http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/ Recent News: The Other Side of the Tracks Articles from Reconnecting America. http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-96/ <p>"If I had one wish, it would be to put a stay on any more studies... There's this idea that something is better than nothing, but sometimes it's worse than nothing." <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuQ30yxOfUsodxXVoG0troxz8otatSPe50dBW0tZY9-LIUNl2LbxsGpcAnIMZeHoyNuDWeajQmSpsh4HQM-B7x3kVGf8rAC2hvN5MrgRnSUiMQSWtgRzUHh24ceB9QYy3GGPFhIwoul_0dfxjs8pjSj7cRwOmBA6hxgpk_6ybBaPk3qFi3VgBUfzTMiHJdj9ZE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:49 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-96/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-boston-line-adds-stations-future-of-streetcars-maryland-joint-development-lrt-project-bike-share-as-corporate-perk/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvWrHkAFKZOnOYc0qCIcX_tkuJHjMb5cRXZDPC1XHs18uqv_md_2u73QVKg1s8usJtYAS6ale4bQh4FXBI9raiXL2TFSf83dmTqvx2rkh6ScnKAcKTAaNrVr16lBT2nEXyTTUmZy0GcFoHIzFZgpD73" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutW8O_8n4BDSUYJtLk7Ap0b7chBu5VVk67Ss-OdATsGNsT8Cm0JGANQDiSfAkl1CyR4IVy0j2IuAoNAcU3IMIzGsRhlpHWlCe4gz6lj9vZiAGBi8b3lzgQtP9KchcHE6ejhK3CoJ91V2dcQ2NRvR8YqzN4EWwoebl3qEPppJqrYhnuJtQJXunhoiVAGDkstYXITvlTF7mu3lqjA5aJUsdNqBT0kyJWjCTlESSGUNnh7tieVdplybcHQSQkNw-JK9Yd9BDgfkXFhSoNSCusx-EyG" target="_blank">Fairmount Line Adds Two New Stations</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Boston Globe</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As the Fairmount Corridor Commuter Rail Line train peeled away from Readville one morning, a stocky conductor began collecting fares on the only car open to passengers.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutW8O_8n4BDSUYJtLk7Ap0b7chBu5VVk67Ss-OdATsGNsT8Cm0JGANQDiSfAkl1CyR4IVy0j2IuAoNAcU3IMIzGsRhlpHWlCe4gz6lj9vZiAGBi8b3lzgQtP9KchcHE6ejhK3CoJ91V2dcQ2NRvR8YqzN4EWwoebl3qEPppJqrYhnuJtQJXunhoiVAGDkstYXITvlTF7mu3lqjA5aJUsdNqBT0kyJWjCTlESSGUNnh7tieVdplybcHQSQkNw-JK9Yd9BDgfkXFhSoNSCusx-EyG" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPut4-wsjDRVCnEjSJBgZaFVwdZRoXNAXHLfJnRMAKyHpW2XF4OBb4gP817cwqKd217tQgFdAA4S7NxPIozDB97njTOjkus96fzyt0DX6-p9-jpmCt3WInoWLPA0x6ZZcaepSn4wMNS3e5IWxljtrAA6X6xa1JSPrtev7OU5CFouBCeyDDobjMXnOny4Xg1gitMw=" target="_blank">Are Streetcars the Transport of the Future</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Salon</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When President Obama nominated Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx to head the U.S. Department of Transportation last month, he cited among Foxx's other relevant accomplishments "a new streetcar project that's going to bring modern electric tram service to [Charlotte's] downtown area."</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPut4-wsjDRVCnEjSJBgZaFVwdZRoXNAXHLfJnRMAKyHpW2XF4OBb4gP817cwqKd217tQgFdAA4S7NxPIozDB97njTOjkus96fzyt0DX6-p9-jpmCt3WInoWLPA0x6ZZcaepSn4wMNS3e5IWxljtrAA6X6xa1JSPrtev7OU5CFouBCeyDDobjMXnOny4Xg1gitMw=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPut0-ripHCYT-LgwCDodJmSHJAwUzylYe-yeA_RnPTIqUhjGoex8QJ9ZiQUywyN1G1wv2Aa4B2fOs4-OSdDIyIGPBT6Fhbidw2d-pF2PZh9Zld0a8lNpQlaEv4rHyT_GeXGSTa0AX3Qi8RSSv6YhM2Q-wgM_6Hu6UyR1oQSrfpz3TIM6NGHAjVmd6vkNeKzGzjnKbKDYGsx_ScrZjmwxNqIh0_6thTh7ffQ=" target="_blank">Streetcar Utility Relocation Costs Going Down</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Milwaukee Business Journals</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As Milwaukee elected officials predict utility relocations for the streetcar will be minimal, the city engineer is reporting impacts to We Energies' gear already have been significantly reduced.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPut0-ripHCYT-LgwCDodJmSHJAwUzylYe-yeA_RnPTIqUhjGoex8QJ9ZiQUywyN1G1wv2Aa4B2fOs4-OSdDIyIGPBT6Fhbidw2d-pF2PZh9Zld0a8lNpQlaEv4rHyT_GeXGSTa0AX3Qi8RSSv6YhM2Q-wgM_6Hu6UyR1oQSrfpz3TIM6NGHAjVmd6vkNeKzGzjnKbKDYGsx_ScrZjmwxNqIh0_6thTh7ffQ=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutfTllYtLNP4DNZ6MgYCjwOLFNAaggfmC7mOCI-_s8UjjHDsjgODvyWGncxzVBUjb4A7ydGVb4_4K5HQ5MqBmjrLcRDOcejL0KM5gz7IsxL-hBJFHnBHs-FZhWyXk1ypboh2z4QN33beWxW96gn392db2kX-yEupSgMTchFteKIALS6A-rostFBIg_tsk1ef25Ej8U_tkC-X6QP4g1cN4hhfznXnrxJjIQzUlE2H-suX11Nuv5tO_Z_OmU1ccUN6BcMMtOTVDrl3z8oThFjUE5EcqZz72U_dOVy7VMpJlNHHPDzGgRWMEkAbNV3XeOwXwM=" target="_blank">Private Companies Consider Purple Line Light Rail Project</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Washington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">About 300 engineers, financiers and consultants filled a hotel conference room <span>Wednesday</span> to learn how they might help build - and profit from - a $2.15 billion light-rail Purple Line through the Maryland suburbs.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutfTllYtLNP4DNZ6MgYCjwOLFNAaggfmC7mOCI-_s8UjjHDsjgODvyWGncxzVBUjb4A7ydGVb4_4K5HQ5MqBmjrLcRDOcejL0KM5gz7IsxL-hBJFHnBHs-FZhWyXk1ypboh2z4QN33beWxW96gn392db2kX-yEupSgMTchFteKIALS6A-rostFBIg_tsk1ef25Ej8U_tkC-X6QP4g1cN4hhfznXnrxJjIQzUlE2H-suX11Nuv5tO_Z_OmU1ccUN6BcMMtOTVDrl3z8oThFjUE5EcqZz72U_dOVy7VMpJlNHHPDzGgRWMEkAbNV3XeOwXwM=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusg60CFljbVWMWLTDIjWqN8V9ya4EBL7dO17ClcjuKD-oSYowuJOlQ_aeZcUUJyhcmEkVSide8XsBfnK4qj2m-9zkhkdvhzFE0xv5g8rsk9CTYVa0Jb93YdVA8JWs8NTQJ8DpkqG5LLKm0pXcACa8vRgPCaEYapAD0VAQW1zQm3FgsEz8OKzH_xsVbDEFof8qeXXLIFlsdvYg==" target="_blank">Sprinter Set to Resume Service</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>San Diego Union Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">North County's Sprinter system is set to resume service <span>Saturday</span>, more than two months after it was shut down because of accelerated wear on the trains' brake rotors.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusg60CFljbVWMWLTDIjWqN8V9ya4EBL7dO17ClcjuKD-oSYowuJOlQ_aeZcUUJyhcmEkVSide8XsBfnK4qj2m-9zkhkdvhzFE0xv5g8rsk9CTYVa0Jb93YdVA8JWs8NTQJ8DpkqG5LLKm0pXcACa8vRgPCaEYapAD0VAQW1zQm3FgsEz8OKzH_xsVbDEFof8qeXXLIFlsdvYg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuzz7BWfkRtbS6vdoRyUicg6tbcL6HaGy4diplauYh-iVnfNHspP43ZwqmmJgHbdey8G6yDZE7eSSSsEAMKcnY7oUn7xOOdjQnNAdj8s-Xe2k1xlfmKF3C2uVGY7lGM_TuUrpWoaPw2JFe9PbiG-3p0kbfKYpHCAGc3VHfp4Iz4AJcYxeSQgOxOsVnLJp0Igh4Rq-VMkjJon30Z56f0YL4qTRoTuA-6iJc=" target="_blank">Maryland Governor Announces Gas Tax Projects</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Today, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed the transportation funding bill that passed the legislature this year.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuzz7BWfkRtbS6vdoRyUicg6tbcL6HaGy4diplauYh-iVnfNHspP43ZwqmmJgHbdey8G6yDZE7eSSSsEAMKcnY7oUn7xOOdjQnNAdj8s-Xe2k1xlfmKF3C2uVGY7lGM_TuUrpWoaPw2JFe9PbiG-3p0kbfKYpHCAGc3VHfp4Iz4AJcYxeSQgOxOsVnLJp0Igh4Rq-VMkjJon30Z56f0YL4qTRoTuA-6iJc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvKyNPO8PxjAms2ggs-CUx0pPYF0uWPZw3Z3BFdatVZC3VnF7FBKiueDyq5r1CdvlpiZG_gcwL6Z0u2X9ZCLBoln9pXixK_8MrEmMPr9UFiyBuNxnPQkEMkEcdH6WDUmq17ZVo4_drstbNLLjZkeFcetcM4_9v1hIWObk9jPEJKKanY4Rhqi4m5ZcHArmG9X2SNhbi7mWN8PJ7TlxxUrrwt0hSvY3ZQEgypuTgEwR7hHA==" target="_blank">Bike Share, The New Corporate Perk</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Transportation Nation</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The bikes aren't even on the street yet, but New York businesses are planning for the launch of bike share later this month.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvKyNPO8PxjAms2ggs-CUx0pPYF0uWPZw3Z3BFdatVZC3VnF7FBKiueDyq5r1CdvlpiZG_gcwL6Z0u2X9ZCLBoln9pXixK_8MrEmMPr9UFiyBuNxnPQkEMkEcdH6WDUmq17ZVo4_drstbNLLjZkeFcetcM4_9v1hIWObk9jPEJKKanY4Rhqi4m5ZcHArmG9X2SNhbi7mWN8PJ7TlxxUrrwt0hSvY3ZQEgypuTgEwR7hHA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusjFSEO2f4kns2LEXkfkfhHivzvovS_GPBfBF8C_60QEqraDJCGA7sIE0nbKRei9bCqqHxboHNSAlnxWKwzPwO2bokGp0OhSEWy6E1V-6HEPYYGEMh7ctCd-2I9Lwe2CtLbg06X1Z6C7sSJM1EIHfDEJbt_6abKaSuiyD9AkAc9Nde0oFRmcoFADx_1MiW2NOruAPQWVrBlm3ZwWdO3ilvc" target="_blank">Solo Driving Drops in DC as Bikes/Transit Soars</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">We've been writing a lot this week about the national shift away from car travel and toward transit, biking, and walking. Yesterday, Washington area officials released new data that indicates the DC region is at the forefront of that trend.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusjFSEO2f4kns2LEXkfkfhHivzvovS_GPBfBF8C_60QEqraDJCGA7sIE0nbKRei9bCqqHxboHNSAlnxWKwzPwO2bokGp0OhSEWy6E1V-6HEPYYGEMh7ctCd-2I9Lwe2CtLbg06X1Z6C7sSJM1EIHfDEJbt_6abKaSuiyD9AkAc9Nde0oFRmcoFADx_1MiW2NOruAPQWVrBlm3ZwWdO3ilvc" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuzO2TXNG0ziN8InA-7oBTBoqbzPyrteV0TO-63tX8-ibq2mpxQBwDdCmeoDdsQs-rM9o6Nf74245kkN9tkQ1FI1g-HU_Q-jcCZYObwAPS9H8quoyQn0IX9iqgr7IRPJ_tIgS_9YHvfhWakv79KwckK9TSelx-1fEmmxDqsiisMIw==" target="_blank">Hybrid Danish Ferry a Prius on the Sea</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Wired Autopia</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A Danish ferry operator has begun converting a diesel-electric ship into a diesel-electric hybrid. When it's done, it will be the world's largest hybrid passenger ferry.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuzO2TXNG0ziN8InA-7oBTBoqbzPyrteV0TO-63tX8-ibq2mpxQBwDdCmeoDdsQs-rM9o6Nf74245kkN9tkQ1FI1g-HU_Q-jcCZYObwAPS9H8quoyQn0IX9iqgr7IRPJ_tIgS_9YHvfhWakv79KwckK9TSelx-1fEmmxDqsiisMIw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvS0Wo5Jfj_Al43pG_9thyNy21zgxL4svRxPQp42cw8iUQH44u3gH3gU0fcwwEDZo5FUD853hQakxaKleWEG3KA_lrnWaHdxzRqbG9i_OumVVp2_LRldQO9J_OpRwMx2cyQHxY3xyvpS3Abj2mIsSX-RxFYSOf4-ZDeM2009cZ3wazBTFFnpIBWfm07XrETa1zEZHR2dE1ZXaF-yxJRRFY7M8wm6Cqb-k8tQd1CVE2qEg==" target="_blank">D.C. Again Takes On Upstart Competitor To Taxicabs</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Transportation Nation</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The D.C. Taxicab Commission has a message for drivers using the new ridesharing mobile app SideCar: they are breaking the law.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvS0Wo5Jfj_Al43pG_9thyNy21zgxL4svRxPQp42cw8iUQH44u3gH3gU0fcwwEDZo5FUD853hQakxaKleWEG3KA_lrnWaHdxzRqbG9i_OumVVp2_LRldQO9J_OpRwMx2cyQHxY3xyvpS3Abj2mIsSX-RxFYSOf4-ZDeM2009cZ3wazBTFFnpIBWfm07XrETa1zEZHR2dE1ZXaF-yxJRRFY7M8wm6Cqb-k8tQd1CVE2qEg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 17 May 2013 12:37:51 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-boston-line-adds-stations-future-of-streetcars-maryland-joint-development-lrt-project-bike-share-as-corporate-perk/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-disappearing-world-heritage-sites-making-homes-accessible-why-cities-flood-beltlines-beyond-atlanta-women-and-building-design/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuRF5Xx4i_twVDokpGPdsldznoDGfSEQUEUFiiJ1BuY2ofnBMhfCxXA3vbYD7v1Jy0KgOhH9gk6T154Oe0akgb8S2JliS38AUykMDHCMgnr7AE0WuwNMlEYEkWJnyZ-UajjBw6CGqrwW4pHindsHQDc" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutgDQ5_DaC7kk9Q4oJMk27V_zZMO1T02q9xm-CkXQHkDAgr9Ct9pBV7fPaoggbDdCq-OO5Pq1pAkfpNhju9sL-QMNmQqW8iUDlhA_UOT_j4wT2WN7aWYs7OrPrmCb_QacbH0qJ63pmc3vBteQJfUd9qtFKpAaHy55smk_iUfqbnHUkdNUMTBGJ_v_Yn2bLHzpygY3pFYuwNp-Oyy1bNs9T8HKZR-jNBgnyDkZyjpcetgrh-xAm9ml43yGC2Tghh-Bxs1hggRrwyKQ==" target="_blank">Ten Disappearing World Heritage Sites</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>USA Today</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Standing atop the ramparts of China's Great Wall. Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. These are the giants of our collective imagination, the plumes in our travel cap.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutgDQ5_DaC7kk9Q4oJMk27V_zZMO1T02q9xm-CkXQHkDAgr9Ct9pBV7fPaoggbDdCq-OO5Pq1pAkfpNhju9sL-QMNmQqW8iUDlhA_UOT_j4wT2WN7aWYs7OrPrmCb_QacbH0qJ63pmc3vBteQJfUd9qtFKpAaHy55smk_iUfqbnHUkdNUMTBGJ_v_Yn2bLHzpygY3pFYuwNp-Oyy1bNs9T8HKZR-jNBgnyDkZyjpcetgrh-xAm9ml43yGC2Tghh-Bxs1hggRrwyKQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutD_YipgdtBvovk35hspUV0JbSU_-dE_1YOzXkNIydQVamv5vEqPOT5fduRKYy0njec0OyWfc0YcBX7tSpU-XFRLUO8WaS7zppMlVkU8vc-COaABdY6WXzM" target="_blank">The Challenge of Making Homes More Accessible</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DR. Urban Policy</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I didn't return to St. Louis for the 5th Universal Design Summit (#UDS5) this year, but following along from a distance has been great - the increased use of social media since 2010 has made that much easier.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutD_YipgdtBvovk35hspUV0JbSU_-dE_1YOzXkNIydQVamv5vEqPOT5fduRKYy0njec0OyWfc0YcBX7tSpU-XFRLUO8WaS7zppMlVkU8vc-COaABdY6WXzM" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutZsMp1dX4ceDCwalwA7eS4iyzH3VGCVeGrw-wOzo15VWWIOT4wc7Sbi0PxRv7g6mRrb6I9W8I-IEr0B4P-Zd7l61Blwcl_rtgN16UtOfhkn7o1gT-F3fTTeRerVn9byDEQg9mscmWcR6PyR93N_Yh8YAVSE6EH0AY2zD2OD2XeF2UlmnoIqdOBS6jugIa1trUZwA9sHD2494kwVrca_Wgjkp8odC2eMwg=" target="_blank">The Way We Build Cities Makes Them Flood</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">It sounds like a pretty safe assumption that the people who live in flood plains, or own businesses there, face the highest chances of flooding.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutZsMp1dX4ceDCwalwA7eS4iyzH3VGCVeGrw-wOzo15VWWIOT4wc7Sbi0PxRv7g6mRrb6I9W8I-IEr0B4P-Zd7l61Blwcl_rtgN16UtOfhkn7o1gT-F3fTTeRerVn9byDEQg9mscmWcR6PyR93N_Yh8YAVSE6EH0AY2zD2OD2XeF2UlmnoIqdOBS6jugIa1trUZwA9sHD2494kwVrca_Wgjkp8odC2eMwg=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuu_bogjBhRQhaohWew2N2G3QCiNdi7nYxupZeZw-VpKfiQvTbm7iupwtzzWDUzb2AsJz0jOSAN_t7pxnMdhaIWzxBGa_6aDZtbiNNz72ghYJbkrqeak6CsTjFYCQ1AYczJIhpCFhVsaNZmSGg0UfiAf9AXZD_fbYmPmC4P7JKLC5cShnnsR0zIy2Pm4I3u3SlAGfZjW0GeMp-Xr2QfsDDI" target="_blank">Atlanta's Beltline a Leader, But Not Unique</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Atlanta Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">How do you say "beltline" in French? If you're from Paris, it's La Petite Ceinture-literally, "little belt" -and you know it as the 22-mile-long crescent of abandoned railway that runs through the outskirts of the city.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuu_bogjBhRQhaohWew2N2G3QCiNdi7nYxupZeZw-VpKfiQvTbm7iupwtzzWDUzb2AsJz0jOSAN_t7pxnMdhaIWzxBGa_6aDZtbiNNz72ghYJbkrqeak6CsTjFYCQ1AYczJIhpCFhVsaNZmSGg0UfiAf9AXZD_fbYmPmC4P7JKLC5cShnnsR0zIy2Pm4I3u3SlAGfZjW0GeMp-Xr2QfsDDI" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutTt6vwblKp_avep_5n0A6TdCXNciHYKukxMY3vvs764Rm0I9Db0sH0AKmEX-jZu4XtIlgDoJseHq5nirpGNjXnxts8Ttq833ps-H4tQLoGF7VNSc5RLDosuxPE_o3WMt4QLqIfrrGwzZt33hzTGgDp1i0-TiMDeNr-wavjasAZpjoLFIfK55_b" target="_blank">Comment: We Need to Prize Talent, Not Self-Promotion</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Outlaw Urbanist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Denise Scott Brown should (have) be(en) recognized with Robert Venturi for the 1991 Pritzker Prize. However, the ongoing debate on this subject is frustrating.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutTt6vwblKp_avep_5n0A6TdCXNciHYKukxMY3vvs764Rm0I9Db0sH0AKmEX-jZu4XtIlgDoJseHq5nirpGNjXnxts8Ttq833ps-H4tQLoGF7VNSc5RLDosuxPE_o3WMt4QLqIfrrGwzZt33hzTGgDp1i0-TiMDeNr-wavjasAZpjoLFIfK55_b" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuAz0COJHVqkiS3afr3d7K23gMTtX5-G22TDrXCpRXa5DAY1lYHG-aA3qwid2LgDCsa8xWWMhTAcqT1AUxqnvivtWn6DteqTCARo-zpC-SnQn_9mLhUEnVP146btWWgZTGYJbrQsMYMGzBWHrt28amwrSKAfVpSI10c4K-PHV8WaKk16w1wEM2v" target="_blank">We Need Women to Design More Buildings</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>CNN, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutTt6vwblKp_avep_5n0A6TdCXNciHYKukxMY3vvs764Rm0I9Db0sH0AKmEX-jZu4XtIlgDoJseHq5nirpGNjXnxts8Ttq833ps-H4tQLoGF7VNSc5RLDosuxPE_o3WMt4QLqIfrrGwzZt33hzTGgDp1i0-TiMDeNr-wavjasAZpjoLFIfK55_b" target="_blank">Outlaw Urbanist</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Denise Scott Brown should (have) be(en) recognized with Robert Venturi for the 1991 Pritzker Prize. However, the ongoing debate on this subject is frustrating.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuAz0COJHVqkiS3afr3d7K23gMTtX5-G22TDrXCpRXa5DAY1lYHG-aA3qwid2LgDCsa8xWWMhTAcqT1AUxqnvivtWn6DteqTCARo-zpC-SnQn_9mLhUEnVP146btWWgZTGYJbrQsMYMGzBWHrt28amwrSKAfVpSI10c4K-PHV8WaKk16w1wEM2v" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusIeMnRJnnNJ061VCyOqWwMtnCEhfU0T5GFSWkkdlS0TN9sC8NjGPmf3kFak_gHoIjj2l5B-93ltPBOqfgOVF9A-iTmAJKFuqJWsu80kGl7bvE8hio0ZKK99HzD7nGtRjCaO9ZOmvkXYHDc9SJGhY-GOV5QSgrk6pk00dXXh3Ke7vb9rPbkS3tOoMOh4Dr82SrKyFKUvEEpYbYn0rmAQVAYLxpv4HWIj8A=" target="_blank">Texas House Kills Zoning for Projects on State Land</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Austin American Statesman</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Texas House has killed a provision, at the urging of Gov. Rick Perry, that would have required public-private development projects on state land to go through local zoning.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusIeMnRJnnNJ061VCyOqWwMtnCEhfU0T5GFSWkkdlS0TN9sC8NjGPmf3kFak_gHoIjj2l5B-93ltPBOqfgOVF9A-iTmAJKFuqJWsu80kGl7bvE8hio0ZKK99HzD7nGtRjCaO9ZOmvkXYHDc9SJGhY-GOV5QSgrk6pk00dXXh3Ke7vb9rPbkS3tOoMOh4Dr82SrKyFKUvEEpYbYn0rmAQVAYLxpv4HWIj8A=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:58 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-disappearing-world-heritage-sites-making-homes-accessible-why-cities-flood-beltlines-beyond-atlanta-women-and-building-design/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-housing-affordability-atlanta-beltline-internet-incentive-nashville-mixed-income-plan-twitter-and-geography-of-communication/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; 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font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>AARP Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The National Association of Realtors announced earlier this year that its Housing Affordability Index shows 2012 was a record year for housing affordability.