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.
Urbanism & Design: Toronto's Waterfront Value, Shared Streets in LA, Smarter Smart Growth
May 2, 2013
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Toronto Waterfront Generated Twice the Revenue Spent
680 News Toronto
Waterfront Toronto is doing some bragging about taxpayers’ money being well spent. It has released a study that finds revitalizing the waterfront has generated more than twice the value of public investment to date.
Read On LA Union Station Draft Plans Released The Source …
Read On LA Union Station Draft Plans Released The Source …
Reconnecting America To Provide Free Place-Based Sustainability Technical Assistance In Seattle And Phoenix
April 22, 2013
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Reconnecting America, as a partner in Livability Solutions, has been selected to provide technical assistance to the Seattle Department of Planning & Development and Valley Metro in Phoenix as part of a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.
Environment & Ecology: Sustainability Debate In Phoenix, Dutch Lessons On Living With Water
April 12, 2013
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Debate Over Sustainability in Phoenix
Global Site Plans
In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness, predicted a bleak climate future for Phoenix, Arizona.
Urban Issues: Open Data & Big Issues, Healthy Food & Prices, Ridiculous Housing Market, CityScan Enforcement, Separate & Unequal In DC
April 9, 2013
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Open Data Shifts from Apps to Big Issues
Politico, via: @urbandata
The term open data brings to mind images of next bus apps and geeks poring over data sets about potholes, but advocates say the next phase…
Urbanism & Design: Crowdfunding Rotterdam Bridge, Density Done Well, Exclusive London, Seattle Small Lot Housing Fight, Parking & Affordable Housing
April 3, 2013
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Moscow Business Complex Sees Rebirth
Wall Street Journal
Watch out Canary Wharf, Moscow City is rising. Five years after grinding to a halt during the global economic crisis, the ambitious real-estate development in Moscow is fast becoming a reality.
Environment & Ecology: Arcosanti and Sustainable Cities
April 3, 2013
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Arcosanti and Sustainable Cities
Sustainable Industries
In 1971 Italian Architect Paolo Soleri, after having studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin in Arizona, purchased a large plot of land in the high desert 60 miles north of Phoenix and began Arcosanti, a model ecocity project.
Transport: Unique Funding For Underground Extension, National Transit Lobby, Mesa Rail Extension Stalls, DART Parking Experiment Faltering
March 26, 2013
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Unique Funding Proposed for Northern Line Extension
Railway Technology
The proposed extension of the Northern Line of the London Underground is one of the major infrastructure projects heralded by the British Government in its recent budget. But will the unique funding scheme, under which a loan underwritten by government will be paid off by local businesses, succeed in the current turbulent economy?
Environment & Ecology: Getting US Off Oil, Water As Human Right, Chances Of Meteor Destruction, Phoenix's Hot Future
March 18, 2013
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Obama Wants $2B To Get US Off Oil
Washington Post
President Obama's newest energy proposal is a $2 billion "Energy Security Trust" fund for research into advanced technologies to reduce America's reliance on oil.
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Is Water a Human Right or Commodity
Guardian UK
In this month's podcast we'll be discussing the pressure on water resources. We want to hear your thoughts
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Blogosphere: Phoenix LRT Development, MO Transpo Sales Tax, Preparing For Streetcars, Saluting LA Transpo Future, Marin to SF Rail
March 15, 2013
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
TRANSPORT
Blogosphere: Seeking to Cultivate Change on LRT Lines
Global Site Plans
An ambitious project spearheaded by the City of Phoenix, Arizona State University (ASU), and St. Luke's Health Initiative called Reinvent Phoenix aims to change the way Phoenix's light rail is developed around neighborhoods...
An ambitious project spearheaded by the City of Phoenix, Arizona State University (ASU), and St. Luke's Health Initiative called Reinvent Phoenix aims to change the way Phoenix's light rail is developed around neighborhoods...
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