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Is Urban Infill Helpful Or Harmful?

The Urban Land Institute's Bill Hudnut answer the question with a twist.

January 8 - Urban Land Institute

No Housing In California For Middle Class

California communities are unraveling as the cost of housing in some areas becomes prohibitive for the middle class.

January 7 - The Los Angeles Times

Carfree Times

The January, 2001 issue of Carfree Times contains the usual world news notes plus a guest editorial and two book reviews.

January 7 - Carfree Times

To Log Or Not To Log

Clinton has announced a ban on building roads in 58.5 million acres of national forests. Will Bush uphold the ban?

January 7 - CBS News

The Story Of A Successful Sewage Plant

A successful sewage plant in Pacifica converts sludge into protected wetlands.

January 7 - San Jose Mercury News


North Carolina's Cities Pushing For Funds

As the state becomes increasingly more urban, the legislature of this once rural state is being pressured to give more attention and money to urban areas.

January 7 - The News & Observer

Before Boston's Big Dig

Before Boston started the Big Dig, there was the Hoosac Tunnel -- maybe the biggest tunnel of all time.

January 6 - The Boston Globe


Traffic, Housing Are Madness In San Francisco

A survey finds that congestion and housing costs are driving San Francisco region residents mad.

January 6 - The San Francisco Chronicle

OC Approves $1.5 Million For El Toro

The county supervisors vote 3-2 to set aside money for Washington lobbyists to transfer the base to the county.

January 6 - Orange County Register

New Approaches To Growth Management

Governor Jeb Bush's taskforce on growth is drafting new legislation to slow sprawl in the state.

January 6 - The Orlando Sentinel

Experts Face Off Over Bullet Train

Transportation advocates and critics debate the benefits and costs of a high-speed rail system in the state.

January 6 - The Miami Herald

Harsh Realities for Philadephia MetroRail

Philadelphia to Reading light rail line has many obstacles to overcome.

January 5 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

LA's Playa Vista: New Urbanism Or Disaster?

Land use critic Jill Stewart compares Los Angeles' Playa Vista development to the disasterous Belmont school development site.

January 5 - New Times-LA

The New Economy's Impact On Oil Drilling

There is less oil in the ground each year. But knowledge, and not natural resources, is the critical resource in the new economy.

January 5 - The Atlantic Monthly

Sustainable Agriculture Amid Sprawl

King County is experimenting with sustainable agriculture in the midst of sprawl.

January 5 - The Seattle Times

Is Land Use Planning Doomed To Failure?

This editorial suggests that land use practices are doomed to failure because they rely on zoning that ignores natural resources.

January 5 - Planetizen

US Logging Curtailed In National Forests

A new federal rule will prevent any major expansion of logging in the national forest system.

January 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Land Value Drive Up Transit Costs

Transit planners in Silicon Valley are faced with rapidly rising costs -- and $300 million for a mile of new road is a good deal.

January 5 - San Jose Mercury News

Atlanta Transit In Acrimonious Battle

Forty-four highway projects have been delayed as talks among the state and environmental groups break down.

January 5 - The New York Times

New Urbanism Comes To Los Angeles

With a focus on enhancing a sense of neighborhood and not style, Polyzoides and Moule bring New Urbanism to L.A.

January 4 - The Los Angeles Times

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