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States Enjoying Lower Bids for Construction Projects
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The recession is causing construction contractors to branch out — from subdivisions to road projects. And the market is now flooded, giving state more and lower bids to choose from.
Australia a Model of Changing Climate
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
With years of drought, recent deadly fires, outbreaks of pests and a multitude of other problems, Australia is becoming the poster child for what effects global climate change will have.
Killing the Community Preservation Act
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Three Massachusetts towns are looking to kill a 3% property tax that has been funding open space purchases, historic restoration, and affordable housing construction.
What’s in Store for the New HUD Secretary?
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Shaun Donovan wants HUD to catalyze shifts in American urban planning, one community at a time. A look at the optimistic HUD secretary, who has been given the task of fixing the housing market—and making over a broken government agency.
CO Springs to Bring Downtown Back to Life
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Colorado Springs planners have put two ambitious plans on the table: The first, a brand new Master Plan for its downtown, and the second, a form-based code.
Tall Towers Break Records, in Height and Numbers
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The number and average heights of skyscrapers erected in 2008 are the highest ever thanks to a “lag effect” in the market and a shift toward sustainability.
LA Buys its Foreclosed Homes to Refurbish and Resell
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Los Angeles has begun using its $33 million in funds from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to jumpstart neighborhoods blighted by foreclosure. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan visited a South Los Angeles neighborhood Wednesday.
How to Rekindle America’s Love Affair with the Car
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The Daily Show’s resident “problem solver” John Hodgman offers his advice on renewing America’s “love affair with the car”: eliminate public transit and bomb foreign auto makers. [Video]
Using Pollution to Fight Global Warming
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The Obama administration is entertaining proposals for using ‘geoengineering’ to fight global warming, including shooting pollution into the upper atmosphere to reflect back the warming rays.
Transportation Reauthorzation Bill Is MAP-21
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
“Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century”, or MAP-21, follows the path of predecessors SAFETEA-LU, TEA -21, and ISTEA. In this press release by the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Chairman Barbara Boxer of CA launches the bill.
