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There's not a lot of talk about cities or urban issues among the Republicans running for president, according to this piece from Salon.

Will Doig takes us through some of the biggest projects to look out for across the nation this year, proving that cities are neither as cash-strapped nor as unimaginative as we perhaps thought.

Will Doig asks, "Are urban bicyclists just elite snobs?" Turns out the answer is, basically, no.

Writer J.J. Sedelmaier recalls riding the beautifully streamlined Electroliner trains, which ran on the same tracks as other Chicago rail transit but were a special event all to themselves.

The wastelands of the modern world can have an almost post-apocalyptic feel. But they can also be beautiful.

A Superior Court Judge has ordered the jailing of the builder of an elaborate and eccentric set of unpermitted buildings in the exurbs north of Los Angeles.

Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, Salon lists out 10 urban areas where race segregation is most prevalent.

After being accused of being party-unfriendly, Paris and other French cities have been officially allowed to keep their dance clubs open as late as 7 a.m.

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers were once dramatically wider, but a century of re-engineering has constricted their courses, making "flood magnification" inevitable.

A new suburbanite writes into an advice columnist for help dealing with his suburban depression.

On November 21st, Britain's "No Music Day" showed why taking a break from ubiquitous music in public spaces is a badly-needed means of reclaiming the ability to actually listen to your surroundings, writes Kevin Berger.

This post from Salon shows a video of a train that travels right through a market in Bangkok.

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is taking a lot of heat from cycling advocates for citing bicycle infrastructure funding for the deteriorating state of the country's highways and bridges.

Japan's leech invasion may be an unintended consequence of successful reforestation efforts combined with rural population declines.

In this interview, Author Steven Johnson discusses his lates book about London's Cholera outbreak, urban planning, and his fascination with the popular computer game, SimCity.

An excerpt from John McPhee's book, "The Control of Nature", shows why New Orleans has always been vulnerable to flooding.

"Raising Less Corn More Hell" asserts that modern farming methods actually are counter-productive to countering world hunger.

Are wireless networks set to become the new revitalization and urban renewal strategy for the city of the 21st century?

The latest Pixar film "The Incredibles" features personal monorail vehicles; now a company in Minnesota is set to make them a reality.

For the past five years, growth in solar and wind power has increased by 30% per year. Yet the Bush Administration's energy policy has failed to respond to this opportunity.