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Ecovillages are generally associated with rural or suburban areas, but they can be in the city, too. In fact, with the many naturally green features of the city, there are plenty who argue they should be in the city more. GOOD recently highlighted the Los Angeles Eco-Village (LAEV). It is actually a fairly old and [...]
The Obama administration announced a proposal to dedicate $53 billion more towards high-speed rail in the next 6 years this week. That would significantly increase federal funding on high-speed rail. The administration awarded $8 billion to a national high-speed rail network early last year and another $2.5 billion later in the year, but a lot [...]
Want to be more involved in the development and design of your city? Want a fun way to creatively engage via your computer? If so, Betaville may be just what you’re looking for. Here’ more from UrbanOmnibus: “A living city is always in Beta. Let’s play.” That is the tagline of Betaville, a new “open source, [...]
As if it wasn’t already completely self-evident, WikiLeaks has released a number of cables showing that Saudi Arabia is probably going to run out of oil a lot sooner than they’ve been claiming, and that, of course, their ability to keep oil prices down at a “reasonable level” isn’t going to last much longer. (Why [...]
You’ve probably heard of “smart growth” by now. But to urban planners, that seems to mean it’s time for something new. While the goals of smart growth continue to be embraced, we are seeing a shift from that term to “intelligent cities” Haya El Nasser of USA Today notes. Of course, there are some substantive [...]
