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Also today: See Mexico City’s weird and wonderful architecture in a buggy, and mass transit wins on local ballots.

Soon, instead of rows of parked cars flanking Paris’s streets, residents could see more trees. It’s part of the city’s new climate adaptation plan, which continues its efforts to become less car-centric and to manage rising temperatures.

Under the plan, which awaits approval from the city’s council, Parisians could also see the creation of urban “oases” with greenery and gazebos that will offer respite from the sun, writes Feargus O’Sullivan. Today on CityLab: Paris to Replace Parking Spaces with Trees

— Linda Poon

More on CityLab

A Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist Architecture
The sprawling megacity hides a trove of weird and wonderful contemporary buildings. Its once-omnipresent VW Beetles provide a stylish way to see them.

Subways, Buses and Bike Lanes Scored Billions in Local Ballot Wins
Voters overwhelmingly supported local measures to improve mass transit from Arizona to Tennessee.

Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars
Members of the president-elect’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for fully self-driving vehicles one of the Transportation Department’s priorities.

What we’re reading

  • Segregation academies across the south are getting millions in taxpayer dollars (ProPublica)
  • Who pays for Alabama’s $5 billion ‘zombie’ highway project? not Alabama (Inside Climate News)
  • Wildfire threat continues in much of the US Northeast as dry conditions persist (Associated Press)
  • LA rezoning plan won’t spur enough new housing, report finds (Los Angeles Times)
  • Revealed: the truth behind the Taliban’s brutal Kabul ‘regeneration’ program (Guardian)

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