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LA's Transit And Grocery Strikes? Yawn.

In jaded Los Angeles, most find the dual strikes that would cripple other cities merely an inconvenience.

October 23 - The Los Angeles Times

New Urbanism From A Policing Perspective

Is there a conflict between New Urbanist design principles and accepted safe community design practices?

October 23 - Operation Scorpion: Bedforshire Prime Crime

Smart Growth Critic Accused Of 'Journalistic Fraud'

The Columbus Dispatch will no longer publish opinion pieces by Samuel Staley following an accusation that he "borrowed ideas".

October 23 - The Columbus Dispatch

Keeping Them Honest

How a non-profit is testing for housing discrimination in Maine.

October 22 - Portland Phoenix

Preservation Or Housing?

San Francisco's housing crisis is partly a result of an overemphasis on neighborhood preservation at the expense of housing, writes Jim Chappell.

October 22 - The San Francisco Chronicle


Are Massachusetts Cities Slowing Development?

Gov. Mitt Romney criticized Massachusetts cities for obstructing efforts to build housing and commercial projects.

October 22 - Boston Herald

The McMansion Next Door

Homes are the one item where spending more doesn't guarantee good design. The 'American house needs a makeover.'

October 22 - Newsweek


Skybuses: An Alternative For Congested Cities?

India's Skybus project will cost less than half a traditional metro railway system, will not displace people, and will provide a comfortable and relatively inexpensive transportation alternative.

October 22 - Financial Express

Speed It Up

Indiana lawmakers are stalling on plans to connect the state to a Midwestern high-speed rail network.

October 22 - Nuvo

New Building Music To L.A.'s Ears

The new Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is drawing praise for its beauty as well as its functionality.

October 22 - Time

Some Of The World's Worst Environmental Violations

The Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning takes on the issue of environmental enforcement around the world.

October 22 - Shared Spaces

A Small Southern City Thinks Big

With road-building budgets shrinking, its time to get creative about moving traffic while enhancing 'community'

October 22 - Kingsport Times-News

Land That's a Goldmine

In many states, a trend to recycle abandoned quarries for residential development 'is accelerating.'

October 22 - The Chicago Tribune

WTC Planning Process: The Unheard Voices

The WTC planning process lacked in the diversity of voices among those controlling the planning process.

October 22 - The New York Times

Inclusionary Zoning: To Be or Not Be?

Housing developers, advocates, policymakers and the media debate on the consequences of inclusionary zoning in San Diego County.

October 21 - Yahoo! Newswire

Bet The Farm On It

A new study finds that agricultural easement programs are protecting farmland from urban expansion.

October 21 - Ascribe

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Millions of children in the U.S. are being raised by their grandparents; various groups and organizations speculate on causes.

October 21 - Orange County Register

The Promised Land

Throughout American history, blacks have been systematically denied something they cherish.

October 21 - The Independent Weekly

Dead Places

Abandoned buildings, mines, storm drains and tunnels have become the playground for a new generation of urban explorers.

October 21 - Salt Lake City Weekly

Unmarried America

New demographics and non-traditional families are changing the nature of the U.S. social infrastructure.

October 21 - Business Week

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