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Urbanism & Design: Changing Urban Fish Tank Water, Measuring Weighted Density, Marin 'Backyard Cottage' Housing Option, Repairing Denver Parking Crater

May 14, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Changing the Water in the Fish Tank (Changing Our Surroundings)  Planetizen, Tim Halbur   The late David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, apparently gave a commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005 - now circulating as a fully-produced viral video (below).
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Transport: Pittsburgh Busways, Airport Empty Terminals, Pittsburgh's Hard to Find Light Rail Stations

May 2, 2013
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TRANSPORT IDTP Gives Pittsburgh Busways Bronze Rating Pittsburgh Post Gazette   Port Authority’s busways earned international recognition today from a company that evaluates and rates buses-only corridors around the globe.
Read On   What’s Next for Fastracks in Denver Denver Urbanism   Now that the West Rail…
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Transport: Charlotte Mayor Named DOT Secretary, Inianapolis Transit Expansion Paused, Denver To Golden Line Opens, Travel Time Perception Errors

April 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Foxx Named Transportation Secretary  Washington Post   President Obama plans to nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to serve as transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.
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Transport: Chinese Transit Excess, Fixing LA's 405, Cap&Trade Transit Funding, Transit & Traffic, Lease Airport To Build Rail

April 26, 2013
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TRANSPORT Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need  The Economist   NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.
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Transport: Oregon Wants Light Rail Or No Bridge, VMT Of Rural Vs Urban Drivers, NOLA Streetcar Expansion Plans, First BRT Corridor In Rio

April 24, 2013
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TRANSPORT Oregon Will Kill CRC If It Doesn't Include Light Rail  Seattle Times   Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's office says a proposed $3.4 billion Columbia River bridge will die if Washington state tries to remove light rail from the project.
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Urbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car Free, LRT To Revitalize Poor Denver Area, Impact Of Driverless Cars

April 23, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Google's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters  Seattle Times   The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to stick it to the high-tax, high-regulation West Coast again:
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Urbanism & Design: Reviving East Midtown Manhattan, Santa Rosa TOD Vote, Tampa Ped Friendly Makeover, Zombie Subdivisions

April 22, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN A Better Way to Revive East Midtown Manhattan  New York Times   WE are told that New York needs to be lofted back into global competitiveness. That the city isn't modern enough.
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New Reconnecting America Report Explores Economic and Workforce Development Impacts of Denver’s Southeast Light Rail Line

April 17, 2013
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Reconnecting America has completed an analysis of the economic and workforce development impacts of Denver's Southeast Rail Line and concluded that the 6-year-old light rail line has only supplemented what is already there, instead of acting as a driver of economic opportunity for residents of the region. This is the first in a series of reports by the Mile High Connects examining the opportunities and challenges of connecting middle-skill workers to economic opportunities through improved transit service and is meant to inform the planning of current and future transit corridors in the Denver region.
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Enhancing Economic Opportunity through Transit: Lessons Learned from Denver’s Southeast Light Rail Line

April 17, 2013
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Introduction The Denver region is currently embarking on one of the most ambitious and extensive investments in new rail and bus service in the United States. In less than a decade, the $7.8 billion FasTracks transportation infrastructure project will connect much of the Denver Metro region with 122 miles of new commuter and light rail, 18 miles of bus rapid transit, 70 new transit stations and a variety of other expanded multimodal options.1 This investment has the potential to expand the reach of opportunity for many people, providing better connections between housing, jobs and other essential destinations. New transit service will provide more transportation options to major job centers and educational institutions that provide career ladders and workforce training for people of all incomes and skill levels. Other regions are watching closely to see how the network is built out and if transit can spur new development and redevelopment of existing assets in station areas, as well…
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April 17, 2013|Reconnecting America
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