Transport: Boston Line Adds Stations, Future Of Streetcars, Maryland Joint-Development LRT Project, Bike Share As Corporate Perk
May 17, 2013
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Fairmount Line Adds Two New Stations
Boston Globe
As the Fairmount Corridor Commuter Rail Line train peeled away from Readville one morning, a stocky conductor began collecting fares on the only car open to passengers.
Urban Issues: Vision For Richmond's Future, Vancouver Embracing Accessory Units, Traffic Cones, New Google Maps
May 16, 2013
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A Grand Vision for Richmond's Future
Bacon's Rebellion
By 2035 the Richmond region will grow by roughly 200,000 households (435,000 people) and 200,000 new jobs. That's a mind-numbing number for a metropolitan region with barely more than 1 million inhabitants today.
Urban Issues: Mel Watt FHFA, SF Ellis Act Maps, San Gabriel Valley Asian Population Growth, Suing Blight
May 3, 2013
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Tech Sets Up Shop in NYC’s DUMBO Neighborhood
USA Today
Aaron Shapiro, CEO of digital agency Huge, remembers what it was like to set up shop in the area known as DUMBO 10 years ago.
Read On Mel Watt Tapped to Lead FHFA National Housing Conference Open House Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance…
Read On Mel Watt Tapped to Lead FHFA National Housing Conference Open House Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance…
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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Urban Issues: FBI Building Competition, New German Rental Regulations, Cleveland Cycle Of Abandonment, Selling Fed Property
April 22, 2013
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Bid for FBI Building Sets off Healthy Competition
San Jose Mercury News
The FBI's announcement that it needs a new home has touched off a virtual real estate beauty contest, with communities around the region jockeying for the opportunity to attract the law enforcement agency-and attendant economic benefits-to their neighborhoods.
Transport: Maryland Seeks Fed Funds For LRT, Regulating Ride Sharing, House Panel Vs. LaHood, Reducing Driving Saves Colleges Money
April 17, 2013
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Maryland Presses for Federal Support in Building LRT Systems
Baltimore Sun
Backed by an affirming legislative session and soon to be flush with transportation money, state officials went to Washington on Monday to assure the administration that Maryland has both the means and the will to build two light rail systems.
Urbanism & Design: TOD As Sprawl Repair, Architect Paolo Soleri, 'Pedestrian Street' Zoning, 3 Pillars Of Seoul Development, Sidewalks As Parking Lots
April 11, 2013
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TOD Project Begins Sprawl Repair in Baltimore
Better Cities and Towns
Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Maryland, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) that, upon completion, will support more than 1.2 million square feet of commercial office space
Urban Issues: Obama's Budget & Cities, Connecting People To City Services, Real Estate Pros Endorse TOD, Creating Equitable TOD
April 11, 2013
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Obama's Budget Released
DC Streetsblog
The Obama Administration has put forward an opening bid in what are sure to be contentious 2014 budget negotiations, issuing a solidly progressive transportation budget that calls for increased overall spending and continued investment in passenger rail.
Urbanism & Design: Tourniquet For Hemorrhaging Retail, ATM Banking Revolution, Revitalizing Pittsburgh, Density & Voting, Design Oriented vs. Passive Traffic Safety
April 2, 2013
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Treating Hemorrhaging Retail with a Tourniquet.
American Dirt
It's a topic I can rarely avoid for long: the ups and downs of the American retail landscape.
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.
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