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Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Flood Issues in Dakota
A Grand Forks Herald article written by Kevin Bonham describes an increasing problem, one which will "trickle" [sic] through the front pages of newspapers throughout the country in the coming…
PropertyProf Blog
Who Needs City Government?
By propertyprof
Alex Tabarrok on the growth of private cities around the globe. These are places where the private sector has stepped in to provide transportation, utilities, security and other necessities:Private cities…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
A Message to President Obama on Labor Day
As President Obama prepares his Labor Day Speech for tomorrow’s Detroit festivities, one wonders whether the proposed Detroit River International Crossing (now known as the New International Trade Crossing) is…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
In Case You Missed It – The Week of August 28 to September 3
* The Obama administration decided to abandon proposed ozone regulations, which the oil industry and other business interests had criticized as unnecessarily costly. * Although most of the 9 million…
Land Use Prof Blog
Transportation PodCast from the Commonwealth Club of California
Driving today I happened upon a radio broadcast of a talk given by Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at US DOT, to the Commonwealth Club of California. Here's…
Land Use Prof Blog
2020 View of Urban Infrastructure: The Urban Lawyer’s Juergensmeyer Festschrift
This exciting issue of The Urban Lawyer came in the mail recently, and I didn't get a chance to blog it when it came in, but it's chock full of…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Rick Perry Supporter Denounces Critics in Trans-Texas Corridor Debate
Former California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore wants critics from the right and left to lay off Texas Governor Rick Perry, who proposed Trans-Texas Corridor, a 4000-mile north to south development…
PropertyProf Blog
Friday’s Architecture Moment: The Transfer Accelerator
By propertyprof
From the Pop-Up City Blog: "It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Can an Electric Line Route Be Changed?
All too often, acquiring agencies insist that they cannot change the routes of planned pipes or electricity transmission lines. These utilities argue that it is simply “too difficult” or “impossible,”…
The Right Coast
New San Francisco bridge built in China to be shipped to US – Telegraph
First, China made cut-price clothes and knick-knacks. Then it learned how to make mobile phones and iPads. Now it is making a 2,050ft-long bridge spanning the San Francisco bay.via www.telegraph.co.uk