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Urbanism & Design: Crowdfunding Rotterdam Bridge, Density Done Well, Exclusive London, Seattle Small Lot Housing Fight, Parking & Affordable Housing

April 3, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Moscow Business Complex Sees Rebirth  Wall Street Journal   Watch out Canary Wharf, Moscow City is rising. Five years after grinding to a halt during the global economic crisis, the ambitious real-estate development in Moscow is fast becoming a reality.
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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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Environment & Ecology: Austin Development Enviro Rules, NYC Goat Beauty Pageants, Climate Change & Highway Projects

March 22, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY City Council Could Loosen Environmental Rules for Development  Austin American Statesman   With the state Legislature looming over their shoulders, Austin City Council members are poised to relax a set of environmental rules that the Texas attorney general contends are illegal.
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Environment & Ecology: Human Density & Climate Change, SF Water Future, Fighting NIMBY Enviros, Philly Green Innovation, Transpo Electrification

March 21, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Human Density and Climage Change  Price Tags   Nothing too surprising in this map of human dispersion on the planet. But on closer look, I had never appreciated how the highest densities in India and Bangladesh concentrate along a continual band south of the Himalayas:
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Transport: Indiana Mass Transit Bill, Transport Petroleum Use Decline, Salt Lake Street Route Dispute, How US Tax Code Favors Autos

March 20, 2013
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TRANSPORT State Sen. Drops Out as Sponsor of Mass Transit Bill  Indianapolis Business Journal, via: @curtailes   Already skeptical of a mass-transit plan for the Indianapolis metro area, influential Sen. Luke Kenley has dropped his sponsorship of a related bill that's due for its first Senate hearing Wednesday.  
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Other Views: California Needs More Immigrants, Remaining Dependent On Cars, Minnesota Transit Tax Opposed

March 18, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS California Needs More Immigrants  Joel Kotkin   Southern California, just a few decades ago the fastest-growing region in the high-income world, is hitting a demographic tipping point.   Read On   Californians Will Remain Dependent on Their Cars  Dan Walters   The Sacramento Area Council of Governments is so politically correct it squeaks - fully embracing the anti-greenhouse gas, pro-transit, "sustainable" development policies adopted by the state in recent years with a "blueprint" said to be a model for other California regions.  
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Blogosphere: Portland Bike Oriented Development, End Of Fed Highway Support, Accessing Academic Journals, Harvesting Rainwater, Building Better Civic Tech

March 12, 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: Portland Retailers Swoop In on Bikeways Green Lane Project
Urban commercial real estate has always been a rough-and-tumble scrum, and now Amazon.com has torn up the playbook. Across the country, many brick-and-mortar retailers are in big trouble...

Read On Blogosphere: Why Was State Street Ped Mall a Failure Chicago Streetsblog
When I was a bicycle messenger in the early nineties, the State…
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Blogosphere: Doing Chicago BRT Right, Lego Subway Train, Light Rail & Traffic, Bus-Rail Economics, Transportation Spending

March 5, 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: It's Up to Chicago to Do BRT Right Chicago Streetsblog
"We knew how important it was for federal policy makers to see innovation and new ideas bubbling up from important cities around the country," said Nick Turner, managing director of the Rockefeller Foundation at a bus rapid transit roundtable last Friday...

Read On Commentary: Ross Valley Trolley Deserves a Close Look Marin Independent Journal
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Blogosphere: AASHTO Bike Regs Challenged, LA Transport History, Ode To NY DIY Seating, Protecting Pedestrians, Lincoln Revitalization

March 1, 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 Commentary: We Found Our Son on the Subway New York Times Opinionator
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...

Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
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Blogosphere: SF Bikeway Costs, Chicago BRT Gridlock Worries, Infra Bank Bill Returns, Climate Change & Transpo, City As Power Plant

February 28, 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: Mission Bikeway Would Cost More   SF Streetsblog
Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin...

Read On Blogosphere: Reporter Worries about BRT Gridlock Chicago Streetsblog
In a recent CBS Chicago TV editorial, veteran news personality Walter Jacobson panicked that the…
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