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In Washington state, King County Council will vote on a measure to adopt a new algorithm for transit service policy.

June 20 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

In this post from <em>Reason</em>, Tim Cavanaugh joins the debate over preservation holding back the city, and argues that land use regulations have a wholesale negative impact on the city.

June 20 - Reason

Milwacky? Hustletown? These are just a couple of the most popular nicknames that Twitterati use when referring to their hometowns, as culled by Inbox Q, a company that harvests info from Twitter for private companies.

June 19 - Mashable

Japan is typically associated with strong disaster preparedness plans, but the devastation following the March tsunami highlights some of the nation's shortcomings in adapting and reacting, according to this piece from <em>Citiwire</em>.

June 19 - Citiwire

A year after taking a look at the new but empty cities being created in China, <em>Business Insider</em> takes a trip back to see what's changed in those brand new and unoccupied cities.

June 19 - Business Insider

In Northwestern Indiana, transit projects will outnumber road projects for the firs time in history. Funding for roads, however, still outpaces transit projects.

June 19 - Post-Tribune

After being hidden in plain sight for decades, Canada now emerges as the hot spot for U.S. "international" investment.

June 19 - Retail Traffic

Plans to revive a decades-dead streetcar loop in St. Louis are gathering steam.

June 18 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This <em>Kickstarter</em> campaign is hoping to raise money to build a floating pool in the waters around New York City that use and filter river water to provide a public swimming facility.

June 18 - Kickstarter

City development has become a close cousin to product sales in China, where developers are finding new ways to market their services as suites of urban products.

June 18 - Ad Age

A report authored by Transportation for America and the American Public Transportation Association suggests that, no less than Social Security and Medicare, retiring baby boomers will have to cope with limited mobility options.

June 18 - The Antiplanner

House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica has proposed a bill to privatize Northeast Corridor rail operations. This post from <em>Pedestrian Observations</em> looks at what such a plan would mean.

June 18 - Pedestrian Observations

DJDave, aka David Wittman, spoofs L.A. culture and the politics of the parking lot in this clever video.

June 17 - YouTube

In response to Chicago's recent naming of a street in honor of Oprah Winfrey, late night TV host Conan O'Brien has suggested having his own street in L.A., along with various streetscape improvements.

June 17 - Curbed LA

The new country of Southern Sudan, officially declaring its independence in July, will have help from the national development arm of South Korea in building a proposed new capital city.

June 17 - Gulf News

As federal transportation funding grows increasingly uncertain, cities across the country are trying new approaches to generate funds for their planned streetcar projects.

June 17 - Urban Land

Plans to build a copy of a scenic Austrian village in China have irked officials in Hallstatt, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

June 17 - Der Spiegel

The patterns of urban development over the past few decades have pushed more and more people into cars by necessity. But as design priorities change, so are people's walking and driving habits.

June 17 - Sierra

An old disused airport in Brooklyn will be converted into an urban campground, expanding from its current 5 campsites to more than 600.

June 17 - Inhabitat

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a 7.7-mile bus-only lane on one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

June 17 - Los Angeles Times