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Urban Issues: Neighborhood Engagement, 7 UK Social Classes, Fed Money Creates Jobs, Saudi Women & Biking, Buenos Aires Flooding, Peak Urbanism

April 4, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Pittsburgh's Neighborhood Engagement Efforts  Rebuilding Place in Urban Space   One aspect of the current PLANPGH comprehensive land use planning process in the City of Pittsburgh is to my way of thinking a good example of how to do neighborhood-based planning as an element of the overall process.
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Blogosphere: Biking Research From TRB, America Is Walking Disaster, Hopes & Obstacles For DC Streetcars, View For Transit Foes

January 17, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere:  El Camino Development Could Help/Hurt Peninsula Transportation Blog
Menlo Park's new El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan, approved by City Council last summer, envisions greatly enhancing El Camino's role as a place for people in addition to cars...

Read On Blogosphere: Turn Downtown One Ways into Two Ways Stockton City Limits
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Blogosphere: Calls For Gas Tax Hike, City Low-Emission Zones, Urban Innovation Model, Cycling In Snow, CAHSR Groundbreaking

January 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: US Chamber Calls for Higher Gas Tax Governing Magazine
The nation's top business advocate said Thursday it was time for the federal government to "quit fooling around" with funding the transportation trust that fuels many state and local infrastructure projects and called for an increase in the gas tax...

Read On Blogosphere: Low Emission Zones Need Traffic Policies Eltis
Low emission zones (LEZs) that restrict old vehicles in…
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Blogosphere: Pretend Bike Plans, Twitter Transit Fix, Train Travel Increase, Buenos Aires BRT & Real Estate

November 26, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: Sharrows are NOT a Bike Plan Systemic Failure
Once upon a time, sharrows might have seemed like a good idea for special situations. But now they are a way for communities to do "pretend" bike plans. Just stripe a bunch of sharrows on streets and voila! we have a bike network - without having to make messy political compromises on parking and lane removal...

Read On Blogosphere: Could Twitter Help Planners Fix Transport Guardian UK
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Blogosphere: BRT In Buenos Aires, Bikes & Streetcar Tracks, Walkability & Climate Change, Food & City Planning

November 5, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: Just One Way for BRT in Buenos Aires Global Site Plans
Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina is a massive metropolis of 14-million people, whose active population commutes, by the millions, daily, towards the main federal district from distances of 53 kms...

Read On Blogosphere: "Bike Sneak" Helps Cyclists Cross Tracks Greater Greater Washington
Streetcar tracks can sometimes be dangerous for bicyclists…
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Blogosphere: Fed Transpo Posturing, True BRT In SF, Atlanta 50/50 Mandate, Sterilized Bus Air, Streetlight Budget Drain, Tea Party Vs. Planners

May 1, 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. TRANSPORT Opinion: Cars, Trains, Political Posturing New York Times
The transportation bill is vital, providing billions of dollars to states and communities to build and repair roads, ensure bridges are safe and improve mass transit for millions of commuters. It also sustains some 2.9 million jobs, many in the hard-pressed construction industry. ..

Read On Blogosphere: SF Ready to Commit to True BRT Transbay Blog
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Blogosphere: Argentina Gets First BRT Line

June 2, 2011|The City Fix
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Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, inaugurated Argentina's first bus rapid transit system today, marking its first day of operation. The system's fruition is the result of a collaboration between the Institute of Transportation Policy and Development (ITDP), the W.J. Clinton Foundation, and the city of Buenos Aires... Read On 

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