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The 'Web 2.0' of Transportation Technologies
<p>Robin Chase, co-founder of Zipcar, talks about how wireless technology can be part of a short-term solution to CO2 emissions.</p>
Affluent Community Torn By Housing Allocation Numbers
<p>In Palo Alto, California, -- one of the country's most affluent and least affordable cities -- the City Council and residents are now wrestling with a regional housing allocation assigned by the Association of Bay Area Governments.</p>
Under the Boardwalk...Amazonian Deforestation?
<p>The New York City Parks and Recreation Department is being criticized for continuing to use Amazonian Ipe wood for its park benches and boardwalks.</p>
Condos Popping Up Around Baseball Stadiums
<p>Condos and luxury high-rise residential buildings are sprouting up next to a number of the country's pro baseball stadiums.</p>
Street Vendors Booted From Mexico City
<p>Mexico City police forced street vendors from nearly 100 streets recently in an effort to clean up the city. But the vendors vow to return.</p>
UK To Ditch Road-Pricing Plans
<p>Plans to roll out a nationwide road-pricing system in the UK may be dropped.</p>
Congress To Look At Chicago's Olympic Bid And Transit Needs
<p>At a time when funding is a major concern, a congressional hearing later this month will look at the transportation needs of Chicago as it tries to win hosting duties for the 2016 Olympics.</p>
Proposed Gold Rush Street Updates Rile Preservationists
<p>A proposal to update the streetscape of a historic Gold Rush-era street in California has local preservationists on the defense.</p>
Not In My Front Yard
<p>Protesting a road-widening plan that would eat up some of their properties, residents in Halifax, Nova Scotia, recently moved furniture into their front yards to create outdoor living rooms in the space transportation planners have proposed to take.</p>
Open Season In The City
<p>Spreading urbanization is eating up green spaces, bringing wildlife -- and hunters -- into closer contact with urban dwellers.</p>
Desperate Times As Drought Diminishes Supplies
<p>The most severe drought in the last 100 years has states and municipalities scrambling to conserve what little water they have left.</p>
The Details On California's Great Park
<p>In this Q&A, <em>Metropolis Magazine</em> talks with landscape architect Mia Lehrer about her work on the 1,300 acre California park taking shape in Irvine.</p>
The Seductions of 'Big'
<p>The 164-story Barj Dubai is just one of many examples of architecture's new obsession with enormous buildings. While undeniably spectacular, these structures also raise questions about their social and environmental sustainability.</p>
Two Routes Suggested For California High-Speed Rail
<p>Transportation planners say two routes are needed for the long-planned high-speed rail link between Southern and Northern California.</p>
Bigger Homes May Lose Out On Mortgage Interest Deduction
<p>A proposed graduated scale based on the size of homes would chop away at the federal tax deductions for mortgage interest that property owners are allowed to claim. The cutback would affect all homes larger than 3,000 square feet.</p>
European Cities Move On Climate Change
<p>Cities in Europe are not letting the lack of an international compact on climate change stop them from taking efforts to reduce their impact on the planet.</p>
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Are planners ready for the Drew Carey (not so free) freeway?
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Technology creates new challenges and opportunities, and this came home to me a couple of weeks ago when I was previewing a rough cut of </font><a href="http://www.reason.tv/video/show/6.html"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#800080">Gridlock: Hell on Wheels</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, a video on traffic congestion released by </font><a href="http://www.reason.org/"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" color="#800080">Reason Foundation</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> today. In the video, Comedian Drew Carey makes the following off-the-cuff comment on a morning drive-time radio show: “I would love to own a freeway in LA.” </font></p>
A Move To The Suspicious Suburbs
<p>Moving from New York City to rural Westchester County, a writer meets an unfamiliar culture of xenophobia. Soon she finds herself increasingly suspicious of strangers, too.</p>
The Middle East's 'Biggest Civil Engineering Project'
<p>Developers have announced plans for a 75-kilometer canal to run through Dubai, with waterfront cities and developments all along its banks.</p>
Insurers Abandon New England Coast
<p>Hurricane threats are causing insurers to retreat from coastal areas in Massachusetts and around New England, leaving many looking for alternative protection.</p>
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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