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I think that we all agree that there are dams that do not pose significant hazards that are going to be in place for many, many years, and those are really the sites that deserve to be prioritized for development for power.
Overlooked communities Can $10 million keep Pittsburgh from pushing out low-income residents?
Carmen Brown, president of Action United, is hopeful city voters will have a chance to consider a new Housing Opportunity Fund to increase affordable housing and to reduce blight.
The natural gas industry in Pennsylvania this week experienced an explosion, a possible link to two earthquakes and a $12 million boost from the state. Here’s what you need to know.
Pittston Mayor Mike Lombardo arranged for Maura Kennedy to speak with officials from Luzerne County’s three cities: Wilkes-Barre, Pittston and Nanticoke at the Pittston Memorial Library on Tuesday.
The majority of public transit riders are low-income people who live in affordable, unsubsidized housing, said Dr. Barbara Brown Wilson, assistant professor of urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia.
Wilson spoke to an audience at the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh on Friday about a study that focused on the intersection between “naturally occurring” affordable housing, energy and utilities, and transit.
The ride-sharing company already has an Advanced Technologies Center near Carnegie Mellon University, and it announced on Tuesday that it plans to open another at the Almono Development Center in Hazelwood, a neighborhood southeast of the city center.
Deaths caused by car accidents in Pennsylvania decreased from 2004 to 2013, but the rate of pedestrian fatalities remained steady.
Public space in downtown Pittsburgh could be connected like never before.
Gehl Studio, the U.S. arm of well-known Danish urban research and design firm Gehl Architects, is working on a report that measures how people use downtown's public spaces and major streets.
That data will serve as the basis for Gehl’s recommendations in January. The city can then use the recommendations to experiment with changes to downtown in 2016.
Commuters who use public transit or pay for parking while at work will be able to set aside more pre-tax money for their commuting costs if a mammoth spending deal struck in Congress passes on Friday.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey emphasized the importance of funding bridges that Pennsylvanians use to go to work and school soon after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $305 billion transportation funding bill 359-65 on Thursday.
