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Midwest High Speed Rail Report Revised For 2004
New version moves planning from the conceptual stage to the feasibility stage.
Rumblings In REITland
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are facing strong competition for investment dollars.
Oregon: A Smart Growth Slap-Down?
Measure 37’s passage means lots of lawsuits, and little else
The World's Tallest Bridge Opens In France
The stunning Millau Bridge -- the world's new tallest road bridge -- opens in southern France.
Pentagon Exempts itself from Environmental Regulation
A new directive from the Department of Defense eliminates any need for the Pentagon to be responsible for public health or toxic site cleanups.
Top Ten Parking Myths Debunked
Line Magazine publishes collection of articles analyzing parking architecture, design and policy.
Oregon's Property-Rights Vote Could Derail Smart Growth
Neal Peirce shows how the innocuous language in Oregon's Measure 37 conceals the potential to turn the State into an "eruption of Burger Kings and Wal-Marts."
Construction To Begin On World's New Tallest Building
At just under one-half mile tall, construction is set to begin on the Burj Dubai skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A Property Tax 'Crisis'?
Tax assessors are taking a bigger bite out of household finances. Now taxpayers may be "biting back."
MegaMoMA Is Fail-safe And Risk-free
Ada Louise Huxtable reviews the new Museum of Modern Art -- "the right building for New York."
Airports Equal Accessibility
Region's busiest airport has become a destination for businesses and travelers alike.
Mexican Town Fights Mine Giant
A Canadian company wants to begin extracting gold and silver from a mountain in Cerro de San Pedro.
Is Faux History Still History?
Philadelphians debate whether an imitation colonial-style building from the 1960s should be preserved for its historic significance.
Affordable Housing Is Good Business
The first affordable housing project to combine special green building funding with federal low-income housing tax credits breaks ground in Seattle.
Are There Alternatives For Moderate-Income Housing?
Howard County, Maryland suggests land donation from developers as a possibility to achieve the county’s goal for moderate-income housing development.
Why Live In A State Of Fear?
From world overpopulation to global warming, writer Michael Crichton asks whether it is time for 'some healthy skepticism?'
Micropolitan Areas: The Space In Between
The US Census Bureau now has a category for semi-rural areas.
Virginia Judge Strikes Down Inclusionary Housing Guidelines
Allegedly voluntary program deemed an actual requirement; developers had protested.
Surge In Growth Expected By 2030
Rapid population growth with result in unprecendented residential and commercial development in the next twenty-five years.
End of Housing Bubble?
The new year could well bring the "last blowout of the credit card era", and with it a "fire sale" of U.S. real etate, predicts James Howard Kunstler.
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
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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