dollars on a "superhighway for bicycles" between the two downtown areas.
The CITYPAK Project is distributing 2500 custom-designed backpacks to homeless people in NYC and surrounding areas this February, bringing the total number of PAKs given away to 15,000 across the U.S.
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Over the course of the last two months, Bevan Dufty and Hillary Ronen have shown that they're not afraid to get down and dirty when their city needs a hand.
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With rat control problems up 67% in one year, Chicago is trying an old-fashioned, non-toxic, solution to solving the problem.
The project hopes to convert at least 1,000 of these bland-looking highway pillars into gorgeous green air pockets throughout the city.
In a "world first," scientists are installing panels of microplants to clean up London air pollution with stunning efficiency.
The Big Apple recently approved an unprecedented new package of initiatives to place the city at the forefront of the fight against climate change.
The systems could save drivers tons of gas and frustration now that is has been launched in over a dozen American cities.
This new university study says that planting trees along the roadside is not the most effective way to combat urban air pollution.
Veterans are taking the lead in Baltimore, cleaning up years of blight and helping residents in a mostly poor, African-American neighborhood to rid the area of drug dealers. Along blocks dotted with boarded-up homes, veterans are applying lessons they learned in Iraq and Afghanistan in an effort to restore the community's sense of pride – and their own sense of purpose.
The Quincy Police Department was one of the first law enforcement agencies to distribute a drug called Naloxone, a drug used to reverse opiate overdoses.
Niagara Falls is the latest municipality to offer incentives for people to move there. And the city of 51,000 residents says even a small influx will make a big difference. Applicants who are chosen will get up to $7,000 to pay back student loans, if they move to downtown Niagara Falls for two years.
After nearly five years of planning, a large-scale attempt to turn a big chunk of Detroit blight into an urban forest is now underway. The transformation of more than 1,500 vacant city-owned lots on the city's lower east side – a total of more than 140 acres – is now underway.
On the third floor of an old meat-packing plant is a humid hothouse filled with rows of greens and sprouts, even exotic white strawberries. Nearby, in large barrels swim dozens of tilapia, fish native to tropical regions. The Plant is a leading example of urban vertical farming using old warehouses, where plants and fish are raised symbiotically, with a closed-loop system that uses all waste toward the production of food.
America is way behind much of the world in urban cycling opportunities. In fact, Montreal is the only city in North America to make a list of top 20 biking cities globally, but there are some bright spots. Taking into account bike lanes, hilliness, route options, and number of commuters, the top cities in America include Portland, San Francisco, Denver, and surprisingly, Philadelphia.
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