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuq1l6u4_gH7lii6wb1t6feN8yBg7nOQW1FHCHfxIMd3mh7rUCYG3iaoa3Kzt3ZZv294f8oKHG9oI2YE-XCj_q-wLl3o392VYHGzVPL7GCZB1JL-D0j2VVZrlQ0KVDxr1_MuEaglJOn6sF7k8Re0-fpKSXLpkLPwX3U9-__ikq91Dmz9BlNPamW" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuu9QFR444uHuruGJEHYD161gwztm5L8Qsm4MsTdNzRuWl8hP8ATfpHIIkjm7ysnpwMeqikpngApUsEjUzXRrB-gpxCqvtQcGKGTHp2k7M49rwxEztKA5xe-5Z2XPRh2jJ6qba0kFhKFUWNbP2SXpS43QGkcI-ZS6EOmU_cuIeQ_J97WsHZDFocUKypYFZhK-hkAEi_rYlSqKA==" target="_blank">Atlanta Considers High Speed Internet on the Beltline</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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He deregulated the telecommunications and financial industries; pushed a free trade agreement that severely restricted the federal government's authority to protect domestic jobs and businesses; and abandoned the 75-year-old federal commitment to the poor.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPus8d0pw1tnCMIryWcpup5m_OakoAH4n-i8O2R0LrVToF8qDFiLrQdmef_LEDr7fQLiqnMwu4VY2CfYubEPz552cPdzUEBW-7YVi1tbTl_fxQS4ZEpqLHYcrgxok4uvuPxMbgGf-Y5iSHJKHB0EC4V-u9UdyPaumVqO0ASwv17P4KONcmqjoODUqV9dOv5A4X5s=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuv0f-kgq7ckL72FJwUCpFP7kRlpDyYVo8HdcgWw9Q85gDPr1akoxmG_iiK1Lo5xaZblsxWwHqfqIeJtX5tOvWpXFWyEkEOyIq5yjEo_nBUgBr6316U0w9d_aWO3RKy3FYMJxOBROzTUjRzEVsHazzQ43YtzJM_RXb9Lc2Mv3XJzlRAz2bs9DiC7KrIxukZnt6Mw22__IUcF_tb2Jf7f3zP8wp18xXFnJsJrt0rclcmJNARS1GVUBvW3" target="_blank">Worst Cities for Dogs Attacking Postal Carriers</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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In addition to serving as governor once before, as well as state Attorney General, Brown was also mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusSp2SRgATOny-gM19W04nKe9lNC6ZiXgtlGcC53ZRQ-4c--rKznDsL9CBa7XBJyW-dcNlDMJo1St7Dfs8SmVAaBvbmYBNaginZXNSLe1l8A3g67T_rzGs0rk8wbOsEeomZT57I7BpDYMFauQD1NbGis8MNVuMMlJqxgQG4-_d7cphCRJXD7yYcKLwWpQRun18tkQPrT5FY3EIvqSLV8vasXtiI1_dYAsc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusdY5Z1H0fmQLHSoNOBsIX9YoMOSg1G3iFjYK2pCauy2N7L6WZ0yNY42J6sx7MAAtXMBxj_LbMGLAZEyxTK0hA9oVwakdfvdpvPZ9YiYukq-S2TUp0p4LUz30Yq0E-Y-_4xUDf8YxiDkazsYtXR-d5t" target="_blank">What is a MOOC and Why Does It Matter to Planners?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Planning Commissioners Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">How would you like to take a course at a top-notch university, with some outstanding planning professors, for free? Now, you can do just that through a "MOOC".</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPusdY5Z1H0fmQLHSoNOBsIX9YoMOSg1G3iFjYK2pCauy2N7L6WZ0yNY42J6sx7MAAtXMBxj_LbMGLAZEyxTK0hA9oVwakdfvdpvPZ9YiYukq-S2TUp0p4LUz30Yq0E-Y-_4xUDf8YxiDkazsYtXR-d5t" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 17 May 2013 11:45:05 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-housing-affordability-atlanta-beltline-internet-incentive-nashville-mixed-income-plan-twitter-and-geography-of-communication/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-luring-developers-to-rebuild-on-polluted-land-how-to-save-water-starved-cities-boston-s-rose-kennedy-greenway/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutFEFbMCrcMBWt86DMsZZLUhnQn83aS-obuIBBUQNtqrMoFhYmcB0tWarNQR_-rO70J9yjaeBzlYruEE8UniEJDApQ-2W4U5Sue0jDPi_GTYi-gCTOHPOUyXHNRhpexv3vSkk1SXu6BQqgO8YFOGZ8V" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuun298DPc8CL_QT2P1pDinouev_GwFKawb7MPDjNlsqWCzH4NV54qD_0E013ww7b_kuLhsdba9Ah6S2V0BU-X3zEuG6KzuTKnFvUu8Ks9jniwIqYiKTzg0mXrXgmvrYDlhsxeojzP5Doo9Qg39sDNP8L68P9bY2sKIWj-AAjPUlGxBmceQf4OmqqtUa1e58mKcJ1_HRw4-EJQ==" target="_blank">Luring Developers to Rebuild on Polluted Land</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>NPR Marketplace</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When companies pack up and abandon places like apartment complexes, gas stations, factories, and rail yards, those properties often become what's known as a brownfield.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuun298DPc8CL_QT2P1pDinouev_GwFKawb7MPDjNlsqWCzH4NV54qD_0E013ww7b_kuLhsdba9Ah6S2V0BU-X3zEuG6KzuTKnFvUu8Ks9jniwIqYiKTzg0mXrXgmvrYDlhsxeojzP5Doo9Qg39sDNP8L68P9bY2sKIWj-AAjPUlGxBmceQf4OmqqtUa1e58mKcJ1_HRw4-EJQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuv5aJdW6GJqFGIHbeet6qCNgRW7EYPs0st9j_G5t0_QfA7PSPHyvYuUqhgeQcgFtgZKTTer5Ig3wLgoUAchLy6LjYlBR4NM3Nc3ahmzZOOjOSfb9Y8vd49qFh0kOtMnjd1RBJVYqD3hN_iDOo0dtROUQ2u6h8719igiATLGvhqaG3M21iR_9t5DEOHCSpnZBoZL8Ne-8v3rYtsKw_bndi0C" target="_blank">How to Save Water Starved Cities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Considering how blue this planet looks from outer space, it seems strange to worry that water supplies would run dry. But that's exactly what's happening in a lot of major metropolitan areas around the world.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuv5aJdW6GJqFGIHbeet6qCNgRW7EYPs0st9j_G5t0_QfA7PSPHyvYuUqhgeQcgFtgZKTTer5Ig3wLgoUAchLy6LjYlBR4NM3Nc3ahmzZOOjOSfb9Y8vd49qFh0kOtMnjd1RBJVYqD3hN_iDOo0dtROUQ2u6h8719igiATLGvhqaG3M21iR_9t5DEOHCSpnZBoZL8Ne-8v3rYtsKw_bndi0C" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuc8a5FBIwiE0BaWEKtx6abu0oRWgSQkp1fpk9oJep7WP9M4DfO2TO_GXBRctg9DqASrnRdOzYStLmsAyHB7U_pQUr1ZfET6KJxm2HnBVRwimzLPBNobF-k9TpSEkaLyTYilggMVFXwWqPNshMCIltoq9Y7prUjfFY=" target="_blank">A Look at Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>City Parks Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Each month, City Parks Alliance recognizes a "Frontline Park" to promote and highlight inspiring examples of urban park excellence, innovation, and stewardship across the country.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuuc8a5FBIwiE0BaWEKtx6abu0oRWgSQkp1fpk9oJep7WP9M4DfO2TO_GXBRctg9DqASrnRdOzYStLmsAyHB7U_pQUr1ZfET6KJxm2HnBVRwimzLPBNobF-k9TpSEkaLyTYilggMVFXwWqPNshMCIltoq9Y7prUjfFY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 17 May 2013 11:37:53 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-luring-developers-to-rebuild-on-polluted-land-how-to-save-water-starved-cities-boston-s-rose-kennedy-greenway/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-sf-transit-history-website-addictive-new-geography-game-punitive-gas-tax-alternatives/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPut-vNuM76-A9r900x-fNlMiLxNUjxZPLyOeiTQdBc4_hKw0zS9OCx0LUwqygHCBgZ3Vga_sa0rMwojRncdk2t8KH7xQppw8341HTOXcr8noBgT5fXDekSJhlrpwGaTCItxQkdQ14cCUijLhLNY1wrhA" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutfgJ04Me1YhJQRGa42T-iDOtxCoMqFfQ5vRnoU_J0OtMxvUStxVaEojKCLIh1x2IJfRj8jt6yOcB6MCg2zopgD7COD2hckOhpmF091Mb7-IacE8toBDjl1Y1JvyJzGBS336qQKa0gaLqBhGkMPL4x3HaX8T5Nyf4EnBdEppAJvCXmGkB8eyfH49NV4zvJ3wm5hm1EyecErTm7bfFwUR0TC3awMZKIAYvYZO73tCmJwaA==" target="_blank">Website Shows San Francisco Transit History</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Huffington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In the nearly century and a half since San Francisco's first cable car completed its inaugural run down Clay Street, the city's public transit system has become as embedded in San Francisco's very fabric as sourdough bread, the Golden Gate Bridge or the omnipresent blanket of fog.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPutfgJ04Me1YhJQRGa42T-iDOtxCoMqFfQ5vRnoU_J0OtMxvUStxVaEojKCLIh1x2IJfRj8jt6yOcB6MCg2zopgD7COD2hckOhpmF091Mb7-IacE8toBDjl1Y1JvyJzGBS336qQKa0gaLqBhGkMPL4x3HaX8T5Nyf4EnBdEppAJvCXmGkB8eyfH49NV4zvJ3wm5hm1EyecErTm7bfFwUR0TC3awMZKIAYvYZO73tCmJwaA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPus5h_z5OXdfbXLFMr0-s64qQhYkqdCRRFyaH2Lkp92-1VYGwhx9u5_V9Xs9wV-FhLHGTHtgeE3LUtwdBK3MqvLEtnElHuxCJJPI08YwpuREx5EhREqhUrWTX88MnnvlWH_lVHxU55uuyaS4U5sNfBRQ-1gcZxWjyn66fHpA65uGn3h9abRMuItNTlYvwdBZGNk9JJkfHU99R_hn9aorB5fEX5OkbGHcx3gRKSRAc1HGyQqpCYYHth77" target="_blank">GeoGuessr, The Addictive New Geography Game</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A few months ago, we spent a long time playing the devastatingly difficult city-guessing game Pursued, which puts you in a random city and asks you to name it.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPus5h_z5OXdfbXLFMr0-s64qQhYkqdCRRFyaH2Lkp92-1VYGwhx9u5_V9Xs9wV-FhLHGTHtgeE3LUtwdBK3MqvLEtnElHuxCJJPI08YwpuREx5EhREqhUrWTX88MnnvlWH_lVHxU55uuyaS4U5sNfBRQ-1gcZxWjyn66fHpA65uGn3h9abRMuItNTlYvwdBZGNk9JJkfHU99R_hn9aorB5fEX5OkbGHcx3gRKSRAc1HGyQqpCYYHth77" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvTjLtVbytyDyNlee74C6AcEAYVqQ5mMrq9zSU9lvAZqVvrc0DNqwLRPhQp1eKhoM0W3NwfQqcmF4HSJr7stAg5nbIdjvQM9d8sec8sdMgTdNKFyxXjKIvXuf78wZnE0MNG_5gmcJXl7hvA7DivSAy7CTq5ELdbX3GUi2tulRUiDOPqwX8oSasIdhz3vTBCd_GHl72Ebz5dbQHyYr2CbQi6S-YhtR_k8fwicShIjhb_ETUHlqU4NBbB" target="_blank">Gas Tax Alternatives Too Punitive</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>USA Today</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When it comes to building and repairing roads, states are going nowhere fast. Starved of revenue, they have been underfunding construction and maintenance by as much as $185 billion per year, according to the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001olCB721rPuvTjLtVbytyDyNlee74C6AcEAYVqQ5mMrq9zSU9lvAZqVvrc0DNqwLRPhQp1eKhoM0W3NwfQqcmF4HSJr7stAg5nbIdjvQM9d8sec8sdMgTdNKFyxXjKIvXuf78wZnE0MNG_5gmcJXl7hvA7DivSAy7CTq5ELdbX3GUi2tulRUiDOPqwX8oSasIdhz3vTBCd_GHl72Ebz5dbQHyYr2CbQi6S-YhtR_k8fwicShIjhb_ETUHlqU4NBbB" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:25 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-sf-transit-history-website-addictive-new-geography-game-punitive-gas-tax-alternatives/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-95/ <p>"...And lenders aren't any less forgiving when a builder wants to experiment with a new idea. The financial industry does not support innovation and reward the industry" <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJhv5duSSudtEk14LRcQ0mX6k_2-pq8tzOwQJLZYXd-oWpCACPv49HKzGLOt952mMvztzmhLvI4cHO3xCrbZl9SymPQjP2iFVjBZDI3H58IGz3ZYaW4jo5CyZOjH4OqDXm7bydjf1lO8Aq-hR07WTrrHsCdG3QhNlEyO7mmIRUb700Tv5AnXFdY_9tr4FnwV74=" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36:02 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-95/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-metra-leery-of-wifi-costs-salt-lake-freeway-revolt-gop-opposition-va-highway-plan-urban-cycling-hall-of-fame/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIappmQ6YP3EcgnuhZ1HOM9aq5ECXPdopTDx5mJ7rQj1va5qV8SxZ46wehl3AZ4G_zjwIkVvooQEipKODTPVI6KPzVc0xVfSHrRkCDv52Q1658jMKvGBbeeRO98Q1pDJU6pTa4cHT-FxJ7QWpkhxaiF" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJ_GFgynS7HnGLBbAd7lfkZV4w5MPDZQ7CScEpVvI4zBRHhfE5GpouLvgTFxdzES6mJ76y4qOeEyL-6erJZ1jzgSMaDOONs-eVHq2CmRkAg_ESGggIBXR02BiAaiXGCH2wH0dXKLVuD04ProfBwvKGYD7HqFE1drXgnQ6PMqRDU1L-vE5k_5Qu7OcS5xaPQgAxVLsl2D70aVBlkwrhRpZXjD2HpfLXHSjfL70OrqMzuyaGp6AkEz0I0" target="_blank">Metra Leery of WiFi Costs</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Chicago Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Nearly half of riders use electronic devices, study finds, but providing wireless service on trains would be expensive, technologically difficult</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJ_GFgynS7HnGLBbAd7lfkZV4w5MPDZQ7CScEpVvI4zBRHhfE5GpouLvgTFxdzES6mJ76y4qOeEyL-6erJZ1jzgSMaDOONs-eVHq2CmRkAg_ESGggIBXR02BiAaiXGCH2wH0dXKLVuD04ProfBwvKGYD7HqFE1drXgnQ6PMqRDU1L-vE5k_5Qu7OcS5xaPQgAxVLsl2D70aVBlkwrhRpZXjD2HpfLXHSjfL70OrqMzuyaGp6AkEz0I0" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQK2pIYpajz10F1ezgJs92Jt6Emh2dVIDksYp0DO75eiItbqsF-YVpA4O_-4yvRijrl-9fPnilUTVj3n9pGQw3SAutdoborKkD3-A2TLIDF1CxXmHzo8b0JDEkNaaWlYhA4CuG12MmcvN6TAmxLeaLB4Gx0o2zl_l-dsaM_Ec1fHjNUCOhzBQUbEg8wDtCazIyeaGaMz7Fu1lg==" target="_blank">A Modern Day Freeway Revolt in Salt Lake</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Activists and advocates who speak highly of those energizing days when community groups banded together to stop highway projects should consider a trip to Salt Lake City.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQK2pIYpajz10F1ezgJs92Jt6Emh2dVIDksYp0DO75eiItbqsF-YVpA4O_-4yvRijrl-9fPnilUTVj3n9pGQw3SAutdoborKkD3-A2TLIDF1CxXmHzo8b0JDEkNaaWlYhA4CuG12MmcvN6TAmxLeaLB4Gx0o2zl_l-dsaM_Ec1fHjNUCOhzBQUbEg8wDtCazIyeaGaMz7Fu1lg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIr_a-lBWb-QOf3VNpYS6hH3mUH7vvwGNtSII5rXoa7ikNpEH5zy7WJQNi1P_wkW4SRQMEfwQnI39_hcA99aVbnxlgbE8NivWznthCQG-5dE_wCQcEtXmKABTt5RHxpwpALuqf_-SLGa1G59fjAOesRbirara_UZpYEZg6W2PneHudAhHNiqM_LVfn8uUUERjuhP_zpZYZh2903nGCHsca8GVafR4-OtoLWyp0hyxF-uw==" target="_blank">Fresh Eyes Led to Charlotte Streetcar Changes</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Business Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A day after renaming and re-launching the bid for a city-funded segment of streetcar expansion, Ron Carlee said his role as a newcomer helped staffers suggest an alternative to break a yearlong standoff.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIr_a-lBWb-QOf3VNpYS6hH3mUH7vvwGNtSII5rXoa7ikNpEH5zy7WJQNi1P_wkW4SRQMEfwQnI39_hcA99aVbnxlgbE8NivWznthCQG-5dE_wCQcEtXmKABTt5RHxpwpALuqf_-SLGa1G59fjAOesRbirara_UZpYEZg6W2PneHudAhHNiqM_LVfn8uUUERjuhP_zpZYZh2903nGCHsca8GVafR4-OtoLWyp0hyxF-uw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLdvwESC9ChOwH4OzDQY72QTIbV6ejMjZoJQaUDd1CFrN626EMBCA1ujK0ikF3D2AbP9ohaTFQAdNY32S4goxH4CpFa0s8NkzGbTOEmjYIzNoEF5u1r6KUes-qRQWwceitDrhm2XwWefZwFTBkOtIRtILTQSdARgcYb8wMrdBDq-qPfetUfW_C2wjCrliUqgvIygNrDgqNdx6GJNHmC8x9E-3b24gERwsWyF9DkehDpjIBC1t6_4cJ4" target="_blank">GOP Opposition to Virginia Highway Plan Grows</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Transportation Nation</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Another Virginia congressman is adding his voice to Republicans questioning the McDonnell's administration's plan to construct a major north-south highway in Northern Virginia, a parkway running west of Dulles International Airport and Manassas Battlefield that critics call an "outer beltway."</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLdvwESC9ChOwH4OzDQY72QTIbV6ejMjZoJQaUDd1CFrN626EMBCA1ujK0ikF3D2AbP9ohaTFQAdNY32S4goxH4CpFa0s8NkzGbTOEmjYIzNoEF5u1r6KUes-qRQWwceitDrhm2XwWefZwFTBkOtIRtILTQSdARgcYb8wMrdBDq-qPfetUfW_C2wjCrliUqgvIygNrDgqNdx6GJNHmC8x9E-3b24gERwsWyF9DkehDpjIBC1t6_4cJ4" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIcoCflpGoT1wOSDUqFk7WY5I013vn92mb-bLeIRCv0nqEGQeJFAaCQa2tmOyaNt8uQTW21veZil6EqN92pHDldFYMBMMKU36WrI_hrvD7gjo7W08xcE2rYFfjdfKM--wSIRDqcx2CHoy2UHuwT8WnPk4TaVa8oWrPBfwZCW7ptXBT28Z1vpTQrsLOLDzGATFw=" target="_blank">Urban Cycling Hall of Fame Will Spotlight 'Urban Bike Movement'</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Bike Portland</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">ECHOS Communications, a marketing agency based in Sausalito, California with deep roots in the cycling industry and San Francisco-based Chrome Industries, announced this morning that they've launched the Urban Cycling Hall of Fame.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIcoCflpGoT1wOSDUqFk7WY5I013vn92mb-bLeIRCv0nqEGQeJFAaCQa2tmOyaNt8uQTW21veZil6EqN92pHDldFYMBMMKU36WrI_hrvD7gjo7W08xcE2rYFfjdfKM--wSIRDqcx2CHoy2UHuwT8WnPk4TaVa8oWrPBfwZCW7ptXBT28Z1vpTQrsLOLDzGATFw=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQKzGvx_xKTRR6u_kacFRbU4sHioQ8s0wPAXkfq16gC3w-ocYFBNMnrFMSS6SAlhKpA4zhcryQs5Q7K82rR_qAvj0NYyBAvc8C-UUr2yZVuUZAPmnpdaF4qa02A74gwEv4MQLgdbxuW5d9C88WFZEawAArgc4fSGllJHY-8ed79zBcOK_NbiE_MMWzCd4SHhZHRVwitUOAX7FCy_HQmnGKKH" target="_blank">Ways Technology is Rendering Autos Obsolete</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As we try to understand why young people are so much less jazzed about driving than previous generations, one possible explanation always comes up: Kids today just love their smart phones.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQKzGvx_xKTRR6u_kacFRbU4sHioQ8s0wPAXkfq16gC3w-ocYFBNMnrFMSS6SAlhKpA4zhcryQs5Q7K82rR_qAvj0NYyBAvc8C-UUr2yZVuUZAPmnpdaF4qa02A74gwEv4MQLgdbxuW5d9C88WFZEawAArgc4fSGllJHY-8ed79zBcOK_NbiE_MMWzCd4SHhZHRVwitUOAX7FCy_HQmnGKKH" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLZX7k2JFjpi8-VFlp7r5yd9aGp8pYzCXfxgx5kSWcENzwW8IhdkMCy4wnfCqrbmiOCf6HrCyx6ahYo-HNB_Cc5GiUSg9Js2iYm5QmGPKeNsddaQbHzNB2dAyXWQ2Fb3AQ_AYdj1Gal5U1V8ehqHZeBv-8RmMbKq-JNAVirfD_t3-NTdXnytUf6pkZQ5MD3EJ4GwybL-4zmFsyUWLgSZhbol99bxSzITpU=" target="_blank">Refereeing the Bicycle Debate</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There's a tussle going on right now about how cyclists should ride on city streets. Yesterday's Streetsblog Network post took a snapshot of this debate yesterday, excerpting the WashCycle's response to a Sarah Goodyear piece in Atlantic Cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLZX7k2JFjpi8-VFlp7r5yd9aGp8pYzCXfxgx5kSWcENzwW8IhdkMCy4wnfCqrbmiOCf6HrCyx6ahYo-HNB_Cc5GiUSg9Js2iYm5QmGPKeNsddaQbHzNB2dAyXWQ2Fb3AQ_AYdj1Gal5U1V8ehqHZeBv-8RmMbKq-JNAVirfD_t3-NTdXnytUf6pkZQ5MD3EJ4GwybL-4zmFsyUWLgSZhbol99bxSzITpU=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIrglM0sVvSK53ToxozZmDm3-gC9D1B6iy4BALNU7p6nxfllQq35vYWIWaY7uMEWCl74a4j-5aXIF_wOD1Q3mACxAQ6LNWwaD_K3K_-LxYT8farBDu8q0b-aPmxl1FtFKIbws0XTtGshuddywWkClOOL6qBP4P0jKHNeAo5Sc3fkzI790G3KVWveawsH1Hac7bKDY1O0adJUOCqN93sc8ha" target="_blank">Could Snow Defeat Self Driving Cars?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Transportation Issues Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Why would snow cause serious problems for self-driving cars? The answer is actually pretty obvious once you think about it.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIrglM0sVvSK53ToxozZmDm3-gC9D1B6iy4BALNU7p6nxfllQq35vYWIWaY7uMEWCl74a4j-5aXIF_wOD1Q3mACxAQ6LNWwaD_K3K_-LxYT8farBDu8q0b-aPmxl1FtFKIbws0XTtGshuddywWkClOOL6qBP4P0jKHNeAo5Sc3fkzI790G3KVWveawsH1Hac7bKDY1O0adJUOCqN93sc8ha" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:05 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-metra-leery-of-wifi-costs-salt-lake-freeway-revolt-gop-opposition-va-highway-plan-urban-cycling-hall-of-fame/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-vision-for-richmond-s-future-vancouver-embracing-accessory-units-traffic-cones-new-google-maps/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIYdBQgRacXo8wHgqtIGVPhVpSiyBCe4TTWKrp2z_9z_yojp2ai88LBm28sfXSj1y8t7bcE7Fkf1u3Rjne20GON3SUZjcqYum2v14WJopJl7jFEwVHdigXg7BrWR_wvC9mf07fGUBP_d8ozc8PHhFTt" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJ2Bdj9Rbl59f0hqgOuWczSoLjt5fAcwmVyuSBb9s7asnd5MWUGOBSFLdVyOs64ABB26fkbyLRGmQBTDoA8Z5ChEnuxb-UMaCVPe2EWklDCf3kAiwPCjBeU9R4Zm1PwPUZklW_qoA55_8JdADpAu4EaHn-CPbKTEQA8fB09kgMjsGZaX1wecRtwS5lwvrn-_Zs-W6Fg4SiHdw==" target="_blank">A Grand Vision for Richmond's Future</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Bacon's Rebellion</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">By 2035 the Richmond region will grow by roughly 200,000 households (435,000 people) and 200,000 new jobs. That's a mind-numbing number for a metropolitan region with barely more than 1 million inhabitants today.