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Urban Issues: Phoenix Job Focus, Perils In Toronto Condo Market, NC Rural & Urban Divide, 11B World Population Forecast

June 14, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Phoenix Branding to Focus on Growing Jobs  Arizona Republic   Its identity drowned in a sea of anonymity, the East Valley is no more. Oh, you can still call it that if you want, and most folks around here probably will.
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Transport: Central Corridor Lessons, NC To Block Transit & Livability Funds, FTC Sides With Uber In Taxi Fight, Buses Vs. Streetcars

June 13, 2013
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TRANSPORT Will Central Corridor Lessons Transfer to Southwest  Twin Cities Finance and Commerce   Businesses along the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit line had to sue in federal court to get the Metropolitan Council to provide an estimate of how much revenue local establishments lost during the transit line's construction.  
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Environment&Ecology: Cincinnati's Green Infrastructure Project, CA Has More Cars Less Pollution, Water Systems Need Repair

June 11, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Cincinnati's Innovative Green Infrastructure Project  Urban Cincy   Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the solution proposed by the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) for fixing its combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into the Mill Creek.
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Urban Issues: Locals Gain As Feds Lose Power, San Diego Partisan Politics, Housing & Loneliness, Homes For Millenials, Detroit Whole Foods Example

June 10, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Local Governments Gain Power as Feds Lose it  New York Times, David Brooks   There's a weird calm around Washington these days. The Obama administration only has a year before the lame-duck status sets in. Yet you don't get a sense of urgency.
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Urbanism&Design: Austin Waller Creek Project, Advanced Street Sign, Walking & Biking In Rio's Favelas

June 7, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Austin's Waller Creek Project Unveiled  Austin Business Journals   Design firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. presented its vision for transforming downtown Austin's Waller Creek from a mostly stagnant and underused public space into one of the most exciting urban parks around.
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Urbanism&Design: Urban Beauty & Value, Royal Pedestrian Treatment, Walkability & Loan Default, Big Box Taxpayer Costs

June 4, 2013
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Affordability, Brasilia, Brazil, California, Development & Redevelopment, Florida, Hollywood Calif., housing, Istanbul, Maryland, New York, New York State, Pedestrians & Walkability, Salt Lake City, Smart Growth & Sprawl, State Policy, Tampa, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Turkey, urban, Urban Form, Utah
URBANISM & DESIGN Urban Planning Brings Beauty, Value  Tampa Bay Times   Don't underestimate the economic power of ugliness. And don't try to tell me that good urban planning can't help prevent it.
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Environment&Ecology: Calif. CEQA Reform, Google's New Mountain View Campus, Living Without Natural Disasters

June 4, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY CEQA Bill in California Moves Forward  California Planning and Development Report   After a variety of setbacks, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, is doggedly moving forward with bills to reform the California Environmental Quality Act and revive redevelopment.
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Transport: NYC Bike Share, Virginia Beach Private LRT Questions, SF Taxi Industry, Building New RR Under NYC

May 28, 2013
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TRANSPORT Giving Citi Bike an Early Tryout  NY Streetsblog   Today, New Yorkers turned out under sunny skies to try out bike-share for the first time.
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Urbanism & Design: Oregon Land Use Law Value, Dallas Freeway Teardown, NY Penn Station Plans, Salt Lake & CNU

May 28, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Oregon Land Use Laws Still Valuable After 40 Years  Statesman Journal   More than most places, Oregon is defined by its landscape. From coastal headlands, through interior valleys, past volcanic peaks and into high sagebrush desert, the land determines who we are.
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Enviroment & Ecology: Energy Generation Walking, Indoor Microbial Census, Breathing On The Subway, UK Wildlife In Trouble

May 28, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Walking Could Produce Energy via Shoes  Giant Freakin Robot   There's no better power than people power! A team of engineering students at Rice University in Houston, Texas have invented a shoe that can harness the energy of everyday walking to, theoretically, power small devices such as cell phones or mp3 players.
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