Urban Issues: Housing Affordability, Atlanta Beltline Internet Incentive, Nashville Mixed-Income Plan, Twitter & Geography Of Communication
May 17, 2013
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What's Happening to Housing Affordability
AARP Blog
The National Association of Realtors announced earlier this year that its Housing Affordability Index shows 2012 was a record year for housing affordability.
Other Views: SF Transit History Website, Addictive New Geography Game, Punitive Gas Tax Alternatives
May 17, 2013
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Website Shows San Francisco Transit History
Huffington Post
In the nearly century and a half since San Francisco's first cable car completed its inaugural run down Clay Street, the city's public transit system has become as embedded in San Francisco's very fabric as sourdough bread, the Golden Gate Bridge or the omnipresent blanket of fog.
Urban Issues: Wisconsin Vs. Milwaukee, Obama Brand Of Regionalism, Housing Supply & Prices, Detroit's Terrible Finances, Science & Lethality Of Loneliness
May 14, 2013
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Is Wisconsin State Legislature at War with Milwaukee?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via: @urbanophile
Even before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the …
Transport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR Lessons, Milwaukee Streetcar Plan Threatened
May 9, 2013
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Bike Infrastructure Debate Settled
Streetsblog Net
For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected bike lanes in recent years, however, everyone can see that predictions about bike lanes making streets more dangerous for cycling simply didn't come to pass.
Environment & Econology: Fastest Warming City, Beauty Amid Chicago Industry, Planning Sustainability Focus
May 9, 2013
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Few Trees in Louisville, The Fastest Warming City
Next City
What's the scariest weather event you can think of? A hurricane? Tornado? Storm surge?
Urban Issues: Social Media & Planners, Seattle Foreclosure Pain, Online Taxes & Local Stores, Chicago Housing Growth
May 8, 2013
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Social Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases
Planetizen, Brent Todarian
With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate participatory planning, and build better places.
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Transport: Disneyland Streetcar Demands, Public Roads & Private Funding, Strategic Freight Plan, 100,000 Budapest Critical Mass Ride
May 7, 2013
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Disneyland Demands Raise Streetcar Costs
Kitsap Sun
While various stakeholders continue to disagree on the merits of Anaheim's proposed streetcar project, there is no debating that it is the most expensive project of its kind in recent memory.
Urban Issues: Mel Watt FHFA, SF Ellis Act Maps, San Gabriel Valley Asian Population Growth, Suing Blight
May 3, 2013
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Tech Sets Up Shop in NYC’s DUMBO Neighborhood
USA Today
Aaron Shapiro, CEO of digital agency Huge, remembers what it was like to set up shop in the area known as DUMBO 10 years ago.
Read On Mel Watt Tapped to Lead FHFA National Housing Conference Open House Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance…
Read On Mel Watt Tapped to Lead FHFA National Housing Conference Open House Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance…
Transport: Mobile Phone Data Bus Routes, Obama’s Influence, Utah Mayors Project Wishes
May 1, 2013
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Ivory Coast Bus Routes Drawn Using Mobile Phone Data
BBC News
The research was completed as part of the Data for Development competition run by Orange which released 2.5 billion call records from five million mobile phone users in Ivory Coast.
Read On Utah Mayors Say Big Projects Might Not Be Best Salt Lake Tribune The authority’s board is told that big, expensive projects may not always be the best answer for transit needs.
Read On Utah Mayors Say Big Projects Might Not Be Best Salt Lake Tribune The authority’s board is told that big, expensive projects may not always be the best answer for transit needs.
Urban Issues: HUD Downsizing, Eds and Meds, Turin's Resurgence and Paris' Governance
April 30, 2013
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The Boom and Bust Cycle of Urban Investment
New York Times
FOR the past several years all the ingredients have been in place for an urban crisis. Unemployment has hovered above 15 percent in many of our most distressed cities.
Read On Paris’ Future Governance, a Discussion w Deputy Mayor Stephane Kirkland As Paris’s Deputy Mayor in charge of “Paris Metropole” and relations with the region’s…
Read On Paris’ Future Governance, a Discussion w Deputy Mayor Stephane Kirkland As Paris’s Deputy Mayor in charge of “Paris Metropole” and relations with the region’s…
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