Local leaders, residents and businesses are grappling with a long list of unanswered questions about Northern CA’s deadliest and most costly wildfire.
Livable Places Update
Jobs and Automation: How will the Future Work?
The increasing feasibility of automation has created questions about the future of work and its potential for displacing workers.
Creating a utopia for self-driving cars? Start sharing the ride now!
Encouraging ridesharing and carsharing is a strategy that would address current conditions and lay the groundwork for a brighter autonomous-vehicle future.
Communicating Climate-Change Solutions: Positive Messages for the People
The Local Government Commission joins forces with Path to Positive Communities to inspire and empower local engagement on climate solutions.
The Decline of Retail: What Local Governments Can Do
The retail sector lost approximately 30,000 jobs in March alone, with thousands of store closings projected through 2017.
Spinning Our Wheels: Bolstering Bicycling in the U.S.
Many cities across the country are questioning how far we’ve really come to make bicycling a substantive mode of transportation.
Broadband for Better Communities
Broadband access is critical to community prosperity, but less than half of California’s rural population has the same Internet access as urban areas.
Vision Zero: A Vision for Safer Streets for All
The Centers for Disease Control recently indicated that our traffic death rate per capita is nearly double the average of other developed nations.
Driving the Next Decade: The Challenge to Put More Zero-Emission Cars on the Road
California has led the charge for electric vehicles with an ambitious strategy to put 1.5 million zero‐emission vehicles on the road by 2025.
A Message to the New Administration: The Economic Argument for Livable Communities
As the new administration takes office in Washington, sustainability leaders across the nation have been speculating about the potential impacts on their work.
