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National: Emissions Rules Will Lower Tax Revenue
The Hill
The America Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said Thursday that higher gas mileage requirements enacted this week by the Obama administration will make less fuel tax money available to pay for construction projects...
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Tampa: Mayor Still Angry About Loss of HSR
Sacramento Bee
Tampa's Democratic Mayor Bob Buckhorn is still upset about Florida Gov. Rick Scott's decision to turn down more than $2 billion for high-speed rail...
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DC: Metro Names New Planning, Real Estate Officials
Washington Post
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has named new officials to its top two jobs overseeing its planning and real estate development operations...
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San Francisco: Carbon Tax Monies Go Unused
SF Weekly
Mayor Gavin Newsom made history in late 2007 when he triumphantly declared that his city's departments would be the first in the nation to pay a local carbon tax for all official air travel. ..
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International: N'hood Keeps Pace w Climate Change
Earth Techling
All over, it seems, architects are thinking about how to plan for the realities of climate change. Some designers have risen to that challenge by imagining how conventional forms of architecture might become more adaptive and resilient in the face of high water..
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Austin: Small Town in a Big City
Austin American Statesman
One inescapable fact about the Guadalupe neighborhood: It rests atop a steep hill. In fact, this high point on the wooded prairie is also known as Robertson Hill, named for Dr. Joseph W. Robertson, who purchased the land around the French Legation in 1848...
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Seattle: Amazon's HQ Advances to Next Round
Architectural Record
NBBJ's design for Amazon's new and massive Seattle headquarters was revealed in greater de-tail this month. Renderings of the project's street level presence, unveiled in a meeting with the city's Design Review Board (DRB) on August 14, show asymmetrical towers...
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East Orange: NJ Designates City a Transit Hub
The Star Ledger
Mayor Robert Bowser believes his city's new Transit Village designation spells big plans for the future of East Orange...
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Vancouver BC: High Rises Coming to a Suburb Near You
Vancouver Sun
Highrise towers are no longer solely a downtown Vancouver phenomenon. Developers are building and proposing highrise buildings along transit corridors in Burnaby and Surrey...
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