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August 28 - Joe DiStefano

A pilot program in the San Francisco Bay Area will allow some bus riders to use wireless technology to browse the Internet, giving some commuters a head up on their morning email.

August 28 - The Contra Costa Times

Home builders in Florida say that the state's plan to make developers pay for new infrastructure will promote development on cheap land away from cities.

August 28 - Tallahassee Democrat

The country's leaders warn against the environmental problems that urban sprawl patterns generate, and call for compact urban development.

August 27 - Xinhua News Agency

A new report by Environmental Defense examines Americans' auto emission contributions to global warming.

August 27 - Environmental Defense

Some of the recent incentives to woo homebuyers in a slowing housing market sound more like automobile ads.

August 27 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Tim Halbur features a podcast interview with Shelley Poticha, President of Reconnecting America and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development.</p>

August 27 - Post-Car Culture

MSN identifies 15 tourist traps to avoid.

August 27 - MSN

Maine's new governor has made energy conservation, efficiency and alternative energy key themes to his administration, mandating LEED standards for state buildings, increasing hybrid vehicles, use of bio-diesel, and embracing wind farms.

August 26 - Portland Press Herald, ME

A new report from Statistics Canada shows that city dwellers in Canada are less likely to be overweight than those residing in rural areas, and that this tendency increases with the size of city.

August 26 - The Globe and Mail

Housing developments are threatening centuries-old agricultural land in Western North Carolina, but farmers are fighting off developers with the help of conservation easements.

August 26 - Mountain XPress

Leading British scientists are warning the country that forecasted high tides could flood many low-lying areas. They caution that the coming devastation could have been prevented by better floodplain planning and more environmental considerations.

August 26 - BBC

Urban areas will be hit harder by climate change as global warming combines with the "urban heat island" effect.

August 26 - BBC

A struggling artist laments in The Onion that more people like him aren't moving into his neighborhood to make it even more authentic than it is now...and asking for $3.00 lattes.

August 25 - The Onion

Gasoline beat out other alternatives in the 1920's as the energy source for new autos.

August 25 - The Washington Post

What New Orleans can learn from Denver.

August 25 - Slate

A review of transportation ballot measures from 2000-2005 found growing use of voter-approved financing. Over than span, 70 percent of transportation measures were successful at the ballot box generating at least $70 billion in new investment.

August 25 - Center For Transportation Excellence

While New Orleans' economy struggles to return to its pre-storm levels, cities such as Mobile, Alabama are reaping the benefits of renewed economic vigor.

August 25 - The Wall Street Journal

The right choice of words, stories and images can have a remarkable effect on how the public views affordable housing.

August 25 - Shelterforce Magazine

China's pell-mell race towards modernization reduces reliance on bicycle for transportation.

August 25 - Sierra