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• Backing the Infrastructure Bank

  The Los Angeles Times is standing behind President Barack Obama's recently announced infrastructure bank proposal, but not just because it could boost transit in L.A.

  

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• Does Transportation Funding Violate the Civil Rights Act?

  The Great City blog argues that Washington State's 18th Amendment "violates the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964, perpetuating discrimination in the state's transportation system."

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• Subway (and Subway Riders) To Heat Apartment Building

  Heat emitting from riders of the Paris Metro and from the subway trains will heat 17 apartments in a new system debuting in France.

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• Obama Calls For $50 Billion Transportation Stimulus

  Calling it an investment plan in job growth in the transportation sector, the President in a Labor Day speech outlined a six-year plan for investment in road, rail, and airports to be paid for by eliminating tax breaks and subsidies from big oil.

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• Sharing the Civic Commons

  Civic Commons is a new non-profit that facilitates the sharing of information and knowledge on open city initiatives for open, data-driven, and collaborative city services.

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• Can A City Function on Low Taxes?

  Colorado Springs, Colorado has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, and its heavily right-wing residents like it that way. But with the recession, the lack of tax income is causing some heavy cuts to city services.

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• The Economic Benefit of Density

  Richard Florida says that the economic benefits of 'agglomeration' are seldom given the attention they deserve. A new study by Florida and the Martin Prosperity Institute aims to do just that.

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• Brownfields Into Beaches

  Alex Bozikovic hits the beach with his son at a new public space in Toronto: Sugar Beach, an urban park built on a former industrial site.

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• The Best Cities and Towns for College

  The American Institute of Economic Research ranks the best cities and towns in which to attend college, using academic achievement, quality of life, and professional opportunities as factors.

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• Pedestrian-Only Zone Proposed for San Diego

  With the centennial of the Panama-California Exposition that created San Diego's Balboa Square approaching, the city is considering turning back the neighborhood to its former car-free glory.

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• N.B.'s urban growth poses political problems

  Growing urbanization in New Brunswick and the infighting among its three largest cites may be the biggest policy obstacle for the next government, according to an urban researcher.

• Research and Markets: Baby Care in India - Forecasts to 2014 -Chained Retailers Create Opportunities for Point-of-Sale ...

  DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Baby Care in India" report to their offering.

• Pitt data on oil and gas leases gauges local Marcellus Shale activity since 2003

  As Marcellus Shale activity sweeps Western Pennsylvania, a new University of Pittsburgh database reveals that approximately 7 percent of Allegheny County's land has been leased for drilling and extraction since 2003. In addition, the number of properties in the county leased for oil and gas exploration increased by 322 percent between 2008 and 2009.

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• UTSA getting new public policy degree

  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a new bachelor of public administration degree for the University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Area meetings

  A roundup of government, civic and club meetings in Jefferson and Bullitt counties this week.

• Illinois politicians react to Rostenkowski death

  Posted at 3:58 p.m. by Tribune staff. Illinois politicians reacted today to the death of former U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, the longtime chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Mayor Richard Daley:"I had the privilege of knowing him through...

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• Bonsai aficionado remembers earlier fairs

  Bette Workman of Underhill remembers when the Champlain Valley Fair used to be known for having the fastest half-mile harness racing track in the state. "The grandstands would be full, and you could place bets in the first stall of the horse barn," she said with a laugh.

• In 1910, labor was still the focus of Labor Day

  Like some other holidays, Labor Day has come to be an American tradition more honored for the three-day weekend it provides than as a reminder of the purpose for which it was created.

• Government of Canada Invests in Aboriginal Youth in Calgary

  CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2010) - On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament (Calgary Centre), today announced funding for Calgary-area Aboriginal youth projects, including New Tribe magazine, the Aboriginal Youth Animation Project, and the Niipaitapiiyssin Leadership Program.

• Lesbian communities

  Diana Rivers chose the Arkansas Ozarks for the beauty of the land. by Brock Thompson Diana Rivers chose the Arkansas Ozarks for the beauty of the land. She and other women like her looking to form a community sought land that was cheap, plentiful, had a long growing season, and little to no building codes. The isolated and largely untouched Ozarks supplied all these things in abundance. She had ...

• Historic discovery at Borough President's office

  While renovating the office of Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. on Friday, August 6, a staff member made an astounding discovery.What Barbara Baker found inside a filing cabinet was a large envelope containing hundreds of large old photographs, mostly dating from 1907 when the borough looked nothing like it...

• Islamic contract law

  Lex Borneo began a series on Syariah Law last week to mark the month of Ramadan. Today we continue that theme and look at the law for Islamic Commerce. Islamic commercial law, known as fiqh muammalat in Islamic legal terms, constitutes an important branch of law dealing with issues of contracts and the legal effect(s) arising from [...]

• Buy a house, get a cow free in Rajkot

  At a time when realtors attract buyers with cars and gold jewellery, a township on the outskirts of Rajkot offers a cow as an incentive - book a house here and get a cow for free.

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• Who will build the new broadband fibre network?

  Will the new broadband fibre network be built by electricity lines companies?

• We're all in this together

  My day job takes me all around Atlantic Canada and a constant theme when talking with people in urban areas is that government puts all its focus on rural areas.

• Scott may need urban strategy

  PRIMARY RESULTS: He won rural areas and Tea Party strongholds. Other areas are works in progress.

• Leading property groups looking for political leadership on cities

  An alliance of leading business organisations has called on the major political parties to revitalise Australia?s capital cities.