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJ2Bdj9Rbl59f0hqgOuWczSoLjt5fAcwmVyuSBb9s7asnd5MWUGOBSFLdVyOs64ABB26fkbyLRGmQBTDoA8Z5ChEnuxb-UMaCVPe2EWklDCf3kAiwPCjBeU9R4Zm1PwPUZklW_qoA55_8JdADpAu4EaHn-CPbKTEQA8fB09kgMjsGZaX1wecRtwS5lwvrn-_Zs-W6Fg4SiHdw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJOBurhp3B3_rQcGVG3qi-P-MZJpKHmCECi9_5WTlnMrJa84jpZhU4Av49t31hu3RU2mS1dNfbRUiW-ObKMEYgEbAMr0CyKLXlZ0mjLnqpTekFOnsELAeNAEXROCIKBcTFJt0ICL8WiDOMw9r6JhBkdzEUJNZA9AYIiqRPDGsDUiw82Nsc5mv2BoWXCKeHEd_2y7kUzLV6NRSSkxU0OqtX4BWH-y1iyIZMmO6AD9hqHmiHYsUYgT09V" target="_blank">Vancouver Planners Say Accessory Units Have Won Acceptance</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Province</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">According to city planners, once-controversial laneway houses are generally accepted in Vancouver and should be extended across the city.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJOBurhp3B3_rQcGVG3qi-P-MZJpKHmCECi9_5WTlnMrJa84jpZhU4Av49t31hu3RU2mS1dNfbRUiW-ObKMEYgEbAMr0CyKLXlZ0mjLnqpTekFOnsELAeNAEXROCIKBcTFJt0ICL8WiDOMw9r6JhBkdzEUJNZA9AYIiqRPDGsDUiw82Nsc5mv2BoWXCKeHEd_2y7kUzLV6NRSSkxU0OqtX4BWH-y1iyIZMmO6AD9hqHmiHYsUYgT09V" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIq3zb7XAILzk43KM0sMXqwPx_nGX3RPch5oimt6ofphKLc3pAS2B0_mgywlsnuRW72lMeLv1m9Cii6Q9zO2ZjtdCJeXofP468VZpw8FL-IHEnXF4fj83dPc0TCPVulQQOf6U8sBJjSFA==" target="_blank">Our Love Hate Relationship with Traffic Cones</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>BBC</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Following their introduction in the UK about sixty years ago, the humble traffic cone has permeated our lives - either as intended, as an instrument of traffic management or, perhaps, as part of a night of merry mischief.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIq3zb7XAILzk43KM0sMXqwPx_nGX3RPch5oimt6ofphKLc3pAS2B0_mgywlsnuRW72lMeLv1m9Cii6Q9zO2ZjtdCJeXofP468VZpw8FL-IHEnXF4fj83dPc0TCPVulQQOf6U8sBJjSFA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJwuSkRhumA8lNbeqacWLn8SRwomf019SXdRSnj2PiQ5MlpJhW2E1M_xvxDxhbluvvEVzSPumkxMpjhUweV5-Jr7aQKIUP9Pqdnhe7m1wQFACAzA-RDUDNxrj2zmbF3DGw030bDKtSza10iReZ6C3Ta0qEGt5icPAk=" target="_blank">Subway Maps and Visualising Social Equality</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Spatial.ly</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Most government statistics are mapped according to official geographical units. 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font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Global Site Plans</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">First published in 1965 and last printed in 1980, "Town Planning in Frontier America" by John Reps discusses everything a typical college "Intro to Urban Planning" course would discuss.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIW6gO46oTOcM_Jz7ODSbS65bRnCpW4NVTRCC6xuK-rnjQnQ_rI18JEvfHvRrtoaMpaZQwN2T6pIFM3oP-ml9EnhKdKVP6-0aCJy0Y6BAmAQRuM1W9SfFefKndnDWye42uzkaW2uUCRUa5MWco7PW_Rgo4pkRctdGC8huQmy9YMo6VvzSLwCqlx-ca3bhBreHa-E5Mi652Y9PPiqU01PBuwzyZf2yzYVeI3KYYYlZMp_T7-X9ZRnADLOw6CRtWSGBMRCM4wBcLcyut177NLjRYTUsJmqk_khJ_eJ3nWhXH1a1_9eyuiqT-8" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIb3yNYvI53nq2M4FUvH0H0YD6QlZG4FFDNo0qkjVEsWmNs6h1UTiyZVLC7ra3nIA-Q2IBYIwtwsRzMPDBWZiqLaCtLcLt3pmhY4xOXZNGpOJArFDKkJoRCVGFkRBARdU4hKnTto8Z3K74rB40YMaYBvVoHH6PN2XgthDsX6pBGoOA4pxBujf7oL2otH096-78=" target="_blank">New Google Maps Revealed</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Google Lat Long</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">What if we told you that during your lifetime, Google could create millions of custom maps...each one just for you?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIb3yNYvI53nq2M4FUvH0H0YD6QlZG4FFDNo0qkjVEsWmNs6h1UTiyZVLC7ra3nIA-Q2IBYIwtwsRzMPDBWZiqLaCtLcLt3pmhY4xOXZNGpOJArFDKkJoRCVGFkRBARdU4hKnTto8Z3K74rB40YMaYBvVoHH6PN2XgthDsX6pBGoOA4pxBujf7oL2otH096-78=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQK19GYKY1I4fm71XaEeHnUP0GVBrm68tZSggi2WK8g9rOthxyvvapb6JtNOOcoZx9XsL_7Jv_FBCRB1pFcbvZunysSAxs-SXvsAHu5YhJFGFKzVTgW5tVcwzCHx9FdYxR27ONqkNUDoSwn5UNzTCuZI" target="_blank">Inglewood Race Track to Be Redeveloped as Neighborhood</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Architect's Newspaper</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Less than two weeks ago, the "Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" sent 20 thoroughbreds racing around the track at the Kentucky Derby, but across the country, Inglewood's Hollywood Park race track has announced that it will be ceasing all races at the end of this year.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQK19GYKY1I4fm71XaEeHnUP0GVBrm68tZSggi2WK8g9rOthxyvvapb6JtNOOcoZx9XsL_7Jv_FBCRB1pFcbvZunysSAxs-SXvsAHu5YhJFGFKzVTgW5tVcwzCHx9FdYxR27ONqkNUDoSwn5UNzTCuZI" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLPsobHUXiN6HCSAy7hZP3EfFXB7LTumS0dY5M161VNA4_A1xf_vOMDQRIqmP6PtMx36OQFXcANXUyjFtPrKg8aQI2rg539ovuHrsxpsIJnN6F9YgoCxOIJ4rPmy-1v6dDNMilRgXB66NvDV-OXTOm4fy1MVeEyZkeWhewSVvB62cacBKCvMEGj6guSr1-MEalEqdcEj3Ha1iAMXTfmb-Ky2ssdi9FVVRZirgtWVUhLIQ==" target="_blank">A Look Back at the Formation of Kentlands</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Town Courier</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Mike Watkins is an internationally known architect and town planner who lives and works in Kentlands, the neighborhood he helped to plan. Kentlands resident Claire Lane interviewed Mike to mark the 25th anniversary of the Kentlands charrette this June.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLPsobHUXiN6HCSAy7hZP3EfFXB7LTumS0dY5M161VNA4_A1xf_vOMDQRIqmP6PtMx36OQFXcANXUyjFtPrKg8aQI2rg539ovuHrsxpsIJnN6F9YgoCxOIJ4rPmy-1v6dDNMilRgXB66NvDV-OXTOm4fy1MVeEyZkeWhewSVvB62cacBKCvMEGj6guSr1-MEalEqdcEj3Ha1iAMXTfmb-Ky2ssdi9FVVRZirgtWVUhLIQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table><p> </p> Thu, 16 May 2013 11:59:29 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-vision-for-richmond-s-future-vancouver-embracing-accessory-units-traffic-cones-new-google-maps/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-aspiring-to-gentrification-merging-city-county-econ-dev-agency-calif-struggling-cities-developers-don-t-innovate/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIA62E-kUfgty3-HrSPlQPsHEONl6HPMeVDOvFkRJUL0jH2X48dgGkw2hXezl4FkgIpjmhLPKWYjmyzQwsQBo-pOdqr5rBwBI4OXbNxgQLjNLf4WzgmCpreQSVtUEOQM8bqoMB4xL0KpYffdulZ1wVZ" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQKqKwHLEMl74kJYLUv1R6KntMUvgFgA_hpMBzYG-vGLMLbmHuey1GDjMp9P1shs68W1wV438CQiF_eFX2bjyOHVL53JRyA8VVdaV26q8QnCFly5lgp4MvA3svAuGMhfb1h6RVJPOIBPl7ffKc3bdDnaS8vmXlmk-auh9lxJ6V21zDwtrbAu5aRVxjRg7hFFpQA=" target="_blank">Cities Don't "Aspire" to Gentrification</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Better Institutions</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In a recent article posted on New Geography, Aaron M. Renn asks what seems to be a fairly straightforward question: "Why Gentrification?" But unlike most writing on the subject, the question isn't why it happens or how to avoid it, but why cities aspire to it.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQKqKwHLEMl74kJYLUv1R6KntMUvgFgA_hpMBzYG-vGLMLbmHuey1GDjMp9P1shs68W1wV438CQiF_eFX2bjyOHVL53JRyA8VVdaV26q8QnCFly5lgp4MvA3svAuGMhfb1h6RVJPOIBPl7ffKc3bdDnaS8vmXlmk-auh9lxJ6V21zDwtrbAu5aRVxjRg7hFFpQA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJNEfUBuXfOcLhMR2eO4iWdEOmfB3RGBTy2369pfZU9qECkXG7r1-WfmI8BitN_433-uG9CI_wJsGRClTGDKNuh9E2HY03lpUhCckFkwxyXRclz5f0vtqZpCJ7kONgMPjU4-mvgQiqErY09WvwH3UVVNbIwpdHolVSy3rniyL0YMF4L7TBgBoYLDvJbQMN6fOffREUo1X6L_7WVx4w4EsnJB76y03ITARfHMx2S_rjItnYmCJvZe5hpfgbOQI1h76UE8OW-WweiIgTdDZFlTkuB4jo_n5G81lu2He7WP0h-suAk1Oh2S7DxC1MKmCVpvCsEaJWs5MITJw==" target="_blank">Merged City-County Economic Development Agency Gets Support</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>St. Louis Post Dispatch</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The proposed merger of St. Louis and St. Louis County economic development efforts advanced <span>Wednesday</span> when the city's Housing, Urban Development, and Zoning committee recommended its passage to the Board of Aldermen.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJNEfUBuXfOcLhMR2eO4iWdEOmfB3RGBTy2369pfZU9qECkXG7r1-WfmI8BitN_433-uG9CI_wJsGRClTGDKNuh9E2HY03lpUhCckFkwxyXRclz5f0vtqZpCJ7kONgMPjU4-mvgQiqErY09WvwH3UVVNbIwpdHolVSy3rniyL0YMF4L7TBgBoYLDvJbQMN6fOffREUo1X6L_7WVx4w4EsnJB76y03ITARfHMx2S_rjItnYmCJvZe5hpfgbOQI1h76UE8OW-WweiIgTdDZFlTkuB4jo_n5G81lu2He7WP0h-suAk1Oh2S7DxC1MKmCVpvCsEaJWs5MITJw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLc-bt24j5NsZ_dw3jP6lsFX-MWX3O6KonEgetmWU6IGg6r06tytF9g3IwwR_zJYE8xcs180Q9oj5ZAqLobU7fEG-uFbE1W3FK3ca4A5dqNltfSnw4giNbDyIek2DzQkscEoRsdzNbPm3QGbGRpBTz_r54f3QTw7OwLzTzpmbsfdNJ8V-TfVG9mY4qYc2FvXQHGBOPxIfwW7FmZLiLTolWGu6L9Vz0tEqE=" target="_blank">California's Struggling Cities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>USA Today</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">How bad and widespread are California cities' fiscal problems? "Virtually ubiquitous and massive," says Rod Kiewiet, professor of political science at California Institute of Technology.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQLc-bt24j5NsZ_dw3jP6lsFX-MWX3O6KonEgetmWU6IGg6r06tytF9g3IwwR_zJYE8xcs180Q9oj5ZAqLobU7fEG-uFbE1W3FK3ca4A5dqNltfSnw4giNbDyIek2DzQkscEoRsdzNbPm3QGbGRpBTz_r54f3QTw7OwLzTzpmbsfdNJ8V-TfVG9mY4qYc2FvXQHGBOPxIfwW7FmZLiLTolWGu6L9Vz0tEqE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJhv5duSSudtEk14LRcQ0mX6k_2-pq8tzOwQJLZYXd-oWpCACPv49HKzGLOt952mMvztzmhLvI4cHO3xCrbZl9SymPQjP2iFVjBZDI3H58IGz3ZYaW4jo5CyZOjH4OqDXm7bydjf1lO8Aq-hR07WTrrHsCdG3QhNlEyO7mmIRUb700Tv5AnXFdY_9tr4FnwV74=" target="_blank">Innovation Not for Real Estate Developers</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>San Diego Union Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Something unexpected happened to the Urban Land Institute's "Innovate Real Estate" theme at its spring conference that kicked off <span>Wednesday</span>.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJhv5duSSudtEk14LRcQ0mX6k_2-pq8tzOwQJLZYXd-oWpCACPv49HKzGLOt952mMvztzmhLvI4cHO3xCrbZl9SymPQjP2iFVjBZDI3H58IGz3ZYaW4jo5CyZOjH4OqDXm7bydjf1lO8Aq-hR07WTrrHsCdG3QhNlEyO7mmIRUb700Tv5AnXFdY_9tr4FnwV74=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIJfvfmwXc4OYbHXSjLRhWcRbs_5_UFZTiY_XaL3UR1H-FKm-R2Ht6dvGw_SKdLsWD83FOobwLAdAJmOzTTia7mWjbTG8IBuNGzIxQm2cXTNGm3xru6poHmBGcqM6h0U8kLxgMexwvYUO-BqTlwzRitg7UeEqA4t9bLOwKzPjW9DQtf6QX3Bj13" target="_blank">Raleigh Development Flourishes Thanks To Resilient Economy</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>WUNC</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Raleigh city officials have plans for several new residential developments in the middle of the capital city. They say it's part of their master plan to entice not only new residents but new business downtown.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIJfvfmwXc4OYbHXSjLRhWcRbs_5_UFZTiY_XaL3UR1H-FKm-R2Ht6dvGw_SKdLsWD83FOobwLAdAJmOzTTia7mWjbTG8IBuNGzIxQm2cXTNGm3xru6poHmBGcqM6h0U8kLxgMexwvYUO-BqTlwzRitg7UeEqA4t9bLOwKzPjW9DQtf6QX3Bj13" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIzYPASe2h6Vn2RdngfpTNzkIZBvvaEJERFNgBxnmKmCGSDG-bgneAnl51R1Z0dz9rw4EVK90EUJNDgBO2-NZEf9OP8KlmMK5l0FfteDpaICFFVeDlkB8chWGFpfyFncsbfPj2t9CmnmQrkoi2MDTeS7aGFsWUU8MonyKA-3_mBY9pZSDXdPhLG_zXP9FRA3jPrUgMAhVDQ5UC2f8Q4kF7g5D_DxQ7cn0Xe3XolDlYdrfWdY5Mh6Od1aCcqi34sQ2oQUEc-zjDwSw==" target="_blank">San Francisco Establishes Affordable Housing Fund</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Global Site Plans</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In November 2012, San Francisco voters passed Proposition C, establishing a city-wide affordable housing fund on the enormous margin of 31%. And it couldn't have come at a better time.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIzYPASe2h6Vn2RdngfpTNzkIZBvvaEJERFNgBxnmKmCGSDG-bgneAnl51R1Z0dz9rw4EVK90EUJNDgBO2-NZEf9OP8KlmMK5l0FfteDpaICFFVeDlkB8chWGFpfyFncsbfPj2t9CmnmQrkoi2MDTeS7aGFsWUU8MonyKA-3_mBY9pZSDXdPhLG_zXP9FRA3jPrUgMAhVDQ5UC2f8Q4kF7g5D_DxQ7cn0Xe3XolDlYdrfWdY5Mh6Od1aCcqi34sQ2oQUEc-zjDwSw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIQg3LnXnKC4wo2bcTRV1c2KPsMTWxtMeLPNCrq1LSdEYpaCiruUMNC8-wq2sjZE4CAsZV3gcRZsvqtXHQXvq9XhC0RZCGmR7zmWFBrd2Kvzsn5mK1Lzd00bTZC5fDpppE0pbepvZyypIiHF0Z4xdCChbPFCUW3fPXW-bg1Ld6kXxZQ-xaGr9csIE8uZD8U-zQ=" target="_blank">Childless Households Will Lead the Market</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Better Cities and Towns</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In the March 2013 issue we reviewed Arthur C. Nelson's book, Reshaping Metropolitan America, and some of his numbers are further analyzed in an article in the current issue of Better! Cities &amp; Towns.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQIQg3LnXnKC4wo2bcTRV1c2KPsMTWxtMeLPNCrq1LSdEYpaCiruUMNC8-wq2sjZE4CAsZV3gcRZsvqtXHQXvq9XhC0RZCGmR7zmWFBrd2Kvzsn5mK1Lzd00bTZC5fDpppE0pbepvZyypIiHF0Z4xdCChbPFCUW3fPXW-bg1Ld6kXxZQ-xaGr9csIE8uZD8U-zQ=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQK28IMBEEpuPKydmv9NK4_p8vOFT43NP6f0aYroTGMtnhcQWYlfOGtGcp4bikO18vc9zqFJ5_WD43X-lAyeu1vvALU3Dx51OKHpsm3gKxXSgcZwHKcNCSbyrr1QIT7P1aVCxxNIpuAPgeetrwssCQ63RV_l62eiQg9qT73Xj9EI4fwjO7uf6uS_-h1wBCN4l7LIr7kcCFhXKBSMfx-Z5nlbhqMVTv75tYrZIjAeOQ3uOqdEFW7Fc401OLVh7rf68XNLOr5iDbA1vyFLVRPTsBRCbVtMnHo1f-s=" target="_blank">Long Beach to Sue LA Over Proposed SCIG Rail Yard</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>LA Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In closed-session meeting yesterday evening, the Long Beach City Council unanimously voted 9-0 to pursue litigation against the City of Los Angeles for its recent approval of the BNSF-led Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) railyard.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQK28IMBEEpuPKydmv9NK4_p8vOFT43NP6f0aYroTGMtnhcQWYlfOGtGcp4bikO18vc9zqFJ5_WD43X-lAyeu1vvALU3Dx51OKHpsm3gKxXSgcZwHKcNCSbyrr1QIT7P1aVCxxNIpuAPgeetrwssCQ63RV_l62eiQg9qT73Xj9EI4fwjO7uf6uS_-h1wBCN4l7LIr7kcCFhXKBSMfx-Z5nlbhqMVTv75tYrZIjAeOQ3uOqdEFW7Fc401OLVh7rf68XNLOr5iDbA1vyFLVRPTsBRCbVtMnHo1f-s=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:42 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-aspiring-to-gentrification-merging-city-county-econ-dev-agency-calif-struggling-cities-developers-don-t-innovate/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-auto-emissions-can-turn-good-cholesterol-bad-engaging-community-in-brownfield-redevelopment/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQJ5iEsgLpKHYWWcScFxENYtRtkr8vkHITCHMg9JpEeZS5i0FQVjdSCdicKAw4491NnNIVFBQJv-zixI95w4CB3wkeks-P_dgmCOo56kSL6ihexvobByxgaIGsWub_O0uWqdGOQNGb-Y9ZDh6E9uEurU" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQKTiPVv9KAG2BgShKSbIpn4kBsWS0I-DDVRHPyATfNRPlhxyTgN3otRSF95--s-YmbpjCCuQ4cnJ-hXkvQx69VqAtCC522nhbymAv-6Saps5vKbqskBsAqlsp6TSYMprBem2WUm3ECMF3XV273EoMHpsudwBy17Y_6VHLDAE385aQ==" target="_blank">Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Science Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQKTiPVv9KAG2BgShKSbIpn4kBsWS0I-DDVRHPyATfNRPlhxyTgN3otRSF95--s-YmbpjCCuQ4cnJ-hXkvQx69VqAtCC522nhbymAv-6Saps5vKbqskBsAqlsp6TSYMprBem2WUm3ECMF3XV273EoMHpsudwBy17Y_6VHLDAE385aQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQI4d7DVEBV1IlO7WPXw7Md7yMX97Duh70_yJW1th0-WshcU9wo4gk-uthLpO4-hb-VLRRVg7YCIdp1Xh95PN0kzXYto-EGDnEmPH9azuZPabFmy8xbGxYg79ZLE4bR4rBlicHQwHtDgySb6_SnMpWZflQOndGIYE5yFE6Ib1XGb-GZENfrAjVwskcVNlvQkWXWuEsu1Ynnic3Db7Wf9u1T_7zJOJQFvrZHGKj-vHDJn_UM-bKSrqaDC" target="_blank">Resource for Engaging Community in Brownfield Redevelopment</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Smart Growth America</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Do you know the ten smart growth principles by heart? Me neither, but there's one I never forget: Encourage Community and Stakeholder Collaboration in Development Decisions.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001lsDSmL_7WQI4d7DVEBV1IlO7WPXw7Md7yMX97Duh70_yJW1th0-WshcU9wo4gk-uthLpO4-hb-VLRRVg7YCIdp1Xh95PN0kzXYto-EGDnEmPH9azuZPabFmy8xbGxYg79ZLE4bR4rBlicHQwHtDgySb6_SnMpWZflQOndGIYE5yFE6Ib1XGb-GZENfrAjVwskcVNlvQkWXWuEsu1Ynnic3Db7Wf9u1T_7zJOJQFvrZHGKj-vHDJn_UM-bKSrqaDC" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:19 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-auto-emissions-can-turn-good-cholesterol-bad-engaging-community-in-brownfield-redevelopment/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-94/ <p>"It frankly makes me a little concerned about what other costs aren't being accounted for. $42.6 million is a lot to fall through the cracks."  <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIQ9RgiqD2-qBkw4gOViA8SHeecpNY67_YdnmHRB1ebN5AnjWSEb36Q4tS9yzkcbLJDWFIawbkxa7fYNTJGDo29EwnG8NdVKKfBU31nHyYCa_MD2tbEQVGl0soQe0TgPXQt9fBNZVH_4O8nbkOuh1q8cXntHPYqhQgzXXkPwaQ2UpeH4BklVPUXvlGUdivhXwx3n5a2nh5_zguP8zH1Bm_o" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:39:00 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-94/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-west-salt-lake-transpo-options-ny-bike-share-rack-resistance-national-household-travel-survey-young-driving-habits-and-aging-impact/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKmUTp_oP4cVoXihH6BuBgr2MPfjf7bXVbgVOapJfMh7h7HrpkB-98w-h8XePmlrk_c-I_qxaYuGbuMgvN74k7lqWg5u2x5QLadHO7TtKbfX_iaHfsmQy0VFgSTe47uaG7EtdAgJK1ZgLVmwWW2BkMb" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLTiWNa-GOUOMONUev2DkyMYwtwA3tu96q7ZRXTmFuuKT4fOzAK2rF8IPpLtn8R-PNYioNMK8L1EC6WyvEqHF2fOzqvF_hlX6kJHvitxP1fzwNOdd1w1fc5WcHDu2y8jIFdkf0NKV07_kz2V5cDaqLJ0VqGg5jd1G2IIwLT8r5I_jL84I8tzCoIHO2yl_2euQHBj9AvFoKVUQ==" target="_blank">No Freeway in West Salt Lake May Be Best Choice</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation drawing boards for years. The agency is ready to release its draft environmental impact study and name its preferred route.