| Also today: San Francisco wants wealthy donors to help tackle drug overdoses, and Trump’s freeze on climate money sows fear and confusion. |
| |
| A set of US Department of Transportation memos directs the agency to give preference to places with higher birth and marriage rates when distributing federal grants or implementing programs. While it isn’t clear how the memos will be carried out, transit advocates warn that the unusual policy could be one of several ways the Trump administration is diverting funding away from urban areas and communities of color. The memos, released a day after Sean Duffy was sworn in as the agency’s head, also seek to carry out the president’s agenda by ending support for projects that involve climate change, or racial and gender inequality, Kendra Pierre-Louis reports. Today on CityLab: Transportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage Rates — Linda Poon | |
| |
| |
-
It was the hottest idea in environmentalism. Trump has suspended everyone involved. (Slate) -
A school district’s plan for rising rent and stagnant salaries: teacher housing (The 19th) -
A new map tracks the growth of NYC’s community land trusts (Next City) -
Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again (CNN) - Want to smoke outdoors in Milan? Better be far from other people (New York Times)
| |
Have something to share? Email us. And if you haven’t yet signed up for this newsletter, please do so here. | |
| |
| |
| You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's CityLab Daily newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, sign up here to get it in your inbox. | | |
