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November 30, 2011|Boston Globe
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"Sprawl isn't so much a deliberate choice as it is a product of bureaucratic inertia" Read On
News: Streetcar Costs, Fares & Ridership, Democratic Tech, Cleveland's New Core, Houston Density, Floating Cities, Detroit's Urban Farming
November 30, 2011
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
Portland: Costs Drop for Lake O Streetcar
Oregonian
Costs for an ambitious and controversial project to connect Portland to Lake Oswego by streetcar can be trimmed by an estimated $58.9 million by making major changes to a proposal that's already gone through years' worth of vetting...
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Costs for an ambitious and controversial project to connect Portland to Lake Oswego by streetcar can be trimmed by an estimated $58.9 million by making major changes to a proposal that's already gone through years' worth of vetting...
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Blogosphere: Healthy Views, Waiting for HSR, Funding Bike & Pedestrian Projects, Missing TOD Opportunity, Congestion Pricing, Walmart's Climate Impact
November 30, 2011
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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.
Blogosphere: Nature Scenes Help Patients Heal
Metropolis POV
In 1984, the environmental psychologist Roger Ulrich made a startling discovery. In studying hospital patients recovering from surgery, he found that one factor alone accounted for significant differences in post-operative complications, recovery times, and need for painkillers...
Read On Opinion: Long Road Until Front Range HSR Salt Lake Tribune
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In 1984, the environmental psychologist Roger Ulrich made a startling discovery. In studying hospital patients recovering from surgery, he found that one factor alone accounted for significant differences in post-operative complications, recovery times, and need for painkillers...
Read On Opinion: Long Road Until Front Range HSR Salt Lake Tribune
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Quote of the Day
November 29, 2011|The Atlantic Cities
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"The longer we delay replacing the pipes, the cost will be higher. Plus there's the public health problem that contaminants in the ground get in the water and people get sick" Read On
News: Cars Rule, California HSR, Houston LR, China Equality, Travel Behavior, Return to TOD, Brain Hubs, Streetcar Costs
November 29, 2011
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National: How Midwestern Town Reinvented Itself
BBC (via Bill S)
The city of Dubuque, once faced with record unemployment, has turned its fortunes around. It did so with a combination of inner-city redevelopment and technological advances geared towards a greener, more sustainable future...
Read On San Francisco: Even With Transit First, Cars Rule San Francisco Examiner
In San Francisco, a place…
The city of Dubuque, once faced with record unemployment, has turned its fortunes around. It did so with a combination of inner-city redevelopment and technological advances geared towards a greener, more sustainable future...
Read On San Francisco: Even With Transit First, Cars Rule San Francisco Examiner
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Blogosphere: Urban Farming, Hospital Parking, Megapolitan Scale, Sick of Buses, Mobility, Street Narrowing, Price of Water, Underground Transport
November 29, 2011
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Blogosphere: Technocrat Save City Democracy Failed?
Slate
To get to city hall, you drive up I-75, past the empty Silverdome where the Detroit Lions used to play, and into a nondescript concrete municipal building. The city clerk was laid off a few days ago, but the door to her office hangs open...
Read On Blogosphere: Extending Urban…
To get to city hall, you drive up I-75, past the empty Silverdome where the Detroit Lions used to play, and into a nondescript concrete municipal building. The city clerk was laid off a few days ago, but the door to her office hangs open...
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Quote of the Day
November 28, 2011|New York Times
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"...a halt to agricultural land conversion, connecting dispersed employment centers with alternative transit, and encouraging downtown development - are needed to create renewed, civic-minded corporate workplaces and, in the process, move toward sustainable cities." Read On
News: Urban Raccoons, Bats In Cities, Landscape Water, Composting Success, Gentrification Fears, Designing Cities, Transit Connections
November 28, 2011
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Research: Racoon Use of Urban Matrix in MD
Urban Ecosystems
The raccoon is often considered a synanthropic species; however, most urban research on this species has been restricted to urban parks or green spaces...
Read On Research: Land Cover and Bat Activity Urban Ecosystems
Despite the clear importance of conserving biodiversity in urbanized areas, research on how bats are influenced by…
The raccoon is often considered a synanthropic species; however, most urban research on this species has been restricted to urban parks or green spaces...
Read On Research: Land Cover and Bat Activity Urban Ecosystems
Despite the clear importance of conserving biodiversity in urbanized areas, research on how bats are influenced by…
Blogosphere: NY Subway History, Fringe Suburbs, Rethinking Offices, Urban Ecology, Highway Death Maps, Urban Kids, Pocket Parks
November 28, 2011
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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.
Blogosphere: The Progressive Reaction to IRT Subway
Forbes Blogs
nycsubway.org has an amazing trove of transit history, and I just got done reading "The Impact of the IRT on New York City" by Clifton Hood, on the effects of New York's first subway rapid transit line, first opened in 1904...
Read On Blogosphere: A Sunken…
nycsubway.org has an amazing trove of transit history, and I just got done reading "The Impact of the IRT on New York City" by Clifton Hood, on the effects of New York's first subway rapid transit line, first opened in 1904...
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Quote of the Day
November 23, 2011|Transportationist
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"...we weep not for the independent contractors and businesses that charge so much for transportation infrastructure..."
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