Blogosphere: Bike Lane Spoils Movie, Transpo Bill Veto Threat, New Starts Funding, Inconspicuous Density, Earthscraper
February 15, 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. |
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Editorial: Green Bike Lane Scaring Films Away Los Angeles Times (via Streetsblog LA) Los Angeles has a bike plan, and it's a fine idea. We have quite enough cars and quite enough drivers, thank you very much, and the counter-stereotypical truth is that we also have thousands and thousands of bicyclists who would gladly leave the car in the garage... Read On |
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Opinion: A Costly Way to Get Around News & Observer It's true that Wake County needs better transit service. Unfortunately, bigger - but not better - transit will result if the proposed Wake County Transit Plan is adopted. The plan would double transit service and fund commuter rail and light rail with a half-cent sales tax increase, a $10 increase in vehicle registration fees and federal and state funds... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Indy Needs Good Rapid Transit Urban Indy If you are a reader of Urban Indy, then you are most likely a supporter of public transit improvements and thus, have more than likely kept up with the ongoing saga that has been building momentum in Central Indiana for the past two years... Read On |
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Blogosphere: White House Would Veto House Bill Transportation Issues Daily The White House finally weighed in on HR 7, the House's American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs bill. Here's the money quote:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Budget Boosts New Starts Funding DOT Fastlane President Obama called on us to rebuild America by putting people back to work on transportation projects that are built to last. And the budget proposal the President presented yesterday will do exactly that by improving our transit systems, highways, railways and airports well into the future... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Build Where Growth Will Cover Cost Greater Greater Washington Where should DC build its next streetcars after the H Street and Anacostia lines under construction today? That should depend on which neighborhoods want to help make them succeed... Read On |
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Blogosphere: For the Love of Transportation The City Fix Happy Valentine's Day, dear readers! Do you remember last year's Valentine's Day post? Keeping with tradition, we bring you more stories about love and sustainable transportation... Read On |
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Blogosphere: First Phase of Wilshire Subway Ext The Source Some keen eyes around town spotted this item on the Board of Directors' Planning Committee agenda for tomorrow: In short, Metro staff is proposing to build the first phase of the Westside Subway Extension to Wilshire and La Cienega.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Local Projects Should Be Funded As Such Mother Jones Tyler Cowen points us to Ed Glaeser, who has a bunch of advice about infrastructure spending. I don't agree with all of it, but some of his suggestions seem pretty sound. For example:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Zoning for Inconspicuous Density Urban Current While many cities throughout the American industrial heartland continue to combat depopulation, coastal cities and mega-regions across the United States and Canada are facing the challenge of managing accelerating growth... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Is Earthscraper the Solution? Seattle Transit Blog Clearly, the Earthscraper - a 65-story, zero-feet-tall building - is the solution to all concerns about height and massing while simultaneously enabling nearly limitless density... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Bribe Your Neighbors?? Economist Free Exchange YESTERDAY, I argued that it should be much easier for developers to build on city land as they see fit, but that the structure of local government institutions typically places strict constraints on what can actually be done with a piece of land... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Colleges Can Foster Development Zones The Atlantic Cities Confronted with slack economies and urgent about economic renewal, cities and regions in the United States and abroad are creating diverse new redevelopment zones to build on the strengths of anchor institutions... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Urban Chicken Backlash The Atlantic Cities At this point in the locavore narrative, urban chicken-keeping has vocal advocates and an adamant opposition. Some cities welcome backyard poultry with open arms, while others are more skeptical... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Hurdles to Urban Infill City Block A common theme is emerging among those thinking and writing about cities, from Ryan Avent to Ed Glaeser to Paul Krugman - our land use controls have stunted growth in our developed and productive areas - our cities... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Myth of "Big Development" Public Cola Urbanist types will be gather at what is billed as the City Builder Happy Hour. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 5:00 pm at the Pike Brewing Company. Organizers Dan McGrady (city lobbyist for the Vulcan development company and Dan Bertolet (urban planner and CityTank blogger), among others, say the reason for the happy hour is "because better cities are what people want, and what the planet needs,".. Read On |
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Editorial: Urban Tussle with Wal Mart Fort Worth Star Telegram That round yellow happy face that for years signaled a Wal-Mart bargain would be more welcome if the company had not shown something different to Fort Worth this past weekend... Read On |
