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Today’s newsletter is looking (somewhat) on the bright side:
On this week’s episode of Talking Headways, it’s Part 2 of the annual prediction show with Yonah Freemark: A discussion of their predictions from last year — what they got right and wrong on high-speed rail and transportation funding — and make new forecasts for the coming year that include Seattle and Mexico.
Plus: Some of urbanism’s greatest minds are teaming up to spread the joy of cities in an era of disinformation.
Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
“Affordable travel is not a fallback. It is what makes broad mobility possible.”
Dabney Sanders explains how Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway came together.
The best way to celebrate the nation’s birthday might not be a road trip to a national treasure; it might be just a few steps outside your front door.
