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Property Rights: Supreme Waffle
By strengthening the heavy hand of government, the Court ironically speeds migration from places where land use regulation is over-politicized.
Urban Sprawl Disguised As Smart Growth?
Rob Reiner and Robert Pregulman say the Ahmanson Ranch project, promoted as a "Smart Growth" solution to Southern California's affordable housing crisis, is just "classic urban sprawl" and is neither affordable nor will it solve the area's housing crisis.
Bold Vision Is Needed For Succesful Public Spaces
The Boston Globe editorializes on what is needed for successful planning in Boston, using San Francisco as an example.
Anti Terror Policy: Dispersal Takes Hold
Partly as a response to September 11th, businesses have adopted a strategy of geographic disperal.
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Property Rights: Supreme Waffle
The Supreme Court's flip-flopping over land use regulation and private property is unfortunate. By strengthening the heavy hand of government, the Court ironically speeds migration from places where land use regulation is over-politicized.
Freeway Soundwalls: A Boondoggle?
California leads the nation in miles of soundwalls. Do other states know something California doesn't?
ENR's Award Of Excellence: Michael Burton
Michael Burton rose from the choking dust of the World Trade Center collapse to lead the site's cleanup effort to an anticipated early finish.
L.A. Developer Rob Maguire Profiled
The Los Angeles Downtown News profiles respected real estate developer Rob "Bubbles" Maguire.
Federal Standards For Local Zoning Boards
Opponents charge Senate Democrats with secretly trying to approve a land use bill that will impose federal standards on local land use.
Alternative Toll Roads Don't Work
The case study from Orange County, California demonstrates that paid toll roads don't solve traffic problems.
Why Traffic Congestion Pricing Fails
The technology exists to prevent traffic congestion. We just don't have the political will.
Amtrak Hires New Executive
David L. Gunn, former chief of transit systems in New York and Washington, has been hired as the president of Amtrak.
Urban Sprawl In London
London is spreading out and critics say large-scale construction is being motivated by profit without creating an imaginative master plan.
Freeway-based Monorail Idea Gains In Seattle
Supporters of building a freeway-based monorail along I-5 in Seattle, WA, are aggressively promoting the propoal.
Innovative Art Deco Building Faces Uncertain Future
Columnist Whitney Gould makes the case for saving the 1930 A.O. Smith (now Tower Automotive) building, an overlooked "icon of the machine age" that was ahead of its time.
American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality
American Metropolitics, creates a powerful new typology of America's suburbs.
The Riverkeeper: Harrison Ford To The Rescue
Hollywood star Harrison Ford will use his private fleet of aircraft to patrol the Hudson River for prevent pollution and document the impact of sprawl.
Bio-tech In Your Backyard
Genetically-modified "low-mow" grass may soon show up at front lawn or golf course near you.
Supreme Court Limits Property Rights
Supreme Court decision on "takings" is a blow to the "property rights" movement.
Major Forum Scheduled To Discuss WTC Site
Organizers plan to hold an "electronic town meeting" with up to 5,000 participants in the next installment of the contentious public involvement aspect of the WTC planning process.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
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Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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