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLTiWNa-GOUOMONUev2DkyMYwtwA3tu96q7ZRXTmFuuKT4fOzAK2rF8IPpLtn8R-PNYioNMK8L1EC6WyvEqHF2fOzqvF_hlX6kJHvitxP1fzwNOdd1w1fc5WcHDu2y8jIFdkf0NKV07_kz2V5cDaqLJ0VqGg5jd1G2IIwLT8r5I_jL84I8tzCoIHO2yl_2euQHBj9AvFoKVUQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsL8mQnWfJoKe7aL97rD9QwkCnUqq_yQA7tWLfmBpKdXRqgegWaG8vLyBau_crp8VZmesJ7BKB-pvHs5qisr8tYrZMzUYkvulT1C_E58GTUnYBuev5SNYRIE0FHcdSMLOvEtyq5rIvr9LR8Z164vC1SjuUEa815hk_Y1NylLAYrdiSkW6EwEUQv3kZidwUCu5Av8vBkS350qXJKEjF51-dXU" target="_blank">Bike Sharing? Sure. The Racks? No Way.</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKAPmfy72k-U2gSV8rCNgA-lT3JgUhcc7bVgF7M_rMAdfbSxcqwI_BXqfCe3FA9apuclwCSQDjivNPGMLdzW2ZdaVPcEThQiQs_z97bxdgBd7JaQsMiJ-QLW2Qmq6NTIpM=" target="_blank">@jeffreytumlin</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Bike share was easy for New York City to love in the abstract. It was not about adding bike lanes at the expense of something else; it was about sharing something that did not yet exist.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsL8mQnWfJoKe7aL97rD9QwkCnUqq_yQA7tWLfmBpKdXRqgegWaG8vLyBau_crp8VZmesJ7BKB-pvHs5qisr8tYrZMzUYkvulT1C_E58GTUnYBuev5SNYRIE0FHcdSMLOvEtyq5rIvr9LR8Z164vC1SjuUEa815hk_Y1NylLAYrdiSkW6EwEUQv3kZidwUCu5Av8vBkS350qXJKEjF51-dXU" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKqGf90yHqi4gjV0tozH36FQTnkfy6vgLQa8RlcovesaWu5laSULz0SSpz_pGPVzhrOOMqNsBv9M1zSHazQepf4KN5cAz_i-o37MjOmUh396D5eRN-TY5g0Xj6UqQE-EADCOHkWRpAccmOYff4Se6VdPdA8YgMqNDZVxeJtusfwRSi49aUBph_GxSGzEH8qVRZjX61KAsr_GQ==" target="_blank">National Household Travel Survey - Survey</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Texas Transportation Institute</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The purpose of this survey is to obtain input from the NHTS community on the current NHTS design. The task force will compile the results and present them to FHWA in a circular scheduled for Fall 2013.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKqGf90yHqi4gjV0tozH36FQTnkfy6vgLQa8RlcovesaWu5laSULz0SSpz_pGPVzhrOOMqNsBv9M1zSHazQepf4KN5cAz_i-o37MjOmUh396D5eRN-TY5g0Xj6UqQE-EADCOHkWRpAccmOYff4Se6VdPdA8YgMqNDZVxeJtusfwRSi49aUBph_GxSGzEH8qVRZjX61KAsr_GQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIT41ninjc8TeNg0uzoQLI4Z6LckAoqBO9J0Fn2f3IyoIeCp4-eXPS2HwwzZiUPCdUGD4-pT736w7LGlXsBeaxxHOWYAgGmAiQ7qKpL1qby_LDDdQ7AxoWL_HWWzqyZ1gy5KYQSAmPYru-e_5pivg3MEHEeX47Z0eHzE4zpISaeHzjsIonVHr5FGkoOOeYyKU6smrDBoH337bNAMe4XFObo" target="_blank">Young Americans Lead Trend to Less Driving</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Dan Mauney keeps misplacing his car. Mr. Mauney, 42, lives in an apartment tower in this city's Uptown neighborhood, a pedestrian-friendly quarter with new office buildings, sparkling museums and ambitious restaurants.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIT41ninjc8TeNg0uzoQLI4Z6LckAoqBO9J0Fn2f3IyoIeCp4-eXPS2HwwzZiUPCdUGD4-pT736w7LGlXsBeaxxHOWYAgGmAiQ7qKpL1qby_LDDdQ7AxoWL_HWWzqyZ1gy5KYQSAmPYru-e_5pivg3MEHEeX47Z0eHzE4zpISaeHzjsIonVHr5FGkoOOeYyKU6smrDBoH337bNAMe4XFObo" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLwuEbRR6uEgWg49evyzdTB0Dx-qMJ4AVn95102FSf36TAttK1D_k4P2aqrzE1Q9isjg4jhmWjFr-fR1cVyvuPkQeVYgxoRkGCA7C8wxjJmcgzU7DlwE5RSJVHXG6hsUNk13BbLmIzGpmFu3_qQXvWNgRFlI1N7_inumGWp8QZjBRwnN9uvQ5FQWm9K4inYcMA=" target="_blank">Crossrail 2 Consultation Launched</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Global Rail News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Options for Crossrail 2 have been released for public scrutiny, as Transport for London (TfL) and Network Rail announce the start of a consultation into the proposed route.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLwuEbRR6uEgWg49evyzdTB0Dx-qMJ4AVn95102FSf36TAttK1D_k4P2aqrzE1Q9isjg4jhmWjFr-fR1cVyvuPkQeVYgxoRkGCA7C8wxjJmcgzU7DlwE5RSJVHXG6hsUNk13BbLmIzGpmFu3_qQXvWNgRFlI1N7_inumGWp8QZjBRwnN9uvQ5FQWm9K4inYcMA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLG1ykGt4z8pqmXCFZ7IGCCjyrdlkvOB7fC-kuAMvQeM51q-0V7N_n0QwJgRBGyslCOfGxMCEB-etXqGDuz7k_tKKJco9xbdprWKkfb35PBTCDn1DFKfk_lqUWpB65C0gH4XSl3mSfKOhsm9LYtF-l5Mz7f8FcZ1xGFsnv_BGTHKVdgYRXwoilGqEqtm8bcKKM=" target="_blank">Will Minnesota DFL Miss the Bus on Transit Funding?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Twin Cities Sidewalks</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As anyone who rides the Twin Cities' transit system knows, you don't dawdle on your way to the bus stop. You don't tie your shoes slowly, shuffle your feet, or lollygag with old friends because if you miss that bus, there might not be another one for a long time.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLG1ykGt4z8pqmXCFZ7IGCCjyrdlkvOB7fC-kuAMvQeM51q-0V7N_n0QwJgRBGyslCOfGxMCEB-etXqGDuz7k_tKKJco9xbdprWKkfb35PBTCDn1DFKfk_lqUWpB65C0gH4XSl3mSfKOhsm9LYtF-l5Mz7f8FcZ1xGFsnv_BGTHKVdgYRXwoilGqEqtm8bcKKM=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLiufXdoehilkEuWjimhjWWLruNGNb_TW0Bs908UoO09QifL5NxtjydkGFYYI84sjmzxiKYf5zhCbSUE-AbkAyRU-45pzmTl3G1YXFO9OBTByMT7raE9Sjxy8BxBN6yRyZ1PtaFud9Z7_P22pRhoCxCJzr1v5n_Zg7ttx_mHI5eVUVTrZQUGrShIcJWYpH79B6UDsrQAE4TRoiMTf0qSZSUqpJ-uCjFm-NXmhljMRC3xw==" target="_blank">MARTA, Streetcar Wait Times</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jarrett Walker</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Last week, I wrote about my frustration with long wait times on MARTA and talked with agency officials who explained the cost of adding more service.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLiufXdoehilkEuWjimhjWWLruNGNb_TW0Bs908UoO09QifL5NxtjydkGFYYI84sjmzxiKYf5zhCbSUE-AbkAyRU-45pzmTl3G1YXFO9OBTByMT7raE9Sjxy8BxBN6yRyZ1PtaFud9Z7_P22pRhoCxCJzr1v5n_Zg7ttx_mHI5eVUVTrZQUGrShIcJWYpH79B6UDsrQAE4TRoiMTf0qSZSUqpJ-uCjFm-NXmhljMRC3xw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLAvWpyLUIn7NOwkWI84nQZSExn79ZnOVfO950St6b7lmHdZIvhVPrbsTdQFBKKBxnnSkzHtHX8hpa6eoYdf6G214gUIYvg5YdWJB6KyzF9B71aw1hRjuwjgNZKNzHAspPQWUFxc26AR-RqjBMSm-fLH5iJk4pPx09wmar01nZHfu63KJxHIuSuqlMHjHiMPTSlslnQVs11xa2GWTvSbQ9ujiyMsawriCmP1RkiOMx3LA==" target="_blank">Millenials Will Drive More with Age, But Less Than Parents</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">At some point over the past few years, a lot of my friends started moving to Silver Spring and Takoma Park and Falls Church.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLAvWpyLUIn7NOwkWI84nQZSExn79ZnOVfO950St6b7lmHdZIvhVPrbsTdQFBKKBxnnSkzHtHX8hpa6eoYdf6G214gUIYvg5YdWJB6KyzF9B71aw1hRjuwjgNZKNzHAspPQWUFxc26AR-RqjBMSm-fLH5iJk4pPx09wmar01nZHfu63KJxHIuSuqlMHjHiMPTSlslnQVs11xa2GWTvSbQ9ujiyMsawriCmP1RkiOMx3LA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsK_xeH6swQjaZJl4wR8wTL82oOh_QfynzuIq9jL05UpRDmPI-aGyqFo49G-KFRB_K47aY5d5erzTIX8DgCqCEhICBvDasnXZt_t53i5-PIglSp1jpJFiKUwVDo30O9ntVFYLBNfwXFz0ERk3wiDGLaiJXmwFf3QaXwGXv3eKh2LKPNOYgVzqbj-mwgvTmaXBPOG7dQk6vvefw==" target="_blank">Austin Could Get 2014 Urban Rail Election</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Impact News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell told members of the Transit Working Group on May 10 that the urban rail plan could be completed in early 2014 and potentially put before voters in a 2014 election.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsK_xeH6swQjaZJl4wR8wTL82oOh_QfynzuIq9jL05UpRDmPI-aGyqFo49G-KFRB_K47aY5d5erzTIX8DgCqCEhICBvDasnXZt_t53i5-PIglSp1jpJFiKUwVDo30O9ntVFYLBNfwXFz0ERk3wiDGLaiJXmwFf3QaXwGXv3eKh2LKPNOYgVzqbj-mwgvTmaXBPOG7dQk6vvefw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJnxWFoYCN6brxyBwxA4bAZKQ8Nf1lcIHqkAH8gySasfTmjlAG4LI6UbzgLDJtyqVIe9lvvwNDFHuX56EiTUFq7gqT6OtSqZy2XC6cHlXUVqdwxnEbCQ3aRZfMz-TegljYfgT8acomAUxwYt-ox2_7B7DOmjYzpPdOqEgwFs9cjFlxDGawjxhA8cDfIyrrD2XUXcavuGscsQNBnBpn-XMUfwA4osgvTPRcfjrpeDKQug2G3dcf495cp" target="_blank">Georgia DOT Commissioner Backs Complete Streets Policy</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Saporta Report</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">State transportation Commissioner Keith Golden says his department is committed to the Complete Streets policy adopted by the board in September.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJnxWFoYCN6brxyBwxA4bAZKQ8Nf1lcIHqkAH8gySasfTmjlAG4LI6UbzgLDJtyqVIe9lvvwNDFHuX56EiTUFq7gqT6OtSqZy2XC6cHlXUVqdwxnEbCQ3aRZfMz-TegljYfgT8acomAUxwYt-ox2_7B7DOmjYzpPdOqEgwFs9cjFlxDGawjxhA8cDfIyrrD2XUXcavuGscsQNBnBpn-XMUfwA4osgvTPRcfjrpeDKQug2G3dcf495cp" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:25:06 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-west-salt-lake-transpo-options-ny-bike-share-rack-resistance-national-household-travel-survey-young-driving-habits-and-aging-impact/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-charlotte-tod-success-st-louis-ballpark-redevelopment-downtown-pittsburgh-building-boom-boston-fenway-redevelopment/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLUp5Ubfn6Xu8vl_uba4uDby0IvCmbxx_gUnifgxBKeShxetd0Ij0llSZ0Aj8vwBN24N4jhKL98Bvw0IDaC3KEWEAmGw8-ISfbM7RVh143AXdn6HHU2ZsHpr_-bELA1kKgeEeiiiV0JJLzSKPjM96C2" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKeKc5QXsQUWwCJOOMIcNPKV1_-wcWCDOmxheinjHCvP4j-yG_RN9QMxROVljZYMhEc8d9ZEY605hqS2wQNRKQEMej-4-YhxeB5EpK6iKBa2xhuuz1GPAsllw0C5bEId6WHd_CS8nu4Cv5Sw37HZ8DK4IycirpZVIg9mVBDgjNTL-Hn0VI5sjPVfWlG6ipyPDTF9x8hGheJqw==" target="_blank">Charlotte Officials Tout South End that Transit Built</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">With construction booming in Charlotte's South End, city leaders <span>on Tuesday</span> called the area a model for the kind of smart growth that transit projects can spur in struggling neighborhoods east, west and north of uptown.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKeKc5QXsQUWwCJOOMIcNPKV1_-wcWCDOmxheinjHCvP4j-yG_RN9QMxROVljZYMhEc8d9ZEY605hqS2wQNRKQEMej-4-YhxeB5EpK6iKBa2xhuuz1GPAsllw0C5bEId6WHd_CS8nu4Cv5Sw37HZ8DK4IycirpZVIg9mVBDgjNTL-Hn0VI5sjPVfWlG6ipyPDTF9x8hGheJqw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsItjWDZaLmIoskqjTIC8g3JO05X3_1bH1PTljayQ7aYCUBfJLblDpi7UBoZdNtymt0fSe_oxMtOZMT_gOWnfB9S0AnGql_dU6HaF3r8jiLyvyNJVEbyzJTVC4Rqy4LStnIltGPwFHpysVLh3liy3Z7RvdHJqNHsBJTzVkSNus66dtOv7fR2T83417xLs-hzWS0HiZBVrRnMwTSO4fmPYZ2-iKH24LhZ0iTJOFCi8tjNqAyVvfAKrXp7" target="_blank">St. Louis' Ballpark Area Development Project</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When the new Busch Stadium opened in 2006, the occasional mudhole along adjacent property symbolized the failure of a planned companion project aimed at revitalizing downtown St. Louis.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsItjWDZaLmIoskqjTIC8g3JO05X3_1bH1PTljayQ7aYCUBfJLblDpi7UBoZdNtymt0fSe_oxMtOZMT_gOWnfB9S0AnGql_dU6HaF3r8jiLyvyNJVEbyzJTVC4Rqy4LStnIltGPwFHpysVLh3liy3Z7RvdHJqNHsBJTzVkSNus66dtOv7fR2T83417xLs-hzWS0HiZBVrRnMwTSO4fmPYZ2-iKH24LhZ0iTJOFCi8tjNqAyVvfAKrXp7" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLAmB2XnwqOYmsBXZJVk_ktnh7esQfzqdSdWgBcbZF7iCkswWQbWvSrPcPq5w-Fi4pnmkH6vOKfdjiXSj2JHjxpGjFj0qmfj3_N8Zr6kw4j4ABKf4TDBJ-HEMso_EWjh3bGZVyhrX53jiRobsxPM98PyzXa5DkyUQKaXrkl7YGTAR_sFu8W2FCX7_aiZtVG1e5S3p4feplYWG05bIgGa-PFqA4yzfn8cQsE2n5p-wWAsYlnILWpw5Wo-YvuWTLYuXT2qgWAFmOOew==" target="_blank">Downtown Pittsburgh Building Boom Shows No Signs of Letting Up</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Pittsburgh Post Gazette</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The development boom in the city center is showing no signs of abating. Whether it's in urban living, where three-quarters of the residents are relative newcomers, or light-rail transit usage</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLAmB2XnwqOYmsBXZJVk_ktnh7esQfzqdSdWgBcbZF7iCkswWQbWvSrPcPq5w-Fi4pnmkH6vOKfdjiXSj2JHjxpGjFj0qmfj3_N8Zr6kw4j4ABKf4TDBJ-HEMso_EWjh3bGZVyhrX53jiRobsxPM98PyzXa5DkyUQKaXrkl7YGTAR_sFu8W2FCX7_aiZtVG1e5S3p4feplYWG05bIgGa-PFqA4yzfn8cQsE2n5p-wWAsYlnILWpw5Wo-YvuWTLYuXT2qgWAFmOOew==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIE26oEvcSyhzwSYxUOjo5dj0oUUZQcsXePko75ZuhxRS0jwqncGUAcus1hkLlvd8j6rbVLr2nzqSmyY1bOzI0vSEdAG9w7QBQMeGNyzC8ao5d7uZdLiY6duWdhk9_ebpUOaxbIL5Pgs3klH4RFX7PQGbfrEoFzIhPouIyNBViASiHa0rWXeepthpgeISeaJ4KAeDJxWJNxdYkB5DPKWL6GER_nKf6dh0UZLO8pVS1CrchvUnCaPevi" target="_blank">Transit Line Gets Hercules Thinking About Density, Growth</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Contra Costa Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A proposal to extend BART north to Hercules is challenging this city to re-examine how it wants to evolve from an automobile-dependent suburb into its New Urbanist, pedestrian- and transit-friendly vision.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIE26oEvcSyhzwSYxUOjo5dj0oUUZQcsXePko75ZuhxRS0jwqncGUAcus1hkLlvd8j6rbVLr2nzqSmyY1bOzI0vSEdAG9w7QBQMeGNyzC8ao5d7uZdLiY6duWdhk9_ebpUOaxbIL5Pgs3klH4RFX7PQGbfrEoFzIhPouIyNBViASiHa0rWXeepthpgeISeaJ4KAeDJxWJNxdYkB5DPKWL6GER_nKf6dh0UZLO8pVS1CrchvUnCaPevi" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLMwI1LHVN0YnBJn5C2_jKM8r-jBY2t8h9wCR_COy1VloMJwIMOlqsvtS2JtDCF1Y9B2LPZi463drmgoY0SXNELzSIMepvqoFCIR3vJ2vIbw-UKmwd-UImgErUyHjQVWPnA6qO3cJanXwQEemjIf8KNqR11F_RF5kwE4CNW8wc5m6LBe9uz24snmkpjAjhQA6bCaeiMt2lj3-C_7gvuqrDFO3I9IAvA5go=" target="_blank">Deal Clears Way for Fenway Area Redevelopment in Boston</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Boston Globe</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Governor Deval Patrick's administration has struck a deal to allow construction of Fenway Center, a $500 million mega-development in Boston that would transform scrubby parking lots near the storied ballpark into a bustling complex of homes, stores, offices, and parking.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLMwI1LHVN0YnBJn5C2_jKM8r-jBY2t8h9wCR_COy1VloMJwIMOlqsvtS2JtDCF1Y9B2LPZi463drmgoY0SXNELzSIMepvqoFCIR3vJ2vIbw-UKmwd-UImgErUyHjQVWPnA6qO3cJanXwQEemjIf8KNqR11F_RF5kwE4CNW8wc5m6LBe9uz24snmkpjAjhQA6bCaeiMt2lj3-C_7gvuqrDFO3I9IAvA5go=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLrnMKGJuIk6EGWxAC_iiiuW4-UL4VLgPOpvlFLolmC_RUiZ74dkBn716hhvWW5rU3DfEcrRIQNbtp7mQH9aG4L4LBd_rG1JX2EX1NxtDsg24BPKhAo_6fgTRpaXKBz6BMfFuFc4x97V8RKmqpGby1hjZszdygcmFG3RNIFaakzyg==" target="_blank">Planning Department Growing Pains Provide Fodder for Critics</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Omaha World Herald</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The gleaming building near 10th and Worthington Streets stands in contrast to its turn-of-the-century neighbors in the Dahlman area.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLrnMKGJuIk6EGWxAC_iiiuW4-UL4VLgPOpvlFLolmC_RUiZ74dkBn716hhvWW5rU3DfEcrRIQNbtp7mQH9aG4L4LBd_rG1JX2EX1NxtDsg24BPKhAo_6fgTRpaXKBz6BMfFuFc4x97V8RKmqpGby1hjZszdygcmFG3RNIFaakzyg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLEANEn7BnCwqX78QAcjIY30nOqwdCE-OB44a3_ujuOCatf2ocaQ-D_4v0zd5TgwHjxSsYHHNU6KXoh4M2W96HnkUaGhO4XhikNtoaJRTw_9LE8F1XGkLsH58_wVqufDOXmr2-GHyEQFZz-1xF3GTJ_gVoii2EuAw2_o5zfLdJqBQ==" target="_blank">Task Force To Study Whether To Let D.C. Buildings Grow Taller</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>WAMU, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIJuIHjbDS53Hf9TDz-DIZcaFIwCmPm6QPhNRPrE2H5MFAH041CCvPK97BlYycLv-vVDQkbvXo156sMHiERTOyE1sM3w4uPlDXsjpS5fOtsgh_b-UAxGXZK" target="_blank">@HTinWDC</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Depending on who you ask, Washington, D.C.'s squat skyline is either iconic or a missed opportunity. That's a question that a new task force of D.C. and federal officials has started exploring.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLEANEn7BnCwqX78QAcjIY30nOqwdCE-OB44a3_ujuOCatf2ocaQ-D_4v0zd5TgwHjxSsYHHNU6KXoh4M2W96HnkUaGhO4XhikNtoaJRTw_9LE8F1XGkLsH58_wVqufDOXmr2-GHyEQFZz-1xF3GTJ_gVoii2EuAw2_o5zfLdJqBQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLjy8dZXh9-fbHxSu92_itDdMocfyWHw6kAbh9d12ft0hmRdTSt967Al2fEP71T-7QdJfnxsM9_0wAsjMMbZGT_q60YdkdIWQ1bwWkAN1725uu0oRhD7H2Ff6Jsb7YRBaJGnjFwLw7_UEBlyCCMik-fpeAImTbujY_jj4OT-EpUhJZnfHx-7Ss6pzF5EKJL0Co_LjjoJlb4NjLOS-zdVTl4" target="_blank">Do American Households Really Prefer "Sprawl" Development?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Bacon's Rebellion</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The United States appears to be experiencing another building boom - it's amazing what 3% mortgage rates will do - and urban geographer Joel Kotkin is crowing that most of that growth is occurring in the low-density, suburban fringe of America's metropolitan regions.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLjy8dZXh9-fbHxSu92_itDdMocfyWHw6kAbh9d12ft0hmRdTSt967Al2fEP71T-7QdJfnxsM9_0wAsjMMbZGT_q60YdkdIWQ1bwWkAN1725uu0oRhD7H2Ff6Jsb7YRBaJGnjFwLw7_UEBlyCCMik-fpeAImTbujY_jj4OT-EpUhJZnfHx-7Ss6pzF5EKJL0Co_LjjoJlb4NjLOS-zdVTl4" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJD6Uck-5IZg483zMZSxzJzECdnBZie14q9GtWb6aADpO0feGCBg0bQAtqomILbSiFZGdg27t5w6tfjC43LassZ2ZZ1cXRw9nDF6fuwyFcHk1gMctdxELv031edKVV_7_RDS5ZqoAjS0FuEL2FzEFHhe4HnCoZlLX0fSTXucIFEvKWocHeNUhpzK-_HOURX0sP6pAa5hJPkuw==" target="_blank">Charlotte's South End Has Benefitted From Transit</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>WCNC</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span>On Tuesday</span> Charlotte City leaders toured the historic South End by bus to see how investments in transportation have spurred progress.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJD6Uck-5IZg483zMZSxzJzECdnBZie14q9GtWb6aADpO0feGCBg0bQAtqomILbSiFZGdg27t5w6tfjC43LassZ2ZZ1cXRw9nDF6fuwyFcHk1gMctdxELv031edKVV_7_RDS5ZqoAjS0FuEL2FzEFHhe4HnCoZlLX0fSTXucIFEvKWocHeNUhpzK-_HOURX0sP6pAa5hJPkuw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:13:22 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-charlotte-tod-success-st-louis-ballpark-redevelopment-downtown-pittsburgh-building-boom-boston-fenway-redevelopment/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-mapping-social-hot-spots-culture-shock-and-sf-tech-enclaves-chief-resilience-officer-la-finds-42-6-million-accounting-error/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsI0An0h1OwDnpQlgBMCnwCp8X_QtLxp-zTqkbadIHFKEUb9gMpLMbwkAb6_XzoAfhZEk84g_3EmbNZ7xI24KP54SMld4MZepcqoXcJAr7yp1iJWWKyl-9lsvSZme9ljZWm6bBNaSJHxDF_EapFLHnzg" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIHTHVxXxRs7GPK89Vg4-SGyFYIINveUirIUZbdkp8vJfqPnYUvHtxVK6b3cGE4iihO0HYANmY6UWGBigNf7MGO_-0SbVyJzWspHMSsEfFBOACOiwRODDr4yQzb7OrcTBiF2hhcjqHRW9npkNmpVqCnzK_691I8jgkO7oIhTkw9XUL-upNlS0FU-RSZxZS3952hcfCRKnE8FnIYizUdLDkI81T-AJiHjP9VLBxtf9jfW8JPoe7jgMC8" target="_blank">Tampa Teams Up with Researchers to Map Social Hot Spots</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Tampa Bay Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Lines on a map are one thing. But maybe real-time data on where people shop, eat and hang out can reveal more about the life of the city.