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Israel has over 10,000 pages of building regulations, construction standards and building guidelines-- often with contradictions between the laws and the regulations.
Haaretz
How a mall near Charlotte, North Carolina symbolizes a continual problem of urban development.
Creative Loafing Atlanta
Ocean Springs, MS faces problems as the attorney general is set out to show that the collection of municipal impact fees on new development is illegal.
Clarion Ledger
What made the train late and left evening commuters in NYC feeling pooped.
The Chicago Tribune
A lifelong railroader wants to provide a private passenger rail service. It could be the nation's first privately owned commuter railroad in decades.
New Jersey Record & Herald News
Ventura County, California, Board of Supervisors approves first tract map for conversial project.
California Planning and Development Report
This editorial looks at myriad planning problems in San Diego, such as chronic traffic and endless sprawl.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
A divided Supreme Court upheld a Los Angeles zoning ordinance that bars operation of more than one adult entertainment business at a single location.
FindLaw Legal News
Supermarkets are finding that good urban design equates to more business.
The Chicago Tribune
A Sierra Club reportgave the Bay Area a C-minus grade for its efforts to reducesmog through public transit spending. The report found thatresidents of the nine-county Bay Area created as muchpollution per person as did residents of perennially smo
San Jose Mercury News