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Too Many Environmental Mandates?

The balance among farmers, cities and wildlife is a tenuous one -- especially in Southern California.

July 18 - Press-Enterprise

Guidelines To Nurture Community Character

Last week, the City Council of Encinitas voted 3-2 to forward to the PlanningCommission preliminary guidelines and code amendments defining how new,residential development should be built.

July 18 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Sunshine State Proves Movies Really Are About Planning

Finally, there is a movie that specifically tackles urban planning

July 18 - California Planning and Development Report

High-Speed Rail Corridors Should Be Top Priority

It is "nonsensical" to have travellers flying from New York to Washington or from Chicago to Detroit.

July 18 - The New York Times

Poster Child For Failed Planning To Be Fixed

Boston's most ambitious urban renewal project since the 1950's envisions a complete makeover for the West End -- a once-vibrant community destroyed by bad planning.

July 18 - The Boston Globe


Study Compares Private Vehicles And Mass Transit

A study by economists from the Brookings Institution and American Enterprise Institute lists the benefits of mass transit.

July 18 - The Washington Post

Streets Without Cars: A Documentary

"Streets Without Cars" is an hour-long documentary that explores the national pedestrian mall movement. (Video clip available.)

July 18 - Portal Wisconsin


Hot Zones: Buffalo's Booming Housing Market

Houses in Buffalo's middle-class neighborhoods are selling fast.

July 17 - The Buffalo News

Rouse-built Festival Marketplace Faces Demolition

Small business owners are suprised to find themselves in the path of Richmond's downtown revitalization plan.

July 17 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Public Works Funding And Planners

A JAPA article, "Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects: Error or Lie" generates international debate.

July 17 - Journal Of The American Planning Association

Building On Contaminated Land

EPA and Oklahoma developed a land certification program that addresses reusing industrial land and its cleanup.

July 17 - EarthVision Environmental News

Wendell Cox Responds To PLANetizen Readers

Cox presents a response to readers' comments and arguments to his PLANetizen editorial, "Trouble in Smart Growth's Nirvana."

July 17 - Demographia

Impact Fees Unknown To Iowa Developers

Unlike most states, Iowa doesn't charge impact fees to developers; leaving infrastructure expansion costs to the city and residents.

July 17 - Edmelynne Villanueva

New York Times Slams WTC Proposals

In an editorial, the New York Times calls the proposals for the WTC site "dreary" and "leaden", falling far short of what New York deserves.

July 17 - The New York Times

In Pictures: Ground Zero Plans

The six plans for the World Trade Center site are published including models, site plans, skyline elevations, animations.

July 17 - Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

New Plans For Trade Center Site Unveiled

Design concepts and requirements have mixed reception, but most agree that this is the first step to rebuilding while still remembering.

July 17 - The New York Times

NYC Pedestrian Bridge Allows Safe Access

Lower Manhattan bridge addresses foot traffic, plantlife and public safety for area residents and Financial Center commuters.

July 17 - MetropolisMag.com

REIT Roll Is Still Going Strong

Mortgage real-estate investment trusts have been on a tear over the past two years, posting explosive double-digit returns. And the party isn't over just yet...

July 17 - REIS

Proposed Water Standard Changes Rile Environmentalists

The last time Florida regulators sought public comment on a proposal affecting the future of the state's water bodies, agency officials had to beat a hasty retreat after 30 days of public outcry.

July 16 - The Tampa Tribune

Postal Delivery Workers Try Out The Segway

The Segway Human Transporter devices will be tried by postal workers in six cities around the nation with varying geography and weather.

July 16 - The San Francisco Chronicle

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