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All Aboard New Jersey’s Gambling Express!
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
New Jersey launched a new express train service, ACES, to carry visitors to the bustling Atlantic City casinos from NY Penn Station. The trip will take 2 hrs, 45 minutes. Though there won’t be gambling aboard, each train has two bars.
Unused Open Spaces
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Korean photographer Hosang Park’s recent series exposes tiny, unknown ‘parks’ that are attached to housing developments around the world.
Making Redevelopment Progressive
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis is changing the rules of urban economic redevelopment, mainly by not handing out large tax incentives to big businesses.
Going After Graffiti
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The city of San Marcos, Texas, near Austin, plans harsher measures to crack down on graffiti, including holding a minor’s parents responsible and banning certain graffiti-making tools.
Las Vegas Mayor Gambles on Downtown Revival Plan
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Amid tough economic times, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman is pushing a broad redevelopment plan in the city’s outdated downtown.
Columbus Kills its Mall
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
20 years after the Columbus City Center opened its doors, the now nearly abandoned mall is slated to be demolished. The redevelopment agency plans to replace it with a park.
State Budgets Facing Huge Shortfalls
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Most states are required to balance their budgets. The economic crisis combined with lowered expectation for federal stimulus relief means that the only option left is to start cutting budgets.
Renewable Industry Sags Due To Credit Crisis
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The New York Times reports that the renewable energy industry is hurting badly in this recession. Lack of available credit is the main reason, and while the stimulus bill may help, it will not be the solution.
Predicting the Future of U.S. Suburbs
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
No drastic changes will occur in American suburbs over the next quarter century, Columbia University professor contends.
Dangerous Driving at RR Crossings On the Rise
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
In Wales, the rail authority has recorded a major upswing in near misses at rail crossings. The article is accompanied by a video of dangerous near misses.
