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'Bus Rapid Transit': An Alternative For Light Rail?
The 'bus rapid transit system" is a bus service made to work like a rail system without the high cost of a light-rail system.
The Most Vital 'Boomburbs' In The Country
The Fannie Mae Foundation has listed the 53 most vital 'boomburbs' in the country. Almost half are in California.
Top Eight Technology Cities
Worried about the slowing economy and dot-com crashes? Infoworld has published a list of the top eight regions in the U.S. with a healthy high-tech future.
St. Louis Needs A New Monument
The striking St. Louis Arch is an icon of the city's past, and sends the wrong symbolic message. Is it time for a new monument?
U.S. Wetlands Protection Efforts Failing
A National Academy of Sciences study says that U.S. efforts to protect wetlands are failing.
Cities Need Suburbs
Urban cities and their suburbs together create world-class metropolitan regions.
Planning Is The Problem
A United Kingdom publication charges that New Urbanism is authoritarian and the real problem with cities is planning.
California's Water Deals
Is the battle for Californian's state water rights turning ugly?
Klamath Falls Flashpoint Explained
Humans and animals clash at Klamath Falls in a conflict caused by the Endangered Species Act.
Who Sprawls The Most?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, cities in the East are sprawling faster then their West coast counterparts.
Sprawl Backlash: Profile Of Eco-Terrorists
Time Magazine profiles the eco-terrorist green guerrillas of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF).
The Real Cost Of Prisons
How much does it cost your state to lock up criminals? Who is being held behind bars in each state? An interactive atlas makes innovative use of technology to answer these questions?
Book Review: 'Restoring The Ecology Of Childhood'
A review of Sara Stein's "Noah's Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood", a book on why the environment is a critical part of childhood.
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Who Sprawls The Most?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, cities in the East are sprawling faster than their West coast counterparts.
Banning Weekend Noise In San Marino, CA
Wealth lives in San Marino, California. And they don't like the noise from power lawn tools on weekends and holidays.
'Archiving Supertrees' To Save Old Growth Forests
The Champion Tree Project is working to ensure that the nation's old growth forests survive by searching for and "archiving" the finest trees.
U.S. Cities' Economies Larger Than Some Countries
President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors talks about a new study on the economic prosperity of U.S. metropolitan areas.
Strictly Traditional
Independence Township, MI, is growing. To be approved, development plans must comply with the master plan that prefers "English country-style" architecture.
Controversial Superfund Effort Shows Results
A new report shows that half of the nation's superfund sites have been successfully cleaned up. But the number of new sites continues to grow.
Gehry To Plan Playa Vista, CA Project
Frank Gehry has been hired to plan and design, with other architects, 60 acres of the former DreamWorks site.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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