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIHTHVxXxRs7GPK89Vg4-SGyFYIINveUirIUZbdkp8vJfqPnYUvHtxVK6b3cGE4iihO0HYANmY6UWGBigNf7MGO_-0SbVyJzWspHMSsEfFBOACOiwRODDr4yQzb7OrcTBiF2hhcjqHRW9npkNmpVqCnzK_691I8jgkO7oIhTkw9XUL-upNlS0FU-RSZxZS3952hcfCRKnE8FnIYizUdLDkI81T-AJiHjP9VLBxtf9jfW8JPoe7jgMC8" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJjLShE69BEccXl12dMzFdIjGawaxro6zhXdDf7PMhtwQ4af_6VKw8Nk-ejwnIbEeNEpWvSSwAMuq5hoLPzAZP0Vxg3D3uH36MwC_ftO5j1A928M_GD9Adk6gLokFdjj2sASSy0dvJ66xl4L4HQI45cNclDH5QU18ee9_vDwmVfZSSFGuffl8GPunt9vlxeZsH207L4h4bceqDiFsXQonN4RdAxh1ObEtA=" target="_blank">Culture Shock and San Francisco's Tech Enclaves</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Programming is Terrible, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJW1sAX6K0ejwaKv1yK-hF4qZmYyoBgd_7VMCB88EFnSyHNt6zeGFbL6jEh1KqATrCM6Lx843_OOhSh_xAk9NijCBbTuAm43-MdD3yHITwZN8xK95ozTD3J1uWpV1A67ks=" target="_blank">@andybosselman</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I'm quite lucky. In March I took the time to take a genuine break from my real life, and escape to San Francisco to celebrate my thirtieth orbit around the sun.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJjLShE69BEccXl12dMzFdIjGawaxro6zhXdDf7PMhtwQ4af_6VKw8Nk-ejwnIbEeNEpWvSSwAMuq5hoLPzAZP0Vxg3D3uH36MwC_ftO5j1A928M_GD9Adk6gLokFdjj2sASSy0dvJ66xl4L4HQI45cNclDH5QU18ee9_vDwmVfZSSFGuffl8GPunt9vlxeZsH207L4h4bceqDiFsXQonN4RdAxh1ObEtA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJ8AfayT1yY13sSR6uI376z9Kiry4nC6nO3Jsya4OUn6xhmiDbZzdJX-UBrNZvMRmDTo6hrjMcyQdIVwlZSSGLcom0lKqlyxlPZyFoSjiqi76yyyiFDwgz7JTGhVklYpRnN9xKWqnxflEEHjxXxjs8KxESPORJ7iN-SUGsDKvNKYwUUmDEFaK0lNSvjwqBMiSO-wNzbMjO8Tw==" target="_blank">Why It's Hard to Kill Redevelopment in San Diego</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Voice of San Diego, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsILNIActExubTrB3WgrPaENQguXdGukgRX5qRQSHAyPHJU5TGF_OetlOay6Bm9Mfv_8vMnlMIWWUKcKw1f9e8x8rgvC4HqZu7-5j4yUdcXxsH9efm6_oBMS" target="_blank">@otiswhite</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Statewide, redevelopment is still dead. But the San Diego version that rose from its ashes, Civic San Diego, has been taking some baby steps toward what leaders hope is its future as a local reincarnate of the program that subsidized development projects to improve urban neighborhoods.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJ8AfayT1yY13sSR6uI376z9Kiry4nC6nO3Jsya4OUn6xhmiDbZzdJX-UBrNZvMRmDTo6hrjMcyQdIVwlZSSGLcom0lKqlyxlPZyFoSjiqi76yyyiFDwgz7JTGhVklYpRnN9xKWqnxflEEHjxXxjs8KxESPORJ7iN-SUGsDKvNKYwUUmDEFaK0lNSvjwqBMiSO-wNzbMjO8Tw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLbqrSL1YR6LQkWcin5PemOxoey2aOm6Nw5YIgJrEYAS0lcFDqcKHFAESkU6k3DbyyBwLZxgzy_wbzw6eyHIFV6zlEgDQQi0-rW-PXqrPAdKu5vMtdDUXYVKAvTMLdwLC-DDThd5TpRxplWN4Dp4svn5FLXhrKBUY_QZvgHEd6yORTijNcN01dbsokf4CLn1PfKN6Xticy3gRX3tbG-UB3P6orbItCXe_k=" target="_blank">Establishing 'Chief Resilience Officer' in 100 Cities Worldwide</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Rockefeller Foundation today launched a $100 million competition to make 100 cities worldwide more resilient to natural disasters.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLbqrSL1YR6LQkWcin5PemOxoey2aOm6Nw5YIgJrEYAS0lcFDqcKHFAESkU6k3DbyyBwLZxgzy_wbzw6eyHIFV6zlEgDQQi0-rW-PXqrPAdKu5vMtdDUXYVKAvTMLdwLC-DDThd5TpRxplWN4Dp4svn5FLXhrKBUY_QZvgHEd6yORTijNcN01dbsokf4CLn1PfKN6Xticy3gRX3tbG-UB3P6orbItCXe_k=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIQ9RgiqD2-qBkw4gOViA8SHeecpNY67_YdnmHRB1ebN5AnjWSEb36Q4tS9yzkcbLJDWFIawbkxa7fYNTJGDo29EwnG8NdVKKfBU31nHyYCa_MD2tbEQVGl0soQe0TgPXQt9fBNZVH_4O8nbkOuh1q8cXntHPYqhQgzXXkPwaQ2UpeH4BklVPUXvlGUdivhXwx3n5a2nh5_zguP8zH1Bm_o" target="_blank">Los Angeles Finds $42.6 Million in Accounting Error</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">During years of cuts to basic services, Los Angeles city officials say, nearly $43 million piled up unnoticed in a Department of Transportation fund because of an accounting error.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsIQ9RgiqD2-qBkw4gOViA8SHeecpNY67_YdnmHRB1ebN5AnjWSEb36Q4tS9yzkcbLJDWFIawbkxa7fYNTJGDo29EwnG8NdVKKfBU31nHyYCa_MD2tbEQVGl0soQe0TgPXQt9fBNZVH_4O8nbkOuh1q8cXntHPYqhQgzXXkPwaQ2UpeH4BklVPUXvlGUdivhXwx3n5a2nh5_zguP8zH1Bm_o" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:06:11 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-mapping-social-hot-spots-culture-shock-and-sf-tech-enclaves-chief-resilience-officer-la-finds-42-6-million-accounting-error/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-building-a-national-cdfi-to-scale-healthy-food-financing-bee-deaths-may-have-reached-a-crisis-point-for-crops/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLnFbodaV_AQvUQJkgyqhP3BUkR22YoiQ5VXfo-6ZWM4J0pov_wAirmx7BtYRyzTMYnSL9AXV9I6aYFDoKcT1U-UEf9XNKf_ttUZLfxoggu8cyqLE1SzaEIYRO8SLelcdm3c59BZGz1hIysPqmxG6m6" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKfvDxprv5qTt6tHQ-to-9xOt0r1kgPGREUaPqD906BIgh981RDSODYxEuABjGDRkVKTfh0aTH8-Z3e6fTipMr66L1qR5ZSbXcvyAfbKNmb58DcPEAiV6Gl5wQ_LhQF_F7IFZp4ttorxA==" target="_blank">Building A National CDFI to Scale Healthy Food Financing</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Living Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Many Americans do not have proper access to the tools they need to live healthy lives. In fact:</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsKfvDxprv5qTt6tHQ-to-9xOt0r1kgPGREUaPqD906BIgh981RDSODYxEuABjGDRkVKTfh0aTH8-Z3e6fTipMr66L1qR5ZSbXcvyAfbKNmb58DcPEAiV6Gl5wQ_LhQF_F7IFZp4ttorxA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsI13TexHchgC-o-QaeaPlHZxzTjJTaxL8sLJzxf833bHHffcSLa3BZuFoQ5SpRe0gLRcguoKikM6MiHOcmfeJ9qXGN0hn35FPu7vuTlUJAAPOcBdsdGhBO-pK3UGwdRsSlftjvHq4UAMg==" target="_blank">Sub-Saharan Africa's Cultural Landscapes Not Known by West</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>American Dirt</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">According to Professor Ikem Stanley Okoye, University of Delaware, "there has been no scholarly work that explores African landscapes that doesn't somehow implicate the Europeans.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsI13TexHchgC-o-QaeaPlHZxzTjJTaxL8sLJzxf833bHHffcSLa3BZuFoQ5SpRe0gLRcguoKikM6MiHOcmfeJ9qXGN0hn35FPu7vuTlUJAAPOcBdsdGhBO-pK3UGwdRsSlftjvHq4UAMg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJrHz9rdIje3nV4edGjpQd_po-kn6MXWaynUZUPoZSc4RU4cfNIcI3woDuhW2tXD7F29NUIvlYdHBaA6YVWV-VLm3NVy4VCx8hyucW_DKZSVGnuszyATQvQ6NRMkeVW_bCAgBpHbK0p14CKDW0c19rXoRvDd_8-3tjN-vmm1d5s0bFvb1SKLJYrTl51cs2k4AtdNU1Opz7ahOo9ZcSqxaIBRk-IWJt0uF6GdkuYOySJ3w==" target="_blank">Bee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>NPR</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">According to a of America's beekeepers, almost a third of the country's honeybee colonies did not make it through the winter.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJrHz9rdIje3nV4edGjpQd_po-kn6MXWaynUZUPoZSc4RU4cfNIcI3woDuhW2tXD7F29NUIvlYdHBaA6YVWV-VLm3NVy4VCx8hyucW_DKZSVGnuszyATQvQ6NRMkeVW_bCAgBpHbK0p14CKDW0c19rXoRvDd_8-3tjN-vmm1d5s0bFvb1SKLJYrTl51cs2k4AtdNU1Opz7ahOo9ZcSqxaIBRk-IWJt0uF6GdkuYOySJ3w==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 15 May 2013 12:01:35 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-building-a-national-cdfi-to-scale-healthy-food-financing-bee-deaths-may-have-reached-a-crisis-point-for-crops/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-time-for-city-planners-to-adapt-a-new-model-why-suburbs-are-not-triumphant-over-cities/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJW_0viia4I6LfExACCRyYl-Wd2DGDcb6eL-wQ2md4-EWXmzFvVEYmpNLQ-bQQtCHfJKGUiJXmRW8wuiu7emC8KXJDSRbisKUM5dWt_hsTMIAs_YYiPsEMxJW3tQR3O7SwguJquWhFjFdVuFlW3SvkO" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJMu-EXz4c4DSI9ws81vo_GUvs8EdIWYUHqiJ5oiM2RD8-u3CHWxKUWDSd8aw5TyGyqLewwk5rvbGm1IMfJDGBhhkr0Y99fx1OBgdyysPIJ4CgpQDqP6KNPu68Dy908BCxNiw4QHEBEIfWbuHvGSXTf6a_IzUKDi48x2e4cw3FL5ul_IL0nUlKrl54qquHCXBRpfCWowG9BMo1L51gLOy1-o_O9GM9bEb0=" target="_blank">Time For City Planners To Adapt A New Model</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Forbes</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I recently had my students study and dissect the plans for five cities, including the historic plans for one. In all, ten plans. These are the documents that cities routinely hire consultants to write, often compelled to do so by state statute.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsJMu-EXz4c4DSI9ws81vo_GUvs8EdIWYUHqiJ5oiM2RD8-u3CHWxKUWDSd8aw5TyGyqLewwk5rvbGm1IMfJDGBhhkr0Y99fx1OBgdyysPIJ4CgpQDqP6KNPu68Dy908BCxNiw4QHEBEIfWbuHvGSXTf6a_IzUKDi48x2e4cw3FL5ul_IL0nUlKrl54qquHCXBRpfCWowG9BMo1L51gLOy1-o_O9GM9bEb0=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLhIYTEpdVyc7kmvh1ebRflJjgrIy4IsNWguiMKdiqGzZOiQsnp80HaZ16KcQQFBDMCHMrgZr1ExL0be82EMKk6egrwNfKPJrlD06LHSv8nDHGNPDMmkBm3khi-yxC0KwfTXYofKebudopMz7JICoiaea69fYv4WdgLo7jFztI011ILuLp6fLuin-ihx-0j7xFjAAYxHVB-rbwXKdWd1mQSCly1EdZYZWuP1URGd8un7w==" target="_blank">Why the "Suburbs" are Not Triumphant Over Cities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Stockton City Limits</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Someone once said that if you don't have critics, you're not doing something worthwhile. Lucky for me, there are plenty of skeptics who disagree with the new urbanist concepts I espouse here weekly at SCL.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0016R85peUBPsLhIYTEpdVyc7kmvh1ebRflJjgrIy4IsNWguiMKdiqGzZOiQsnp80HaZ16KcQQFBDMCHMrgZr1ExL0be82EMKk6egrwNfKPJrlD06LHSv8nDHGNPDMmkBm3khi-yxC0KwfTXYofKebudopMz7JICoiaea69fYv4WdgLo7jFztI011ILuLp6fLuin-ihx-0j7xFjAAYxHVB-rbwXKdWd1mQSCly1EdZYZWuP1URGd8un7w==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 15 May 2013 11:57:20 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-time-for-city-planners-to-adapt-a-new-model-why-suburbs-are-not-triumphant-over-cities/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-93/ <p>"Because the city no longer has room to annex new areas, ...the streetcar can bolster the tax base in older, less affluent neighborhoods. We will be a growing community or a dying community"  <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpSIeQYmquSwBdSL92eYZQa_jIrxM1uVxkBuLiGf08R2iGCq4ThRp8obK3D99VmLISBoUijt_eUIUUJjQWCPppwnz0Kf7ImnKXbzH1wOqks-cqKx9FD_e5PGggAMuf27nbQeZcuj9IyUbc2-x4foxLw9W1cZc_cptHlVxHaMRk8kgSrCCj_43BA1lSV9V7mZ8Lbd-gczO1bqw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Tue, 14 May 2013 13:47:32 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-93/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-newport-va-ppp-deal-blocked-micro-managing-indianapolis-transit-plan-charlotte-streetcar-gains-support-atlanta-streetcar-costs-grow/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrlzDkS2cgSy_tRbb9tKnSws_lYYSTygzDye61Nii1C-AHcjFHfKx-t0f4uCHvoW4ZFTTrDNNDjcR_c3_m1KMWeGSm4NePBAJSyutiNaEfE7w9kj-OD1zBl_oPShAMP8uer8XvUumDwso15rZ3O2Lcm" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpjb83dF-OYKFxO89lxnK9WnYKyMZWFWPqG1eqPr2La3pTMpSe6WoT7qJW7seWgRuUCg3igCepEMUL2WS1DIpzOZuEtvgKcY2Co5oBy08niaxuVSshXSOq-2UAuHl-cb3VYEDJi_lYa4RkEfEXt64suKce083D71OdSsQADcoyYUry7_WH9rSn27doCnwEdCAY-3ELngFVxWsI_wtCgXYBY" target="_blank">Bottineau Light Rail Not Quite a Done Deal</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Minnesota Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Metropolitan Council the other day approved the 13-mile Bottineau Transitway between Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpjb83dF-OYKFxO89lxnK9WnYKyMZWFWPqG1eqPr2La3pTMpSe6WoT7qJW7seWgRuUCg3igCepEMUL2WS1DIpzOZuEtvgKcY2Co5oBy08niaxuVSshXSOq-2UAuHl-cb3VYEDJi_lYa4RkEfEXt64suKce083D71OdSsQADcoyYUry7_WH9rSn27doCnwEdCAY-3ELngFVxWsI_wtCgXYBY" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpKR1drj8nyBuG28rU_nMvOjZ6bFHCeglqYTAHFW554c3POQrP7ZL93nvPh28rHsdQDZzpksC0FKvwGn1yZtOCewhN-GWv8fNS9CVFfOGhvZxji0d4zgHmzAh-fVXBOoEvCGNzxmZUheALXnJ8mSFHMNKhBXIo_8-O195j5a634HU3OJ1i1PceIZE8agIY55XM=" target="_blank">Judge Slams PPP Deal in Newport VA</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>National Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A weird thing happened a few weeks ago that I would never have noticed had I not been putting the final touches on a feature story for National Journal magazine on public-private partnerships. (See this week's issue for that story.)</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpKR1drj8nyBuG28rU_nMvOjZ6bFHCeglqYTAHFW554c3POQrP7ZL93nvPh28rHsdQDZzpksC0FKvwGn1yZtOCewhN-GWv8fNS9CVFfOGhvZxji0d4zgHmzAh-fVXBOoEvCGNzxmZUheALXnJ8mSFHMNKhBXIo_8-O195j5a634HU3OJ1i1PceIZE8agIY55XM=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpt4jvZF_PJ7IvmJdQNXqk1x7PMacYPaTkdoDVe1lg1r7HRdEaE3FRhN_sEbcZ93irCTaKtOex1oZF_B1JzZ_Ax_iA4PoZmoUt54kc84SCr6jeLIIQ3uTOnP5LPcy88bqXTE9MZ2Oh6EL8riGbmArVZoVXUkVpJg5RlYNKozvuS_L0S8Wz2ow0_yYDO_G3KuQEhVU7TpjaK_w==" target="_blank">Empty UTA Garages Wise Investments?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">On a recent weekday just before <span>5 p.m.</span> - when you'd expect them to be most crowded before homeward-bound commuters start arriving - two large garages at the Jordan Valley TRAX station sit mostly empty.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpt4jvZF_PJ7IvmJdQNXqk1x7PMacYPaTkdoDVe1lg1r7HRdEaE3FRhN_sEbcZ93irCTaKtOex1oZF_B1JzZ_Ax_iA4PoZmoUt54kc84SCr6jeLIIQ3uTOnP5LPcy88bqXTE9MZ2Oh6EL8riGbmArVZoVXUkVpJg5RlYNKozvuS_L0S8Wz2ow0_yYDO_G3KuQEhVU7TpjaK_w==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpisyxOFbFYUIpF43VYhmsuYi2lCIx4jUFbc2ukaQbf-xZ4zMPMndGfsojFx2F9m70qZvxBiidsSt-Il18Sa-4JCaxb5-q9fMfHPVrpj5TBOrWpXpWPn-V3vpaeXdDUDRGK7tcPkDIYeO6VhfshZsEkSi_WZ7aejAI-_qAq2M5ibT1JqIHeLx1oXGhsPqF3ey5NfuCW2pOMc6wOYVDk_F0sI_v0X0_ngJPhCNelOEjdWo4-OI9GcRe6Nu0GKN3QICG8AdUVKLT7IqbF-IWvWSgLdY74Vq0heuM=" target="_blank">Indianapolis Transit Plan Getting Close to Micro Management</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Indianapolis Star</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">It has been a month since the Indiana Senate decided to send a bill to expand mass transit in Marion and Hamilton counties to a summer study committee.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpisyxOFbFYUIpF43VYhmsuYi2lCIx4jUFbc2ukaQbf-xZ4zMPMndGfsojFx2F9m70qZvxBiidsSt-Il18Sa-4JCaxb5-q9fMfHPVrpj5TBOrWpXpWPn-V3vpaeXdDUDRGK7tcPkDIYeO6VhfshZsEkSi_WZ7aejAI-_qAq2M5ibT1JqIHeLx1oXGhsPqF3ey5NfuCW2pOMc6wOYVDk_F0sI_v0X0_ngJPhCNelOEjdWo4-OI9GcRe6Nu0GKN3QICG8AdUVKLT7IqbF-IWvWSgLdY74Vq0heuM=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpSIeQYmquSwBdSL92eYZQa_jIrxM1uVxkBuLiGf08R2iGCq4ThRp8obK3D99VmLISBoUijt_eUIUUJjQWCPppwnz0Kf7ImnKXbzH1wOqks-cqKx9FD_e5PGggAMuf27nbQeZcuj9IyUbc2-x4foxLw9W1cZc_cptHlVxHaMRk8kgSrCCj_43BA1lSV9V7mZ8Lbd-gczO1bqw==" target="_blank">Charlotte's Streetcar Gets City Manager's Support</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Charlotte's controversial streetcar extension appears to have a good chance of being approved after new City Manager Ron Carlee said <span>Monday</span> the city could pay for it without a property tax increase.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpSIeQYmquSwBdSL92eYZQa_jIrxM1uVxkBuLiGf08R2iGCq4ThRp8obK3D99VmLISBoUijt_eUIUUJjQWCPppwnz0Kf7ImnKXbzH1wOqks-cqKx9FD_e5PGggAMuf27nbQeZcuj9IyUbc2-x4foxLw9W1cZc_cptHlVxHaMRk8kgSrCCj_43BA1lSV9V7mZ8Lbd-gczO1bqw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrZzvR8Vu736UUvFDk8-8Sr6_tKRrwHU9SB8SsH1MCsP-Ih2BkUb_Nw8dgoCyvQ7xOCiA4Wfib5Ua3YgcGX_UsAcf3ZYk6paVwU88py5Hpt7DrCLp8CrS480yA56-RG-cP2vNeKO9_pZROWMRe_v6p2jAXJVZcSYnqNeYCZVd1Mw_KND4mraL8Bf9zM1A45m2w=" target="_blank">Atlanta Streetcar Grows More Costly</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Atlanta Journal Constitution</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The MARTA Board of Directors <span>on Monday</span> authorized spending nearly an extra $7 million to build the Atlanta Streetcar.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrZzvR8Vu736UUvFDk8-8Sr6_tKRrwHU9SB8SsH1MCsP-Ih2BkUb_Nw8dgoCyvQ7xOCiA4Wfib5Ua3YgcGX_UsAcf3ZYk6paVwU88py5Hpt7DrCLp8CrS480yA56-RG-cP2vNeKO9_pZROWMRe_v6p2jAXJVZcSYnqNeYCZVd1Mw_KND4mraL8Bf9zM1A45m2w=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqYyoQwjtlH_eMyJrzkUo8vT-Gs9BU7a98OBd3viTk7qa6wkFYoAiopF6BiakAIFNPABM84dk0otZvE20bLRX32u6n0XazpivyoHh9UR9_x17aSpxV_AaHsjJfUR3xvfqL0p097YAxm7kBxh5sENxxiq7uJ3tB8tCpByJUgvfYFBeJa95XBVNgR5k4dZ8uPW0YTT4g8_uiCJjfFxDfrKV5eOtSxPWg3qxs=" target="_blank">Cyclists Aren't 'Special,' and They Shouldn't Play by Their Own Rules</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The other day, something happened in Chicago that made bicycling a little more boring.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqYyoQwjtlH_eMyJrzkUo8vT-Gs9BU7a98OBd3viTk7qa6wkFYoAiopF6BiakAIFNPABM84dk0otZvE20bLRX32u6n0XazpivyoHh9UR9_x17aSpxV_AaHsjJfUR3xvfqL0p097YAxm7kBxh5sENxxiq7uJ3tB8tCpByJUgvfYFBeJa95XBVNgR5k4dZ8uPW0YTT4g8_uiCJjfFxDfrKV5eOtSxPWg3qxs=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vp4cooaw6DltlL_u4cSrKdnZyi9Xg7XjMK-OIO2Gl6nj8O486INRWptGY57aGi2oZielx-3-aUQ2-shxrO1n5W2jbJoMPrlTw17Zo6RQtBS_Q3rEkEWiXg0qpXwJoCnYNWEGM31TYGJ_uc7FxUfURq1te-YHXf_2Xa65X_EDHKWAK7f2D0FUtdbatCSM0HjMedh8QzuG5hwRLV-md-Zelgd" target="_blank">Cyclists are Special and Do Have their Own Rules</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Sarah Goodyear of the Atlantic has an article for Bike to Work Week entitled "Cyclists Aren't 'Special', and They Shouldn't Play by Their Own Rules."</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vp4cooaw6DltlL_u4cSrKdnZyi9Xg7XjMK-OIO2Gl6nj8O486INRWptGY57aGi2oZielx-3-aUQ2-shxrO1n5W2jbJoMPrlTw17Zo6RQtBS_Q3rEkEWiXg0qpXwJoCnYNWEGM31TYGJ_uc7FxUfURq1te-YHXf_2Xa65X_EDHKWAK7f2D0FUtdbatCSM0HjMedh8QzuG5hwRLV-md-Zelgd" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vraw5SatIA76-KkLpmiL2AyHACtizaG58DxYd4rrK_IUGVsqmLGMtubENmbLn89s5YWS8iKQOvmTfZRs3P-Lrt9tFuIDVdFalNhWlCTHzeZuxqbGMimDSBAbvANjO1jUdi6QtA6pI2USeQu-GpzUbWue3VVPuivahZShaL2-US_S-E9LvghGszR3KaMWJJ-PbNKfbpzK_m_A0m4ky2o8dhMfJ_gHuSAgSSX0c-xFzmIzQ==" target="_blank">Are Electric Cars the Transportation Funding Issue?