Top Planning Issues of 2007

from Planetizen:

1. Congestion Pricing and Road Tolling
2. Light Rail/Streetcar Surge
3. Drought Planning
4. Cities Taking Lead on Environment
5. Crumbling Infrastructure
6. Bikeability
7. Fall of Citywide Wi-Fi
8. Subprime Meltdown Fallout
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I guess I would add another, the continued failure of the federal government to consider energy policy in concert with foreign policy and local development policies. I.e., gasoline excise taxes, policies that continue to encourage the use of oil, without being clear about the link between balance of payments, the fall of the dollar, and the cost of war overseas.

Every soldier that dies in Iraq (or Afghanistan) dies for Sprawl.

Source: Unautremonde