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Traffic Flow Metering...By Instinct
When high-tech fails, a Caltrans employee controls the flow metering lights that regulate traffic across San Francisco's Bay Bridge - the busiest toll bridge in the world.
Santa Clara County Rejects BART Tax for Ballot
Santa Clara County supervisors reject a BART extension tax for the November ballot.
County Limits Monster Homes on Coast
California's San Mateo County votes to limit thesize of single-family houses on unincoporated landalong the coast.
HUD Report On Affordable Housing
This HUD study shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the presence of supportive housing does not devalue surrounding property.
Nonresidential Construction Healthy
For the first 6 months of 2000, new industrial construction in Los Angeles has inched back into the positive column, with permit values up by 2.6%.
Better Residential Structural Design
The Residential Structural Design Guide documents improvements in structural engineering for housing design and performance.
Innovative Inner-City Infill Housing Venture
Fomer HUD Secretary Cisneros and home builder Kaufman & Broad will joint venture to build infill projects in central city areas.
San Joaquin Water Wars Get Vicious
The huge Westlands Water District has launched a "sneak attack" by filing a legal claim to water that irrigates much of the the San Joaquin Valley.
Who Should Pay For BART Extension?
Assemblyman Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) wants Santa Clara County to pay for rail extensions to Livermore and Antioch.
L.A. District Considers Landfill Purchase
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County serving 6 million people is considering the purchase of two landfills.
Ferry System Plan Faces Hurdles
Ambitious $1 billion plan for a Bay Area ferry system faces enormous hurdles.
HUD Grants For 28 Cities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it has awardednearly $564 million to 28 cities and the Virgin Islands in its latest round of grants to replace orrenovate some of the nation's worst public housing.
No Sprawl In Vegas
Las Vegas is not a sprawling city of low density and endless miles of asphalt, according to a study that compares Las Vegas to five other cities.
Homebuilding Strong in June
There was a 9.9% increase over the year in total housing permits issued in California. Permits for multi-family units jumped 127.4% over June 1999.
Roadless Lands: 'Sentimental Neglect' of Our Forests?
Are initiatives like Clinton's "Roadless Lands" plan to blame for the forest fires burning up the West and the worst fire season in 50 years?
Searching for Grass-roots Planners
San Jose is about to launch a massive residential renewal effort by establishing neighborhoodadvisory groups to identify needs and set priorities.
Development Threatens Desert Tortoise Habitat
Plans for development in Southern Nevada could devastate thousands of acres of pristine desert habitat of the federally-protected threatened desert tortoises.
Riverside's New Traffic Impact Fees
Cities in western Riverside County are proposing to improve area roads by having developers pay traffic impact fees.
How Clean Is the Surf?
Progress on EPA's program to protect the public from the hazards of sewage and other pollution at beaches has been scattered.
Housing Plan For Teachers In Trouble
The idea was novel: San Francisco would be the first school district to offer subsidized housing to keep teachers from fleeing America's most expensive city.
Ada County Highway District
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