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February 9, 2007

Planners and Child Advocates Agree: Smart Planning Should Promote Neighborhood-Centered Schools

Planning Director Gail Goldberg and education expert Yolie Flores Aguilar explain how neighborhood-centered schools can serve L.A.'s kids.

February 9, 2007

Hargreaves Wins Competition to Design L.A.'s ‘Cornfield' State Park

San Francisco firm envisions merger of nature, history, and community in coveted urban park.

February 9, 2007

Solving the Public Health Crisis with Smarter City Planning

Former California Health Officer Dr. Richard Jackson describes the threat of obesity and how the built environment can provide the remedy.

February 9, 2007

Sen. Torlakson: State Housing Bonds Can Promote Smart Growth

The chair of the California Senate Appropriations Committee discusses the prospects for promoting smart growth through bond investments.

January 11, 2007

San Diego Rejects Proposal for New Airport, Faces Few Options to Ease Burden on Lindbergh

With an aging, overcrowded airport and no land for new tarmac, San Diego needs some creative regional solutions to its air travel dilemmas, says UCSD's Steve Erie.

January 11, 2007

MIR Readers Share Predictions for Investment of Infrastructure Bond Funds in 2007

With $40 billion to spend and nearly limitless need for repair and expansion of California's infrastructure, MIR readers share their hopes for 2007.

January 11, 2007

Buenos Aires Grapples with Creative Solutions to Congestion, Growth, and Land-Use Planning

MIR speaks with transportation planner Francisco Ortiz about efforts to maintain the character of, and accomodate explosive growth in, South America's European gem.

January 11, 2007

Maersk Line Adopts Voluntary Initiatives to Mitigate Ship Pollution at L.A. Ports

The world's largest sea cargo carrier is setting the pace for the greening of the shipping industry and of L.A.'s ports.

January 11, 2007

Caltrans to Play Key Role in State Strategic Growth Plan Implementation

Caltrans Deputy Director Gregg Albright describes the agency's approach to the hurculean task of building the transportation infrastructure mandated by the state's Strategic Growth Plan.

January 11, 2007

2007 Begins With L.A. Supervisor Knabe Championing Regional Airport Authority

Coordinating air travel in Southern California has, in the past, been like herding cats, but Supervisor Don Knabe hopes that a revived regional body will lead to greater coordination.

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