Cornell University experts weigh in after Governor Kathy Hochul announced an indefinite delay to congestion tolling in New York City, weeks before the first-in-the-nation system was set to launch.

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Architecture, Art and Planning

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Nina Bassuk, emeritus professor and director of the Urban Horticulture Institute, and Alexander Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab, comment on the growing global movement to plant more trees in cities.

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Alexander Kobald and Nina Bassuk discuss the considerations that are needed before New York begins planting trees to meet its 2033 goal.

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New York City

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Victoria Beard, a professor of city and regional planning and director of the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, comments the growing threat of water shortages in cities around the world.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner whose research focuses on climate adaptation and land use policies in hurricane prone regions of the country, comments on Hurricane Idalia and climate planning in Florida.

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Mildred Warner, a professor of city and regional planning and an expert on local government services, including urban water and sanitation services, comments on newly proposed federal restrictions that would require the removal of nearly all lead water pipes on the U.S.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner, comments on flooding in California and what's needed to build more resiliency to future storms.

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Architecture, Art and Planning

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Jesse LeCavalier, an expert in infrastructure planning and a professor of architecture, Paul Mutolo, a chemist and director of External Partnerships for the Energy Materials Center, Rick Geddes, professor of policy analysis and management and founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy and Art Wheaton, an expert on transportation industries and director of labor studies, comment on the Biden administration's new infrastructure plan for electric trucks.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Catherine Kling, a water quality monitoring expert and an environmental economist, and Jennifer Minner, a professor of city and regional planning, comment on an effort to clean up Paris' River Seine.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Cornell University experts Zakhary Mallett and Rick Geddes weigh in on how congestion pricing in New York City could impact policies in other parts of the United States.

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Architecture, Art and Planning

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