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Proposal would let Massachusetts towns ban or restrict powered personal watercraft if they are considered to be an environmental threat.

March 31 - The Patriot Ledger

Robert Cross talks about his favorite mode of transportation.

March 31 - The Chicago Tribune

Denver is one of the cities being considered by Boeing for its new headquarters. But the city is sending mixed messages.

March 31 - The Seattle Times

Most address only part of the problem of sprawl - bad land use decisions. But few mention the other problem because it is politically incorrect to do so.

March 31 - The Orlando Sentinel

Editorial by Kenneth T. Jackson argues that Americans do not like cities they have built and offers ideas on how to make our cities "great" again.

March 31 - The New York Times

While planners prefer dense development around a Metro station, residents resist "Urban Village" concept.

March 30 - The Washington Post

The Texas Legislature has been asked by a developer to intervene in a land development regulation conflict with a growing community.

March 30 - Austin American-Statesmen

Concerned about straining exisiting infrastructure, the mayor of Frederick, MD, order a halt on new development.

March 30 - The Washington Post

Contrarian planner Rich Carson spoke at the AICP Symposium in New Orleans and provided his negative assessment of professional certification.

March 30 - New Planning Meridian

The State high court ruled that cities cannot lift landmark status from historic homes without environmental review.

March 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Latinos have ascended to dominance in L.A. and nonwhites came to outnumber whites according to census data now out.

March 30 - The Los Angeles Times

After a decade of debate on how to revitalize Fort Lauderdale's northwest area, city leaders agreed this week to pay for a $45 million, five-year project aimed at revitalizing the City's poorest section.

March 30 - Sun-Sentinel

A shortage of developable land in California may change how the state grows.

March 30 - California Planning and Development Report

A new collision avoidance system is being tested by Carnegie Mellon University on 100 city public transit buses.

March 30 - American Planning Association

How will the development of the Internet and telecommunications change the nature of land use?

March 30 - Governing

A report by real estate company Cushman & Wakefield Inc. predicts that the dot-com industry in S.F. will collapse in the next year.

March 30 - Wall St. Journal

Planners are looking to put a park-on-a-bridge over Fort Washington Way in downtown Cincinnati.

March 29 - The Cincinnati Post

A new report from the Sierra Club touts the benefits of regional taxrevenue sharing with the ultimate aim of curbing sprawl.

March 29 - Sierra Club

A large federal facility can have a dramatic impact on the vitality and livability of a community. Government planners are recognizing this.

March 29 - Governing

This Texas developer is taking the unusual step of limiting development in order to increase revenues.

March 29 - Austin American-Statesmen