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Bay Bridge Still Broken

This week's wind storm has highlighted problems that remain in the Bay Bridge's construction.
30 October 2009 - 6:00am
Los Angeles Times

Sea Levels Rise, Californians Seek Dutch Expertise

The rise of sea levels is an inevitable fact. This week, designers, planners, and engineers from the Netherlands and U.S. met to strategize on how the Bay area should deal with it.
22 September 2009 - 1:00pm
San Jose Mercury News

Could Old Bay Bridge Span Become a Park?

Architect Ronald Rael proposes preserving the discarded span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge and turning it into a park and mixed-use development, in the spirit of NY's High Line.
10 September 2009 - 6:00am
Streetsblog SF

Regions Cooperating to Make Use of Stimulus Funds

Neal Peirce looks at a few examples where regions have pooled their powers to utilize ARRA stimulus funds to create programs and jumpstart regional efforts.
24 August 2009 - 7:00am
Citiwire

Water Tunnel Beneath Bay to Protect San Francisco in Face of Quake

Utilities officials in the San Francisco Bay Area are hoping to secure their water resources in the face of another devastating earthquake by building a 5-mile long water tunnel beneath the Bay.
29 July 2009 - 11:00am
San Jose Mercury News

Keeping an Eye on License Plates

The posh San Francisco Bay Area town of Tiburon is planning to install cameras that record the license plate numbers of all cars coming into town. Police will use the system to apprehend criminals or investigate crimes.
11 July 2009 - 1:00pm
San Francisco Chronicle

The Planetizen News Brief - 7/9/09


4:30 minutes (4.19 MB)

Enviros struggle to move past NIMBY tendencies, iPhones begin tracking urban nuisances, and a small town main street succeeds -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

9 July 2009 - 5:00am
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BART Looking at Vendors to Boost Revenues

The San Francisco Bay Area's BART regional transit system is considering a plan to expand the amount of retailers and vendors it allows within its stations as a way to boost revenue.
27 June 2009 - 9:00am
San Francisco Examiner

"Grow Smart Bay Area" Report Released

With great fanfare, the Bay Area's Greenbelt Alliance has released a new report, "Grow Smart Bay Area", the premise being that future population and job growth can be accommodated by infill and by doing so, will add to the region's sustainability.
17 June 2009 - 12:00pm
San Jose Mercury News
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Handling Growth in the Bay Area

A roundtable discussion on the projected growth in the Bay Area of California, and the planning tools being unveiled that will help mitigate the projected increase of an additional 2 million inhabitants to the region by 2035.
9 June 2009 - 10:00am
KQED.org

Debate Over How 'Smart' Waterfront Housing Plan Can Be

Plans to build a 12,000 home waterfront development on the San Francisco Bay have some environmentalists up in arms. But the developers claim the project will exemplify "smart growth".
14 May 2009 - 11:00am
San Jose Mercury News

New Suburb Plans Dropped Amid Market Downturn

Due to the downturn in the housing market, plans for a new development that would essentially become a 20,000-person suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area have been abandoned.
14 May 2009 - 6:00am
San Jose Mercury News

Bay Area HOT Lanes: Will They Work?

An 800-mile HOT lane 'network' proposed for the Bay Area is now a bill in the state legislature. The MPO estimates it will reduce congestion and emissions while raising funds for transit. U.C. Berkeley's Pravin Varaiya insists it will lose money.
7 May 2009 - 12:00pm
East Bay Express
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California Cities to Sue Over High Speed Rail Route

A group of cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are going to file a lawsuit next month over the chosen route for California's planned high speed rail route between the Bay Area and Southern California.
3 May 2009 - 1:00pm
The San Francisco Examiner
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