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Traffic Calmed
<p>This video from <em>StreetFilm</em> shows the extensive traffic calming efforts taken by one beach community in Australia.</p>
Economy Boosted By Renovated Buildings
<p>Buildings are being renovated all over downtown Washington D.C., and as they rise so does the city's tax revenue.</p>
Planning a Smart Transit Future in Tampa Bay
<p>With a newly formed regional transit authority, Tampa Bay, Florida, may be ready for a regional transit system. Many want to do it right.</p>
Lawrence, Kansas Takes Top Walkability Honors
<p>Lawrence, Kansas has been named the most walkable city in Kansas, and the 38th most walkable destination in America. However, city officials are not resting on their laurels.</p>
Is Planning to Blame for Violence?
<p>After a recent shooting death in Toronto, one writer lays the blame for urban violence on city planners.</p>
Subprime Tent Cities
<p>This video from the <em>BBC</em> looks at the ten cities that have sprung up outside of L.A. as a result of the subprime mortgage meltdown.</p>
Congestion Pricing Approved for Golden Gate Bridge
<p>The Golden Gate Bridge District, in agreeing to apply congestion pricing to the bridge, has saved the $158 million Urban Partnership grant for the Bay Area in the nick of time, but has created turmoil with S.F because of where the revenue goes.</p>
Preserving a Bloody History
<p>An industry is sprouting in Las Vegas based on the preservation of the city's infamous mob history.</p>
China Starting to Save its Hutongs
<p>China is increasingly making efforts to preserve its historic places and buildings.</p>
New Roads, Old Danger
<p>A ring road covering more than 1,500 miles in Afghanistan has eased shipping in the country, but traveling along the new pavement is still dangerous.</p>
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The end of Neo-Liberalism?
The Federal Reserve’s bailout (arranged liquidation to some) of Bear Stearns over the weekend seriously calls into question the headlong march toward neoliberalism that has been ascendant for the past few decades.
Fueling a Town's Future
<p>The small Arkansas town of El Dorado has experienced an economic rebirth since an oil company offered to pay college tuition and fees for all graduating high school seniors.</p>
New Funding Resuscitates L.A.'s Grand Avenue Project
<p>The highly anticipated mixed-use Grand Avenue project in downtown L.A. has just secured $100 million in funding. This new funding is expected to kickstart the project's construction, which has been delayed for months.</p>
Iraq War Spending: What Could We Have Built Instead?
<p>Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier writing in <em>The Nation</em> show that the U.S. has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in Iraq that could have been much more productively invested in public goods like sustainable infrastructure.</p>
Can Wi-Fi Make Congestion Pricing Work?
<p>An innovative proposal seeks to deal with both vehicle and internet congestion by placing Wi-Fi access transmitters in cars driving through urban areas.</p>
Planning System Revamp May Speed Development in Santa Cruz
<p>Bureaucratic red tape has slowed the development process for years in Santa Cruz, California. Now proposed changes look to speed up the process, but critics say the changes could open the door to under-controlled development.</p>
Thinking About Smart Growth in Montana
<p>Gallatin County, Montana, has experienced 20 percent population growth over the last eight years, and officials are hoping that the adoption of smart growth principles will help guide the rapidly developing area towards a sustainable future.</p>
Creatives Kicked Out By Vancouver Condo Boom
<p>Condos are booming in Vancouver, and as a result the city's young creatives are being squeezed out.</p>
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Miami Moves Forward With Bicycle Planning
<p> If you think of the most bicycle-friendly cities in America, surely you do not think of Miami. In fact, if you have ever been to the "Magic City," or perhaps live here, you probably shudder at the idea of using two wheels instead of four. That may be changing. </p>
Public Art Prompts Protests as Phoenix Faces Tight Budget
<p>Phoenix's public art program is widely touted as one of the best in the country. But a proposed floating sculpture has elicited criticism from an otherwise uninvolved public, mainly due to the fact that the city is facing a large budget deficit.</p>
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