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<p>Early results coming in from Canada's census show a shift to urban areas and high population growth, mainly due to immigration.</p>

March 14 - The Globe and Mail

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My friend Wes was talking about a burger joint. Wes is from Texas, so sometimes that gives him the right. <div> <br /> <div> <br /> <div> The Beef Burger Barrel, a barrel-shaped hunk of roadside architecture in Amarillo, <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2007/todays-news-2007/60-year-old-texas-eatery.html">closed last month</a> after 60-odd years of hamburger heaven. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div> &quot;It wasn&#39;t beloved until everyone heard it was closing,&quot; Wes told me. The Barrel started out selling A&amp;W root beer on Route 66 in the 1930s and was rolled later to a less-traveled part of town. Now locals are trying to find a way to reopen Amarillo&#39;s quirkiest building. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>

March 13 - Margaret Foster

<p>Conservative columnist George Will slams urban planners and says that because less than five percent of American workers use public transportation, the U.S. should put money into building more roads.</p>

March 13 - The Washington Post

<p>Michael Lewyn offers a thorough critique of Joel Kotkin's pro-sprawl, anti-urbanism arguments in the media.</p>

March 13 - Congress For New Urbanism

<p>All the indicators are pointing to a disastrous year for the American housing market.</p>

March 13 - Bloomberg

<p>The new LEED-ND program is seeking pilot projects to be certified under its new rating system, though developers of some greenfield New Urbanist communities worry the system will penalize them.</p>

March 13 - New Urban News

Free shuttle service is intended to attract and retain the Bay Area's top talent.

March 13 - The New York Times

<p>People who own land within a southern Florida urban development boundary reap high prices for their developable land. But with land cut by the boundary, many farmers are pushing for its extension, and the resulting increase in land values.</p>

March 13 - The New York Times

<p>San Francisco and San Diego may be competing for the title of "Most Solar Powered City" after both cities announced ambitious programs to increase solar generation by anywhere from 5 to almost 20 times current city levels.</p>

March 13 - Green A City

<p>Corporations and cities across the globe are signing on to a new wave in environmental stewardship: zero waste. Cities such as Oakland and Seattle have pledged to improve their policies to encourage recycling and a reduction of waste.</p>

March 13 - The Boston Globe

<p>As thousands flock to the city to escape other wartorn regions, the infrastructure in Kabul is struggling to serve the Afghan capital's 3.4 million people. Funding for the city's services falls way short.</p>

March 13 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>In an effort to make public involvement fun and educational, the York County Planning Commission in Pennsylvania developed a tournament bracket to assess priorities for long-range plan.</p>

March 13 - York Daily Record

<p>Northeastern states need to collaborate on regional initiatives to compete globally.</p>

March 12 - The Houston Chronicle

<p>Responding to recent criticism, Robert B. Olshansky and Lewis D. Hopkins, professors of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, argue that the United New Orleans Plan gets a lot more things right than wrong.</p>

March 12 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

<p>Ocean power is increasingly becoming a viable source of renewable energy.</p>

March 12 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Pools of capital ebb and flow, but the tide may be starting to come in for smart growth and New Urbanist investment funds.</p>

March 12 - New Urban News

<p>Las Vegas, the driest metro region in the U.S., needs water as it grows rapidly. Where is it going to come from?</p>

March 12 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Though still struggling to survive as modern day retail hubs, the shopping arcades of Paris are attracting a resurgence of interest, especially from tourists.</p>

March 12 - The New York Times

<p>A detailed 3D model of Berlin has been added to the program Google Earth, enabling visitors to "walk" through the virtual city and many of its historic sites and buildings. The city and Google expect further integration, with virtual stores and more.</p>

March 12 - Der Spiegel

<p>Federal gas taxes must be raised to address a highway funding deficit of $11 billion, according to a new report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.</p>

March 12 - Stateline