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Christian Science Monitor, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrok2P_fDygLNRcT2Eezkl1v-Lt6VHnt9m7h_AbzhSJQSryvGzfg8zgg817YpGF9eo1o21wN1tFjqFOaNJoOuNsWqJFZOqXSaWNQT2p8iCvy2FJp0XPKISZ-QrOsi6Qf3fOhTXCtyLUw7jhuNmMUTIQK5Nsic_vii4SUjgYHl7J5w==" target="_blank">DC Streetsblog</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In the face of plummeting gas-tax revenues, both state and Federal, electric cars seem to be emerging as a culprit and a target.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vraw5SatIA76-KkLpmiL2AyHACtizaG58DxYd4rrK_IUGVsqmLGMtubENmbLn89s5YWS8iKQOvmTfZRs3P-Lrt9tFuIDVdFalNhWlCTHzeZuxqbGMimDSBAbvANjO1jUdi6QtA6pI2USeQu-GpzUbWue3VVPuivahZShaL2-US_S-E9LvghGszR3KaMWJJ-PbNKfbpzK_m_A0m4ky2o8dhMfJ_gHuSAgSSX0c-xFzmIzQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpKNZaEzlHc-ObqveZbjwGOe4sKlSAAWRZjmNF3uRCnTVR2kRbFCLGBPNazJpsuRCiBZHtDKUSqxkT8calcLn4S_POFbz2vgto8Dv8LQ0X-HbfdIvHnckxZCjCnhYgBUEiDIhCukqpjsrD0hxb49xPyaqLg5I6JUIjOfRQ7NCcnOERJkBq7tgb8ppE16Dnwy7c=" target="_blank">First of Amtrak's New Locomotives Off the Assembly Line</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Global Rail News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The first Amtrak Cities Sprinter locomotives have left Siemens' Sacramento site ahead of its welcome to the network later this year.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpKNZaEzlHc-ObqveZbjwGOe4sKlSAAWRZjmNF3uRCnTVR2kRbFCLGBPNazJpsuRCiBZHtDKUSqxkT8calcLn4S_POFbz2vgto8Dv8LQ0X-HbfdIvHnckxZCjCnhYgBUEiDIhCukqpjsrD0hxb49xPyaqLg5I6JUIjOfRQ7NCcnOERJkBq7tgb8ppE16Dnwy7c=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 14 May 2013 13:29:44 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-newport-va-ppp-deal-blocked-micro-managing-indianapolis-transit-plan-charlotte-streetcar-gains-support-atlanta-streetcar-costs-grow/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-changing-urban-fish-tank-water-measuring-weighted-density-marin-backyard-cottage-housing-option-repairing-denver-parking-crater/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqX_fo2P5WgbtJDWS4b4dV-CHLBCbQmd8wQA1qcbzOPbL53oi4WQovEirWt_aucmBGj5J2Rom-cILtzW9tkMXCu3F3VotpPkTD8IitxLz0731KiAYFtcL0oRH5yuTnPncuCRsW6FKhkO9uWw6k23UHF" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vryFc_qxDyCihubmWxkSp13QSnff1DWpDSaGM0bRbHmHH_AfK7O3kmI-B_arEs26K8Hqs7bvrhZRxEyg43J4mJVj0dG6WKZi3VyUTUDsYmDdHZVWQaMB06yLBeiO8BPr-8=" target="_blank">Changing the Water in the Fish Tank (Changing Our Surroundings)</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Planetizen, Tim Halbur</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The late David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, apparently gave a commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005 - now circulating as a fully-produced viral video (below).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vryFc_qxDyCihubmWxkSp13QSnff1DWpDSaGM0bRbHmHH_AfK7O3kmI-B_arEs26K8Hqs7bvrhZRxEyg43J4mJVj0dG6WKZi3VyUTUDsYmDdHZVWQaMB06yLBeiO8BPr-8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrrBXdSwFSh0SybrK-m2oVfkpU5fyPp4f6HXiQ_Vh1SOyMwpwWXsHbYtkkf06hhl4PuisHIb1VQRQRU4ToJlTK9n_s-hsZI-TTvLqP85dOPq109B3zrZ0ZC" target="_blank">California Weighted Density Goes Up Overall, Unlike the US</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>California Planning and Development Report</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Well, California's at it again - going in a different direction than the rest of the country. The Census Bureau recently released a new report showed that - by at least one measure - the nation's overall population density dropped by 6% between 2000 and 2010.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrrBXdSwFSh0SybrK-m2oVfkpU5fyPp4f6HXiQ_Vh1SOyMwpwWXsHbYtkkf06hhl4PuisHIb1VQRQRU4ToJlTK9n_s-hsZI-TTvLqP85dOPq109B3zrZ0ZC" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrzbi5wIJOmxD8KsXrR6cpKxIyw4iHHOiJ6cpSLbKgID8oSG71A_w6bv_B_SvT7Ra0RTKoy6oJbU6N8XetoW2zUaRVrYZg6eCu1NwDU3y_qjk0WhdTBDPUCT_qKljUYJ_4cZnOEkNraagcr67BRRCb2PEZaTkS8JWWM8jMH8ztFGMQoosAdB_fiA8Tb7jSLVOFWZLObjkXSkXBjXXmC6FtH" target="_blank">'Backyard Cottage' Could Help Marin Housing Need</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Marin Independent Journal, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqko2pnCMfEgUk6SAjfAIJrht-GlBJ8ibp0uNA_6ZaKN3vj_PEkN30xpjLe-ZV3TZ3ZTSc2F0rHt_rzndc7MRkbFK4ixkouiLC6Hhju_bDFfIPiKWSSMIpqKKsncSMDu8bflOddsNvUfg==" target="_blank">MTC Headlines</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">THE DUSTUP over the regional alphabet agencies' attempts to mandate high-density housing in Marin is due to a philosophical divide.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrzbi5wIJOmxD8KsXrR6cpKxIyw4iHHOiJ6cpSLbKgID8oSG71A_w6bv_B_SvT7Ra0RTKoy6oJbU6N8XetoW2zUaRVrYZg6eCu1NwDU3y_qjk0WhdTBDPUCT_qKljUYJ_4cZnOEkNraagcr67BRRCb2PEZaTkS8JWWM8jMH8ztFGMQoosAdB_fiA8Tb7jSLVOFWZLObjkXSkXBjXXmC6FtH" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrJ8SLFDA_be7kwfeaL-4sp-UX_A3h7JKdwzCLY5M6Q2vQomHyU0xxwb0VRwW4KBgbbAixoiGQO2GGLKhPgoVA3TRXzQz0vGP6_BRFQqbLAppM4NsqyB22DqeqFyhhw4yND90guv_QhrR3A-EXWfL_IoT64-et8ahEzB3hxLfJIfMWMvIZ-9tO3L-uzIqq7Xm3KQwA3Y5L2wA==" target="_blank">How Denver Repaired Its Epic Parking Crater</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The above photo is downtown Denver in 1976. Not pretty is it? But Denver doesn't look like that anymore. And that's no accident.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrJ8SLFDA_be7kwfeaL-4sp-UX_A3h7JKdwzCLY5M6Q2vQomHyU0xxwb0VRwW4KBgbbAixoiGQO2GGLKhPgoVA3TRXzQz0vGP6_BRFQqbLAppM4NsqyB22DqeqFyhhw4yND90guv_QhrR3A-EXWfL_IoT64-et8ahEzB3hxLfJIfMWMvIZ-9tO3L-uzIqq7Xm3KQwA3Y5L2wA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqkmB1mBzjgLcJT6FCgVT6Z6E0wQx-SmGHyYQXf8NmLJUaNHYWfElvgr5lbql85JYjjEoHfpIV_KDOwqle5htzF2ahlML53n3kYeRfbXIMXmjZUwtUN2BB1K48yh7Pyaq9YFTMmQ5jKhRan1VLe9s5DB6OQm3gGAykXvwjUI68a4LUn0LOQYwI_x-mubMHbeEy43QQzscmJFj4-85MYp56uL7v3nNy3rQf-fjTf6NgrfQ==" target="_blank">Parking Madness Champion Tulsa to Limit Surface Parking Downtown</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Just last month, we were shaming Tulsa, Oklahoma, with our "Golden Crater" award for the downtown most riddled with surface parking lots. But today, we applaud the city for taking steps to reverse the plague of excess parking.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqkmB1mBzjgLcJT6FCgVT6Z6E0wQx-SmGHyYQXf8NmLJUaNHYWfElvgr5lbql85JYjjEoHfpIV_KDOwqle5htzF2ahlML53n3kYeRfbXIMXmjZUwtUN2BB1K48yh7Pyaq9YFTMmQ5jKhRan1VLe9s5DB6OQm3gGAykXvwjUI68a4LUn0LOQYwI_x-mubMHbeEy43QQzscmJFj4-85MYp56uL7v3nNy3rQf-fjTf6NgrfQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 14 May 2013 13:05:19 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-changing-urban-fish-tank-water-measuring-weighted-density-marin-backyard-cottage-housing-option-repairing-denver-parking-crater/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-wisconsin-vs-milwaukee-obama-brand-of-regionalism-housing-supply-and-prices-detroit-s-terrible-finances-science-and-lethality-of-loneliness/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpuYUK54Ib1BkDaeqzbmY2405FDwt7dzYtIoGJuQuhiag4SpYu5CjDS6gYOgeFbjd0lhhe1pTvo_idhD_Fchbq4vLjZw4spmvErx8vNKV7L_QnyEk2kgWaCkTERX4J-FZrcczQbs-K4tXQtMkSGDRmu" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqfyRHWlRY1xA37zeHx3nYFS6N6aGQjsv_2u-0TUj5r_f4q0-n9rCPQAz3DXgDzzki-DqH1CLVQKTUiZiWJT3D4RdGELqgoncMcBNnMcMZjhJgxbiGVTWqxoJjsyXs8TjQgKJ6fKC40vsLLo6v3PQUZ_0CrVh4c2wsi39HFTHignohmSwzQVAbYqDkFY_hFciFzp984TGOaWQzwhmcwrp3oLPze_ra3Wl7DCOML9-JkyEEmCdjH-F1X" target="_blank">Is Wisconsin State Legislature at War with Milwaukee?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrSudXgQQHk2XpF00ZZKc4RP7MESx1Ynete_oO-oPAQMPc0_rZGtzQ3bzMDVxKJgg0OUvVlmR40Xn6btG1AdMAu03UBPpVaeP5l8pNNOU5d1oOSvgfQ57ck" target="_blank">@urbanophile</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Even before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the Republican-dominated Legislature's Joint Finance Committee last week, one City Hall partisan was preparing for the worst.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqfyRHWlRY1xA37zeHx3nYFS6N6aGQjsv_2u-0TUj5r_f4q0-n9rCPQAz3DXgDzzki-DqH1CLVQKTUiZiWJT3D4RdGELqgoncMcBNnMcMZjhJgxbiGVTWqxoJjsyXs8TjQgKJ6fKC40vsLLo6v3PQUZ_0CrVh4c2wsi39HFTHignohmSwzQVAbYqDkFY_hFciFzp984TGOaWQzwhmcwrp3oLPze_ra3Wl7DCOML9-JkyEEmCdjH-F1X" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16voLwmXYd_2z0U0gYXWctxqHuE9jdVTBqhWP5h_ntGQYJQmlIWVrXx9wdGjKFZDWbFzsDg3ylDpF9cMCDotLTfH4dJBKzFXYUpY_vmSI0k0LacHyO3bUvlQbpcbOoE-9tBDnp5Z2ERB20dNJn2EVbVAdzzhlT-oFCmU=" target="_blank">Why Gentrification?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New Geography</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The mostly commonly chosen means, or at least attempted means, of revitalizing central cities that have fallen on hard times is gentrification. Gentrification is the process of replacing the poor population of a neighborhood with the affluent and reorienting the district along upscale lines.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16voLwmXYd_2z0U0gYXWctxqHuE9jdVTBqhWP5h_ntGQYJQmlIWVrXx9wdGjKFZDWbFzsDg3ylDpF9cMCDotLTfH4dJBKzFXYUpY_vmSI0k0LacHyO3bUvlQbpcbOoE-9tBDnp5Z2ERB20dNJn2EVbVAdzzhlT-oFCmU=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vro8tBgWVLgqW158jLonrEP5i6sOi3ugYIcPmEkWf1vYlRn0OEaMW9gOVVSAKViggksWcW9uMI4qhnbggMxgkbILKrxRT_IJWnlZV6WIhYqm_gmV-dLb4QF3_Kmxab_BxINsUHGVu2ouqbREl0eKGUx_8B_vsvBTqvVzeZab_llwg==" target="_blank">Urban Ideology in Obama's Brand of Regionalism</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>This Big City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Generally, whether or not presidents are reelected and how they are judged historically depends on their stances on a few key issues. President Obama's reelection was, as he noted, a positive referendum on his health and stimulus bills, and his proposed taxing of the rich.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vro8tBgWVLgqW158jLonrEP5i6sOi3ugYIcPmEkWf1vYlRn0OEaMW9gOVVSAKViggksWcW9uMI4qhnbggMxgkbILKrxRT_IJWnlZV6WIhYqm_gmV-dLb4QF3_Kmxab_BxINsUHGVu2ouqbREl0eKGUx_8B_vsvBTqvVzeZab_llwg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpTzCKs15kHh43yePd9cvQDB7TliW9HVhmRbyC_-EGld-WHojifT1q2pv57ssxcwQAVtc0oVTf-p8nilfqBRxZfvXy8xDPQwwjjpukCDepwBmp1XPbbbHlSIviTUTMU1ZBKGXIGzT-JHlAr3rnLd3HV6D3VGhny0MoLcBJtyMGEijXXGN7Ecxu57yOG1JQRSPk7kJXHkJrou9o0I0LrtbBF" target="_blank">Increased Housing Supply Leads to Lower Prices</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Smart Growth Seattle</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The idea that increasing housing supply-building more housing units of all kinds-has a beneficial impact on housing price is still very controversial in Seattle.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vpTzCKs15kHh43yePd9cvQDB7TliW9HVhmRbyC_-EGld-WHojifT1q2pv57ssxcwQAVtc0oVTf-p8nilfqBRxZfvXy8xDPQwwjjpukCDepwBmp1XPbbbHlSIviTUTMU1ZBKGXIGzT-JHlAr3rnLd3HV6D3VGhny0MoLcBJtyMGEijXXGN7Ecxu57yOG1JQRSPk7kJXHkJrou9o0I0LrtbBF" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrUWUM3JcrmM2f4NcgscGT77bBIXxXMiqi2tg1KmT_Stugwrl7WhFnvVvLW-7Q1mz9zQGhJTsG3U4AIc5o9f8H5sCo2GbJz63-AOGYRPW9Lpp6PYtIp7RSP9fMkHHo3J5qJ4yV7xJZvxNmTfKX4l0NLOLKbtg-9WesmsPjcHC9DkouvejeOdu8--P59civ62BWmGiniD3H2FxEDzdcUdeT8" target="_blank">Detroit's Finances Are Even More Terrible Than We Knew</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, as was expected when Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appointed him in March, has declared the city insolvent and facing even more financial challenges than previously known.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrUWUM3JcrmM2f4NcgscGT77bBIXxXMiqi2tg1KmT_Stugwrl7WhFnvVvLW-7Q1mz9zQGhJTsG3U4AIc5o9f8H5sCo2GbJz63-AOGYRPW9Lpp6PYtIp7RSP9fMkHHo3J5qJ4yV7xJZvxNmTfKX4l0NLOLKbtg-9WesmsPjcHC9DkouvejeOdu8--P59civ62BWmGiniD3H2FxEDzdcUdeT8" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vovHaQhIZsEoXt5IvEdad2-GjupkqIVnZjMcL7ezLLgrNFQswOt7RQJN6rGQFS7D_KRXi16bBtNWCi3FLnczE7AeXe8_0qU4BCYDlnHS7YhveeQA62u4S5fI6U-N1PuVUz1prgapdgZeHPoF2FkS666zIDx5NIisndUQUkv86mYTQ==" target="_blank">Planning for Regional Competitiveness</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>MZ Strategies</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">MZ Strategies, LLC and the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) have released a new report entitled "Planning for Regional Competitiveness." The report, funded by the McKnight Foundation to help inform efforts underway in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vovHaQhIZsEoXt5IvEdad2-GjupkqIVnZjMcL7ezLLgrNFQswOt7RQJN6rGQFS7D_KRXi16bBtNWCi3FLnczE7AeXe8_0qU4BCYDlnHS7YhveeQA62u4S5fI6U-N1PuVUz1prgapdgZeHPoF2FkS666zIDx5NIisndUQUkv86mYTQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vptTDJadA-9v2vWulmf_TckF-R8hhNDPWYAUSwDKzsvA2Of11NHaBJUyyVEg-80cAFX1IoGQjN1GALRiq2lHaaLrJ6mrksJg2rELFrNh78BpkvijthM-iSc6M-Oscd9Jyf6bqFmPZyO0Ojxlvurk_bX7wqtee3bBSjqZooM3ampuJ1udGLXBobyDPQt05rQrY2eUvwZfyOLqg==" target="_blank">Science and Lethality of Loneliness</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The New Republic</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">ometime in the late '50s, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann sat down to write an essay about a subject that had been mostly overlooked by other psychoanalysts up to that point. Even Freud had only touched on it in passing.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vptTDJadA-9v2vWulmf_TckF-R8hhNDPWYAUSwDKzsvA2Of11NHaBJUyyVEg-80cAFX1IoGQjN1GALRiq2lHaaLrJ6mrksJg2rELFrNh78BpkvijthM-iSc6M-Oscd9Jyf6bqFmPZyO0Ojxlvurk_bX7wqtee3bBSjqZooM3ampuJ1udGLXBobyDPQt05rQrY2eUvwZfyOLqg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 14 May 2013 12:47:42 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-wisconsin-vs-milwaukee-obama-brand-of-regionalism-housing-supply-and-prices-detroit-s-terrible-finances-science-and-lethality-of-loneliness/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-sf-trash-incentives-tracking-city-carbon-footprints-climate-imperative-of-santa-monica-tod-love-and-hate-for-marin-county/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vovax1gqDGZtHB4RP3jY1-6gXBSrZB44jc6HH70Vm7uQn6enRpZb3dF1cAfSrzyrvnw15TXvRnI_5WtRBrqBJmgY59L_ogQVlzf5D_ykaTWMaRhhFjNSh8D_Qrpuv8qoC_3UafQO6mA27H91-UfVNhB" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqO6bDTncEly22J6IlRD4uhC9HeSblPRfaK_dXnBqfidzN1CnmbE5Hi0kgEtjrY59pb3bIRMXWWrNnlxZYpi1lwaTYjQpjNOtuboJpqCLiGQ5rOqDYSowkK2dKV6tIhTuZzd1Gl_Wzp3E2K8z-EsOQAfQG-pHee37y9ZkEbqU_mw4SlxAqSjAEt1GqjMwElVsf6IhlKLzMeRAezxXOc32nL7Jydgkyhh1ME8J6TeH6jkB4q9Y02QssF1pxxttQm7C0=" target="_blank">Throw Out Less Trash, Get a Smaller Bill</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>San Francisco Examiner</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Waste bin, recycling bin or compost bin? Elliot Easom never paid close attention to which piece of trash belonged in which bin - black, blue or green - until he became aware of an incentive being offered to his neighborhood.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqO6bDTncEly22J6IlRD4uhC9HeSblPRfaK_dXnBqfidzN1CnmbE5Hi0kgEtjrY59pb3bIRMXWWrNnlxZYpi1lwaTYjQpjNOtuboJpqCLiGQ5rOqDYSowkK2dKV6tIhTuZzd1Gl_Wzp3E2K8z-EsOQAfQG-pHee37y9ZkEbqU_mw4SlxAqSjAEt1GqjMwElVsf6IhlKLzMeRAezxXOc32nL7Jydgkyhh1ME8J6TeH6jkB4q9Y02QssF1pxxttQm7C0=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqIGEOcLWsIscyjsxYFvBGDN2n8xQyHRFe8slhsNlgCdg2LVcMUEJwqUnFraqd_SnBLQ8dQ_4lp4GUUkIlS7cO7EHgDj6LfBtp66SIKJa2bgIrh2WombTw9XDShQTy3xsbW8jKMBInvWtzQZacHxAMXkWGxVfgTiRdvmN3DvaDx-SuQs6YjZw6d4N15jJMcj9E=" target="_blank">Tracking the Carbon Footprint of Cities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Yahoo News, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrrGtxm5y86BMQYNtP9R80NjIv7nGVsPA0tbpX_p4i6GNSiZacSbERWXX4OS8gixdb_WO1uI952s-U9l06K9ohulOPTsZY1JUZvytV0TtR5WYIxhFuhvhZGsYsb3DRjjBuqtZOV8_5lAkkLwwaWWay9j-2II-0BQLHcMSfKjjaU-Ay9TSsKTZFTBzl5-Q5z4EE=" target="_blank">Governing</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqIGEOcLWsIscyjsxYFvBGDN2n8xQyHRFe8slhsNlgCdg2LVcMUEJwqUnFraqd_SnBLQ8dQ_4lp4GUUkIlS7cO7EHgDj6LfBtp66SIKJa2bgIrh2WombTw9XDShQTy3xsbW8jKMBInvWtzQZacHxAMXkWGxVfgTiRdvmN3DvaDx-SuQs6YjZw6d4N15jJMcj9E=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqjsUOvMz9vePNFUJ8Kbp3TtecLXXdV2CTI-M1zzw_1j_MM2JygScclArO0E-EKBu-7ZHLbLIyXEgI-aS-b_zOkmvHE9VE52S2-AFJ--DMyFNUvBecibhf5_Y4XXTFcnV-T4LtF-sHhIffc-G9L8jTsm7IWZ4hU76kf9h44yRSbWG6Btdmn49N3PmqYO5MJWZGxzuLeeCzw8A==" target="_blank">The Coming GOP Civil War on Climate Change</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>National Journal, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrok2P_fDygLNRcT2Eezkl1v-Lt6VHnt9m7h_AbzhSJQSryvGzfg8zgg817YpGF9eo1o21wN1tFjqFOaNJoOuNsWqJFZOqXSaWNQT2p8iCvy2FJp0XPKISZ-QrOsi6Qf3fOhTXCtyLUw7jhuNmMUTIQK5Nsic_vii4SUjgYHl7J5w==" target="_blank">DC Streetsblog</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Kerry Emanuel registered as a Republican as soon he turned 18, in 1973. The aspiring scientist was turned off by what he saw as the Left's blind ideology.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vqjsUOvMz9vePNFUJ8Kbp3TtecLXXdV2CTI-M1zzw_1j_MM2JygScclArO0E-EKBu-7ZHLbLIyXEgI-aS-b_zOkmvHE9VE52S2-AFJ--DMyFNUvBecibhf5_Y4XXTFcnV-T4LtF-sHhIffc-G9L8jTsm7IWZ4hU76kf9h44yRSbWG6Btdmn49N3PmqYO5MJWZGxzuLeeCzw8A==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrV0JnuENLwXdwUCJtgXz7RXd-PiSYueOmNAGjSbXowS7dABV83mZ4x51XsZlFk-K-9B-ak3_VMjPXmbTu0EqJjs6JFpMcBULlvymIYpATLy9F8qW0maXWZkfIhg_kNsUYq3zGS0V8FMyawgMilT4lEWpMoKPdNhmJ4nKCHL62vMLB8lTL7RUFufPBcbRGY-9z13MdK_sxtqA==" target="_blank">The Climate Imperative of TOD in Santa Monica</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>LA Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">One of the sub-rifts I've observed within the debates and backlashes against development in Santa Monica reflects the diverging views within environmentally conscience minds about balancing localized and broader impacts.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrV0JnuENLwXdwUCJtgXz7RXd-PiSYueOmNAGjSbXowS7dABV83mZ4x51XsZlFk-K-9B-ak3_VMjPXmbTu0EqJjs6JFpMcBULlvymIYpATLy9F8qW0maXWZkfIhg_kNsUYq3zGS0V8FMyawgMilT4lEWpMoKPdNhmJ4nKCHL62vMLB8lTL7RUFufPBcbRGY-9z13MdK_sxtqA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrPB35HsAyUOgjAZHCemgdrhHxMuaSdtH7qb3CqSxJWiKvcP4oj8DW5lUDKOKcwwWbNM9Vw9gkBu_W7olvM2-G2rL0FGVz-8bz_R-xaksQa27RApxh8mH5wY-0pv97LyzHL0RymeLuuBXG1uKmVn-4VhDSfR7k9qK1d-8b3rw_XaTpWueEY5GP-eXq5YyXT4KWeyqearF1FYcqK-eJesyw4" target="_blank">Love and Hate for Marin County</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">It was, as Richard Merz tells it, an enlightened mischievousness among the paradise dwellers that brought the water-skiing elephant to Richardson Bay.