[URBAN NOTE] Five links on cities: Star Trek, mass transit, California rail, Green New Deal, HQ2

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• The Conversation considers what Star Trek has to say about sustainable urban development.


• This New York Times article looks at how, in the United States, it is the cities of the West that are leading the country in developing effective mass transit now.


• CityLab looks at the retreat of California from its full vision of a high-speed rail connection.


• CityLab considers what a Green new Deal could do to help suburbia.


• The Atlantic thinks that the rejection of Amazon HQ2 by New York City is good if it leads to an end in competitive subsidies by different jurisdictions to attract businesses.