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<p class="MsoNormal"> Some transportation writers seem to believe that the interests of drivers and those of nondrivers are irreconcilable.<span> </span>For example, I just searched on google.com for websites using the terms “traffic calming” and “anti-automobile” together, and found over 60 such sites.<span> </span>But in fact, the interest of pedestrians in calmer, more walkable streets sometimes intersects (pun intended) with the interests of at least some motorists. </p>

March 31 - Michael Lewyn

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Completing any type of academic exit project in planning school requires more than writing a proposal and executing it. It also involves assembling and then managing a committee. “Managing up” involves working with your committee to achieve what is important to you while also doing what they see as essential. It is a vital part of the exit project and terrific preparation for later life. Those who don’t learn to manage up are doomed to frustration. They likely will spend extra time making revisions that could have been avoided. Even those who are skipping the thesis in favor of a group capstone workshop or studio will need some skills in managing faculty advisors. </p>

March 31 - Ann Forsyth

<p>Climate change will probably be pretty devastating for coastal Alaska, but it could also bring a boom to the area's economy, according to a recent report.</p>

March 31 - Juneau Empire

<p>Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announced his resignation Monday, effective April 18.</p>

March 31 - The Washington Post

<p>Redevelopment plans for Washington D.C. highlight the increased emphasis on public spaces.</p>

March 31 - The Washington Post

<p>This article looks at what could happen if Nevada's reservoir Lake Mead actually does dry up by 2021 as some scientists have predicted.</p>

March 31 - The Alternative Consumer, via Environmental News Network

<p>Officials in Los Angeles were successful in implementing high-density growth policies to curb sprawl. However, a disconnect between culture, transportation policy, and the real estate market may have disastrous consequences.</p>

March 31 - The Economist

<p>The Navajo Nation has announced plans to build wind turbines and generate electricity in the windy high mesas of Northern Arizona.</p>

March 31 - The Arizona Republic

<p>Alleys are a major part of the character of San Francisco, and many parts of the city are trying to embrace these unique aspects of the urban makeup.</p>

March 31 - The New York Times

<p>More people in British Columbia are responding to higher gas prices by ditching their cars and rising bikes, taking transit and walking, according to a recent survey.</p>

March 31 - The Vancouver Sun

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<p> China's economic boom has often been compared to the West's industrialization, only running in fast-foward. IT looks as if the decline of Western industrial regions may be playing out in the China on the same accelerated time frame. BusinessWeek Asia is reporting on "<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_14/b4078078846220.htm?link_position=link1">China's Factory Blues</a>" this week on how a perfect storm of recent developments - from the decline in the US housing market to soaring commodity prices and new labor regulations - is shuttering factories in the Peal River Delta at an alarming rate. </p>

March 31 - Anthony Townsend

<p>The federal government has issued an updated strategy plan for responding to natural and man-made disasters.</p>

March 31 - Washington Technology

<p>The blog post features a list of the top five densest cities in America, and looks at the conditions that have made them that way.</p>

March 31 - Environmental Graffiti

The French architect will be awarded the Pritzker Prize Monday -- the top prize in the field of architecture.

March 30 - The New York Times

<p>This article from <em>Metropolis Magazine</em> features a tour of Beijing as it prepares for the Summer Olympics. The scale of development is almost overwhelming, according to author Philip Nobel.</p>

March 30 - Metropolis Magazine

<p>The greater Toledo area needs to think harder about creating regional development if it wants to compete in the globalizing economy, according to this editorial.</p>

March 30 - The Toledo Free Press

<p>This editorial calls on the state of New Jersey to take advantage of the fact that it has one of the country's largest mass transit network and to better site homes and development near transit.</p>

March 30 - The Times (New Jersey)

The city of Los Angeles is currently sitting on more than $130 million dollars intended to build parks. But those funds are tied to council districts high in development, leaving districts with little development high and dry.

March 30 - LA Weekly

<p>A proposed public art piece featuring a bronze statue of the "Happy Days" character Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli has many up in arms about the process creating and approving public art.</p>

March 29 - The Next American City

<p>Sixteen percent of all American moving between July 2006 and July 2007 headed to Texas according to Census data released March 27. Four Texas regions were among the top ten destinations, mostly in the South and West.</p>

March 29 - Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle