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Telluride, CO just became the latest U.S. city to ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags, following on the heels of communities in California, North Carolina, Alaska, Connecticut, and Washington.

October 12 - USA Today

The new system is designed to reduce travel time along a heavily congested north-south route on the city's East Side. However, unfamiliar ticketing protocols led to passenger confusion on the first day of operation.

October 12 - The New York Times

A new community kitchen and pie-baking program in small town Alabama is trying to help a struggling and impoverished area rebound.

October 12 - The New York Times

In 2009, smaller metro areas benefited from increased government spending while many of the country’s wealthiest areas saw incomes decrease.

October 11 - BusinessWeek

While bicycle ridership has been boosted by improvements to infrastructure, what is keeping cyclists safest may simply be more of their own kind on the road.

October 11 - Grist

Aerial trams connecting New York City to Roosevelt Island are going to be back in operation next month. But will enough people want to ride these "sky bubbles" over the East River?

October 11 - The New York Times

New Jersey wants billions in federal money for its ARC project, but NJ Transit's commuter rail service is too often just a subsidy to the rich and an excuse not to develop North Jersey, says Stephen Smith.

October 11 - Market Urbanism

The European Investment Bank raised $80 billion for projects last year alone. Should the Obama’s proposed program adopt a similar model?

October 11 - Streetsblog

Richard Florida argues that edge cities ravaged by the recession should take cues from urban development patterns to spur growth.

October 11 - The Wall Street Journal

Under pressure from DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has authorized the Hudson River rail tunnel project known as ARC: Access to the Region's Core, to resume work. Key to the decision would have been the loss of $3 billion to N.J.

October 11 - Lautenberg Press Office

FEATURE

CEOs for Cities recently published a blistering criticism of The Texas Transportation Institute's "Urban Mobility Report", saying that the way they measure mobility helps justify sprawl. Norman W. Garrick says CEOs for Cities doesn't go far enough.

October 11 - Norman Garrick

A Brookings Study of census data finds that since 2000, the number of poor people in the suburbs jumped by 37.4% to 13 million and "the growth rate of suburban poverty is more than double that of cities."

October 11 - Los Angeles Times

San Diego's mayor has announced he's recommending the city pull the plug on art funding for the time being, triggering a debate over the role of public art in society.

October 11 - Voice of San Diego

In the face of a recent report showing that sprawl was rapidly eating up developable land in New Jersey, developers have begun to ditch the McMansion in favor of taller and more dense projects.

October 11 - The New York Times

It appears to be a case of brinkmanship between suburban Nassau County and the regional Metropolitan Transportation Authority over how to fund Long Island Bus, with riders and workers the only sure losers.

October 11 - Streetsblog

Next June, Paris will begin a test phase of a citywide electric car-sharing program.

October 11 - Der Spiegel

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October 10 - Rick Abelson

Yonah Freemark reports that there are more politically palatable ways to ease traffic congestion than congestion pricing.

October 10 - the transport politic

CNN's Richard Quest takes an incredulous look at the changes brewing in Los Angeles as downtown revitalizes and the city densifies.

October 10 - CNN

While other parts of the country see economic improvement, Las Vegas continues to experience the deepest crisis of its modern history. Is its leisure-based economy to blame?

October 10 - The New York Times