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.
Urban Issues: Blighted Properties, Spanish Country Life, Naming Streets in Berlin, Food Deserts
May 2, 2013
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Baltimore Community Groups Sue Blighted Property Owners
Baltimore Sun, via: @RWhelanWSJ
Six Baltimore community groups filed an $8 million lawsuit Tuesday against a Texas man whose companies own dozens of properties in the city, alleging that he failed to improve rundown homes after purchasing them at tax sales and allowed them to become a danger.
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Urbanism & Design: Dallas TOD & Library Seeks Developer, Seeding Micro Apartments, Street Artists Vs. Govt, Neighborhood Strength Is People
April 24, 2013
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Dallas Seeks Private Developer for TOD, Library
Dallas Morning News
The City of Dallas is looking for a private developer to deliver a long promised Vickery Meadow library branch.
Other Views: Gentrification Vs Aristocratization, Towns Vs Cities In NC, Suburban Jobs-Housing Balance, Whine & Parking
April 15, 2013
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Nation's Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization
The Onion, via: @nlamontagne
According to a report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, the recent influx of exceedingly…
The Tramway Revival In France
April 5, 2013
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A 2012 report on the return of tramways to France by the Ministry for Ecology, Stustainable Development and Energy has been added to the Research Center best practices database.
The Tramway Revival In France
April 5, 2013
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Currently, eighteen French urban areas have at least one tramway line and by 2014, nine more towns will have opened their first lines. In France, the organisation of public transport is based on a decentralised administrative system established in the 1980s. For thirty years, land authorities have had great autonomy to develop their public transport networks in a context of very heavy car use. Today, the car is gradually making way for public transport systems and tramways have been experiencing a revival for several years now. Tramways have been making their mark over the years because they fit into the scheme of urban renewal, transport planning and environmental concerns. This is a political choice which is firmly rooted in the sustainable development ethos and enables planners to take a new approach to urban mobility and urbanisation projects. Trams have also become a tool for promoting a town, because building a tramway implies a desire to renew the image of the town where it is…
Urbanism & Design: Micro Apartments, Denver Infill Project, Fighting Domestic Violence, Urbanizing Beltway Sprawl, Atlanta TOD Solutions
March 26, 2013
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Micro Apartments In Housing Starved Cities
Boston Globe
The new apartment on Harriet Street is no wider than most hallways: a thin rectangle of space where clutter can quickly cause chaos.
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Blogosphere: AASHTO Bike Regs Challenged, LA Transport History, Ode To NY DIY Seating, Protecting Pedestrians, Lincoln Revitalization
March 1, 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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Commentary: We Found Our Son on the Subway
New York Times Opinionator
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...
Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...
Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
Blogosphere: Sequestration, Washington Transpo Tax, Virginia Transpo Bill, Death Of American Mall, When Cheaper Isn't Better, Rental Housing Shortage
February 26, 2013
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Blogosphere: What If a City Wants More Transit?
Human Transit
Large North American transit agencies generally have some revenue raising authority over an enormous and diverse urban area, and feel obliged to serve the same enormous area with something that can be justified as an "equitable" distribution of service...
Read On Blogosphere: Sequestration, Can Congress Find Solution DC…
Large North American transit agencies generally have some revenue raising authority over an enormous and diverse urban area, and feel obliged to serve the same enormous area with something that can be justified as an "equitable" distribution of service...
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Blogosphere: LA Bike Plan Progress, Commuting Criminals Myth, CEQA Reform Bill, Ontario Sprawl, DC Sustainability Plan
February 22, 2013
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Blogosphere: Fake Townhouses Hide Portals
Messy Nessy Chic (via @albertatrebla)
Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look...
Read On Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog
Two years ago,…
Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look...
Read On Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog
Two years ago,…
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