Details of how New York’s congestion pricing plan will affect taxi and ride-hailing vehicles, commuter buses and other drivers entering Manhattan were laid out Monday afternoon in a meeting of the Traffic Mobility Review Board. smartcitiesdive.com/news/new-york-…

Baltimore City’s draft solid waste plan contains big plans for organics collection and separation. Now, a U.S. EPA grant could spur the momentum the city needs for change. smartcitiesdive.com/news/baltimore…

Can New York City become a national leader in mass timber construction? A new "mass timber studio" program aims to help that happen. smartcitiesdive.com/news/mass-timb…

The MTA lags on implementing a plan for protecting New York City's subway system against climate change, says a Tom DiNapoli audit released Friday. The system’s vulnerabilities were on full display that same day as intense rainfall inundated the city. smartcitiesdive.com/news/new-york-…

A new alliance aims to turn this Rust Belt city into a ‘Green Belt’ hub. smartcitiesdive.com/news/chicago-c…

Are you a city, state or transportation leader looking to make 2024 conference travel plans? Smart Cities Dive has you covered with our list of notable conferences for next year. smartcitiesdive.com/news/2024-smar…

Vermont utility Green Mountain Power wants to give all customers battery storage to prevent outages. The utility aims to shift the state’s grid to a distributed system — a future its CEO envisions for the entire U.S. smartcitiesdive.com/news/green-mou…

FEMA will soon start taking applications for two of its most significant #climate resilience grant programs. But this year, the agency made some "key changes" amid concerns that certain communities struggle to access such funding: smartcitiesdive.com/news/fema-clim…

A new report from the Los Angeles city controller says the city's climate action plan has the same shortcoming as those in many other cities: a lack of meaningful metrics. What should the California city do now? smartcitiesdive.com/news/los-angel…

How many chargers will the Northeast’s electric trucks need? National Grid aims to find out: smartcitiesdive.com/news/national-…

Washington, DC’s ban on cashless businesses, explained by Paige Gross ✨: smartcitiesdive.com/news/dc-cashle…

A group of more than 50 local elected officials is calling on the U.S. EPA to begin updating the agency’s landfill emissions monitoring standards and support their efforts to phase organics out of landfills and incinerators by 2040. smartcitiesdive.com/news/local-off…

Plans to get an entire block off the natural gas system take shape in one California city: smartcitiesdive.com/news/albany-ca…

How 7 cities transformed asphalt with art in 2023, in photos: smartcitiesdive.com/news/urban-asp…

Cooling cities while reducing emissions: 3 takeaways from new UN Environment Programme report smartcitiesdive.com/news/un-coolin…

Federal court denies Berkeley, California’s request to rehear natural gas ban case: smartcitiesdive.com/news/berkeley-…