• Since 2004, one in six Americans consumed chemicals or substances in their drinking water in amounts that exceed legal limits. Apparently, the EPA is doing a lousy job of enforcing its rules; a Senate committee will take it to task today. (NYTimes)
• Who doesn’t want a fancy “urban village” on their waterfront? Cleveland will remain a port city, but it’ll soon transform 100 acres into retail/hotel/park spaces and build a “Crystal Palace.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
• New York’s MTA is in trouble again: Revenue is $200 million short because of faulty predictions about how much the agency would get from a state payroll tax. Some “very difficult choices” are about to be made. (NYTimes)
• The Department of Transportation awarded Dallas and San Diego $14 million to develop Intelligent Transportation Systems; the pilot program aims to reduce congestion in dense urban transit areas. (DoT via Focus on Construction)
• You know how, in the olden days, animals used to drive mills? Well, now human animals drive Christmas lights! The spectacle, of course, is in Copenhagen. (CNet - pic via)
• And lastly, don’t forget to keep an eye out for President Obama’s announcement today about new job programs. (TheCaucus)
December 8th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
That Cleveland thing sounds ridiculous. The city of Cleveland has enough abandoned buildings, parking lots and half-deserted neighborhoods to go around. Why not focus on redeveloping them before building a brand new neighborhood on the lake?