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“If you build it, they will bike” – the infrastructure – e-bike nexus

Why do people buy cargo e-bikes, and how can more commercial operations be encouraged to make the switch from gas-guzzling automobiles to planet- and city-friendly, battery-powered bicycles? A new study from scholars in Munich and Berlin offers some insights. Key…

E-bikes show massive potential for climate action

A new study from the United Kingdom estimates the vast economic and environmental benefits of switching from gas-powered automobiles to electric bicycles (e-bikes). Key takeaways: The researchers estimate that e-bikes could reduce emissions in the UK by as much as…

California YIMBY Endorses Bilal Mahmood for Assembly District 17

California YIMBY is proud to endorse Bilal Mahmood in the special election for California Assembly District 17, which includes the eastern half of San Francisco. As an organization committed to ending the housing shortage and affordability crisis in California, we…

California YIMBY Statement on Governor’s 2022 Budget Summary

$1 Billion in New Funds for Climate-Safe Housing, Infrastructure; $2 Billion for Homelessness & Services “This budget is a major down payment on a more equitable, climate-resilient California” SACRAMENTO – California YIMBY issued the following statement regarding Governor Newsom’s 2022-2023…

New Zealand Goes Full “YIMBY” With Nationwide Upzoning

An independent cost-benefit analysis of the New Zealand government’s new legislation to allow three-story multifamily housing by-right, commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment, finds that it could have a major impact on housing affordability, gradually but increasingly delivering “a…

Housing Policy is Climate Policy: How Local Zoning Regulations Hurt the Environment

A new study by UC Berkeley and UC Irvine scholars, commissioned by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) examines the impact of local zoning, permitting, and environmental review on housing development and sprawl —…

Black suburbanization is changing Black neighborhoods

A new working paper by Bartik & Mast (2021) at the W.E. Upjohn Institute finds that patterns of Black households moving to suburbs in the US are key to understanding increased spatial segregation since 1970. Key takeaways: Black households pursued…

Get a Good Job With More Pay, the Landlord Takes It All Away

Cities with job growth attract new residents and develop a more productive workforce, but the workers who move to growing cities will see their wage gains eaten up by the urban housing shortage. A new paper, aptly titled “Location, Location,…