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Is the isolation of personal rapid transit truly viable for mass transit?

September 29, 2010 - TheCityFix

San Jose hosts the 4th Podcar Conference, Oct 27-29, part of San Jose's Green Vision.

September 21, 2010 - New York Times

Planning nerd bloggers like David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington are finding that they can have significant influence in the world of D.C. planning and development.

September 2, 2010 - Washington City Paper

Google has invested $86 million in a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit fund to create 480 affordable rental housing units for low income families.

August 31, 2010 - TechCrunch

Search giant Google has mapped the location of every WiFi network in Britain. Some say the collection of this information is a violation of privacy.

June 4, 2010 - Telegraph

A pedestrian in Park City, UT followed her downloaded Google map onto a four-lane road sans sidewalks. She was hit by a motorist before reaching the median. Lauren Rosenberg is seeking $100,000 in a federal lawsuit.

June 2, 2010 - The Guardian

A handful of American cities are hoping to become testing grounds for a new fiber optic Internet connection being offered by Google. To catch the company's eye, many of these cities are making concerted -- and sometimes audacious -- efforts.

March 23, 2010 - NPR

Google has launched a new experimental effort to visualize much of the public data it now searches and displays.

March 15, 2010 - Los Angeles Times

Google and the city of Mountain View, California have a unique relationship. The city is home to the search giant's headquarters, but the company is much more than a quiet tenant, according to this article.

February 21, 2010 - The New York Times

Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA is not unlike many suburban office parks, but now the search giant is advocating for mixed-use development around their campus.

February 19, 2010 - TechCrunch

A patent filed by Google in 2008 illustrates a process where ads could be placed on buildings, marquees and billboards in Google Street View.

January 12, 2010 - ReadWriteWeb

Advanced Transit Systems is pitching the city of Mountain View on using the PRT system developed for Heathrow Airport to connect the downtown train station, NASA Ames and Shoreline businesses like Google.

September 17, 2009 - Mountain View Voice

Warren Buffett, Google and others are investing heavily in geothermal energy development, spurred on by state incentives for renewables and higher gas prices.

November 7, 2008 - The Los Angeles Times

Electric car start-up in Silicon Valley said Wednesday that it would lay off employees and delay production of its second car, the Model S, until 2011.

October 18, 2008 - The New York Times

Google announces walking directions feature for Google Maps.

July 23, 2008 - Google

Pittsburgh couple sues Google for invasion of privacy after photos of their home are published on Google's "Street View" mapping feature.

April 8, 2008 - The Smoking Gun

Often times I’m struck by the advances we’ve made in mapping, modeling and depicting our cities.  What was once the purview of mapmakers, surveyors or architects is now a democratized, engaging process that brings unexpected results.  And the more advanced the technology, the more transparent our cities seem to become. 

January 11, 2008 - Scott Page

4 tools that support community building at the street level.Just heard from my co-worker, Chris Haller, who is at Where 2.0 that Google has announced yet another cool tool for visualization. Street View provides panoramic views embedded as an additional view to g-maps. Initially this tool is only available in 5 cities: Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and San Francisco. Was able to locate the following YouTube demo. Corny video, but cool technology.

May 30, 2007 - Ken Snyder