Blogosphere: Walk Appeal Standard, Paying People To Bike To Work, Reality Of Transit-Jobs Link In Utah
July 26, 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: Walk Appeal, New Standard for Sheds Original Green Walk Appeal promises to be a major new tool for understanding and building walkable places, and it explains several things that were heretofore either contradictory or mysterious... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Should We Pay People to Bike to Work Boston Magazine This morning, it took me 40 minutes to drive 3.5 miles from my house in Jamaica Plain to my office by Symphony Hall. That's about 5 miles per hour.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: World's Largest Solar Bridge Captain Plan-It World's largest solar bridge over the Thames River. Solarcentury installed 4,400 solar photovoltaic panels on the bridge... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Livability Meets 50s Design Standards DC Streetsblog Tearing down highways, as New Haven, Connecticut is planning to do to a short section of Route 34, is a rare (though increasingly sought after) outcome in American transportation policy... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Utility of Cars in Cities Rob Pitingolo As part of NPR's new Cities project, they recently aired a story about the "war on cars" on All Things Considered. It's kind of a stale topic in my opinion; but alas, here I am re-hashing it, so I'll admit to being complicit... Read On |
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Commentary: Brookings Misses Transit Mark Salt Lake Tribune A friendly reminder to the Utah Transit Authority regarding a news story that appeared in The Tribune on July 11 headlined "SLC tops nation in transit connecting people and job":.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Street Width and Building Height Pedestrian Observations I moved to Vancouver last weekend. The slow pace of posting will probably continue for another week, but I do have multiple posts in the pipeline. I am currently at a downtown hotel, commuting to Kitsilano to look at apartments and to UBC to deal with early paperwork... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Painting Neighborhood Vision Rust Wire Just a few years ago, a drive down Youngstown's Glenwood business corridor by the neighborhood area of Idora could prove highly depressing. Derelict buildings, visible gang activity, and general malaise pervaded the area... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Vancouver Gained with Olympics The Atlantic Cities As billions await the London Olympics' opening ceremonies, global urbanists are already deep into the sport of navel-gazing. Has London mimicked former host Beijing, focusing on national reputation-building and expensive attention-seeking architectural icons?.. Read On |
