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Radical Environmental Group ELF Burns Houses

The radical environmentalist group, Environmental Liberation Front, burned two houses near Ann Arbor. 'ELF, no sprawl' was spray-painted on a neighboring house.

May 28 - Associated Press

Transit-Oriented Development: Density, Design, and Diversity

What planners can do to ensure that transit-oriented development works as advertized.

May 28 - American Planning Association

Latino Immigrants' Influence On Southern States

Police and others are learning Spanish to accommodate the growing population from Mexico and Central America.

May 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Horizon West: A Model Community Or Suburban Sprawl?

Horizon West's innovation design is supposed to weave in the benefits of traditional downtown neighborhoods but critics say it is just sprawl under a different label.

May 27 - The Orlando Sentinel

Smart Growth Attack Is Confused

Dr. Howard Frumkin responds to last week's editorial by the Reason Foundation, "Smart growth types' dumb rhetoric."

May 27 - Orange County Register


Saving Atlanta's Most Endangered Building

Preservation groups will purchase part of historic property.

May 27 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Intelligent Transportation: Urgent For Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's Secretary of Public Works illustrates the potential for an integrated mass transit system in conjuction with the opening of San Juan's new heavy rail system.

May 27 - El Nuevo Día


Budgets, Privatization Plans Threaten National Park System

As another summer vacation season begins this Memorial Day weekend, several former park-service executives voice fears that the entire national-park system is menaced by a hidden crisis.

May 27 - The Seattle Times

Navajo Sues For Colorado River Rights

The Navajo Nation asserts that it has rights to water allocations from the Lower Colorado River Basin.

May 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Doonesbury Takes SUV Arms Race To Next Level

The M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle -- the final Word in family transportation!

May 27 - Doonesbury

Retirees Breathe New Life Into Fading Towns

Increasing numbers of cities and states are turning to retirees for economic growth.

May 27 - The Christian Science Monitor

WWII Era Housing To Be Replaced By Mixed-Use Village

Baltimore-area housing project to be redeveloped as mixed-use village as part of revitalization effort.

May 27 - The Baltimore Sun

The Largest 'Green' Building In The World

The new $370 million David L. Lawrence Convention Center on the banks of the Allegheny River is the world's largest green building.

May 26 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

California's Transformation From Farm To Megalopolis

Riverside, California is the poster child for the state's 60-year transformation from a farming state to a 'sprawling megalopolis.'

May 26 - The Los Angeles Times

A New Field Of Planning: 'Replanning'

Planning for reconstruction and rebuilding in places like Iraq is neglected by the planning profession.

May 26 - Planetizen

Can Good Behavior Be Legislated?

City's morality effort aims to make the beach a little less coarse.

May 26 - The Washington Post

This City Has Plenty Of Extra Cash

When the Escalara family added a second story to their house they received a $22,000 home-improvement rebate. Welcome to Commerce, CA.

May 26 - The Los Angeles Times

A Real Debate On Growth In Arizona

Buckeye's recent vote to allow the largest subdivision in Arizona's history does nothing to settle questions about sprawl.

May 26 - The Arizona Republic

Speeders Beware Of That Muscle Car

Maryland State police patrol in powerful Camaros looking for aggressive drivers.

May 25 - The Baltimore Sun

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