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Urban Issues: Phoenix Job Focus, Perils In Toronto Condo Market, NC Rural & Urban Divide, 11B World Population Forecast

June 14, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Phoenix Branding to Focus on Growing Jobs  Arizona Republic   Its identity drowned in a sea of anonymity, the East Valley is no more. Oh, you can still call it that if you want, and most folks around here probably will.
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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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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: Future Is Sharing, Cultural Districts, Strengthening Neighborhood Bonds, Crowdfund Vs. NIMBYs

June 6, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Sharing Assets is the Future  New York Times Opinionator   Some people in New York love the city's new bike-sharing system. Some people really, really do not.  
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Environment&Ecology: Peak Soil, China Petro Pollution Tax, Fracking California, Atlanta Belt Line New City

June 5, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Are We Approaching Peak Soil?  Science Alert   Soil is becoming endangered.This reality needs to be part of our collective awareness in order to feed nine billion people by 2050, say experts meeting here in Reykjavík.
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Other Views: Beware the Modern Streetcar, Elon Musk's HSR Alternative

June 3, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Beware the Modern Streetcar  San Antonio Express News   The vision for Tucson's modern streetcar never included grinding downtown to a halt with yearlong construction.
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Transport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR Lessons, Milwaukee Streetcar Plan Threatened

May 9, 2013
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TRANSPORT 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.
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Urbanism & Design: Toronto's Waterfront Value, Shared Streets in LA, Smarter Smart Growth

May 2, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN 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  …
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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.
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Environment & Ecology: Sustainability Debate In Phoenix, Dutch Lessons On Living With Water

April 12, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 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.
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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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URBAN ISSUES 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…
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