Topic – Planning

ULI’s Richard Rosan on Obama’s new fuel efficiency requirements

Only one part of the solution

Wendy Natt, May 22, 09.

To make any real headway in reducing vehicle emissions, creating more compact urban growth is essential, says ULI CEO Richard Rosan.

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Bridgeland sale canceled

General Growth is bankrupt

Steve Hawley, May 22, 09.

General Growth, which filed for bankruptcy, canceled the sale due to improving market conditions. Bridgeland has been cited as a reason to build Segment E.

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Storey to lead local Grand Parkway effort

But may cede control to TxDOT

Steve Hawley, May 21, 09.

Seven county judges appointed Art Storey to design a plan to pay for and build the Parkway, but local officials may be unable to keep it out of TxDOT's hands.

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Is suburban America ready to go car-free?

Density and transit a must

Wendy Natt, May 13, 09.

Urban planners, developers, and other experts provide their thoughts on where and how car-free suburban planning might work (and has worked) in the US.

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HUD Secretary: “We’ve got to put the ‘UD’ back in HUD”

Beyond subsidized housing

Wendy Natt, May 07, 09.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary laid out the department's new inititiaves to advance sustainable, more equitable growth in all of America's communities.

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New retail space projections for Houston lowest in 10 years

Some new mixed-use development

Wendy Natt, Apr 29, 09.

Ed Wulfe predicts that in 2009 Houston will add less than 50 percent of the amount of new retail space that it added in 2008, which may not be all bad news.

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David Crossley

Voracious consumers no more?

President, Houston Tomorrow, Apr 06, 09.

If Americans begin to consume less, how might the emerging system work?

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Christopher B. Leinberger

Sacramento: a model plan

Brookings Institution, Apr 02, 09.

Sacramento development model could lead national transformation

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Robert Lang & Lawrence Levy

Suburbs are key part of Metros

Co-Director, the Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech / Executive Director, National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra, Mar 31, 09.

Office of Urban Policy should include suburbs

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Climate bill introduced

Major questions still remain

Steve Hawley, Mar 31, 09.

House leaders have introduced a bill to cap carbon emissions and curb climate change. The plan is slightly more ambitious than one proposed by President Obama.

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