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001n7P797e16vrPB35HsAyUOgjAZHCemgdrhHxMuaSdtH7qb3CqSxJWiKvcP4oj8DW5lUDKOKcwwWbNM9Vw9gkBu_W7olvM2-G2rL0FGVz-8bz_R-xaksQa27RApxh8mH5wY-0pv97LyzHL0RymeLuuBXG1uKmVn-4VhDSfR7k9qK1d-8b3rw_XaTpWueEY5GP-eXq5YyXT4KWeyqearF1FYcqK-eJesyw4" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 14 May 2013 12:36:28 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-sf-trash-incentives-tracking-city-carbon-footprints-climate-imperative-of-santa-monica-tod-love-and-hate-for-marin-county/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-92/ <p>"There is a new political philosophy emerging in which literally anybody can be an agent of transformation. It's bringing attention to the cumbersome and always-expanding regulatory apparatus of the city." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyZrOR9qAXQW_FpwINgidomqYqmgIT2Ut76tsQ_g1exivJAOOi1Ytz9akMnCc8bY0YitI1c7OW6BayQQFLVEKp9WYsDAwao6qlp8mSYQmqvwlD0GyaOIWXtvDO183qn1u7UXUKJsTxSB2zgqto2FQdbWS-oN-xmZBy_JqQlzrZ7fXpuD-kMDfjhwvLD59HFhJw41AdrZHb152v5MwFBuU_A" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:24 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-92/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-india-s-electric-vehicle-future-financing-infrastructure-essential-zurich-transit-dedicated-lanes-speed-sf-bus-lines/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizSX6UuaC2evy4fCQ1j-tzytZlt-uw37hbm0-TQNierCY5v0HNrHd1c9D8s_lZ8VrqprMGX9fEU1ztCrFOsragDMBn3AMXYr0d-8afWm6XJg2aZkkfUOfBkOyPOky2so8Gh7cIzGWxcaBL7tnIQlqNo" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizDFFlJi7dInqc2u-utxbIa--R407Wb_nSv5hSFeyGo6BFjAK1MrsS4hOzATkTAR0bW6te5zF_M94XuTLi0kkmwPtqOGqJJigjCg6vVAiWKaVlZqsPpuycYDFfd8-QfLCKElAiufvJykI0-r_Eo1g8Nfoh6L2eG4h7g0F4cgTxqnvPiRGO7AIaPnCI-G6YuNex2dcgAhX2F2w==" target="_blank">Future of India Depends on Electric Vehicles</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Business Standard</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Public transport is very crucial for a nation as it provides access to employment, community resources, medical care and recreational opportunities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizDFFlJi7dInqc2u-utxbIa--R407Wb_nSv5hSFeyGo6BFjAK1MrsS4hOzATkTAR0bW6te5zF_M94XuTLi0kkmwPtqOGqJJigjCg6vVAiWKaVlZqsPpuycYDFfd8-QfLCKElAiufvJykI0-r_Eo1g8Nfoh6L2eG4h7g0F4cgTxqnvPiRGO7AIaPnCI-G6YuNex2dcgAhX2F2w==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwGw1E7G4JaBvs8P3dhfl6-5tmXT_V5EWGXpZQ628GRJlPQuNcIBLplD_NEquoPASANKovHNMBX8N8ukY_-5GR8i0mH9J1veV8fWVRK7qCeTmWE9zCQFSZldnrJqOtpAU6P_8ZUXnl87RWduXLmPdEkiWL1VCVeCVGhafKG9mvF2DL39OvDuXyt_XbZXQ0m18dTkbupuEjvyrsZQmMrsdbq" target="_blank">New Financing Tools Needed for Infrastructure</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Politico</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There is a growing recognition of America's underinvestment in its infrastructure. Many elements of our most critical systems are aging, deteriorating, and severely congested, as evidenced by the D+ grade that the American Society of Civil Engineers recently gave to the nation's infrastructure.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwGw1E7G4JaBvs8P3dhfl6-5tmXT_V5EWGXpZQ628GRJlPQuNcIBLplD_NEquoPASANKovHNMBX8N8ukY_-5GR8i0mH9J1veV8fWVRK7qCeTmWE9zCQFSZldnrJqOtpAU6P_8ZUXnl87RWduXLmPdEkiWL1VCVeCVGhafKG9mvF2DL39OvDuXyt_XbZXQ0m18dTkbupuEjvyrsZQmMrsdbq" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizaF_jv5HxwzGzA1YMRejrb0I4e3_1YmBKCyc3d33DawellPEvgFuRSW7SaomrByS6q_pfpr2V2f13OmIwIL5mJD03fEHPwgAVQIiRD-ujxEqYqAc-W_UJTj3Nf1PDCeXLDcBdimDxRbu44AoBXInHu2ggkaxlOH3HQDUMWmy1U7g==" target="_blank">Prague Tunnel Might Never Be Finished</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Eltis</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The longest urban tunnel for motorised transport in Europe, which has been under construction since 2007 in Prague, may never be finished.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizaF_jv5HxwzGzA1YMRejrb0I4e3_1YmBKCyc3d33DawellPEvgFuRSW7SaomrByS6q_pfpr2V2f13OmIwIL5mJD03fEHPwgAVQIiRD-ujxEqYqAc-W_UJTj3Nf1PDCeXLDcBdimDxRbu44AoBXInHu2ggkaxlOH3HQDUMWmy1U7g==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixq_0XV8ebWjne2MwGPS3GjV4EtaNa3Yo6PDoWoj6A6k1EGN-K5e6G5Nv1whhB5iop7AFf3CdmAVHp0W5E-U9ktNNWYg2X8MCpZFOyTLF6ulDsWkiHmnsFtlO1OikvFOdBD6Snxh09EXnF-XHLVYovs6Y8kqaKPZyZOGcYLNUJoyTz729eARDShmlVh6K3Pfq2Ovu5OpaRhg1VP9oQFf6cbzF6CVH0o9AAlwZKGadjyxJQWP09R6i1uYl2ERo1QGFE=" target="_blank">Public Transit Is Essential to Zurich</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I don't think filmmaker Alessandro Della Bella intended to make a video about transit in Zurich, but trains, trams, streetcars and the people who ride them are the clear stars in this hyper-fun time-lapse video.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixq_0XV8ebWjne2MwGPS3GjV4EtaNa3Yo6PDoWoj6A6k1EGN-K5e6G5Nv1whhB5iop7AFf3CdmAVHp0W5E-U9ktNNWYg2X8MCpZFOyTLF6ulDsWkiHmnsFtlO1OikvFOdBD6Snxh09EXnF-XHLVYovs6Y8kqaKPZyZOGcYLNUJoyTz729eARDShmlVh6K3Pfq2Ovu5OpaRhg1VP9oQFf6cbzF6CVH0o9AAlwZKGadjyxJQWP09R6i1uYl2ERo1QGFE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyu3_S_EFyJTr6liTov5rZKLhrhcXG1gsNnHoyWwl-7BfnKSMz2nyUhsM2Jdmo-nNAreg0tVhq0LIRI1H61xOqwLG2rpAA-mv_w6aSTVo-GP4tRdwxA5ArTFAr4DTEAzc1zwSl7vFEkkf7jw2L9aDBSvC2lle1qiDXL1uRWBschqU8DQ3c9SlNP_tTmQS0O9Sv5VB6EuPMUG44GUZ5ZNRcYazTb9hB7h1HF86waJt2vGA==" target="_blank">Commuter Describes Changing His Life</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Upon graduating from college at UCLA, I moved back home to Chicago to start my working career as an engineer.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyu3_S_EFyJTr6liTov5rZKLhrhcXG1gsNnHoyWwl-7BfnKSMz2nyUhsM2Jdmo-nNAreg0tVhq0LIRI1H61xOqwLG2rpAA-mv_w6aSTVo-GP4tRdwxA5ArTFAr4DTEAzc1zwSl7vFEkkf7jw2L9aDBSvC2lle1qiDXL1uRWBschqU8DQ3c9SlNP_tTmQS0O9Sv5VB6EuPMUG44GUZ5ZNRcYazTb9hB7h1HF86waJt2vGA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwFXIru38b6EnJmg4PmKkkweewm8XsPduArOwQyXMNh6hv5f787TKFnniuDAbCPjwS7eciKlpjmdqnDNUPsTfUe2oTeOj9kS_1_vje99dsAUccAbZRZdRqyfBbDe3Ors7LW4L4wpJUUxgM-8Pq2RSV1SD4vHzNzH238rEklVVJM02CUR7uSxiIs-En4PbCVZ081Afz7iPG2DVAYzfottsVxZEaG6uZif1I=" target="_blank">Texas Governor Turns Down Funding Source for Roads</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Dallas Morning News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">What a pickle. The House kicked away a good plan to raise new highway money, facing a veto threat from Gov. Rick Perry. The deal-breaker was $15 a year - or $1.25 a month - in higher vehicle registration fees.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwFXIru38b6EnJmg4PmKkkweewm8XsPduArOwQyXMNh6hv5f787TKFnniuDAbCPjwS7eciKlpjmdqnDNUPsTfUe2oTeOj9kS_1_vje99dsAUccAbZRZdRqyfBbDe3Ors7LW4L4wpJUUxgM-8Pq2RSV1SD4vHzNzH238rEklVVJM02CUR7uSxiIs-En4PbCVZ081Afz7iPG2DVAYzfottsVxZEaG6uZif1I=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwxbAeSA1VwHavodYYCkmL-6dQ58qv7mKMO9wTq95ejwxxTZtkhDB8RfD1Nu5Ss9tkICkcudB-zZvzATzKLYpeAhB3T8P1j6jRHxh6lyKKdnmNcP1oW4q5mJFrTRbLOgfXDA1aOCGaksabhNMPjOsO-erpUTrXPW7mo3piJXEhenzi9xzVANrbu8XtEfVzKdJ5hK0lgr7O3CyZ86tjpgG0YTEyU8yW4B34ueZBHGOV3EQ==" target="_blank">Dedicated Lanes Have Made Muni More Reliable</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>SF Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Seven weeks after the SF Municipal Transportation Agency painted red transit-only lanes on several blocks of Church Street, Muni reports that the J-Church and 22-Fillmore lines are moving faster and more reliably.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwxbAeSA1VwHavodYYCkmL-6dQ58qv7mKMO9wTq95ejwxxTZtkhDB8RfD1Nu5Ss9tkICkcudB-zZvzATzKLYpeAhB3T8P1j6jRHxh6lyKKdnmNcP1oW4q5mJFrTRbLOgfXDA1aOCGaksabhNMPjOsO-erpUTrXPW7mo3piJXEhenzi9xzVANrbu8XtEfVzKdJ5hK0lgr7O3CyZ86tjpgG0YTEyU8yW4B34ueZBHGOV3EQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixhzsNPMKz2xQR--qMG8nlSBe47kaL3JY-OjNN63iajwMTn1KaZXvMiejlN8FkzhbPse9jNs582v4koTul9mJ6E4WuLnhxwtxeYmo--DesFG7dJHWZk12J9IpiOaJw4A5GWdP9MMOLZpD3LZIOP2Ho5S-Q6q4YRHZlP1AiNXiXwIZRiEkh2Re-uxrPl-3STpVlJNlq7wpLJHpg2qUiptgVJ" target="_blank"><strong>New Plan for Charlotte Streetcar Expected <span><span>Monday</span></span></strong></a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Out with the streetcar. In with the CityLynx Gold Line. In an effort to breathe life into Charlotte's stalled streetcar plan, City Manager Ron Carlee has rebranded the electric trolley line.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixhzsNPMKz2xQR--qMG8nlSBe47kaL3JY-OjNN63iajwMTn1KaZXvMiejlN8FkzhbPse9jNs582v4koTul9mJ6E4WuLnhxwtxeYmo--DesFG7dJHWZk12J9IpiOaJw4A5GWdP9MMOLZpD3LZIOP2Ho5S-Q6q4YRHZlP1AiNXiXwIZRiEkh2Re-uxrPl-3STpVlJNlq7wpLJHpg2qUiptgVJ" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiz6ovyMQuUJwzhA7A-i1Rxhr8vH46xPMyMRL-b9Ii9wWsDo3gA6rCouG4jv4y5Noz44ErpF1GTrLktUKNeY0mU-XfO9oPArtGLBifTk6zLKf9VHRPNT4svBBqXzddqZpu7aDIu6CR2VuBSHCtrYz9zGVRun80BenRrgQRF6or2ypjkfjCuIJVJIrZIpyoYdNlA=" target="_blank">Cycling's Mode Share in Amsterdam and London</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Drawing Rings Around the World</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">This presentation by Rene Meijer of the City of Amsterdam has a useful chart showing the transport mode split in Amsterdam by the length of the journey.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiz6ovyMQuUJwzhA7A-i1Rxhr8vH46xPMyMRL-b9Ii9wWsDo3gA6rCouG4jv4y5Noz44ErpF1GTrLktUKNeY0mU-XfO9oPArtGLBifTk6zLKf9VHRPNT4svBBqXzddqZpu7aDIu6CR2VuBSHCtrYz9zGVRun80BenRrgQRF6or2ypjkfjCuIJVJIrZIpyoYdNlA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 13 May 2013 15:36:48 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-india-s-electric-vehicle-future-financing-infrastructure-essential-zurich-transit-dedicated-lanes-speed-sf-bus-lines/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-connecting-bikes-and-business-miami-ballpark-a-bad-deal-nashville-subdivision-offers-walkability-pedestrian-tunnels/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizwzMBr_mn6JI32zVr1N9Q1msZ6RmpqRPQvt48vrGnRm6PloOku0_u--QSpJgF2HNzkRUS0lesDJBNogsdKF2rPxcRQhOk1QOybJslJOBaufz42eKjuo4q6tKByN8n4QRiaMeI_BO0DWgNjA2uYaeNX" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwen4yIes8yB9HMr3RLc1soE5-IUljsiJWlMzuvK-y7KccFU-ntsk8HC3T2Giih5E56Nxcw-riDCTmVweC0t9xh-hP8V8U8AZiR96SU560p0_5GDiJTFU3CrtDJZRfhD510MFFrB57CYB65t8zvTMWC_P9DeLrGzUypeKUDFVSz_qHTlUyqcGYh" target="_blank">Charlottesville Explores Connections Between Bikes, Business</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlottesville <span><span>Tomorrow</span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Bikes and walking - we all know they are possible alternatives to driving cars.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwen4yIes8yB9HMr3RLc1soE5-IUljsiJWlMzuvK-y7KccFU-ntsk8HC3T2Giih5E56Nxcw-riDCTmVweC0t9xh-hP8V8U8AZiR96SU560p0_5GDiJTFU3CrtDJZRfhD510MFFrB57CYB65t8zvTMWC_P9DeLrGzUypeKUDFVSz_qHTlUyqcGYh" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyq62z2Fi655murFSE9bLkRbeyw1fwGv4ZMa14g19yrbfot_pANvd-H9GZY28_O9aQH1DI27FsqD7_lRtE1vdMYVPQ5IX56GbUStoR4TbhrCXCrPZtPwyYiVXOfwJ1WtSz62Fi2ZipYOOqETEejXsjK-XLiAGEydJvgmETJGhZciM93QX4dodMMk3HW9PTpruw=" target="_blank">San Antonio Center City Development Pushing Further South</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>San Antonio Business Journals</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There has been plenty of redevelopment activity north of downtown San Antonio - along the Broadway corridor and at the former Pearl Brewery site.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyq62z2Fi655murFSE9bLkRbeyw1fwGv4ZMa14g19yrbfot_pANvd-H9GZY28_O9aQH1DI27FsqD7_lRtE1vdMYVPQ5IX56GbUStoR4TbhrCXCrPZtPwyYiVXOfwJ1WtSz62Fi2ZipYOOqETEejXsjK-XLiAGEydJvgmETJGhZciM93QX4dodMMk3HW9PTpruw=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizlAOPVNONksNQHmER9ilPu_IxLgAO3vd4ULtiDt_5pMAzR2a29CNshihHK3Is_7v2ztbCJ4mzkIRv-HOsPFGk9RDS3tIysyunKRv0SwaaY0uM_yx3A8ZJkd_WHK_ut7KZ-94pd84F3iATtg1S4hLpYt1uywfEeYBJrTctz7ksymfVJk5pYUaM4bCwbPAkLsAvqZao53DdEu_2pQ26Ud1fSTEgyLNtpx4Ug9PtHOhhPX5n0P7gZSzvV" target="_blank">Evidence Miami Ballpark Was Horrible Deal for Taxpayers</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Add another item to the growing list of problems for the Miami Marlins and their $634 million, mostly publicly funded ballpark: empty storefronts.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizlAOPVNONksNQHmER9ilPu_IxLgAO3vd4ULtiDt_5pMAzR2a29CNshihHK3Is_7v2ztbCJ4mzkIRv-HOsPFGk9RDS3tIysyunKRv0SwaaY0uM_yx3A8ZJkd_WHK_ut7KZ-94pd84F3iATtg1S4hLpYt1uywfEeYBJrTctz7ksymfVJk5pYUaM4bCwbPAkLsAvqZao53DdEu_2pQ26Ud1fSTEgyLNtpx4Ug9PtHOhhPX5n0P7gZSzvV" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixp4JP4vgSI2zLD7RVs-Ed9fZBbwQcejU07010HJQZYF1UCu3BMB9b0j1gpOuPEegTB2TjpEj0NDttfkJc7BzwKgWQUM_-_uyMmVUJuRxIjiJLqqz9sG2aUSEuAuxnn7o4ua8Zc1vifu86NGXXrXONduFmkiM_V460pBhhLS4sDQo2x9lRLghoiugIzBBQnOlSVakhkbEfkHnZL22mrzz2-" target="_blank">New Nashville Subdivisions Give Residents Walkability</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Nashville Tennessean</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Forget what you think you know about suburban sprawl. Some of the Nashville region's most desirable neighborhoods aren't isolated in the countryside, miles from anywhere. They are in the heart of Franklin.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixp4JP4vgSI2zLD7RVs-Ed9fZBbwQcejU07010HJQZYF1UCu3BMB9b0j1gpOuPEegTB2TjpEj0NDttfkJc7BzwKgWQUM_-_uyMmVUJuRxIjiJLqqz9sG2aUSEuAuxnn7o4ua8Zc1vifu86NGXXrXONduFmkiM_V460pBhhLS4sDQo2x9lRLghoiugIzBBQnOlSVakhkbEfkHnZL22mrzz2-" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizmIgvw4bo30a3gnWaspzKGZsdnKwHofNP5sbafENGmfjiynEyzm7axuUUvi_4Q5KN4IDryO_L_ayXgWblQtlZ1zpSMSLyiFB8EPUNEON29AqhcFzo4pyeDDS8PzrjzJc-fnpOhuwp9sJxUASz2APokNPljb5Hgq0QqQdWaz5g-m0KNkyOhyPsNPZe1KzOrOsc=" target="_blank">Contemporary Infill Gentrification</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>American Dirt</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">My latest post is at Urban Indy. It focuses on two small multi-family apartment developments in Fountain Square and Bates-Hendricks, neighborhoods on the near south side of Indianapolis' downtown that, while still very gritty, have become increasingly trendy in recent years.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizmIgvw4bo30a3gnWaspzKGZsdnKwHofNP5sbafENGmfjiynEyzm7axuUUvi_4Q5KN4IDryO_L_ayXgWblQtlZ1zpSMSLyiFB8EPUNEON29AqhcFzo4pyeDDS8PzrjzJc-fnpOhuwp9sJxUASz2APokNPljb5Hgq0QqQdWaz5g-m0KNkyOhyPsNPZe1KzOrOsc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqix9LRIndJY71zZJimp0gn7GqmH1yTcDr6NGYLWRTo1nPHjatk4HtBuheQ62QEyUC0-Zb1Fcuhhdz8idadHn-aY3z15o24zELh3wgSw_ApPzDcMHH1ffKJaKd87be971LZ63WrvQyR7IQ75LD34fV_Gohh_Sv78KGJYYY9O_tgGDnMjiaDh_O9ndoEHQpD07YfE=" target="_blank">Zip Codes Define Us</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The New Republic, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwS5b_hFaPop0bgL-KK91tpPeUqrgpBcqdB-N4CJkW8hgfV9m_L2coZI6SqUQRylgiAppLwcIMqCH_WJmHX6O6vg7UG-qnKf1cymeqaC3TQFS5QBsBJ-i3gmVAIeGBim5SzsAjHaSHiTlqxrCvRgYIzFAsrpVbXTFU4q89RXekux9OcUx_zLSNWVEc7pEtQCy8Gy0XCGhP31ModZdUtNn_mHb13a8NGRKXcs0m9Uo9DLguyZg5vOKJH" target="_blank">Atlantic Cities #cityreads</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Mr. Zip, a gangly cartoonish figure with wide friendly eyes and a neat blue mail carrier's uniform, emerged fifty years ago to help the U.S. Postal Service promote its newest idea: five numbers added to our addresses to more clearly designate our locations.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqix9LRIndJY71zZJimp0gn7GqmH1yTcDr6NGYLWRTo1nPHjatk4HtBuheQ62QEyUC0-Zb1Fcuhhdz8idadHn-aY3z15o24zELh3wgSw_ApPzDcMHH1ffKJaKd87be971LZ63WrvQyR7IQ75LD34fV_Gohh_Sv78KGJYYY9O_tgGDnMjiaDh_O9ndoEHQpD07YfE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizWSLbm5-NoKdBQetTNtS0PIsCa7Ian2IvuNreUqElzofK7DTwrNQCqy2H6P24P0ssUk-Dh3fKPTG3VE8CbBqOFxNOxISeU41c5b5QbsTTZSEter8HTz32QN1QJhppcsg21y2YONpYdBSeQXy5Rtc9zmJxkChHKucV6anbh_ym-IA==" target="_blank">Pedestrian Tunnels and Transit</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Urban Life Signs</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Making a transfer between rail lines can be frustrating, but it can also be a valuable bridge to getting to your destination. Without the bridge, you're stuck.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizWSLbm5-NoKdBQetTNtS0PIsCa7Ian2IvuNreUqElzofK7DTwrNQCqy2H6P24P0ssUk-Dh3fKPTG3VE8CbBqOFxNOxISeU41c5b5QbsTTZSEter8HTz32QN1QJhppcsg21y2YONpYdBSeQXy5Rtc9zmJxkChHKucV6anbh_ym-IA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 13 May 2013 15:24:22 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-connecting-bikes-and-business-miami-ballpark-a-bad-deal-nashville-subdivision-offers-walkability-pedestrian-tunnels/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-template-for-new-la-food-desert-mobile-oasis-seattle-affordable-housing-failure-reversing-atlanta-job-sprawl/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyBFfZhABGtn6HUo1cRhlgUh-SCmE5Z5dwul8hIn7oowgkumWsOEDVP1OlOdnuS9kk7LoRP-gArfgWeKjWCTratr-jmhXbS1OvP8jJH0Im4EfCkyfgqXlBWvke2okB5d7VIT2bC1PRPnEiC1n931NxU" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyw9sUvTg7hnO9F3c57XfVplkfp4ORBQnGO7DMEMysRSOSvVMd_hGGffvlzLzBmeusSBhCmC7pNlWBtgofHN74OXxpLURpBjonZIvkPUqsQUufIk5Fs4MOXUSVO9bEtBI1JNpj1Gw1KIms7_x9qXuhHGOw84TDEb6yO5eoFUX_lsbPD91cyBLJ1m8PgzhLJtecK3uIPRLSBsg==" target="_blank">Hollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Los Angeles Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Over 12 years as the area's councilman, he has championed high-density 'smart growth' that's been business-friendly. But community activists worry about rising rents and traffic-choked streets.