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City-Built Hotel Plan Gets A Push
The Phoenix city council is expected to vote to support the city as the developer to build a $300 million luxury hotel downtown.
Air Pollution Worst For Heart Than Lungs
Confirming what regulators have suspected for years, air pollution is actually more damaging to the human heart than lungs, new study says.
Rare Opportunity For Planners To Correct 1960's Mistake
Planners have a rare opportunity to correct traffic planning mistakes from the 1960s at the site of the World Trade Center.
Expansion Of Snowmobile Use In Yellowstone Rejected
A Bush administration plan to allow expand snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park is rejected.
It's Not About The Sprawl
Housing developments are not to blame for the problems of modern Southern California life
Parking Podiums Kill Life on the Street
A Chicago Tribune Op-Ed implores planning and design officials to discourage the use of podium bases for buildings, which disconnect pedestrians from buildings.
Land Use Struggle at a Stalemate
'Many port cities are struggling...because port and city leaders usually have different ideas about how waterfronts should be used. Only rarely have they worked together on a vision.'
Revitalization Versus Gentrification, Part Two
Many residents of Orlando's Parramore neighborhood are at risk of being left behind by current redevelopment efforts.
Sports Stadiums Not All They're Cracked Up To Be
Taxpayers in Miami-Dade county paying $20 million/year for underused-mothballed sports facilities
NASA Satellites Watch World's Cities Grow
Researchers used NASA's Landsat satellite to measure and analyze urban growth among a global cross-section of 30 mid-sized cities during the 1990s. [Includes photos.]
Rail Tunnel To Link Europe And Africa
Spain and Morocco have agreed to build a rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea.
China's Coast Becomes A Factory Of The World
China's Pearl River Delta is growing by double digits and stocking Wal-Mart's shelves.
Community's Plaza Is Where Its Heart Beats
Plazas required by the Laws of the Indies in the 16th c. still thrive today.
How Clean Is Clean Enough?
California is decades behind other states in formulating a comprehensive brownfields policy, stifling economic development efforts.
Discrepancy In Funding Transit Versus Highways
Federal government has local funding requirement for public transportation such as light and heavy rail; not for highways.
Strategic Plan For Downtown Buffalo Released
The plan is called 'The Queen City Hub: A Regional Action Plan for Downtown Buffalo.'
Development Takes Its Toll On Chicago's Neighborhoods.
The Chicago Tribune reports that the city of Chicago's "demolition delay" amendment, instituted to protect Chicago's architectural assets, has had little impact in its first year.
Revitalization Versus Gentrification, Part One
Parramore, a poor neighborhood west of Downtown Orlando, is the latest battleground over community redevelopment.
Leveling The Playing Field Between Highways And Transit
Despite a number of reforms in the past decade, federal rules remain stacked against transit, and funding highway projects is far easier, this study shows.
Are Cities Changing Local And Global Climates?
Urban areas, with all their asphalt, buildings, and aerosols, are impacting local and global climates.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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