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The New England Economic partnership warns that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's optimism about green jobs may be unrealistic.

The Federal Housing Administration said today that its reserves are dwindling because of risky loans they insured and the drop in home prices.

Many in Sacramento and California's Central Valley are concerned that they aren't being prioritized in the process to get high-speed rail moving.

Parking by the Giants Stadium costs $1 less an hour than before the pilot program began, but on 'game days', the rate shoots up four-fold. Parking rates are not set daily but hourly by time of day, and have become quite profitable.

NYC has purchased 7 acres of Coney Island from a developer, with the hopes of breathing new life into the People's Playground.

Developers and locals in Las Vegas are pinning hopes onto the new CityCenter development to bring walkability to the desert city.

An argument in a New York City bar elevated to violence recently, when a male Columbia University planning professor punched a woman in the face.

A former Beirut resident returns to the Lebanese city to find a vibrant and emerging tourist destination, but with many of the quirks of a developing country.

New York City's Gowanus Canal has been heavily polluted for years. Mayor Bloomberg said the cleanup would happen, but it never did. Now the EPA is calling the troubled waterway a Superfund site and the city is kickstarting action.

Two sets of graphs from show demographic trends in India that are likely to create a heavily urbanized country. But they aren't building the infrastructure to back up the growth, according to Thomas Crampton.

Urban designers Terri Chiao and Deborah Grossberg Katz take on the problem of homelessness in New York proactively, rather than waiting for RFPs to come in.

This editorial from Karrie Jacobs suggests that we can find smarter uses for the interstate highway system.

A new report from Transportation for America reveals that over the past 15 years, 76,000 Americans have been killed while crossing or walking along a street in their community.

Photographer Dustin Aksland spent four days in Dubai taking pictures of the spaces in-between the buildings, where construction workers rule.

Commuters and workers alike are grateful the SEPTA strike is over, but fare hikes of an undisclosed amount are expected for the next year.

The Valley Transportation Authority plans to release its final report on a bike share program by the end of the year.

Researchers are experimenting with using LEDs to grow algae in abandoned mines to be used for biofuels.

This report from NPR briefly looks at causes for concern, when it comes to the decline in walking in the US, including safety and obesity.

Construction has begun in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, on its new light rail system.

A critical look at the football stadium proposed for outside Los Angeles, called "green" architecture, but it seems the costs will far outweigh its benefits.