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Transit Villages Planned In The Bay Area
Planners envision transit villages in the Bay Area connected by trains, ferries, buses, and light rail.
NASA Climate Expert Claims NOAA Muzzling Scientists Too
NASA climate expert who accused the Bush administration of "censoring" scientific information says the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is also silencing researchers studying global warming.
Can A Sports Team Define A City?
Pittsburgh lives and dies with the Steelers. Good thing they won.
Housing Market Continues To Cool
Recent reports show sharp rise in home inventories, along with a decline in new orders across the U.S.
The Latest Olympic Urban Renewal Project
How will Torino capitalize on the international attention to revive its fading industrial economy?
Florida City Grapples With Slackening Condo Demand
A housing market slowdown has many worried that the Fort Myers condo market is not all that it was cracked up to be.
A Wal-Mart Grows in Wyoming
I don't know how long my family's printing company can survive, since Wal-Mart moved into my town and displaced most of the local businesses, writes Kat Smyth.
Major Returns For Real Estate Investment In India
Experts estimate that foreign investors can expect to reap over four times more profit in India than in the U.S. or Europe.
30 Years Of The Earned Income Tax Credit
Steve Holt of the Brookings Institution reviews research on the first 30 years of the EITC, documenting how it supports work, reduces poverty, and helps families and communities.
Vietnam Creates Satellite City Plan
The scheme for Ho Chi Minh City is designed to alleviate overcrowding and other socioeconomic problems.
Friday Funny: City Parking Lot Can't Compete With Wal-Mart's Parking Lot
It's a shame when a Mom n' Pop parking lot falls victim to another 'Area' Wal-Mart.
Wall St. As Shopping Mecca?
A developer wants to transform a bank into a shopper's delight. Could this be the development that transforms the area into a 24/7 urban CBD?
Oil Addiction: Readers Respond To Bush - Part 2
Readers respond to President Bush's statement that the nation is addicted to oil.
The Demographics Of The World's Most Dangerous Gang
National Geographic explores the disconcerting spread of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a relatively new and violent Los Angeles-based gang.
The Champion Of Wal-Mart
Michael Mills is not what you might expect out of Wal-Mart's southern spokesman.
An Inner-City Island
New Jersey's Newark Museum is world class, but middle-class fear and suburban sprawl have left it underused.
Time For Rail In New England
The region's transportation network is beginning to buckle under the strain of auto-dependence, write Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson.
Reforming Philadelphia's Residential Tax Abatement
While the abatement can be a 'wealth magnet' for the city by generating market value from tax-free properties, the real benefit may be limited to the developers who cash in.
Tax Code Helped Low-Income Working Families
Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution examines how receipt of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expanded nationwide from 2000 to 2003 in response to a weakened economy.
Vancouver's Top Planners Retire
The two planners who oversaw highly successful growth in Vancouver for 20 years are calling it quits.
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