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<p>Within 20 years the baby boomer generation will need the immigrant youth, who are more successful than the public believes, reports USC planning professor Dowell Myers, in his new book, Immigrants and Boomers.</p>

March 2 - The Los Angeles Times

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">What is this thing we do called planning? Are we really planning or just reacting? And visioning? What’s that all about? These the questions that came to mind as I was reading yesterday’s - <em><a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/23076"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none">Ineffective Local Planning Efforts Push County To Seek Greater Control</span></a></em></font></font><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">. </span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">And, also, how many articles like this are published on a daily basis?? If you were to add them all up from across the country, I’m sure the number wouldn’t be insignificant. </font></p>

March 2 - David Renkert

<p>A new report demonstrates that restructured parking fees could resolve a significant portion of Manhattan's traffic congestion, without the need for London-style congestion pricing.</p>

March 2 - Streetsblog

<p>With Chinese's new middle class embracing automobiles, gridlock in the capital is set to get a lot worse.</p>

March 2 - Reuters

<p>While condos and co-ops share many attributes, confusion often persists about how the two function.</p>

March 2 - The Motley Fool

<p>Responding to concerns over the state's rapid growth, the environmental group has pledged to support a proposed measure that would allow voters to decide questions regarding planning and growth.</p>

March 2 - The Orlando Sentinel

<p>With South Korea's historic apprehension towards China, efforts at resurrecting or creating new Chinatowns in Incheon and other cities have been so far been lacking one key ingredient -- Chinese residents.</p>

March 2 - International Herald Tribune

<p>While leasing public roads to private companies for large cash payments might be attractive for some public officials, it doesn't help solve the larger issues facing the country's transportation system.</p>

March 2 - The Hartford Courant

<p>Architect Helmut Jahn's design for a new single-room occupancy building on the edge of Chicago's former Cabrini Green project gets high marks, but some criticize the cost of using high-end architects for affordable housing.</p>

March 2 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Slate magazine offers a photographic slideshow of the influential New Urbanist community of Seaside, Florida.</p>

March 2 - Slate

<p>A new HUD report estimates that there are three-quarters of a million homeless Americans.</p>

March 1 - Yahoo! News

<p>A University of Oregon study, which was awarded Outstanding Paper at annual TRB conference, shows that people value speed and distance over security, and will walk up to 1/2 mile to transit.</p>

March 1 - University of Oregon News

<p>As housing prices decrease, demographics shift again in North Brentwood, Maryland, where a large Latin American population has moved into a primarily African American community.</p>

March 1 - The Washington Post

<p>In Cairo, many argue that the government provides few services and does little to better the lives of its 15 million people. The city's many informal communities were formed without any urban planning.</p>

March 1 - International Herald Tribune

<p>Fortune Magazine tracks the states (and homes) that the wealthiest Americans call home.</p>

March 1 - Fortune

<p>A State legislature is proposing a bill that would essentially gut Austin's recently passed 'McMansion' ordinance.</p>

March 1 - Austin American Statesman

<p>Sarasota County, Florida, is looking to gain greater control over planning from cities in an upcoming vote. This move is in response to a recent report that outlines how city planning in the county has encouraged sprawl over the last 50 years.</p>

March 1 - Charlotte Sun-Herald

<p>A new toolkit demonstrates how the challenges of the nation's aging population can help create sustainable communities that benefit everyone.</p>

March 1 - World Watch Institute

<p>Plans have been proposed to expand downtown Boston's pedestrian-only shopping district with the hopes of improving the area's economic viability. Despite high pedestrian traffic, the shopping center has not been as successful as others in the city.</p>

March 1 - The Boston Globe

<p>As Southern California's population grows -- and taxes its famously scarce water supply -- the Inland Empire Utilities Agency is applying the tenets of smart growth to its efforts to recycle, reuse, and conserve water.</p>

March 1 - The Metro Investment Report