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<p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial">This past Saturday, I had the honour of joining a group of invited urbanists and sustainability experts, in a special dialogue put on by <a href="http://www.princes-foundation.org/" target="_blank">The Prince&#39;s Foundation for the Built Environment</a>, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial">and Vancouver&#39;s Simon Fraser University. Among other things, the event was to launch a new partnership between these two innovative organizations around research and curriculum for sustainable urbanism.

November 10 - Brent Toderian

The American dream is alive and well in Detroit, as artists, urban farmers, and intellectuals see opportunity.

November 10 - New Geography

Kaid Benfield reads ULI's latest 'Emerging Trends' report, and finds, amidst the doom and gloom, significant support for infill and smart growth.

November 10 - NRDC Blog

Chinese officials have decided to expand Beijing's Central Business District, clearing out nearly four square kilometers with 10,000 homes on it in the process.

November 10 - The Infrastructurist

More than 750 traffic signals in Montgomery County, Maryland, were crippled last week after the failure of a piece of electrical equipment that was 37 years old. The old technology and the repercussions are being called a warning to other cities.

November 10 - The Washington Post

A new report from IBM looks into the future of the trucking industry. The report predicts that new technologies for systems monitoring will become standard.

November 10 - Fast Company

The ban on billboard advertising in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is showing pressure cracks, as continued opposition to the citywide policy has some lawmakers considering a repeal.

November 10 - The Independent

A new rating system for open and planted spaces has been created, offering a way to identify the most sustainable landscapes.

November 10 - USA Today

Prizewinning architect Thom Mayne says that tension inspires him, while admitting that he'd love to design more demanding, artistic buildings.

November 10 - The Cornell Daily Sun

Denver's FasTracks light rail system was set to be the nation's most aggressively constructed transit system when it was approved in 2004. But five years into the 12 year plan, budget issues and delays are calling the system's future into question.

November 10 - The New York Times

Despite taking billions in stimulus funds with the promise of forging ahead on electric vehicles, Chrysler has dissolved the engineering team working on their three proposed electric offerings.

November 10 - USA Today

The state of California is unveiling an effort to create a detailed strategy for how the state should grow. The ambitious plan is being kickstarted with a modest $2.5 million investment.

November 9 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Jonathan Jarvis, named the head of the National Park Service last month, says that he'll work with the National Academy of Sciences to fight global warming, which he says is "the greatest challenge ever to face national parks."

November 9 - The Christian Science Monitor

An ex-pat American returns home to Milwaukee, and is overwhelmed by the extensive auto-oriented infrastructure needed to support the U.S. lifestyle, very different from his life in Almeria, Spain.

November 9 - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

The current government strategy to increase fuel efficiency is to mandate it through increases in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, currently set for 35.5 mpg by 2016. In this piece, auto executives suggest a better way - using gas taxes.

November 9 - Automobile

FEATURE

November 9 - Nate Berg

A new program in India is teaching women in tribes that live in remote areas how to make and use solar panels.

November 9 - Inhabitat

In Starksboro, Vermont, planners are using storytelling and community art projects to get at the heart of what matters to residents.

November 9 - Burlington Free Press

That was the message of nonprofit San Francisco Beautiful in their successful campaign to stop Proposition D, which would have created a special sign district in the mid-Market area in hopes of revitalizing it.

November 9 - PreservationNation

Put the chief planners of seven of North America's most progressive cities in a room and ask about their challenges, they inevitably point to the overriding role of the political leaders they serve. Expanding public open space also was raised.

November 9 - S.F. Streetsblog