<p>This piece from the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> argues that the best way to improve the city's sluggish public transit system is to put it underground.</p>
Mar 12, 2008 The San Francisco Chronicle
<p>Bay Area political columnist Dan Borenstein examines long-term transportation data and concludes that driving will only increase unless politicians make driving more expensive and transit cheaper, a solution he regards as unlikely at best.</p>
Mar 12, 2008 The Contra Costa Times
<p>Libertarian economist Randal O'Toole has become notorious for defending sprawl in recent years. This article from <em>The Toronto Star</em> wonders if he might have a valid point.</p>
Mar 12, 2008 The Toronto Star
<p>Farmland in Central California's San Joaquin County is replaced with development more than any other county in the state -- a wasteful pattern that could create the "next L.A.", according to a new report.</p>
Mar 11, 2008 The Stockton Record
<p>Urban projects have resulted in the paving over of significant chunks of parkland in Melbourne, Australia -- land set aside more than 150 years ago to act as the city's lungs.</p>
Mar 11, 2008 The Age
<p>A look at the similarities between Los Angeles and Mexico City.</p>
Mar 11, 2008 LA Weekly
<p>Residents of San Francisco and Los Angeles like to feel superior to supposedly unsophisticated Sacramento. Yet, Sacramento appears to be ahead of the hip coastal areas when it comes to actually implementing smart growth.</p>
Mar 10, 2008 California Planning & Development Repot
<p>This report from <em>NPR</em> looks at the impending sale of land on the hillside above the infamous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, and the local official who's trying to prevent it.</p>
Mar 10, 2008 NPR
<p>New Urbanism sprouts up in Baja California, Mexico.</p>
Mar 10, 2008 The New York Times
Mar 9, 2008 By Mike Lydon