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Thousands Protest Regional Plan In India
<p>Thousands of protesters in the Indian state of Goa have turned out to voice their concerns against the Goa Regional Plan, a government move to open up much of the state's lands for construction.</p>
Opinion: Atlanta Needs To Follow The Examples Of Its Neighbors
<p>The successes of mass transit and light rail in similarly car-oriented cities should be enough of an excuse for Atlanta to give it a try, according to this opinion piece from the <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</em>.</p>
City Bouts With COG Over Housing Allocation
<p>The Southern California city of Simi Valley is opposing recommendations from a regional association of governments that suggest the city should increase its housing stock. The city council sees the increase as unrealistic, citing a lack of land.</p>
Ecuador Plans Port For Cross-Continental Shipping Route
<p>Ecuadorean President-Elect Rafael Correa has announced dedication to building a port on his country's Pacific Coast in a plan to create a cross-continental river corridor to Brazil, an effort to ease transport of Asian goods throughout South America.</p>
Light Rail An Expected Economic Boon In Oregon
<p>A new light rail project connecting several towns to downtown Portland, Oregon, is highly expected to boost the area's economy. Transit-oriented housing and retail development is expected to contribute significantly.</p>
Alabama Planners Say The Sidewalk Leads To Suburban Livability
<p>A number of suburban developments in Alabama are taking cues from regional planners and making efforts to improve their livability by building sidewalks.</p>
A Week Without A Car
<p>A reporter goes a week without a car in the San Francisco Bay Area in this article about the pros and cons of non-car transport. Though the monetary costs were lower, the cost of time was much higher, especially for an inexperienced transit user.</p>
Britain Cuts Poverty Using U.S.-Style Methods
<p>Borrowing rhetoric and programmatic ideas from U.S. efforts, the Blair administration in Britaan has managed to cut the nation's child poverty rate by more than half. But anti-poverty policies have not been without their critics.</p>
Austin To Consider New Fund To Save Downtown 'Mom and Pops'
<p>With new development threatening quirky non-chain restaurants and other retail stores, the City of Austin wants to create a fund to support and attract certain types of downtown businesses.</p>
Cities Switching Back One-Way Streets To Two-Way
<p>To make downtown more livable, cities across the nation are converting one-way streets to two-way streets.</p>
Planning And Preservation In St. Petersburg, Russia
<p>A new report from <em>The Classical City</em>, a journal dedicated to preserving St. Petersburg, Russia, describes the destructive effects of the city's new plan and calls for architecture that is consistent with the city's character.</p>
Arizona Is Nation's Fastest Growing State
<p>The U.S. Census Bureau reported it's findings for the year ending July 1, 2006: Arizona overtook Nevada to grow the fastest; Texas grew the most, followed by Florida and California, which remains the most populous state.</p>
When Going Gets Tough, Struggling Small Towns Get Creative
<p>Across America, small towns are struggling to get by economically as many residents move out and businesses follow. But some small towns are employing some creative ideas -- from giant killer bee statues to storytelling festivals -- to stay afloat.</p>
More Canadians Taking Transit
<p>New statistics from the Canadian Urban Transit Association show that larger cities with better, more frequent transit service, and incentives such as universal bus passes for university students, saw major increases in ridership.</p>
Friday Funny: Accessibility To The Extreme
<p><em>The Onion</em>, America's "Finest News Source", brings this image of an office building that takes the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) a little too far.</p>
Tacoma (Re)Considers Streetcars
<p>An advisory task force has been formed to consider rebuilding a historic streetcar system in Tacoma, Washington. Infrastructure and funding issues are proving to be major hurdles.</p>
Brooklyn's 8 Million Square Foot Atlantic Yards Project Approved
<p>The Ghery-designed project, to be built largely on a fallow open railyard, atop the 2nd largest transit station in the U.S., will be filled by 8-million square feet of housing, offices, retail and a new home for the New Jersey Nets basketball team.</p>
Ohio Tax-Sharing Program Looks To Boost Regional Economy
<p>Representatives from seven Northeast Ohio counties are looking to form a regional partnership that would include tax-sharing, comprehensive regional planning and an equitable distribution of service and affordable housing.</p>
Legislating A Safer Bike Ride In California
<p>The tragic death of a tri-athlete student while bicycling in southern California has sparked a bill to create a three-foot buffer for any vehicle passing a cyclist – but will it create more problems than it attempts to solve?</p>
Planning Infrastructure For Climate Change
<p>Seattle's <em>Daily Journal of Commerce</em> investigates how climate change will affect the region's infrastructure and how the region's infrastructure will affect climate change in this two-part piece.</p>
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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