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Land Use Prof Blog
President Obama Announces $8 Billion for High Speed Rail
The President announced $8 billion in grants for various regional high-speed rail initiatives around the country, under the auspices of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. The White House press…
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Jackson Needs to Plan for Next Water Crisis and Other Expected Disasters
You can flush a toilet again in Jackson this week as the City has emerged from last week’s water crisis caused by freezing temperatures and bad pipes. The talk has…
Land Use Prof Blog
Daily Sprawl Videos…
Like most areas of the country, the Central Alabama River Region has suffered from the residential and commercial real estate problems.To chronicle specific examples, I've begun a series of informal…
Land Use Prof Blog
“Rest Stops R.I.P.”
From the very eclectic website "Good" comes a story about the death of the American rest stop. My husband found this story after we passed a closed rest stop on…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Dominion West Virginia Gathering Project
By Greg Russell
Dominion has announced a $253 million expansion of its gathering and processing assets in West Virginia. "Dominion will complete three compression units currently under construction and, over the next three…
Land Use Prof Blog
Well-Being Index for the 50 States
The website LiveScience just posted an article entitled "The Well-Being of 50 U.S. States." It's actually a survey called "the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index," which purports to show which states are…
Land Use Prof Blog
Providence Moves Highway, Improves Connectivity and Economy
In a move that will likely encourage other cities to follow its example, city leaders in Providence, Rhode Island, have decided to relocate a major highway from the heart of…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Millions to Nowhere
The News Tribune Millions to nowhere Earlier this month the Port of Tacoma canceled plans to develop the Blair-Hylebos Peninsula and to build a terminal for NYK Line. It…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
MoDot spending $2.3 million to get bridge right-of-way that city sold for $2
Lake Expo Online ST. LOUIS -- At least two years after engineers selected the route of ramps for a new Mississippi River bridge, a city agency agreed in 2003 to…
Land Use Prof Blog
Bogart on the Glorious Revolution and Transportation
Daniel E. Bogart (Economics, UC Irvine) has posted Did the Glorious Revolution Contribute to the Transport Revolution? Evidence from Investment in Roads and Rivers, from the 4th Annual Conference on…