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A proposed $5.5 billion light-rail project serving neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens will need bigger sidewalks, additional bus lanes and more open space to maximize the potential ridership, according to the Regional Plan Association bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The pesticide paraquat is banned in Brazil due to links with Parkinson’s disease, yet water tests show it’s widely used. Our investigation reveals how criminal networks and a fractured global regulatory landscape fuel a smuggling pipeline. bloomberg.com/features/2026-…
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A proposed $5.5 billion light-rail project serving neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens will need bigger sidewalks, additional bus lanes and more open space to maximize the potential ridership, according to the Regional Plan Association bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Strict enforcement of rules that require affordable housing builders to "Buy American" is stalling projects and escalating costs, developers say. Read more: bloom.bg/4zFOVJ6
📷: Sofia Aldinio/Bloomberg
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At Baltimore’s Peale Museum, there are 14 different visions for tearing down the Jones Falls Expressway — and restoring the Jones Falls River.
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📷: Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
Strict enforcement of rules that require affordable housing builders to "Buy American" is stalling projects and escalating costs, developers say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Technology heavyweights are supporting a ballot measure that would raise sales taxes to cover the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit shortfalls — pushing rates above 10% in some areas. Read more: bloom.bg/4e9b3D6
📷: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
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For decades, property prices in Japan barely budged and renters could expect their costs to never rise. That era is now over. Read more: bloom.bg/4iDDBWD
📷: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg
At Baltimore’s Peale Museum, 14 different visions for tearing down the Jones Falls Expressway — and restoring the Jones Falls River bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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A virtual-only school empire reaps millions of tax dollars despite truant students and failing schools. Stride, the nation’s largest operator of virtual public schools, has collected more than a billion dollars in taxpayer money in Texas alone. Read more: bloom.bg/47Rw4P4
📷: Jake Dockins for Bloomberg Businessweek
Swapping thirsty fairways for server farms would save water and create jobs, backers of the proposed Los Angeles Recreation and Technology Park say. Read more: bloom.bg/4z3kxY0
📷: Ramus Development
Out of dozens of cities with ballot measures focused on AI infrastructure, only one sided with data center developers. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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For decades, property prices in Japan barely budged and renters could expect their costs to never rise. That era is now over bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Out of dozens of cities with ballot measures focused on AI infrastructure, only one sided with data center developers. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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For decades, property prices in Japan barely budged and renters could expect their costs to never rise. That era is now over bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Out of dozens of cities with ballot measures focused on AI infrastructure, only one sided with data center developers. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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Sub-Saharan Africa is set to host five megacities by 2050 and Lagos is likely to be overtaken by Angola’s Luanda as the continent’s biggest metropolis. Read more: bloom.bg/4yVEnnW
📷: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Sports venues are rethinking what a comfortable restroom experience looks like for women fans as well as athletes. Read more: bloom.bg/47RLzqf
📷: Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images
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Voters across the US approved at least $67 billion of state and local government bond sales during Tuesday’s election, according to preliminary vote tallies of S&P Global Market Intelligence data analyzed by Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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