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With an accumulation of almost eight feet of snow so far in the winter of 2014-2015, the City of Boston is still trying to figure…

Cities & CommunitiesFebruary 20, 2015

For anyone visiting Montreal, it is difficult to miss the artwork of Roadsworth, a.k.a. Peter Gibson. That's because the artist's…

Cities & CommunitiesAugust 14, 2014

The Spring 2014 pothole epidemic is being felt in the mid-South, including Memphis, Tennessee where station WHBQ-TV/Fox 13 brought…

Cities & CommunitiesMay 2, 2014

The story of spring potholes in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2014 might be told in terms of road salt tonnage. Because what was used…

Cities & CommunitiesApril 9, 2014

Where do serious pothole reporters turn to for historical pothole information? Pothole.info, of course! But seriously, Jessica…

Cities & CommunitiesMarch 25, 2014

Citizen reporting becoming a seasonal rite Owing perhaps to a certain mentality that says "fix it now," several American cities…

Cities & CommunitiesApril 26, 2013

Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) is the most northerly city in the Americas with a metropolitan population of more than one million…

Cities & CommunitiesApril 25, 2013

In the U.S. and elsewhere, the way to get public officials' attention to municipal woes such as potholes, broken streetlamps and…

Cities & CommunitiesMarch 14, 2013

The concept of what an alley is varies from place to place. But alleys everywhere are in a state of flux, changing and responding…

Cities & CommunitiesMay 30, 2012

Only in New York, kids only in New York. That is closing line on New York Post columnist Cindy Adams' usual run down of the weird…

Cities & CommunitiesApril 19, 2012

Oklahoma is just south enough to be outside the Snow Belt i.e., it may snow, but not at the epic levels seen in Minneapolis and…

Cities & CommunitiesFebruary 3, 2012

George Weir of Escondido has volunteered for three years, investing $80,000-$100,000 annually of his company resources to repair…

Cities & CommunitiesFebruary 1, 2012