Best Practices For TOD Strategies & Legislation
May 16, 2013
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Documents detailing transit-oriented development efforts in Seattle and Dallas have been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
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.
Urban Issues: Conflicted About Change in LA, Chicago & The Second City Syndrome, How Dallas Killed Farmers Markets
April 29, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES
Global Cities Don't Just Take, They Give
The Urbanophile
I had an interesting conversation about Washington, DC with Richard Layman a few months back.
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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URBANISM & DESIGN
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.
Urbanism & Design: Nike Expansion Skips Portland, Jobs Leaving Downtowns, Oakland Waterfront Project, 15 Steps To Parking Reform
April 19, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN
Las Colinas Attracts a Young Workforce
Dallas Morning News
Mary Clare Harkins credits perfect timing and location in landing her first full-time job out of college.
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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URBANISM & DESIGN
$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.
Transport: Bill To Let Dallas Transit Into Arlington, 51 Metros Ranked On Accessibility, Arlington's 'Super Stop' Fight, London Cycling Festival, PPP Idea for Virginia LRT Line
April 4, 2013
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TRANSPORT
Green Line to Medford Won't Open Until 2019
Daily Free Press
Despite a growing burden of debt, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority could begin construction on extending the Green Line from Lechmere to College Avenue in Medford and Union Square in Somerville in the coming months.
Urbanism & Design: East Portland Rises, Makeover For Dead Dallas Mall, TOD Tax Near Subways In India, Pedestrian Injuries & Crosswalks, Placemaking TOD
April 4, 2013
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Biotech Firms Select Newer Urban Clusters
Commercial Property Executive
Out with the old and in with the new seems to be the motto for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies today-at least when it comes to their real estate.
Transport: Texas Untoll Road, Maryland Indexing Gas Tax, San Antonio Streetcar Routes, St. Louis Streetcar Feasibility, Dallas Downtown Light Rail Connector
March 28, 2013
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$3B Plan Would End Tolls on New Road
Austin American Statesman, via: @WalkableDFW
How could the state lure people away from Interstate 35 and onto the Texas 130 tollway several miles to the east? State Rep. Paul Workman has a $3 billion answer to that question: make it free.
Transport: Unique Funding For Underground Extension, National Transit Lobby, Mesa Rail Extension Stalls, DART Parking Experiment Faltering
March 26, 2013
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Unique Funding Proposed for Northern Line Extension
Railway Technology
The proposed extension of the Northern Line of the London Underground is one of the major infrastructure projects heralded by the British Government in its recent budget. But will the unique funding scheme, under which a loan underwritten by government will be paid off by local businesses, succeed in the current turbulent economy?
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