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Kabul: Rebuild Or Start Afresh?

Some want the 'Paris of the East' restored; others want its future to reflect the horrors of war.

June 11 - The Christian Science Monitor

Troublesome Traffic Intersection: A Tangle Or A Trademark?

The Florida Department of Transportation calls Wilton Manors's 'Five Points' intersection a troublesome traffic spot that needs fixing, but the proposed solution has residents fuming.

June 10 - Sun-Sentinel

Making Roads Smart

Will technology solve our traffic problems? More traffic managers are experimenting with intelligent transportation systems.

June 10 - Governing

Innovative Project Provides Housing For Farm Workers

Innovative project links housing quality with farm worker health.

June 10 - The Los Angeles Times

A Global Groundwater Disaster?

Groundwater stores -- the source of water for nearly 2 billion people -- are quickly being depleted.

June 10 - The Guardian Unlimited


The Decimated Aviation Industry And Airport Planning

LAX chief Lydia Kennard discusses the impact of recent economic woes in the aviation industry on airport planning and the recent performance of LAX.

June 10 - The Metro Investment Report

A New Focus On Roundabouts

The increasing use of roundabouts are part of a nationwide trend toward traffic calming.

June 10 - The Los Angeles Times


Welcome To The New America

A quiet but dramatic change is taking place in American society as the nation enters a post-ethnic era.

June 10 - The Washington Post

Repairing 'A Tear' In Downtown

Delaware's (Ohio) new master plan envisions a landscaped, six-lane boulevard to reunify the city and promote riverfront development.

June 10 - The Columbus Dispatch

Cincinnati Tries To Stop The Flight Of Generation X

Cincinnati's young adults are growing up and moving out at alarming rates,and the city has shifted its approach to lure and keep the young.

June 10 - The Cincinnati Enquirer

TOD Is No Silver Bullet

Transit oriented development just as hard to develop in Massachusetts as any other type of development.

June 10 - The Boston Globe

Amtrak Is Here To Stay

Amtrak will never overcome its deficit, but public support for a national long-distance train system means that Amtrak is here to stay.

June 9 - San Jose Mercury News

An Unlikely Tourist Attraction

A experiment in combining tourism, social activism, and housing, the Global Village and Discovery Center is a unique theme park.

June 9 - The New York Times

The Future That Never Was

A conference on 'Past Visions of America's Transportation Future' asks why forecasts are so often wrong.

June 9 - Institute Of Transportation Studies

Top City For Architecture Buffs

Amsterdam is futuristic, pragmatic, and fast becoming a top design destination.

June 9 - The Globe and Mail

An Insider's Look At Bechtel

After months of pounding by the media for cost overruns and its contract to rebuild Iraq, construction giant Bechtel is warmly profiled by the L.A. Times.

June 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Prop. 13 At 25: The Debate Continues

On the 25h anniversary of California's landmark Prop. 13, the debate over its impact continues.

June 9 - National Public Radio

Booming Housing, But No Planning

With 300 miles of dirt road and a booming housing market, Riverside County, CA is like the old west for developers.

June 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Avoid The Folly Of Sprawl

Parris Glendening, former governor of Maryland, and now a leading national Smart Growth advocate, warns about adverse impacts of urban sprawl.

June 9 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Behind The Rhode Island Nightclub Fire

The Boston Globe examines the roll of inspectors and code violations at The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, which killed 100.

June 9 - The Boston Globe

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