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October 3 - David Goldberg

Iowa county hopes incentives will boost population and economy.

October 3 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Austan Goolsbee explains why a short-term increase in fuel prices is unlikely to change Americans' driving habits.

October 3 - Slate

The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission has published its comprehensive land-use guide, the 2040 Regional Framework Plan, to facilitate collaboration at the local and regional levels.

October 3 - The Chicago Tribune

The City of Boston and a group of private developers will seek to develop the last downtown frontier by adding 3 million square feet of development on what is currently a sea of parking lots.

October 3 - The Boston Globe

Recall election results in defeat for Wal-Mart's opponents in Jefferson, WI.

October 3 - The Capital Times

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to reduce the regulatory burden on companies by allowing smaller polluters to report less frequently. Environmentalists are skeptical.

October 3 - CBS News

Growth of the Boise metro area has created a need for qualified planners. Boise State University responds with a plan to launch an Institute for Urban and Regional Planning degree program.

October 2 - The Idaho Statesman

Finding new revenue to fund the state's dire transportation needs is at the forefront of the gubernatorial race.

October 2 - The Washington Post

In recent years, women have comprised an average of roughly 40 percent of the new transportation graduate students, both master's and Ph.D. candidates. Berkeley ITS profiles several of its recent graduates.

October 2 - Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley Online Magazine

East Aurora, a suburb of Buffalo, says no to big box attempts to change the small town feel it guards.

October 2 - The Buffalo News

The reconstruction of the levees will take decades and still may not protect the city against hurricanes stronger, or equal to, Katrina.

October 2 - The New York Times

Projet Montreal, led by urban planner Richard Bergeron, campaigns for car-free development in civic election campaign.

October 2 - The Montreal Gazette

Louis Gibbs and other environmental activists seek to reinstate "polluter pays" fees in order to help defray the burden on individual taxpayers.

October 1 - The Business Review

Despite Connecticut's well developed commuter railroad and congested highways, there has been little effort devoted towards encouraging transit oriented development in the state. That may be about to change.

October 1 - Stamford Advocate

Scott Wolf, executive director of Grow Smart Rhode Island, proposes a "bold" strategy for maintaining Rhode Island's rural communities.

October 1 - The Providence Journal

John Meyer follws up on the 'death of environmentalism' by offering 'the afterlife of environmentalism'.

October 1 - The American Prospect

What gives a city the ability to re-group and come back from natural disaster and human tragedies stronger than before?

October 1 - Smart City Radio

An enormous, 200-foot pink rabbit is erected on an Italian mountainside as a tourist attraction.

September 30 - Ananova

Chrylser, in a $400 million deal, has sold its proving ground facility outside Phoenix to real estate developers. The land could support tens of thousands of residents.

September 30 - The Arizona Republic