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Transport: Innovative Infra Financing, Local Roads & Fewer Freeways, Denmark Cycle School, Bogotá Pedestrian Safety

June 14, 2013
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TRANSPORT Finalists for Innovative Infrastructure Financing Award  National Journal   Florida provided a model for infrastructure improvements in cash-strapped times when it inked a deal in 2009 to ease congestion and upgrade Interstate 595.
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Urbanism&Design: Austin Waller Creek Project, Advanced Street Sign, Walking & Biking In Rio's Favelas

June 7, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Austin's Waller Creek Project Unveiled  Austin Business Journals   Design firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. presented its vision for transforming downtown Austin's Waller Creek from a mostly stagnant and underused public space into one of the most exciting urban parks around.
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APTA Rail Conference

June 4, 2013
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Reconnecting America Policy Director Sarah Kline will moderate a session at the American Public Transportation Association Rail Conference in Philadelphia on June 4.  The session is entitled "Transit Oriented Development or Development Oriented Transit?"
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Environment & Ecology: Human Macroecology, Boston's Green Housing Plan, City Horticulture, Lessons From '70s Ecotopia

May 29, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY The Emerging Field of Human Macroecology  Scientific American   Sustainability efforts have been on the cultural radar for many years. Increasingly, cultural norms instruct us to turn off the lights when leaving a room, drive a smaller car, recycle as much as possible
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Urbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car Free, LRT To Revitalize Poor Denver Area, Impact Of Driverless Cars

April 23, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Google's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters  Seattle Times   The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to stick it to the high-tax, high-regulation West Coast again:
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Environment & Ecology: Mexico City Cleans Its Air, Cities As Cure For Disease & Poverty, AIA's Top 10 Green Buildings, Green & Shale Oil

April 23, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Mexico City Cleans Up its Air  Christian Science Monitor   As people around the world celebrate Earth Day, Mexico City may serve as an unlikely environmental example for cities in developing countries suffering poor air quality.
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Transport: DC War On Cars, Albuquerque's Fake Subway Map, Philly Bike Share, Smartphones & Car Culture, Long Beach Cyclovia

April 18, 2013
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TRANSPORT There is No War on Cars in DC  Washington City Paper   If the District of Columbia is in the midst of a war on cars, then last month was its Gettysburg.
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Urban Issues: Ghana Urban Policy, Protecting Renters From Gentrification, Philly Innovation Hub, Taxes For Better Neighborhoods

April 17, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Ghana Finally Adopts Urban Policy  Next City   "Farouk's people came in their numbers," says Mr. Kwado Yeboah, Principal Town Planner in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.
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Transport: Taxes & Transport In Toronto, Passenger Rail Regulation, Indianapolis Resurrects Freeway Plan, Reorganizing Honolulu Transit

April 10, 2013
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TRANSPORT Let's Not Just Throw Taxes at Transport Problem  Toronto Globe and Mail   Remember back in the late 19th century? City streets in large European and North American cities were clogged with horses and carriages.
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Urban Issues: Housing Supply & Demand, Reincarnation Of Seoul, Iceland's Cultural Miracle, Pope's Era Of 'Mass' Transit, Place-Based Immigration

March 26, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Markets a Third Way to Affordable Housing  The Greater Marin   It's no secret that the cost to buy or rent a home in the Bay Area is extremely high and rising. Thanks to a regional economic rebound and renewed interest in the kind of walkable living that defines San Francisco, demand for Bay Area housing is at a high.
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