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Over 53 transit ballot initiatives will be voted on this year, worth over $51 billion.

October 27, 2004 marks the New York Subway's 100th anniversary. Several new books celebrate the occasion.

Locals share their tips on how to travel via public transit.

Suburban growth is squeezing out middle-class families.

Suburban office park owners are beginning to model the office park campus on mixed use urban neighborhoods.

A new "monster truck" is being marketed that dwarfs the Hummer H2 sport utility pickup.

USA Today reports on the Texas Transportation Institute annual mobility study. The spin: 3.5 billion hours wasted in traffic.

More companies are moving to inner cities to benefit from the advantages they offer.

Avis and Motorola commission a study to rank the 75 biggest metropolitan areas according to how difficult they are to drive in.

From Boulder, CO to Portsmouth, NH to Ybor City, FL, cities across the nation are restricting the sounds "that disrupt the quiet of suburbia."

Despite recent news about monorails, four southern cities are reviving or extending their streetcar lines -- part of a larger national trend.

Western cities go beyond dams to pump water hundreds of miles from their expanding borders.

An aerial link could shuttle tourists between Philadelphia and Camden, bringing new income to the cash-strapped cities. Critics claim the whole scheme could be yet another boondoggle along the waterfront.

Opponents of chain stores say the companies spread suburban sameness and ruin the distinctive character of neighborhoods.

The new Census designation for regional centers anchored by cities of less than 50,000 people exposes how rural life becomes suburban sprawl.

A new report from HSBC says American housing is overvalued and could lead to a 'hard landing' in 2005.

Retiring baby boomers could be a social asset.

Sprawl invades big animal habitats -- mountain lions turn up in Palo Alto yards.

National Association of Realtors finds growing public acceptance of affordable housing projects.

State supported transfer of development rights programs are working to preserve Farmland in New Jersey.