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Urban Issues: Wisconsin Vs. Milwaukee, Obama Brand Of Regionalism, Housing Supply & Prices, Detroit's Terrible Finances, Science & Lethality Of Loneliness

May 14, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Is Wisconsin State Legislature at War with Milwaukee?  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via: @urbanophile   Even before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the …
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Urban Issues: Template For New LA, Food Desert Mobile Oasis, Seattle Affordable Housing Failure, Reversing Atlanta Job Sprawl

May 13, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Hollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles  Los Angeles Times   Over 12 years as the area's councilman, he has championed high-density 'smart growth' that's been business-friendly. But community activists worry about rising rents and traffic-choked streets.
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Transport: Feds OK Detroit M1 Rail Line, Politics Of Gas Tax Hike, Case For & Against Transit Subsidies, Lack Of Earmarks Stymies Deal Making

April 23, 2013
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TRANSPORT M1 Gets Final Environmental Approval From Feds  Detroit Free Press   The federal government gave its final environmental clearance Monday for the M1 Rail line to begin its work to build a 3.3-mile streetcar line on Woodward between downtown Detroit and the New Center area, a move that the rail line's leader called a significant step forward.
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Urban Issues: Detroit Quest, Baby Boomer Urban Housing Impact, Building A Better City, Investing In Fiber, Housing Mititagates Transit Noise

April 15, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Dan Gilbert's Quest to Bring Back Detroit  New York Times Magazine   THE best way to experience all that is strange and a little otherworldly about downtown Detroit is to walk the streets around 5 p.m. on a weekday.
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Urban Issues: Deadly Sedentary Lifestyle, Wages & Ohio Housing, Austin Perfect For Google Fiber, Glaeser On Detroit

April 10, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Sedentary Living Kills More Than Smoking  The City Fix   Some actions, such as hopping in your car to go to the bakery, may be putting your life at risk.
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Urbanism & Design: Planning With Non-Architects, Death By Skywalk, Accessory Dwelling Units, The Myth Of Vertical Sprawl, SF Development Battles

April 9, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Non-Architects Need to Get Involved in Planning  Sustainable Cities Collective, via: @urbandata   In this beautiful TEDx talk Michiel van Iersel, founder of the Amsterdam based collective 'Failed Architecture' explains how…
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Transport: Generational Shift In Travel, Streetcar Property Assessment, Boring Names, Biking In Austin, Santa Monica Parking

April 8, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hipmunk CEO Sees Generational Shift in Travel  Skift   Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a "generational shift" under way in travel.
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Environment & Ecology: Preparing For Climate Change, Energy Use Sustainability, Urban Heat Island & Bugs, Oahu's Green Buffers

March 29, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 82% of Americans Want US to Prepare for Climate Change  USA Today   Should the United States prepare for climate change? And who should pay? A Stanford University survey released Thursday finds that 82% of Americans want the nation to prepare
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Urbanism & Design: Missouri Land Assembly Tax Credit, Detroit Development Plans, San Diego Mixed Use Project, Visualizing Four Square Check-Ins, Cleveland Vs. Spokane Parking

March 28, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Controversial Land Assembly Tax Credit Hearing in Missouri  St. Louis Post Dispatch   St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was among several people to testify in favor of extending the controversial Distressed Areas Land Assemblage tax credit before a Missouri Senate committee hearing Wednesday.
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Urban Issues: How Transit Affects Housing Prices, Death By Big Project Binge, Upstate NY Cities See Growth, Britain's Land Use Reality Show

March 22, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES First Map of LA is Older Than You Think  PBS KCET   Maps help a city comprehend itself and to chart its future and reflect on its past. Commonly cited as the first cartographic representation of Los Angeles, "Los Angeles City Map No. 1" from 1849 combines an honest accounting of the layout of buildings and public streets with a projection of the newly American city's future
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