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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span> I recently read an article containing a World War II-era poster: “When You Ride Alone You Ride With Hitler.” The authors of the article asked whether governments could use similar powers of persuasion today to discourage energy consumption and thus address climate change. </span> </p>

December 3 - Michael Lewyn

A new affordable housing development going up in Portland's dense Pearl District will include a public school on the ground floor.

December 3 - Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon

NPR covers the state of Personal Rapid Transit today, and takes a ride on the first PRT in the U.S., running at West Virginia University since 1975.

December 3 - National Public Radio

The New York Times' has created an interactive map of food stamp usage breaking down recipients by county across the United States.

December 3 - NYTimes.com

Some say Latin America is in a serious energy crisis, underlined by frequent blackouts across South and Central America.

December 3 - BBC News

A 'staggering' number of the bridges used by Amtrak trains in and around New York City are in poor or worse condition.

December 3 - The New York Post

FEATURE

December 3 - Christopher Corbett

Transportation Secretary LaHood announced that this spring, bus and streetcar projects will receive $280 million as part of the administration's inter-agency sustainable communities partnership.

December 2 - Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Massachusetts has made home energy generation more attractive by allowing individuals to sell excess energy back to utility companies.

December 2 - Good

Robert Borosage, in response to President Obama's announcement of a troop surge to Afghanistan, points out how the misallocation of resources to military efforts will mean the neglect of the nation's infrastructure.

December 2 - Huffington Post

Andy Kroll wanders through the rubble of California's subprime crisis and finds homeowners waiting 10-12 hours in lines for mortgage relief, plummeting property values, and what may be the seeds of more foreclosures to come.

December 2 - TomDispatch

Australia's liberal party has just elected a climate change skeptic as its new leader, which could prove to be a challenge to its carbon reduction.

December 2 - BBC News

In a battle over contracts to build green roofs for Chicago's public buildings, landscapers have come out on top.

December 2 - The Chicago Tribune

A new project in the UK aimed at getting girls on bikes has yielded liberating results.

December 2 - Streetsblog Los Angeles

Conservation legislation, which could end this year, has proven to make it easier for moderate income landowners to resist the temptations of development.

December 2 - San Francisco Chronicle

Economist Ed Glaeser explains what went wrong in Dubai World.

December 2 - The New York Times

Calling it redundant, NYC's DOT has chosen to sandblast 14 blocks of a Bedford Avenue bike lane away.

December 2 - Streetsblog New York City

Thames Town is a new suburban development outside of Shanghai that mimics the look and feel of a small English town. Photographer Dave Wyatt paid a visit.

December 2 - Dave Wyatt

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This Saturday, Nate Berg and I will be taking part in <a href="http://www.good.is/post/good-event-la-2-0-refresh-reinvent-re-imagine/">LA 2.0: Refresh, Reinvent, Re-Imagine</a>, an event hosted by <a href="http://www.good.is/">GOOD Magazine</a>, <a href="http://www.sheridanhawkes.com/">Sheridan/Hawkes Collaborative</a> and The Public Studio. <span> </span>The goal is to brainstorm innovative solutions to improve the physical environment of Los Angeles.

December 1 - Tim Halbur

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The short answer to the question about whether someone needs professional or activist planning experience before graduate school is yes!

December 1 - Ann Forsyth