congestion pricing has accomplished what highway widenings never could: it has almost completely fixed New Jersey traffic approaching NYC. and it actually *raises* billions in revenue instead of costing billions

Incredible stuff happening, literally one week into congestion pricing

🚨BREAKING🚨: #Paris🇫🇷 votes for people oriented streets. 🗳️ Referendum to pedestrianize another 500 streets. 🤸Turning another 10.000 🚗 parking spots into spaces for green🌳, play🛝 and leisure🏖️. 🙋 66% in favour, 34% against. ℹ️ Low turnout of 4% indicates low resistance.

AUSTIN OFFICIALLY LEGALIZES 5-STORY SINGLE-STAIR APARTMENTS WITH A 10-1 VOTE!!! 🏗️🏬 This makes Austin the 2nd largest city outside of NYC to legalize single-stair apartments! Massive day for Austin and massive thanks to Council Member Chito Vela for taking the charge on this!

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Big shout out to Wheat Ridge City Council for getting rid of parking minimums for all multifamily development across the city. Parking is market driven and we don't need arbitrary mandates driving up the cost of housing and limiting new supply. Motion passed last night 7-0!

Nearly 70% of Colorado land zoned for housing prohibits the most affordable types of homes, study finds buff.ly/dSU3VjS

Remember those CO state land use laws that we were all talking about? June 30 was the first major deadline for ADUs and parking reform. SWEEP has been tracking local government work on this — check it out 📜

.Governor Kelly Ayotte has signed a significant expansion of New Hampshire’s ADU law! Now homeowners will be able to build one ADU, attached or detached, by right with no special permits required, and local governments can’t require more than one parking space.

It's official - last night, Boulder voted to eliminate minimum parking requirements for all new development citywide! 👏 The city's had parking minimums since 1954, which has forced builders to oversupply parking, resulting in empty lots, less housing, & higher rents. By our

After a long night, Denver city council just voted 9-3 to eliminate parking requirements for all uses citywide! 👏

Excellent op-ed from CO State Rep. Rebekah Stewart on the benefits of Lakewood's zoning code proposal to expand housing choices by re-legalizing "missing middle housing". 🏡🏡🏡 These housing types cost $230,000 less than single detached homes in Lakewood. They also use less

Of solid blue states, Colorado was #2 in homebuilding per capita in 2024 behind only Delaware 👏 All that new supply is working to stabilize and even decrease housing costs, particularly in Denver where housing costs are down 2-5% YOY after rising nearly 50% from 2017 to 2023.

🌳 Paris just transformed one of its most iconic squares: Place de l’Hôtel de Ville. Once a vast stone esplanade, it’s now an urban forest. Inaugurated on June 21, 2025, this project is reshaping how the city tackles climate, space, and livability. 🌍