Urban Issues: Las Vegas Tech Bet, Need For Disaster-Resistant Housing, AirBnB Illegal In NYC, Dev Cost & Housing Affordability
May 22, 2013
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A $50 Million Dollar Bet on Las Vegas
Entrepreneur.com
How the Vegas Tech Fund plans to help transform the tech scene in Sin City, in part two of our series on Tony Hsieh's $350 million Downtown Project.
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Urbanism & Design: Urbanist Bracket Challenge, Classical Music As Crime Deterent, Tulsa Vs. Milwaukee In Parking, Zurich Bike-In Cafe
April 10, 2013
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Winner of the Urbanist Bracket Challenge
The Atlantic Cities
Now that the Unpaid Pro Basketball Championship is out of the way, we can finally get to the competition that has consumed much of my desktop for the last month: the Urbanist Toolkit Bracket Challenge of 2013.
Urbanism & Design: Missing Katrina HUD Money, Dallas' New Urban Center, India HUD To Plan Transit, Anchoring Transit Line Ends
April 5, 2013
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$700M to Help Elevate New Orleans Homes Lost
RT
A new report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development paints a grim picture of a program that was supposed to help Louisiana's Katrina victims protect their homes from future storms - to the tune of $700 million in misplaced taxpayer money.
Urbanism & Design: High-Rise Talent Magnets, Wheelchair Office Access, LA Expo Station Rezoning, Willy Wonka Urbanism's Pitfalls
March 20, 2013
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Salt Lake County Hopes High Rises Near Transit Attract Talent
Salt Lake Tribune
Draper's ambitious plan to surround its FrontRunner station with a complex of high-rise office towers catering to high-tech companies secured Salt Lake County's financial support Tuesday.
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Transport: CAHSR Bond Sale, Toronto Transit Fees & Taxes Supported, Taking BART North, Clean Cars Vs. Efficient Modes
March 19, 2013
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California Officials Approve HSR Bond Sale
Reuters
California officials approved on Monday the sale of up to $8.6 billion in state bonds to help build a planned high-speed rail system projected to cost $68 billion.
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Urbanism & Design: Zappos Inconvenient Office, Saving Schools & Libraries, Young Moving Downtown In Pittsburgh, Digital Mapping & Cartography
March 18, 2013
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An Intentionally Inconvenient Office in Las Vegas
Business Insider
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh recently jumped into the debate over working from home that was sparked by Yahoo's recall of its remote workers, telling CNBC that he feels that it's difficult to build a strong company culture when you have lots of telecommuters.
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Saving Schools and Libraries by Giving Up their Land
New York Times
The Brooklyn Heights library is neither the oldest nor the most dilapidated branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system. But the 52-year-old limestone building is nonetheless ripe for demolition.
Blogosphere: Vegas HSR Opposition, Nashville BRT, DC Parking Regs, SF Railyard Dispute, LA Harbor Freight Yards OK'd, London $1.3B Bike Plan
March 11, 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.
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Blogosphere: The Goal of Abundant Access
Human Transit
In my book Human Transit, I argued that the underlying geometry of transit requires communities to make a series of choices, each of which is a tradeoff between two things that are popular...
Read On Blogosphere: Congressional R's Try to Block Vegas HSR CAHSR Blog
XpressWest has been waiting to hear from the federal government about their $5.5 billion loan request to help…
In my book Human Transit, I argued that the underlying geometry of transit requires communities to make a series of choices, each of which is a tradeoff between two things that are popular...
Read On Blogosphere: Congressional R's Try to Block Vegas HSR CAHSR Blog
XpressWest has been waiting to hear from the federal government about their $5.5 billion loan request to help…
News: LA Sales Tax Campaign, India Court OKs BRT, Travel Time Research, Small Towns Thinking Big, Pittsburgh Apartment Boom,
October 22, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
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Los Angeles: Foes of Sales Tax Face Uphill Battle
Los Angeles Times
Measure J would extend the half-cent levy an extra 30 years, to 2069. Backers are an array of interests fueling their bid with money. The opposition is a relatively low-budget, grass-roots effort...
Read On International: Court Says Yes to BRT Wall Street Journal
In January, an 84-year-old activist filed a…
Measure J would extend the half-cent levy an extra 30 years, to 2069. Backers are an array of interests fueling their bid with money. The opposition is a relatively low-budget, grass-roots effort...
Read On International: Court Says Yes to BRT Wall Street Journal
In January, an 84-year-old activist filed a…
News: Warp Speed Ahead, Less Solo Commuting, CAHSR Fed Funding, KC Streetcar Funds, Palo Alto TOD
September 21, 2012
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Interstellar: Warp Speed Could be Possible
Space.com
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel - a concept popularized in television's Star Trek - may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say...
Read On National: Fewer Americans Solo Commuting USA Today
The dismal economy and skyrocketing gas prices may have accomplished what years of advocacy failed to: getting more people to stop driving solo....
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel - a concept popularized in television's Star Trek - may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say...
Read On National: Fewer Americans Solo Commuting USA Today
The dismal economy and skyrocketing gas prices may have accomplished what years of advocacy failed to: getting more people to stop driving solo....
Blogosphere: Transpo Spending Transparency, Road Noise In Cities, Biking Vs. Driving During Olympics, Walkable Tyson's Corner
September 12, 2012
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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.
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Blogosphere: Hwy Spending As Transparent as Bike/Ped
DC Streetsblog
"There's an inverse proportion of the size of a transportation program to the amount of transparency," says Deron Lovaas of the Natural Resources Defense Council. While anyone can easily find in granular detail anything they would ever want to know about where bike/ped money goes..
Read On Blogosphere: $151B NEC Plan Discussed by David Gunn The…
"There's an inverse proportion of the size of a transportation program to the amount of transparency," says Deron Lovaas of the Natural Resources Defense Council. While anyone can easily find in granular detail anything they would ever want to know about where bike/ped money goes..
Read On Blogosphere: $151B NEC Plan Discussed by David Gunn The…
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