News: Maryland Sales Tax Hike, Triangle LRT EIS, Rahm's Infrastructure Plan, The Urbanology Show, Belin's Lost City
April 4, 2012
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Maryland: Governor May Try for Sales Tax Increase Baltimore Sun Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation... Read On |
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Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to hold a referendum in November on extending the Norfolk Tide light rail line into Virginia Beach... Read On |
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Charlotte: City Seeks Developer for Central Station Charlotte Observer Local and state leaders have put out a call to developers interested in designing a transit-oriented development that would include a transit center for trains and buses - billed by one official as Charlotte's Grand Central Station... Read On |
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New York: No 7 Line to NJ Ever Transportation Nation MTA chairman Joe Lhota says a proposed extension of the 7 train subway line from Manhattan to New Jersey is "not going to happen in our lifetime. It's not going to happen in anybody's lifetime.".. Read On |
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Triangle Region: Intent to Prepare LRT EIS Federal Register The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority, dba "Triangle Transit," intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to study a proposed premium transit service corridor in Durham and Orange Counties, North Carolina... Read On |
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Chicago: Rahm Wants Quick Approval of Infra Plan Chicago Sun Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he's all for aldermen asking questions, but it's imperative that they approve his plan to have five financing giants bankroll $1.7 billion in projects to help rebuild Chicago's crumbling infrastructure... Read On |
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International: How Bolivia Lost Its Hat New York Times Borderlines In 1867, the British ambassador to Bolivia fell afoul of its dictator, Mariano Melgarejo, by refusing a glass of chicha, a cloudy drink based on fermented maize... Read On |
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Metroplex: The Urbanology Show Fortworthology Urban activists and city thinkers Kevin Buchanan (of Fort Worthology) and Patrick Kennedy (of Walkable DFW) present The Urbanology Show, an ongoing conversation about walkable urbanism, city-building, transportation, urban culture, and other topics from the Dallas/Fort Worth region and the world... Read On |
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International: Berlin's Lost City Der Spiegel (via @urbanphoto_blog) Centuries ago, a settlement named Cölln formed the core of what is now the German capital. However, it was subsequently subsumed by the growing city of Berlin and disappeared without a trace. Spectacular finds are now helping archaeologists reconstruct the history of the village and its inhabitants... Read On |
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National: The Missing Middle Housing Better Cities and Towns The mismatch between current US housing stock and shifting demographics, combined with the growing demand for walkable urban living, has been poignantly defined by recent research and publications .. Read On |
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Cincinnati: Urban Blight Begins to Blossom Cincinnati Enquirer Andrew Salzbrun's anticipation is growing daily as steel beams and concrete rise for Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, set to open downtown next spring. Salzbrun is among a growing number of investors who purchased property in nearby Pendleton, where sales last year totaled $3.2 million... Read On |
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Oregon: Residents Want New Land Left Out of UGB Oregonian Clackamas County and West Linn officials say they will not support an urban growth boundary expansion proposal from Lake Oswego. The development could later prove to be a roadblock in Lake Oswego's plans to have Metro approve bringing in 93 acres of city-owned, Stafford-area property into the UGB this year. .. Read On |
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Denver: River North Area Taking Off Denver Post Developers have started construction on two apartment projects in Denver's River North neighborhood, providing a fresh signal that the area is poised for rejuvenation - nearly a decade after the city approved a plan to set a renaissance in motion... Read On |
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International: Baghdad - A City of Mirages Wall Street Journal In 1958, Baghdad was featured in Time magazine-not as a hotbed of revolutionary, civil or sectarian strife, but for its ambitious plans for the world's most famous architects, among them Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto, to recapture through their modern buildings the city's former glory... Read On |
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National: Chinese Buying Expensive US Homes USA Today China's great wall of cash is pouring into the struggling U.S. property market, from multi-million-dollar mansions on the West Coast to venerable hotels on the East Coast... Read On |
