You know how pet gold fish only ever grow as big as the vessel that holds them will allow, some uncanny equation that always retains a natural proportion. Downtown, as a living organism, is very similar..   Read On

Cars and trucks, planes and trains, all have an impact on the human condition as they wend their way through our cities and our lives - no less so the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Line now under construction between the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis...
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Jim Aiello Sr. recalled he was a "young 60-year-old" when he started working on a Castle Shannon development project more than a decade ago.  Now 71, he said he's finally close to seeing plans for the Shannon Transit Village come to fruition...   Read On

What seemed like a planner's dream just months ago suddenly became reality Tuesday when the state awarded Joliet $32 million for a new public transit center downtown....   Read On

Developers broke ground Thursday afternoon on a mixed-use development that will take advantage of Denton County's first commuter rail line.  The 90-acre Hebron 121 Station project is being built in Lewisville by Huffines Communities...   Read On

"High-speed rail, you're talking gazillions of dollars," LeCody said. "I don't know where we're going to get that."   Read On

Scientists and animal lovers had long observed that as life gets bigger, it slows down. Flies live for hours or days; elephants live for half-centuries. The hearts of birds and small mammals pump blood much faster than those of giraffes and blue whales....   Read On

University of Iowa historian Colin Gordon has produced an amazing series of maps of metropolitan St. Louis, showing geographic patterns over time related to four categories: white flight; race and property; municipal zoning; and 'urban renewal.' There are 28 maps in all, some of which can be combined into hybrids....   Read On