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N.C. Triangle 'Must Do Something Beyond Cars'
As congestion becomes unbearable, what will it take for residents of North Carolina's sprawling Triangle to consider public transit?
L.A. Planning Director To Retire
Los Angeles Planning Director Con Howe announces his retirement after 12 years with the city.
City And County Employees Struggle To Afford Housing
Municipal workers in the Washington D.C. region are being priced out of the home market as housing prices double in four years.
Brooklyn: The Real Estate Holdout
Brooklyn has been a long-time holdout of the modern MLS system for transacting real estate. That's about to change.
Getting Started On The Trans Texas Corridor
The Trans Texas Corridor is a planned statewide corridor for rail, passenger and freight roadways.
New Jersey Fast-Track Permit Streamlining To Be Repealed
New Jersey's fast-track Permit Streamlining is called 'fundamentally flawed' and will be repealed.
Free Land
Small communities in the midwest are seeking to reverse population decline by offering relocation incentives -- including free parcels of land.
What's The Big Idea?
The Metropolitan Policy Program reviews its 2004 research.
New Suburbs Rekindle Old Flame
An 18th century amenity is popular with new suburbs, resorts, and downtown renewal projects.
L.A.'s 'Danger Zones'
Is Los Angeles developing it's own 'Mogadishu's' -- lawless zones beset by gangs, black markets, rapacious crime and dysfunction?
New Rules Weaken National Forest Protections
New Bush administration regulations could potentially open up national forests to logging and mining.
50 Most Influential People In Home Building
What do Alan Greenspan, Bruce Karatz, Franklin Raines, Donald Bren, George W. Bush, Jerry Howardand Andres Duany have in common?
Biggest Change In Forest Policy In Three Decades
New Bush administration rules relax environmental protections, reduce public participation, and allow managers more discretion is opening forests to mining and logging.
Buy A School As Your New Home
Urbanites craving a more rural lifestyle for their home or business are buying entire school campuses in the midwest for as little as $25,000.
Housing Crisis Causes Alarming Increase In U.S. Homelessness
Homeless advocates say a sharp increase in homelessness is caused by a housing crisis and economic hardships.
All Metro Wants For Christmas Is...
System reliability blamed on lack of dedicated funding.
Climate Change, Oil Politics Among Top Under-Reported Stories
Climate change, the resurgence of nuclear power and oil politics lead Newtopia Magazine's list of under-reported stories in the mass media in 2004.
Collaborative Governance
'Collaborative governance' gives all parties with a stake in a public problem a say in how to resolve it.
Michigan Legislature OKs Affordable Housing Fund
Program to boost home ownership also helps cities.
What Suburbia Teaches Us
D.J. Waldie examines the Los Angeles suburb of Lakewood as it celebrate its 50-year anniversary as a city.
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