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Utah Gas Tax Tries To Keep Pace With Roads, Drivers

Utah lawmakers consider a 5 cent increase in state gas tax to fund transportation needs

January 27 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Sick Mall Turnaround Specialists

As many as a third of the nation's 1,000 malls are obsolete. A new specialty is emerging for experts in reviving second-tier malls.

January 27 - Wall St. Journal

The Importance Of Artifact

Lessons learned from a memorial to another kind of terror.

January 27 - MetropolisMag.com

Top Walking Cities

The American Podiatric Medical Association releases its list of the ten best cities for walking.

January 27 - American Podiatric Medical Association

Suburban Life Not So Cheap After All

A new study finds that living in Toronto's suburbs may actually be more expensive than in the central city.

January 27 - The Toronto Star


Schools As Centers Of Communities

Building new schools ought to serve as the foundation for community development, write David Abel and Jonathan Fielding.

January 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Delayed Park Construction Worries Open Space Advocates

'Most of the nearly 300 acres of Boston's city parks that Big Dig officials promised to win support for the massive project are not finished and many are not scheduled to be done until after the roadway project is completed next year.'

January 27 - The Boston Globe


CNN Looks At Lack Of Highway Funding

CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight features a segment on the lack of attention given to highway funding in the U.S.

January 27 - CNN

Turbines Could Generate Cash For Public Schools

Several school districts invest in a new approach to raising funds.

January 26 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

A Housing Boom, Led By Boomers

As a generation shops for retirement homes, the US building industry thrives.

January 26 - The Christian Science Monitor

New Sustainable Housing Kits Are Also Affordable

With two-bedroom sustainable kit homes priced from AUD$63,000 (around USD$50,000) plus labour, they are becoming a real housing alternative.

January 26 - The Australian

California's Bureaucracy And A Park Restroom

An attempt to build a park restroom exemplifies the California's inane bureaucracy.

January 26 - The Sacramento Bee

New Jersey Transit Village Initiative Evaluated

Transit village initiative is one tool in New Jersey's smart growth policy framework.

January 26 - Voorhees Transportation Center

Here's the Design... Now What?

Dealing with the unsexy details of implementing the World Trade Center Memorial.

January 26 - The New York Times

Integrated Policies Necessary For Sustainability

European research project underlines the importance of integrating land use and transportation policies.

January 26 - CORDIS

Casinos As Entertainment District Anchors

An Indian tribe plans to use its land and casinos to anchor a mile-square entertainment district in Palm Springs.

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Canadian Municipalities Want a New Deal

Canadian cities are lobbying for a new relationship with the federal government.

January 26 - CBC News

Community Housing Advocates Suffer A Blow

A New York court sides with two landlords to evict commnity organizers, and will be a shock to housing advocates.

January 26 - The Village Voice

Vandalism Ends Up Uniting A Community

The Kentlands community mobilized like never before to catch two teenage vandals terrorizing the community.

January 25 - The Washington Post

Car Ownership For $4 Per Hour

An innovative nonprofit car sharing program that rents cars for $2-$4 per hour is catching on.

January 25 - San Mateo Times

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