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<p>A major plan to improve Sydney's walkability, urban design and public transit system have been applauded throughout the city. The only problem is figuring out how to pay for it.</p>

March 27 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>Photos taken in 2003 of the doomed Minneapolis bridge revealed warped gusset plates believed to have been a key point of failure in the 2007 collapse that killed 13 people.</p>

March 27 - AOL News

<p>Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced the launch of New York City's first Bus Rapid Transit project, called "Select Bus Service," which will connect Northern Manhattan with the Bronx. Program expansion hinges on the adoption of congestion pricing.</p>

March 27 - Streetsblog

<p>Cities are trying different strategies -- including lawsuits and selling off housing units for $1.00 -- to deal with mass housing abandonment.</p>

March 27 - Yahoo! News

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">We’ve been conducting public meetings for years. And it used to be easier. Present the plan. Discuss the plan. Talk about how your plan is better for the neighborhood/community/city/region and provide the conclusion. But things have changed.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> </p>

March 26 - Barbara Faga

<p>This article from <em>Architect Magazine</em> wonders what coastal cities will look like after the sea level rises.</p>

March 26 - Architect Magazine

<p>This piece from <em>The Tyee</em> offers ideas about how to recreate streets into lively public green spaces.</p>

March 26 - The Tyee

<p>A 15-member "live music task force" will begin work to try to encourage the growth of a musical economy in Austin, Texas.</p>

March 26 - KXAN

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<p> Now that the weather in Los Angeles has gone from pleasant to perfect with the subtle advent of spring, I&#39;ve been spending more time risking my life atop my bicycle as I wend my way to meetings and errands. As a faithful urbanist I have little trouble convincing myself of cycling&#39;s merits, which, as former California State Health Officer Dr. <a href="http://www.planningreport.com/article/1223" target="_blank">Richard Jackson</a> likes to say, can &quot;improve your life span, lower your blood pressure, make you better looking, improve your sex life, and save you money.&quot; Sounds good to me. <br />

March 26 - Josh Stephens

<p>A new report calls on China to cluster its development into "supercities" to obtain greater economic prosperity.</p>

March 26 - Xinhua

<p>In Salt Lake City, advocates for bus riders have asked the state attorney general to investigate whether the Utah Transit Authority has skewed its ridership figures to gain public support for major investments, which they say is a misuse of funding.</p>

March 26 - The Salt Lake Tribune

<p>The alternative energy sector has been booming in recent years, but is now slowing down. Could this be the end of green energy?</p>

March 26 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>New census figures show that suburban growth is slowing down in the Sunbelt cities of California, Nevada and Arizona.</p>

March 26 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Oregon's property rights issues should serve as a cautionary tale for the rest of the country, according to this article from <em>Metropolis</em>.</p>

March 26 - Metropolis Magazine

<p>A bill intended to expand the stock of affordable housing in Middlebury, Vermont, is coming under criticism for actually making it harder for developers to build affordable housing.</p>

March 26 - Addison County Independent

<p>Operation "Rialto" will lift some Venice buildings up to 3.3 feet in an effort to avoid the negative implications of sea level rise.</p>

March 26 - Terra Daily

<p>As part of a series of articles in <em>The Nation</em> on a New "New Deal", Bill McKibben argues that we need a huge investment of labor and money into green initiatives.</p>

March 25 - The Nation

<p>During the last decade, bus rapid transit (BRT) has revolutionized regional transportation planning in much of the developing and developed world.</p>

March 25 - Lincoln Institute, Land Lines

<p>Officials in New York are pleading their case for a congestion pricing plan before city councilors as the April 7 deadline for approval approaches.</p>

March 25 - The Daily News

<p>Architects are not just architects anymore. Now they are planners, too, and some high profile projects all over the world show that this trend is likely to continue.</p>

March 25 - Architect Magazine