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The Most Polluted Metro Areas in America

Atlanta tops a list of the most polluted cities in the country, according to an analysis of EPA data by Forbes.
6 November 2009 - 12:00pm
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Forbes Picks Safest Cities in U.S.

Forbes Magazine jumps into the fray once again with their list of "America's Safest Cities." Violent crime, workplace deaths, fatal crashes and natural disasters are all a part of the data considered.
28 October 2009 - 9:00am
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Cash for Blunders

"Cash for Clunkers" was upside-down and wrong-headed, rewarding bad behavior rather than punishing it, says Libertarian Richard A. Epstein.
26 October 2009 - 11:00am
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Janette Sadik-Khan in Action

Forbes profiles transportation commissioner extraordinaire Janette Sadik-Kahn, interviewed in the middle of the new public space on Broadway that she championed.
25 September 2009 - 12:00pm
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Growing Pains in Afghanistan's Cities

In Afghanistan, cities are changing. More and more people are leaving behind their agricultural past for city life, and the tide of new urbanites is stressing the fabric of the city.
7 September 2009 - 7:00am
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Is the Local Food Movement Misguided?

Eating local is in vogue, as the environmental impacts of industrialized agriculture surface. But is eating local really the right response? One author says maybe not.
6 September 2009 - 9:00am
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Rising Wealth and the Emergence of New Global Cities

New world cities are emerging, and the "first truly urban century" will be shaped by the way increasing wealth is handled in places like Mumbai, Bangalore, Shanghai, Beijing, Sao Paulo and Dubai.
4 September 2009 - 7:00am
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Metros Still Struggling With Vacancies

Housing vacancies are still rising in many American metropolitan areas.
4 August 2009 - 8:00am
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The Resilient and the Rest

This piece from Forbes looks at which cities will recover fastest from the recession -- and which ones won't.
26 July 2009 - 5:00am
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High-Speed Rail Means Real Estate Boom

Peter Gertler of HNTB says that the Obama administration's high-speed rail investments will attract new development around stations.
8 May 2009 - 12:00pm
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What’s in Store for the New HUD Secretary?

Shaun Donovan wants HUD to catalyze shifts in American urban planning, one community at a time. A look at the optimistic HUD secretary, who has been given the task of fixing the housing market—and making over a broken government agency.
10 April 2009 - 7:00am
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America's Most Congested Cities

Forbes has released its list of the most congested cities in America. Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas and Washington D.C. top the list.
3 March 2009 - 6:00am
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Top 10 Cities for Economic Upheaval

Forbes releases its first ever list of "America's Fastest-Changing Cities", documenting the cities that have undergone the most drastic economic shifts.
22 February 2009 - 5:00am
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Intercity Bus Use Highest in 40 Years: Study

A new report from the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development finds that a combination of high gas prices and airline industry woes have contributed to a dramatic increase in intercity bus ridership.
1 December 2008 - 11:00am
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Technology Brings Remote Town a Little Closer

Ten Sleep, Wyoming is home to a booming new company that teaches English online to students in Korea. The town of 350 people is a testament to how the reaches of broadband connectivity allows high-tech business to flourish even in remote areas.
26 November 2008 - 8:00am
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Transit Agencies Facing 'Unprecedented' Financial Crisis

The financial woes of AIG are impacting American public transit agencies for whom it acted as a loan guarantor: now as many as 30 agencies are in technical default on their loans and could face catastrophic losses.
2 November 2008 - 5:00am
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Which Cities Stretch Dollars The Farthest?

Texas cities top a ranking by Forbes of where your dollar goes the farthest. Affordable housing and promising job prospects made a big difference.
18 October 2008 - 11:00am
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Stress City, U.S.A.

By looking at city data and quality-of-life measures, Forbes has created a list of the most stressful cities in the U.S. Chicago, Detroit and New York rank the highest.
23 September 2008 - 10:00am
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Best Cities for Singles

Forbes keeps churning out the Top 10 Cities lists- this time looking at the best cities for single people.
6 September 2008 - 9:00am
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Cities in a State of Rapid Decay

While the mortgage crisis has hit hard in California and other prosperous regions, the cities that are sliding fastest into decline are still in the Rust Belt, with disappearing populations and bleak job prospects.
17 August 2008 - 1:00pm
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