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Revitalization And The 'Bilbao Effect'

Cities are investing in cultural development projects, hiring international architects, and building and unique architecture to aid revitalization.

March 17 - The Kansas City Star

Preserving The American Dream By Cost Not Coercion

Freedom of choice in housing, transportation, and lifestyle should be controlled by monetary costs, not inefficient and coercive land use policies.

March 17 - Planetizen

Best And Worst Places For Jobs

CNN ranks metropolitan areas based on employment and unemployment figures.

March 17 - CNN

SUVs: Stealing The Public Wealth

David Burwell offers three principles for for developing rationality and rules in the allocation of public road space.

March 17 - Project For Public Spaces

A Planner Tries The Segway

A land-use planner uses the Segway to make a statement.

March 17 - The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Preserving the American Dream By Cost Not Coercion

Freedom of choice in housing, transportation, and lifestyle should be controlled by monetary costs, not inefficient and coercive land use policies.

March 17 - Randal O'Toole

Michigan Considers Groundwater Protection

New legislation would, for the first time, provide public oversight of new, large-scale withdrawals from Michigan's underground freshwater reservoirs.

March 16 - Michigan Land Use Institute


Ten Most Enlightened Suburbs

The Utne Reader offers their list of the ten most 'enlightened' suburbs across the U.S.

March 16 - Utne Reader

Ranking The Greenest And Meanest Cars And SUVs

The 2003 ACEEE's Green Book ranks the 12 least polluting, most efficient vehicles -- and the 12 worst.

March 16 - Environmental News Network

Bringing TOD To Silicon Valley

An unlikely group of partners are helping residents of Silicon Valley, CA see the value in transit-oriented development.

March 16 - Project For Public Spaces

Where Celebrity And Planning Meet

Michael Jackson may have violated zoning rules on his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.

March 16 - CNN

Compressed Work Schedules Increase Pollution

The four-day work schedule many government offices have adopted may be a nice perk, but it actually increases pollution.

March 15 - The Los Angeles Times

Transit Plans Focus On Smart Growth

Plans for a BART extension are being evaluated by smart growth standards.

March 15 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Architect Of Urban Open Spaces

Landscape architect Robert Hanna designed Pennsy Battery Park City and its waterfront and the Westlake Square revitalization in Seattle.

March 15 - The New York Times

A One-Car Household: Challenges And Benefits

Some families are committed to staying a one-car household despite the challenges.

March 15 - The New York Times

'Visit, but please don't stay'

The residents of Portland, Oregon are moving across the Columbia River to Washington for a better planned quality of life.

March 15 - The Columbian

City Is Leader In Water Conservation

How did San Antonia cut per capita water use by 36% Since 1984?

March 15 - San Antonio Express-News

Preserving Land, Building Affordable Housing

The Aspen Times details an innovative affordable housing for land preservation trade in Aspen, Colorado.

March 14 - The Aspen Times

Planning 'A City Of Learning'

Architect John Galen Howard shaped the face of the Unviersity of California Berkeley campus.

March 14 - Berkeleyan

Louisville's 'Fourth Street Live' To Begin Construction

Louisville is set to transform their ailing downtown Galleria into a mix of retail and entertainment.

March 14 - Louisville Courier-Journal

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