Blogosphere: Virginia Beach Rail Vote, Transit Score, Transit-Oriented Burbs, Sustainable Cities, Urban Planning For Dummies, 'Evil' Suburbs
April 30, 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: The Onion Releases Transit Issue Planetizen Out this week, the satirical newspaper The Onion has collected a host of stories dedicated to transit and transportation. Some of these you may have seen before, but many are new to us... Read On |
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Editorial: Virginia Beach's Second Chance for Rail Virginian Pilot People in Virginia Beach have been talking about light rail since the 1970s. In 1999, the last time they were asked whether to bring it to the city, about 42,000 voters said no. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: What's Wrong with Transit Score? Human Transit Carter Rubin, on Los Angeles Metro's blog The Source, says exactly what needs to be said about WalkScore.com's Transit Score product. The product is in the news today because of their new ranking of US cities by Transit Score... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Need Walkable, Transit Oriented Burbs Cap'n Transit You regularly hear transit and livable streets advocates talking in terms of an opposition between "urbanists" who want transit and walkability, and "suburbanites" who want car-oriented sprawl... Read On |
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Blogosphere: It's FHA's Fault? Rooflines While we're used to seeing articles that blame the homeowner for some part of the housing crisis, some of the articles that come over the transom give us pause for their angle... Read On |
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Commentary: Some Cities Used Redev Responsibly San Jose Mercury News Decades ago, California recognized that many cities were wrestling with economic blight. So it made a deal: If cities invested our money to redevelop blighted areas, the state promised to repay us with the increased property tax revenue, making us whole again... Read On |
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National: Duany on Unbiased Democracy in Planning Palm Beach Daily News At the end of a wide-ranging talk by New Urbanism pioneer Andrés Duany on Friday at The Colony, The Society of the Four Arts President Ervin Duggan asked a question central to the vitality of the Town of Palm Beach... Read On |
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Portland: City's REO Problem Portland Housing Blog The more things change the more they stay the same..."The vast majority of repossessed Portland-area homes aren't up for sale. Instead, more than 80 percent of them are off the market, many vacant and developing maintenance problems that might ultimately take a toll on their resale value if and when they do sell.".. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cox - Urbanization in America Staying Same New Geography The recent release of the 2010 US census data on urban areas (Note 1) shows that Americans continue to prefer their lower density lifestyles, with both suburbs and exurbs (Note 2) growing more rapidly than the historic core municipalities... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Citizens Want Sustainable Cities This Big City Planners and engineers within the transportation design industry have long debated the appropriate location, function, and character of city streets... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Google's Glasses Benefit City Dwellers? Next American City While this writer thought Metro Cuffs were convenient, with public transit lines readily available on your wrists, Google is taking urban navigation and social media to the next level. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Urban Planning for Dummies Atlantic Cities "Urban Planning for Dummies is a lot like Sex for Dummies," says Jordan Yin. "We're already doing it, let's just do it better." Yin, an urban planning professor at Cleveland State University, is the author of, yes, Urban Planning for Dummies . Read On |
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Blogosphere: LA 20 Years After Rodney King Riots Environmental and Urban Economics The LA Times today has some fascinating stories and maps looking back at the events of 20 years ago and asking some big questions. What are the lessons of the riots? Has quality of life for African-Americans in Los Angeles improved since then?... Read On |
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Commentary: 'Evil' Suburbs Deserve More Respect Kansas City Star When you attend a lecture at the downtown library, presented by a land strategist from the liberal Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., be prepared to be ridiculed if you live in suburbia... Read On |
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Commentary: Imagining Austin's Comprehensive Plan Austin American Statesman The Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan - now two and a half years in the crafting - is headed toward City Council for final review and adoption. It's a solid and far-reaching plan that does much to protect Austin's future... Read On |
