SÃ£o Paulo Journal: Streets Are Paved With NeonÂs Glare, and City Calls a Halt
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SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil, overwhelmed by what the authorities call visual pollution, plans to press the Âdelete allÂ button on outdoor advertising.
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By Dan Gibbard, Chicago Tribune  Jan. 31--In the Chicago area's topsy-turvy climate, where floods and droughts are known to take turns causing headaches, a pavement that could help ease both has begun to seep into planners' thoughts.
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Driverless cars which use lasers to avoid obstacles are being tried out in a Northamptonshire town.
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Here's a city with a parking crisis, crippling traffic jams, and unaffordable rents.
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MANICARAGUA, Cuba -- It's early afternoon in this sweltering town, but air conditioners are off, the lights are out, and stereos are silent.
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A law banning billboards and hoardings in Brazil's biggest city is facing legal challenges from angry ad firms.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, vans and buses full of aspiring models brake to a stop here in front of the unmarked offices of the Daphne Agency. Coming from small towns scattered across the Brazilian countryside, the hopefuls have spent hours on the road, often...
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By Erika Slife, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 19--DELRAY BEACH -- For drivers motoring down South Congress Avenue, the view is mostly a mishmash of strip malls, industrial complexes and overgrown brush.   For city officials, it's a picture of possibilities.
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A key road in western London is to have its traffic lights, signs and curbs taken away in an experiment aimed at encouraging drivers to have more consideration for pedestrians.
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When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity after just a few days.
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Watch your step when you pull off the road. That's the warning from state environmental officials to people who want to avoid a burning, blistering itch that could last for months.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 8 -- Thousands of students, workers and environmentalists protesting President Bush's arrival here Thursday shut down a road in a central business district, and some clashed with helmet-wearing riot police who fired tear gas and beat demonstrators.
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A surreal nightmare of gleaming surfaces and razor-sharp edges, âThe Bothersome Manâ unfolds in a sterile city where nothing is quite as it seems.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of six state  capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of at least six  state capitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into a  run-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, the  city of Sao Paulo.
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By Corrinne Hess  chess@@dailyherald.com  Don't let the asphalt fool you.  The new road slated for construction at Redwing Slough conservancy just outside of Antioch is not meant as a welcome sign.
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By PATRICK CONDON MINNETONKA, Minn. - When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity.