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HUD TA Team Implementation Site Visit and Peer Exchange

July 9, 2013
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Reconnecting America Project Manager Elizabeth Wampler will be participating in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Technical Assistance Implementation Site Visit and Peer Exchange in Seattle on July 9-11. The technical assistance program is part of HUD's Capacity Building for Sustainable Communities grant program.
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Transport: Cleveland Motorists Vs. Cyclists, Ann Arbor To Detroit Rail Plan, MN Streetcar Value Capture

June 17, 2013
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TRANSPORT Cleveland Motorists, Cyclists Seek a Truce  Cleveland Plain Dealer   Every cyclist who's spent time on the road has heard it - scolds, curses and shouts from drivers who want them to move over or get on the sidewalk.
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Transport: Dumb Infrastructure Decisions, Lima's Insane Bus System, Transportation Alternatives Critics, Federal Transit Parity Act

June 12, 2013
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Arizona, Bay Area, bicycles, California, Development & Redevelopment, DOT, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, Lima, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pedestrians & Walkability, Peru, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, St. Paul, Tacoma, TOD, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Twin Cities, Utah, Washington
TRANSPORT The Politics of Dumb Infrastructure Decisions  Minneapolis Star Tribune   We have a political situation in the United States where Democrats are too eager to build anything if it creates a job and the Republicans are too willing to call a project a boondoggle without first investigating its merit.
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Urban Issues: Nashville's Symphony Trouble, Stockton Housing Bubble, Housing Discrimination, Seattle Housing & Rail

June 12, 2013
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Affordability, California, Federal Policy, housing, HUD, Light Rail, Livability & Sustainability, Nashville, Seattle, Stockton, Tennessee, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Nashville's Symphony In Trouble  The Urbanophile   Nashville has been on a roll in recent years, with a rapidly growing population (including a rapidly expanding immigrant base), robust job growth (#1 among large cities in 2012 on a percentage basis), and lots of positive national press.
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Transport: Columbia Crossing LRT, Roundabout Bike Bypass, Paying To Operate Dallas Streetcar Extension, FRA & Train Safety

June 11, 2013
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TRANSPORT Light Rail, Blight or Bliss?  The Columbian   Love it or hate it, light rail's tracks are firmly embedded in plans for the Columbia River Crossing. But what will that mean for Vancouver?
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Urbanism&Design: 100 Years Spatial Planning In Europe, Active Living Around Transit, St. Paul TOD Focus

June 11, 2013
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Bay Area, bus, California, Cologne, Dallas, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, EU, Germany, Highways & Automobiles, Minnesota, Pedestrians & Walkability, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Paul, Texas, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBANISM & DESIGN Spatial Planning in Europe Over the Last 100 Years  Planning Resource   The European Council of Spatial Planners has just published a book to mark "A Centenary of Spatial Planning in Europe".
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Urban Issues: Seattle District Voting, Bikes & Local Economy, Grocery Stores & Condos, The Changing Geography Of U.S. cities

June 11, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Push to Create Council Districts Moves Forward  Seattle Times   A group that wants Seattle City Council members elected by district is expected to turn in enough signatures Tuesday to qualify the charter amendment for the November general-election ballot.
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Urbanism & Design: Opportunities & Challenges In TOD, Dallas Freeway Teardown, Untapped Brownfields Assets

May 30, 2013
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Chicago, CTOD, Dallas, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Highways & Automobiles, Illinois, Japan, Seattle, Texas, TOD, Tokyo, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBANISM & DESIGN Why Are Chicago's Sidewalk Cafes on the North Side?  WBEZ   Why the city's sidewalk oases thrive on the North Side, but barely survive on the South and West sides
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Urbanism & Design: 'Activating' Seattle Streets, Neighborhood Stability, A Big City Growth Revival

May 29, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Activating the Streets in Pioneer Square  Crosscut   The ISI has been studying streets and alleys in Seattle's "first neighborhood" and suggesting ways to make them safer, more usable and appealing.
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Environment & Ecology: Human Macroecology, Boston's Green Housing Plan, City Horticulture, Lessons From '70s Ecotopia

May 29, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY The Emerging Field of Human Macroecology  Scientific American   Sustainability efforts have been on the cultural radar for many years. Increasingly, cultural norms instruct us to turn off the lights when leaving a room, drive a smaller car, recycle as much as possible
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