Topic – Sprawl

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  Stephen Lee Davis

  House threatens to cut transit

  Deputy Communications Director, Transportation for America, Feb 02, 12.

  US House proposes cutting transit funding out of transpo reauthorization bill

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  Ben Goldman

  Make the house bill better

  Freelance writer and city planner, Feb 02, 12.

  Make the house bill better for walking, biking, and transit

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  Travis County considering water-use rules for development

  Controversial vote pending

  Matt Dietrichson, Feb 02, 12.

  Travis County commissioners may vote soon on a controversial set of rules as a moratorium on development in the western part of the county is scheduled to end

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  Unincorporated Harris in a bind it thought COH would fix

  County/MUDs can't fix streets

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Jan 31, 12.

  Unincorporated areas of Harris County that were developed expecting City of Houston to annex them have no funding to maintain neighborhood streets.

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  Public meetings to begin for Regional Sustainable Development plan

  Several ways to be involved

  David Crossley, Jan 31, 12.

  Public meetings for the 13-county Regional Plan for Sustainable Development will begin this month.

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  Robert Steuteville

  Why cities are unaffordable

  Blogger, Better! Cities & Towns, Jan 26, 12.

  Cities and towns would do better to focus on more effective regulations.

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  Push begins to build SH249 toll road in northwest

  Related to SH99

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Jan 25, 12.

  A coalition of Harris and Montgomery Counties and several cities is forming to push for the proposed 249 toll road from Spring Cypress to FM 1774.

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  Healthy communities TV series to air

  Impact of built environment

  Matt Dietrichson, Jan 24, 12.

  A new series soon to air on PBS, Designing Healthy Communities, examines the impact of our built environment on public health indices (Won't show in Houston)

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  Cheryl Smith

  Food desert into an oasis

  Austin-based freelancer who writes about agriculture and food policy, Jan 23, 12.

  With 15 percent of Texans residing in "food deserts," new approaches are in effect, and without help from the state.

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  Kaid Benfield

  City water scarcity

  Director, Sustainable Communities, NRDC, Jan 23, 12.

  Many American cities are in the wrong places for long-term water sustainability. What to do?

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