Blogosphere: Elusive Transpo Bill, Sidewalk Hazards, Human Subway Map, Philly Fresh Food Investment, Total Landscape
June 12, 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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Blogosphere: Transportation Bill Now More Elusive DC Streetsblog We reported last week that the House had proposed allowing states to "opt out" of funding bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements in its counter-offer to the Senate during transportation bill negotiations... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Marked Sidewalks Considered Harmful Transportationist In 1968 there was a famous Computer Science article Go To Statement Considered Harmful by Edsger W. Dijkstra (of algorithm fame). It says in part:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Human Body as a Subway Map Urban Times Anyone who's ever taken an anatomy class knows just how hard it can be to get to grips with our complicated bodies. This simple and fun depiction of the human body makes memorizing all the bits that keep us alive fun... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Hidden Downside of That Thing You Like Capn Transit I've been unkind to Will Doig in the past; I think I called his frustrating police-our-own article about cycling "horseshit." It deserved a lot of criticism, but that was really not constructive. Despite that, Doig has been remarkably understanding and civil to me... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Chicago, The Second Rate City? The Urbanophile I'm delighted to make my debut appearance in City Journal's Spring 2012 issue with an article on Chicago called "The Second-Rate City?" In it I pull no punches laying out the bigtime under-performance and challenges facing the city... Read On |
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Blogosphere: City to Consider Reduced Parking Mins Living in Urban Sacramento Existing parking requirements for all development in and around downtown Sacramento are currently under review with plans to reduce or eliminate minimum parking standards... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Fastest Gentrifying Neighborhoods in US The Atlantic Cities Over at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's Flypaper blog, Michael J. Petrilli, the institute's executive vice president, has a fascinating list of the "fastest-gentrifying neighborhoods in the United States.".. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Excited About Vector Based Maps Per Square Mile Apple announced today that it's revamping the Maps application on iOS devices-iPhone, iPad, iPod touch-introducing a lot of showy new features like turn-by-turn directions and 3D flyovers... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Time to Stop Building Convention Centers The Atlantic Cities America is no stranger to intercity competition. There are rivalries between cities for the best sports team, snack food, even slogan. But the most cutthroat competition might be one local residents barely ever notice: the bruising, tooth-and-nail fight to host conventions and other big special events... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Capitol Hill's Secret Alley Schemata Workshop On Capitol Hill, our alleys are linear. Stick straight, their linear nature defined by the walls and buildings that crisply define their edges. Though such definition is the typical case it is by no means the only one, as some alley- edges are defined not by a building or wall but only by a change in pavement type or by a shift from pavement to lawn... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Viewing City from Grass Up Next American City When we picture a city, the skyline usually comes to mind. For Catherine Nagel, the view begins from the grass up. Since 2004, Nagel has served as executive director of City Parks Alliance, the only independent, nationwide membership organization in the U.S. solely dedicated to promoting an urban parks agenda... Read On |
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Blogosphere: How Sustainable Dev Helps Watersheds NRDC Switchboard In my day job, I work for an NGO that's all about water. Being a sophisticated organization, we know that means being all about watersheds. Watersheds are topographic areas where all the rain that falls eventually ends up in a namesake steam, river, lake, or estuary... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Better for Old People, City or Burb? Minnesota Post Which environment is friendlier to the elderly: city or suburb? That wasn't the question directly addressed by "What's Next? Boomer Generation Housing," a recent seminar sponsored by the Urban Land Institute Minnesota, a group of public and private movers and shakers who work on community improvement strategies... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Philadelphia Invests In Fresh Food Grist Thirty-two-point-six percent of the residents of Philadelphia are obese - a staggering figure, and a higher percentage than any other large city in America. To address the issue, the city has committed $900,000 to a program that would expand access to healthful food at small, local convenience stores... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Total Landscape FASLANYC The 2012 Euro Soccer Cup marks the 30-year anniversary of the peak of the legendary "Total Football" tactical style developed by the Dutch and spearheaded by Johan Cruyff:.. Read On |
