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March 12 - Planetizen

In Portland, a car-sharing service is following a European trend and giving individuals and families another choice to owning a car.

March 12 - Utne Reader

Montana is changing as wealthy migrants and second-home owners move into the state, transforming the economy and causing concern about sprawl.

March 12 - The Salt Lake Tribune

A historic Sierra Nevada mountain town balances growth and a sense of place.

March 12 - The Christian Science Monitor

L.A.'s majority population is Latino. Now there are choices. Miami and San Antonio made different ones. What about L.A.?

March 11 - The Los Angeles Times

The perception that the inner city is an undesirable place to do business due to lack of purchasing power is an urban myth.

March 11 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

To implement the five guidelines developed by its citizens to fight sprawl, Hercules, CA, had to start with at the beginning: change municipal design regulations.

March 11 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Commuters and urban dwellers coast-to-coast are climbing aboard new light rail train systems.

March 11 - Utne Reader

A tech boom is fueling Idaho's rapid transformation making it the nation's fifth fastest growing state, but the state is ahead in debating growth and transit policies.

March 11 - The Salt Lake Tribune

The national passenger rail corporation announced a $10 billion plan to dramatically improve service in the state.

March 10 - The Sacramento Bee

Plans would replace a parking lot for a BART station with a mixed use development.

March 10 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Rapid, Urban, Flexible. At first glance, it looks like a transport system "The Jetsons" could love.

March 10 - CNN

From its roads to its dams and schools, America's public works are crumbling and putting lives at risk.

March 10 - MSNBC

William Clay Ford Jr. has spent his first year as Ford chairman outlining his plans for a cleaner, greener Ford Motor Company.

March 10 - Utne Reader

The state is developing land at four times the rate of its population growth, mostly in cities and along interstate highways.

March 10 - The Public Purpose

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Our public buildings -- courthouses, post offices, town halls, libraries, schools -- are a reflection of who we are as a community and as a people.

March 10 - Wayne M. Senville

After approving $79 million in federal funds for the SFO BART extension, transit officials are optimistic about the new administration.

March 9 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Salt Lake City expands its borders thwarting developers' plans.

March 9 - The Salt Lake Tribune

"Talk of the Nation" audio interview with experts examines the nation's new demographics and the politcs of census sampling.

March 9 - National Public Radio

A recently published report examines sustainability in Southern California and forcasts the end of sprawling in Los Angeles.

March 9 - USC Southern California Studies Center