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P***TIZEN NEWSWIRE - Mar 06, 2008 EDITION
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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.
== KOOLHAAS' DUBAI MASTER PLAN IS BOLD AND RESERVED
In his 1.5 billion square-foot master plan for a waterfront
city in Dubai, architect Rem Koolhaas has proposed a dense
and elaborate city, but one that doesn't try to rely too
much on flashy high-end architecture.
Mar 03 2008 -- The New York Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29969
== THE URBAN NIGHTMARE OF LE CORBUSIER
The machine-city envisioned by Le Corbusier, and made into
practice in decades of modernist bureaucracy, has ultimately
produced, according to Simon Richards' essay, an antisocial
environment, against which urban planning seems to be now
reacting.
Mar 04 2008 -- The Urban Reinventors Online Urban Journal
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29959
== WILL ALL CITIES BE BUILT LIKE THIS ONE DAY?
Five prominent ecocity experts weigh in on the Masdar City
project in Abu Dhabi.
Mar 05 2008 -- TreeHugger
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29982
== CLIMATE CHANGE MAY PROMPT REVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING
Transportation planners and public officials have begun to
consider ways to reconfigure cities and alter driving
patterns in order to reduce vehicle miles traveled and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Mar 03 2008 -- InTransition Magazine
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29950
== NEW AIRPORT PLANNED TO EASE NEW YORK AIR CONGESTION
With high traffic and no ability to expand existing runways,
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is redeveloping
an old Air Force base into the region's fourth major airport.
Mar 04 2008 -- The Wall Street Journal
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29986
== SMALL TOWN APPROACHING ITS FINAL DAYS
A proposed development in rural Southern California could
erase one of the area's few remaining small towns, replacing
it with a massive subdivision that would extend the sprawl
of Los Angeles even farther north.
Mar 05 2008 -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29993
== TORONTO'S 'TRANSIT CITY' UNDERWAY
Suburban Torontonians will get a $6 billion light rail
service, thanks to a newly-announced extension funded by the
provincial and federal governments.
Mar 03 2008 -- Globe and Mail
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29922
== CANADA'S READY FOR URBAN SHIFT
The age of the suburbs may be coming to an end in America,
and conditions in Canada are even more ripe for this
transition to urban density.
Mar 04 2008 -- The Toronto Star
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29976
== 5 PROVEN WAYS TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE
What is your county doing to preserve open spaces important
to your community? And is it effective? If the answers to
those questions are "not enough" and "no", read on and take
these effective strategies to your lawmakers.
Mar 05 2008 -- The Daily Green
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29975
== MAPPING THE 'NEW CARTOGRAPHY'
Ubiquitous access to GPS data and social software is
generating a whole new breed of cartographers who are
empowering themselves and others by mapping everything from
community assets to occurrence of disease.
Mar 03 2008 -- In These Times
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29955
== WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPORT OPENS IN BEIJING
Beijing's new Norman Foster-designed airport terminal -- 20%
bigger than all of Heathrow -- has just opened on the site of
10 former villages.
Mar 03 2008 -- Globe and Mail
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29944
== CITIES DON'T NEED SPECIAL TREATMENT
This opinion piece from The Boston Globe calls for
an end to the special treatment and unfair taxes levied on
city residents.
Mar 04 2008 -- The Boston Globe
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29987
== FUEL CELL BUSES: A TALE OF TWO TRANSIT AGENCIES
In the San Francisco Bay Area, two public transit agencies
are conducting trials with "Zero Emission Buses", or ZEBs.
They are using different types of hydrogen fuel cell
technologies, with very different results.
Mar 03 2008 -- San Jose Mercury News
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29957
== ONE IN FIVE WANT OUT OF SYDNEY
According to a recent poll, one out of every five people in
Syndey, Australia, is considering moving out of town. Many
city high costs and a loss of job opportunities in the city.
Mar 04 2008 -- The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29974
== THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE, SPRAWL, AND THE ALASKA SENATE RACE
Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" would really be a bridge to
sprawl -- and that's why it'll be a crucial issue in the
upcoming Senate re-election campaign of 84-year-old Ted
Stevens against Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich.
Mar 05 2008 -- California Planning & Development Report
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29978
== A BRIEF HISTORY OF PLANNING IN SAN DIEGO
As the city of San Diego prepares to consider a new general
plan, the San Diego Union-Tribune looks back at the
last 100 years in city planning.
Mar 04 2008 -- The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29977
== WHY PROTECTING BALLPARK'S HISTORIC DESIGNATION IS GOOD FOR
CHICAGO
A proposal to sell the naming rights of Chicago's Wrigley
Field is being seen as a relaxation of the ballpark's
historic landmark restrictions and may open the door for
city-wide landmark designation challenges, according to this
commentary.
Mar 03 2008 -- Chicago Tribune
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29972
== BUS CALLED BAD IDEA FOR DULLES-D.C. CORRIDOR
This editorial from The Washington Post argues that
re-planning the Washington D.C.-Dulles International Airport
corridor for buses rather than trains is an idea that just
won't work.
Mar 04 2008 -- The Washington Post
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29983
== CHANGING CLIMATE MAY COMPLICATE PANAMA CANAL OPERATIONS
This report from NPR looks at how climate change may
affect the future of the Panama Canal.
Mar 03 2008 -- NPR
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29970
== LONG BEACH MAYOR DISCUSSES INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
At a recent conference in Southern California, Long Beach
Mayor Bob Foster argues for the federal government to stay
out of the way of good work and to sponsor an "Apollo
Project" for renewable energy.
Mar 04 2008 -- VerdeXchange News
http://www.p***tizen.com/node/29943
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