Bay Area: Shifting Culture
January 15, 2010|Oakland Tribune
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For Bay Area transit agencies to emerge stronger from their plight, extensive changes will be required, likely including new taxes and a shift in the way commuters travel and leaders plan cities....
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Research: Street Design Guidelines
January 15, 2010|EPA (via Naked City)
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With the Urban Street Design Guidelines, the city of Charlotte is using street design to shape its development patterns and provide residents and visitors with viable choices for how they move about the city....
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Blogosphere: A TOD Parking Solution?
January 15, 2010|Orphan Road
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It occurred to me that there might be a simple solution to the whole parking conundrum- let developers build without any required parking as long as there are lots in the neighborhood available to park on. When there are no parking lots available, developers must provide parking as specified in the codes....
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Issue of the Day
January 14, 2010|Dear Colleague Letter Rescinded
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In place of the usual quote of the day, we've got a selection of stories that cover the news that the importance of cost effectiveness will be reduced...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Effect on Central Corridor
Washington Post: Shift Could Aid Local Projects
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: Effect on Central Corridor
Washington Post: Shift Could Aid Local Projects
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Blogosphere: Light Rail Adjacent Home Listing
January 14, 2010|The Source
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Curbed LA spotted this listing for a four-bedroom Victorian style house in Boyle Heights that goes out if its way to mention the home's proximity to the new Soto Station along the Gold Line Eastside Extension....
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Blogosphere: The Only Fear is Fear of Traffic
January 14, 2010|Greater Greater Washington
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Has a civil engineer ever looked up at the Golden Gate Bridge and thought, "Nah, a suspension bridge could never work?" How many elected officials say, "our city could never be like San Francisco, so let's not try to bridge our similar strait?"....
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Blogosphere: Skiing to Work
January 14, 2010|Exquisite Struggle (via Streetsblog.net)
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One of the hallmarks of our species is the efficient mobility which has resulted from one hundred millennia of evolution. We developed bipedal locomotion to better watch for predators and locate food and this adaptation drove brain development and led to higher intelligence....
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Blogosphere: Beltline the Best Smart Growth Story
January 14, 2010|NRDC Switchboard
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Two years ago I called the Atlanta Beltline "the country's best smart growth project." Although I have seen and learned about many more since then, I have not changed my mind.....
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Video: Beyond the Motor City
January 14, 2010|PBS Blueprint
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A national high-speed rail plan was put forward by President Barack Obama in April 2009, just months after he set aside $8 billion in stimulus funds to begin such an undertaking. But, already, forty states and the District of Columbia have requested over $100 billion for high-speed train projects....
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Blogosphere: Bigger Tax Breaks Pushed for Cities
January 14, 2010|Columbus Dispatch
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A Democratic-sponsored task force that examined ways to boost Ohio's urban centers says Ohio should allow cities to offer bigger tax abatements than rural areas and develop dedicated state funding for public transportation....
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