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P***TIZEN NEWSWIRE - Jan 14, 2008 EDITION
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==> PLANNERS NEED TO WORK WITH DIFFERENCE
There are many voices in the process of community planning. To
create effective plans, planners need to welcome these many
voices and their respective differences, not suppress them into
consensus.

http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29189

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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== ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSTS
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== RESEARCH DIRECTOR, ULI ARIZONA
Jan 10, 2008 -- Urban Land Institute, Arizona
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NEWS HEADLINES
The 20 most popular headlines from the last four days.
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== THE TOO-SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC SPACE
This article form The New York Times looks at the
success of Times Square and talks with real estate experts
about whether this success is really such a good thing.
Jan 10 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29231

== THE ERA OF THE 'GHOST MALL'
A slowing economy will lead to the era of the 'ghost mall',
according to this article from Slate.
Jan 11 2008 -- Slate
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29256

== BIKEABLE CITIES: POINT-COUNTERPOINT
Part of a week-long series, Randal O'Toole and blogger Will
Campbell debate why some cities are good for cyclists, how
they got there, and why L.A. is still far off.
Jan 12 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29260

== A CASE STUDY IN 'UNSPRAWL'
Located seven miles south of the town of Loreto in Baja
California Sur, the Villages of Loreto Bay is an 8,000-acre
new urbanist development that strives to be North Americas
largest sustainable resort development.
Jan 13 2008 -- Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural
Environments
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29262

== ENVIRONMENTALISTS MAY DELAY HIGH SPEED RAIL IN CALIFORNIA
With the $10 billion bond slated for the November ballot in
California, the latest twist in the long saga of delays is
that environmentalists, unhappy with the proposed route into
the Bay Area from the Central Valley, threaten to litigate
the EIR.
Jan 10 2008 -- East Bay Express
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29224

== BIKE COMMUTING: POINT-COUNTERPOINT
As part of a week-long series, Randal O'Toole and blogger
Will Campbell discuss and debate bike commuting and what
cities should or shouldn't do to encourage it.
Jan 11 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29235

== HIGH SPEED RAIL RECONSIDERED IN CANADA
Canadian officials will revisit plans to create a high-speed
rail system connecting Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
Jan 12 2008 -- CBC
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29259

== INDIA'S 'MODEL T': TRANSPORT REVOLUTION OR NIGHTMARE?
Dubbed 'the world's cheapest car' and the 'People's Car', the
Tata Nano promises either a transportation revolution or an
environmental nightmare.
Jan 13 2008 -- Associated Press
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29245

== THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE INTERNALLY COMBUSTED
By staking claim to public space, Critical Mass rides are a
powerful means of supporting First Amendment rights to free
speech and free assembly, according to this piece from
Yes! Magazine.
Jan 10 2008 -- Yes! Magazine
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29210

== QUIET SUBURB NO SO QUIET ANYMORE
This report from NPR looks at the growing pains
experienced by one Seattle suburb.
Jan 11 2008 -- NPR
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29233

== BART TRANSIT VILLAGE IDEA UP IN AIR
Plans to develop a transit village around one of the San
Francisco Bay Area's BART stations is gaining support, but
some local officials are voicing concerns over the increased
load on city infrastructure and services.
Jan 12 2008 -- Contra Costa Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29255

== HOUSE THE HOMELESS, SAVE MILLIONS
Building housing fro the homeless in Seattle is saving the
city more than $3 million per year, according to this
editorial from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Jan 13 2008 -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29234

== 'FREE' PARKING COSTING FORT WORTH TAXPAYERS MILLIONS
Taxpayers in Forth Worth are paying millions per year to
lease parking spaces to provide free parking downtown,
enabled by a TIF that is supposed to build infrastructure in
a blighted area. Many are calling it a misuse of taxpayer
money.
Jan 10 2008 -- Fort Worth Weekly
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29222

== RESERACH SHOWS MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT TREES AND STREET SAFETY
Engineers have cited safety concerns in advising against tree
planting along streets, but recent research shows that the
rare tree-lined street may be less dangerous than the much
more common street lined with parked cars.
Jan 11 2008 -- Access
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29236

== GEORGIA MAY WALK AWAY FROM TOLL ROADS
Citing staff inexperience, the head of Georgia's Department
of Transportation has raised the idea of abandoning all of
the state's toll road plans.
Jan 12 2008 -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29258

== 'AFFORDABLE-BY-DESIGN' RECOMMENDED FOR SAN FRANCISCO
The Examiner looks at the loss of middle-class
housing in San Francisco, and how, based on a new report by a
local urban think tank, allowing more flexibility in zoning
would allow affordable, but market-rate housing to meet the
demand.
Jan 13 2008 -- San Francisco Examiner
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29265

== BALTIMORE, FACING FORECLOSURE CRISIS, SUES SUBPRIME LENDER
Citing the extraordinary impact of the subprime lending
fiasco on minority households, the City of Baltimore is suing
Wells Fargo for lost property tax revenue and the increased
costs the city is now facing as a result of mass
foreclosures.
Jan 10 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29211

== HIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORK PUSH BLURS EUROPEAN BORDERS
Efforts to improve Europe's network of high-speed rail
systems may also result in loosened border crossing rules.
Jan 11 2008 -- Der Spiegel
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29237

== THE STUDY TO MAKE NEW YORK TRANSIT FREE
Gothamist talks with Ted Kheel, the man behind a
private study examining how adjusting New York's congestion
pricing system could make transit free in the city.
Jan 10 2008 -- Gothamist
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29223

== FUNDING BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE: POINT-COUNTERPOINT
Part of a week-long series, Randal O'Toole and blogger Will
Campbell debate federal funding for bike infrastructure and
question whether a broad bike system should be built before
or after the demand presents itself.
Jan 13 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29261

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