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P***TIZEN NEWSWIRE - Feb 14, 2008 EDITION
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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== URBAN FORUM 2008: NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION CONFERENCE
Feb 11, 2008 -- Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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== UPDATED WEB SITES FOR WALKING AND BICYCLING
Feb 11, 2008 -- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
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Feb 11, 2008 -- Planning Commissioners Journal
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

== SENIOR PLANNER PUBLIC SECTOR FOCUS
Feb 13, 2008 -- LSA Associates, Inc., California
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29706

== URBAN LAND ADMINSTRATION TRAINING ADVISOR
Feb 12, 2008 -- International Resources Group (IRG),
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29689

== SENIOR PLANNER
Feb 12, 2008 -- South Florida Water Management District
(SFWMD), Florida
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== ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
Feb 11, 2008 -- PMC, California
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== REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Feb 11, 2008 -- Sonoran Institute, Colorado
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NEWS HEADLINES
The 20 most popular headlines from the last three days.
All 30 articles from the last three days are on the website.

== THE COMING DEBATE ON REDUCING 'VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED'
The Wall Street Journal's "Eyes on the Road" columnist,
Joseph B. White, ponders the "next big debate over the role
of the automobile in America" now that fuel efficiency was
raised, and the direction he points to is most surprising.
Feb 11 2008 -- Wall Street Journal
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29662

== HOW THE EXPERTS WOULD FIX AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Architect magazine asked experts form a broad range
of fields how they would use the $1.6 trillion it is
estimated to cost to fix the nation's infrastructure.
Respondents include Ron Paul, Richard Florida, Alex Garvin,
and many others.
Feb 12 2008 -- Architect
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29691

== HOUSING OF THE FUTURE IS TRANSIT-ORIENTED
As transit oriented development gains ground in cities across
the country, it is increasingly seen as the model for the
future of multi-family housing.
Feb 13 2008 -- ArchNewsNow
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29692

== SCIENCE ON CITIES
The latest issue of Science is dedicated to looking
at cities, their development and the changing demographics
that are shaping our urban lifestyles.
Feb 11 2008 -- Science
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29675

== EUROPE'S NEXT GREAT BICYCLING CITY
London is planning a new "superhighway" bicycle network that
will help transform it into one of the most bicycle-friendly
cities in the world.
Feb 12 2008 -- The Guardian
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29671

== A TOWN BUILT AND SUSTAINED BY COCAINE
Classified by Nicaragua's government as a "Autonomous Area",
the town of Bluefields, population 50,000, has an official
unemployment rate of 85%. The primary industry is finding
abandoned bags of cocaine that drift in from the sea.
Feb 11 2008 -- The New Zealand Herald
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29665

== L.A. MAY BRING STREETCAR BACK
Public officials in Los Angeles are floating ideas to bring
back its historic downtown streetcar.
Feb 13 2008 -- L.A. Downtown News
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29698

== SEATTLE GOING GLOBAL
Seattle seems to be on its ways to becoming a successful
world city, according to a private consultant's list of the
global trends that make cities great.
Feb 11 2008 -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29659

== TRANSIT CENTER MAY NOT BE AS PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED AS PLANNED
A transit center proposed for the East San Francisco city of
Hercules is being criticized for moving away from its
original plans for a pedestrian-oriented layout.
Feb 12 2008 -- Contra Costa Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29683

== THIRSTY GEORGIA CONSIDERS ANNEXATION OF TENNESSEE FOR
RIVER WATER
Politicians in Georgia are pushing a resolution that would
redraw the state's border with Tennessee so that a plentiful
river would lie within the boundaries of water-poor Georgia.
Feb 11 2008 -- The Tennessean
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29657

== OWN TO RENT?
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
suggests that one way that the federal government could help
millions of Americans squeezed by the housing crisis is to
permit homeowners to enter "own-to-rent" arrangements.
Feb 13 2008 -- Truthout
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29682

== IT'S A MAN, MAN, MAN, MAN WORLD
Some geologists believe that humanity's effects on the p***t
are so significant and enduring that the Earth has entered a
new epoch: the Anthropocene.
Feb 11 2008 -- Christian Science Monitor
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29666

== INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT SPARKS DEBATE IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Planners in San Francisco are battling with city supervisors
over plans to increase the affordable housing requirements
for a new development -- a proposal that some planners say
might scare off developers.
Feb 12 2008 -- San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29690

== SOME SUBURBS MAKING GREENER EFFORTS
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will increasingly be the
heavy responsibility of suburban communities. Some are taking
steps to accept that responsibility.
Feb 11 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29678

== CREATIVITY STUDY: BOISE COMPARES WELL WITH PORTLAND AND
SEATTLE
Boise State University's Centre for Creativity and Innovation
has created and index of creative cities that's found Boise
to be just about as creative as cities such as Portland and
Seattle.
Feb 13 2008 -- Boise State University Focus Magazine
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29677

== LAST HARVEST?
Chris Turner reports on an artistic experiment in suburban
agriculture that raised the ire of Calgary's city hall.
Feb 12 2008 -- Globe and Mail
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29672

== OPPOSITION TO NEW JERSEY TOLL ROAD PLANS RISING
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's plan to convert the state's
highways to toll roads is in danger of being voted down by
the state senate.
Feb 11 2008 -- The Star-Ledger
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29660

== CHICAGO'S PAY-TO-PLAY ZONING REDUX
A continuation of the series of articles from the Chicago
Tribune that look at zoning and the politics that shape the
city's land use.
Feb 12 2008 -- Chicago Tribune
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29663

== CITY CONSIDERS SEIZURE AS HOLDOUT LANDOWNER PREVENTS
REDEVELOPMENT
One holdout landowner is preventing the redevelopment of
Pittsburg, California's waterfront, but the city is pushing
for eminent domain.
Feb 11 2008 -- Contra Costa Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29658

== NEW WOMEN-ONLY BUSES PRAISED IN MEXICO CITY
The women-only buses running in Mexico City have been warmly
welcomed by the city's female commuters.
Feb 12 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29684

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