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyw9sUvTg7hnO9F3c57XfVplkfp4ORBQnGO7DMEMysRSOSvVMd_hGGffvlzLzBmeusSBhCmC7pNlWBtgofHN74OXxpLURpBjonZIvkPUqsQUufIk5Fs4MOXUSVO9bEtBI1JNpj1Gw1KIms7_x9qXuhHGOw84TDEb6yO5eoFUX_lsbPD91cyBLJ1m8PgzhLJtecK3uIPRLSBsg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizJqPAwrJZ6LYouUZj3ElHWRmcn5PQsFn1JCPbmXKgqNBaqVMxbtat_y_EM8Eb8LhAO27NuD_XU8GATI5RgARAV8VFl7v_IC0FgivTZGRlLKXfWmvu4DS-Fq6Oq_A8D6cTciNzMgNjig9EyF6YnIs44qPIEiSlcDqfocYBkNL0HBoVjp2-xL1KX" target="_blank">In a Food Desert, Markets Make Mobile Oasis</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Virginian Pilot</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The steam from a plump roasted yam greets Peggy Miller for dinner most days. It doesn't take much to satisfy the 72-year-old's appetite, but she's picky about what's on her plate. Fresh vegetables are her first choice, but they're not easy to come by in Ballentine.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizJqPAwrJZ6LYouUZj3ElHWRmcn5PQsFn1JCPbmXKgqNBaqVMxbtat_y_EM8Eb8LhAO27NuD_XU8GATI5RgARAV8VFl7v_IC0FgivTZGRlLKXfWmvu4DS-Fq6Oq_A8D6cTciNzMgNjig9EyF6YnIs44qPIEiSlcDqfocYBkNL0HBoVjp2-xL1KX" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwRjsN9ZH1w_fj5qSqyYf7BX8Z7UjM7ENFsgqIu7IBSuZqLQGP4Wl_su8g1aEJu3pf34Y1JECCoFYHq4b2nf5Nwl-W7ePp1p7uHmQseASQSivlpVydm2GTHMAOjFW6IWS2aHTkz-9-vgP8UNwh1vo0mr91TKwI-NHI=" target="_blank">Big City Philanthropy in Dallas</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>City Journal, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiz8TJVBAVZ-4wOY6y_cWDQJQqCghzEmZAyk5yXSZ9Na1MgnxCyD5F3hG-gEBcdEUCvZ-Sxbbpb44OXvrFGw6BZ1TIE-3n90w4YrAKSt3VN75lkBjqdsrZpb" target="_blank">@urbanophile</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">One mild evening last October, under a bright full moon, Dallas celebrated the fact that, for the first time, it had a real city center-a beautiful 5.2-acre space called Klyde Warren Park.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwRjsN9ZH1w_fj5qSqyYf7BX8Z7UjM7ENFsgqIu7IBSuZqLQGP4Wl_su8g1aEJu3pf34Y1JECCoFYHq4b2nf5Nwl-W7ePp1p7uHmQseASQSivlpVydm2GTHMAOjFW6IWS2aHTkz-9-vgP8UNwh1vo0mr91TKwI-NHI=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiw7Hw1pyQ1x_YMpFdRzNo6UNDNFChX5Hy_-UMTI18Tfid20GyYUwksQnNPwhp_2q3x7TwSiQb0t1fCNqBJpNL9zP75WNQsahC32qypg_N_XgL5wmSDdtt7Rl5XjI2OZY255tW82kmo5p8MwgZavA26Rq2-keywFWq1RJtPl8jGAreS_u_pyKKdKOVYiBBiPNgGnb8cs4EZNZdk-QuAmAGtj" target="_blank">The Ghetto is Public Policy's Past</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic , Ta-Nehisi Coates, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixkI1nN0FY1zLZcqX-N4lEOKkkRnWtK_FuXu2TJnOzuckBON_If4rbOj4VKhmA7uNJrjz4CR6XekQxkzg2rZa3fXFqzrYn7pv1BtCKz94QuLsRljQIrPuMY" target="_blank">@capntransit</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Reader Devin Bunten sent me a note expanding on the problems of contract-buying, redlining, and the kind of segregated housing market that characterized America through much of the 20th century:</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiw7Hw1pyQ1x_YMpFdRzNo6UNDNFChX5Hy_-UMTI18Tfid20GyYUwksQnNPwhp_2q3x7TwSiQb0t1fCNqBJpNL9zP75WNQsahC32qypg_N_XgL5wmSDdtt7Rl5XjI2OZY255tW82kmo5p8MwgZavA26Rq2-keywFWq1RJtPl8jGAreS_u_pyKKdKOVYiBBiPNgGnb8cs4EZNZdk-QuAmAGtj" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizUffwQVrANy5dksZyPyDc9T4iFMqHQRkHWLMEEcIE3krPKYk_KEixHj3V2RII5OSw_8oVsz2BrYufUaENQnR59aeqs8uQUsEnSYm7IgV125qw4Bb7O5XLOXtmWtj8UNJVl0ue4qjSOC7SV9CpikhVqg4OnDJs212PuzArD8JGz6NzkfwU72Rdze9dFaxlcm18=" target="_blank">Seattle City Council Falls Short on Affordable Housing, Again</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Better Institutions</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As a part of the ongoing redevelopment wars going on in the South Lake Union neighorhood, Publicola recently wrote about yet another half-measure approved by the Seattle City Council, this time in regard to the fees developers pay for additional density.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; 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So says Jerry Flach, construction project director at Paterson Habitat for Humanity, of the need to take action on New Jersey's vacant and abandoned properties as means for revitalization and stabilization in the state's most vulnerable neighborhoods.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixtKdfD0hu34iby8L303BiJlR3Efw6AQHiDaCfjFGd7TuvQ3KM9fj2GMBqWLapwNK1Xn9G86ms-cLyLcTKCWxrGMbEAKQ7AI8RpcTk_d8QNFDfgKcDwB4rOndsMeYXRsnggc9tUL6NCZN0LuCf5KVaqdxY0zmVls7V1iSYQ4ceYnzfnDgH6cDMVKXZviP_8eqgYqeqlYZvX9A==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixw9OyVGabo3I9uwr_jC1YAhYLBBgEG1MQkKqHgwaE1YnJWoCAkE9X66jxrd5PXaffsng-tnbV4WUy6qGBk98QPuztqwOJ0aeAfhaGCS0ofkfNezGTX3g9shkLqQg1ccN7fjUL01KTi3pY8M4UCqRkCLYHi3Af5-cIb9edNhsW06Rm9nOPi_6gkPntDabKiy-14f_YlqQPlBg==" target="_blank">Job Sprawl Leader Atlanta Shows Signs of Reversal</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When it comes to job sprawl, few regions have been as gung-ho as Atlanta. During the 2000s, Atlanta area employers sprawled at twice the national average.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixw9OyVGabo3I9uwr_jC1YAhYLBBgEG1MQkKqHgwaE1YnJWoCAkE9X66jxrd5PXaffsng-tnbV4WUy6qGBk98QPuztqwOJ0aeAfhaGCS0ofkfNezGTX3g9shkLqQg1ccN7fjUL01KTi3pY8M4UCqRkCLYHi3Af5-cIb9edNhsW06Rm9nOPi_6gkPntDabKiy-14f_YlqQPlBg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiy8djLBkXXa7P51oIxVCdbmcvMWAnc8JCegwKwXznrQg4tXPrFHwxqtVMFO2cKmfvUo3UDNNaJRpNx9F-EAmz0AU_bsIrnZ7XCcHeq78J3vYuACrUgDv7NCMePJHu-0Cn4x8P4C8yL6idt1uy8TPBME2lfSNhd7eT1NWaVomFy9Jy2ajVhC9tB7UzdpxcoUG-8=" target="_blank">Should Foundations be all in On Missions?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Denver Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">What would our world be like if charitable law required foundations to invest all of their assets in ways consistent with their charitable missions?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiy8djLBkXXa7P51oIxVCdbmcvMWAnc8JCegwKwXznrQg4tXPrFHwxqtVMFO2cKmfvUo3UDNNaJRpNx9F-EAmz0AU_bsIrnZ7XCcHeq78J3vYuACrUgDv7NCMePJHu-0Cn4x8P4C8yL6idt1uy8TPBME2lfSNhd7eT1NWaVomFy9Jy2ajVhC9tB7UzdpxcoUG-8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixvAdRZ_SiMEE7OUrI42Sp1pgHBtgt8R9w6sSZxWXoynbfN6ch85_G78ojwurVBWRQAp1bF_wGnYNr1yHLe2JdSBOZfCIrYvW1yiRXr_8GTZmmKZIQc_njFDXX7DMuEQdVCtagR_qR4jsetenJUjKiE4F8Xul1eXBL-ij7t3pJ-p4ytHTh0e14gYXPiLUNa9JrwnKwwcp3L2N8zRzTHnJQ9aF7BJ9l80YsoEWDAHhgKgrc3x_NsE6bjziBPntGQNEqd2JTw7OZoQPTzLnf_NOwQ" target="_blank">Detroit Determined to be Insolvent</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Detroit News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr says the city of Detroit's cash-flow crisis makes it "insolvent" and unable to borrow more money to mask over debts being made worse by skipping millions in payments for retiree pensions and health care.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixvAdRZ_SiMEE7OUrI42Sp1pgHBtgt8R9w6sSZxWXoynbfN6ch85_G78ojwurVBWRQAp1bF_wGnYNr1yHLe2JdSBOZfCIrYvW1yiRXr_8GTZmmKZIQc_njFDXX7DMuEQdVCtagR_qR4jsetenJUjKiE4F8Xul1eXBL-ij7t3pJ-p4ytHTh0e14gYXPiLUNa9JrwnKwwcp3L2N8zRzTHnJQ9aF7BJ9l80YsoEWDAHhgKgrc3x_NsE6bjziBPntGQNEqd2JTw7OZoQPTzLnf_NOwQ" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:40 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-template-for-new-la-food-desert-mobile-oasis-seattle-affordable-housing-failure-reversing-atlanta-job-sprawl/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-fruit-activism-and-urban-gardens-stress-on-urban-birds-ecology-of-human-stress-grocery-delivery-services/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixqHllj1mQIXwlij6jbwHqdqDzv5HrCh3fb5xXAPjpP0rXI6CKlyTS8-3_C9KkTYbRnEwJB08uPFJVVZUyPZJIwFAACbrsAg0-RyMluti78pCC2yoxSDaeRyBcSVm3DL9-V2zW1nOG-QFtblQd7HgAz" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyZrOR9qAXQW_FpwINgidomqYqmgIT2Ut76tsQ_g1exivJAOOi1Ytz9akMnCc8bY0YitI1c7OW6BayQQFLVEKp9WYsDAwao6qlp8mSYQmqvwlD0GyaOIWXtvDO183qn1u7UXUKJsTxSB2zgqto2FQdbWS-oN-xmZBy_JqQlzrZ7fXpuD-kMDfjhwvLD59HFhJw41AdrZHb152v5MwFBuU_A" target="_blank">'Fruit Activists' Take Urban Gardens in New Direction</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state's postcard essence, symbols of fertile land, felicitous climate and the possibilities of pleasure.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyZrOR9qAXQW_FpwINgidomqYqmgIT2Ut76tsQ_g1exivJAOOi1Ytz9akMnCc8bY0YitI1c7OW6BayQQFLVEKp9WYsDAwao6qlp8mSYQmqvwlD0GyaOIWXtvDO183qn1u7UXUKJsTxSB2zgqto2FQdbWS-oN-xmZBy_JqQlzrZ7fXpuD-kMDfjhwvLD59HFhJw41AdrZHb152v5MwFBuU_A" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixT-Y_NyJrCq04fyOljfXe6qSRlTBPueuy6nIAjh26krgvF50zNvYh_BK7_KGF9umfHwfVn3ENfDCgz7JvbEsHM2RgDRVwyJoXxVQ9TM12q0WWAY5Rmq91_QJoAVmE6xoTOjS2pBu8OCjw_to3CkZ3z60t_2KzyF5DKvfyB87HG-w==" target="_blank">Kestrels, Other Urban Birds Are Stressed by Human Activity</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Science Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">American kestrels, small colorful falcons often seen perched along roadways, are abundant in urban and agricultural areas.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixT-Y_NyJrCq04fyOljfXe6qSRlTBPueuy6nIAjh26krgvF50zNvYh_BK7_KGF9umfHwfVn3ENfDCgz7JvbEsHM2RgDRVwyJoXxVQ9TM12q0WWAY5Rmq91_QJoAVmE6xoTOjS2pBu8OCjw_to3CkZ3z60t_2KzyF5DKvfyB87HG-w==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyd4Vw-Y9mglaGn9_RPiacHD-Jiry0YMmz13V0lICUeAlm-nJWAZZuWXw0meZDwAzGM6jGYkoiVJ-xx_jHKCMrF7qbJEvAyQOdTNbJXot79WSoyynRcS9PKMEf9ycSlt-ETdc9Fa1q9aVhi48u8FiM2HGHaXsXO5Gn-bmuUAvTWdbgSjpYZ8SyLxDP44rA0eKc=" target="_blank">How Green Are Grocery Delivery Services</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In a recent study out of Seattle, researchers Erica Wygonik and Anne Goodchild found that having groceries delivered by truck can cut mileage by up to 85 or 95 percent compared to driving a car.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiyd4Vw-Y9mglaGn9_RPiacHD-Jiry0YMmz13V0lICUeAlm-nJWAZZuWXw0meZDwAzGM6jGYkoiVJ-xx_jHKCMrF7qbJEvAyQOdTNbJXot79WSoyynRcS9PKMEf9ycSlt-ETdc9Fa1q9aVhi48u8FiM2HGHaXsXO5Gn-bmuUAvTWdbgSjpYZ8SyLxDP44rA0eKc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizK4x_IFilpX9JRumz1-n8IxYmSAOflAwe4ATH4dFahS5NDDOrBMljmtrp_sGp4HIAApt4PXtQk_OR2aJ4b_wzuOcPecVV17i3XakQstLTgUdiaEstmBAWufpJwtWeF5AWEkZDV64YrdB7QGFG6px6-Jjch5zEC9UbMc_uESzOFiF5SgukLxAVc" target="_blank">Sebastopol Will Require Solar on All New Homes</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Grist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Vineyards won't be the only things flourishing when the sun shines on the fertile city of Sebastopol, Calif., in Sonoma wine country.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqizK4x_IFilpX9JRumz1-n8IxYmSAOflAwe4ATH4dFahS5NDDOrBMljmtrp_sGp4HIAApt4PXtQk_OR2aJ4b_wzuOcPecVV17i3XakQstLTgUdiaEstmBAWufpJwtWeF5AWEkZDV64YrdB7QGFG6px6-Jjch5zEC9UbMc_uESzOFiF5SgukLxAVc" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiym_YeH-kSvIOcxhZVjaY5EiFSNz_MAKrP620JfOFOtG-wbgsgX6g6fZBa9zJZopMS5WenAqApZ3z4UeHmYTRKCqcSpJjDna9m8fvkXqOPoHkAnQS2DrLRypSSOLLK91uHbBtZHAfi-XB1sorDwIt2WHNV6KWMaeexbJCNaylcRtHtmSuxrPq2CNQf97w16MgEZoZ5UCUxMRggCFAeS-gSm" target="_blank">The Ecology of Human Stress</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">We've always known New York has the ultimate climate for producing anxiety. Scientists are only now understanding why, picking apart the triggers of tension in our daily lives in order to help us calm down.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiym_YeH-kSvIOcxhZVjaY5EiFSNz_MAKrP620JfOFOtG-wbgsgX6g6fZBa9zJZopMS5WenAqApZ3z4UeHmYTRKCqcSpJjDna9m8fvkXqOPoHkAnQS2DrLRypSSOLLK91uHbBtZHAfi-XB1sorDwIt2WHNV6KWMaeexbJCNaylcRtHtmSuxrPq2CNQf97w16MgEZoZ5UCUxMRggCFAeS-gSm" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 13 May 2013 14:14:54 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-fruit-activism-and-urban-gardens-stress-on-urban-birds-ecology-of-human-stress-grocery-delivery-services/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-taking-train-to-nascar-race-riding-the-el-circa-1870-the-onion-s-top-10-cities-to-move-to-today/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; 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font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Scouting NY</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Haha, this guy knows how to roll: Testing out the new Greenwich Street El, circa 1870.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqiwuYQI-QUNQvb-fcrGApxE5gz_u7WjQxreSl5GeduT9t-Z81vv1V7efvFWcjvnySV9qPZGLNgkwcoeQn-hhl78fHIfGsbXc4HMOt8jQh3u4sXR-CcBBSstKeO6j4Tx3F_I=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixFRIa8dG-_w5i-y1fiuGNqAbVKDFz7jCUNVUgp2_E1kqdwx_D_9jEnp5LbfaFnvxG1o3bpNMWdz2hYhySt_tHyNymz9GFF_-ul0VnTHxWR7CKM6FB4jLfrlUP-KK-9rngOpnohAfbez3ztvTZLJNNQcHPT5FvtcUiaAbOszku4iArzsvGsoTq2bMlCoOMg3N-cN9DU9O3gVA==" target="_blank">Top 10 Cities You Need to Move to Today</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Onion</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">With the newly built Mayor Anthony Crawford Convention Center drawing top annual shareholder meetings from such companies as Dixon-Doyle, Grayson Injection, and Manx Tech, outsiders are finally starting to discover all that beautiful Blarnard has to offer.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yJjgPEerqixFRIa8dG-_w5i-y1fiuGNqAbVKDFz7jCUNVUgp2_E1kqdwx_D_9jEnp5LbfaFnvxG1o3bpNMWdz2hYhySt_tHyNymz9GFF_-ul0VnTHxWR7CKM6FB4jLfrlUP-KK-9rngOpnohAfbez3ztvTZLJNNQcHPT5FvtcUiaAbOszku4iArzsvGsoTq2bMlCoOMg3N-cN9DU9O3gVA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 13 May 2013 12:26:08 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-taking-train-to-nascar-race-riding-the-el-circa-1870-the-onion-s-top-10-cities-to-move-to-today/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-91/ <p>"Manhattan's street grid is potentially the most powerful city building tool ever created. It has forced all new growth to integrate itself into the rest of the city, linking new into the old through interlocking blocks that have formed a geometrically simple yet complex urban structure." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoj1A5tNT5x8oyKOuUmJxjNaLJDn3rHvJ8D5L331eNGiP2OwNgSi5P80ByaU792KKSevlhWCaiZe1kIRLxz-6CvgIl5qLwABv_uJyhvb0CxKPM8YiNNoATUTgrFjkrFcrsGIe71ZZuNbhj92Q5z6RakknVoUo4_zzJnxrPQvTMB9ZIGtuQyrIWJHaujJ0KkHlRBUxi6H_cHDV6bMYX7wksx" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Fri, 10 May 2013 12:09:14 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-91/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-shanghai-monorail-megabus-25m-rides-making-city-bike-friendly-brt-in-china-bottineau-lrt-ok-d/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvreY9T7iY5wfSwLhLSuDAyqEjBuKACkE7qzw3d3INBjOTL3jm--iSPlwTUnxSFbcRRLwG9P9SyQMTlOqJ2mNYAzc7AlqEd_QMhHV6Yw_IpKbORAu0qmju06MPWIHHgV9LYADfLQE_66ZkEIB9tHs9Db" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrBIxbnPEORHb49s07ewtDYKKTHU2qjnJtk7qg8rzIEJu9qkWZfxOkfSDM1CKzMW4xxrzxnfyVdLgcU_rJA8zQ9_bep8xFd9KkDdXeRacys7bzJW1V2HzaEYyeBSCRnkPgUNCl5F38xF02keUv9B2SwvSvgv7n63pF-1GaicVpH3VMS44c3gCn_" target="_blank">Shanghai Thinking Monorail</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>China Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Shanghai is likely to introduce the country's first suspended monorail train by 2015 to improve the city's worsening traffic congestion and pollution levels.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; 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color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrXBkuJcvfIJRFYXDBnzMR_ZhnPJIEAtEjeXRArFsK6U_mjoYcuBV-hzwWOVq9u3FOFmKgtAudQToHtJz2qe4fM2gopNtzChFFF_LTc9o8Fs1GwjOGrqlz7hjl291wi-Yf1RDeJrlX7I_XiWBLIcWcI47z2cOVRPBDlCSJ3h_1MCpbKlP7uE3a4a6vInHmGfDONxjL9buCx1vSJ8bskznJr" target="_blank">Infographic: What Makes a City a Bike Friendly One</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Bike League</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">To kick of Bike to Work Week, we'll be announcing the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Communities - including some new cities joining the ranks of Platinum and Gold</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrXBkuJcvfIJRFYXDBnzMR_ZhnPJIEAtEjeXRArFsK6U_mjoYcuBV-hzwWOVq9u3FOFmKgtAudQToHtJz2qe4fM2gopNtzChFFF_LTc9o8Fs1GwjOGrqlz7hjl291wi-Yf1RDeJrlX7I_XiWBLIcWcI47z2cOVRPBDlCSJ3h_1MCpbKlP7uE3a4a6vInHmGfDONxjL9buCx1vSJ8bskznJr" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; 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min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqI6uWnCifjhzkeGg2i6aIimo3EXKznoVB39_9sf5Io9yAQx6Lx_lEm7GHeMCqVdn_yQbgn2xoyz6EU5kFKkPqtgsXqxgaaifetpI_JN5Dd2kTPgc9AcKa4CAkNpX7xGsZ0tXBhdFZh02bbEIN1YeFV4E0xQze1c0sOD0gjHLQtL5VC3vEiJT0KPiS6xqbXag7hyNtU6fUfrE2hA7uBRD7ApzkjAXzLV7I=" target="_blank">Met Council Approves Bottineau LRT, Seeks Funding</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Pioneer Press</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Metropolitan Council has effectively approved a new light-rail line for the 13-mile Bottineau Transitway between Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, as well as three additional "arterial" bus rapid transit routes in Minneapolis that would share lanes with regular traffic.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; 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text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpixGYSlNTtBnigvTvvY7Zq9TzGmIQvUDxwR4EfgbRcXmIZl0B2IuiuGlleI6lHteg6ngVck5feaBcGWcrYfxH6oDceMTD4QdCvczPASvJb1ceyLjoNr7mv_FuPAAlj3GKQtR2l-G2YrI2r1oW1dO7RkopVvLLjrGT_Q7KxpvOefGZ2-ptY1Al8mubcWz1zfHE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrsSGqIPp3wvQky30RkSO9HFSnhKX0mFSxS51sCl68oUycpgvrKXeZijo2IzpNxAN-lC9hJ5qzdsoRqmYMdU4NcpS-4l5xHObntQDqQGQqS6UBpccEZGjrggISbtxh9Yy1p7qthixo3_bt5lAZ3UeD_5NIcDp9CcSFw7gbHAtaSrg==" target="_blank">Bike to Work Day Breaks Records in SF, 76% of Market St Traffic</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>SF Curbed</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Today's Bike to Work Day broke all records. The new Market Street bike counter was in full force, and bikes accounted for 76 percent of morning traffic along Market Street.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrsSGqIPp3wvQky30RkSO9HFSnhKX0mFSxS51sCl68oUycpgvrKXeZijo2IzpNxAN-lC9hJ5qzdsoRqmYMdU4NcpS-4l5xHObntQDqQGQqS6UBpccEZGjrggISbtxh9Yy1p7qthixo3_bt5lAZ3UeD_5NIcDp9CcSFw7gbHAtaSrg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 10 May 2013 11:57:28 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-shanghai-monorail-megabus-25m-rides-making-city-bike-friendly-brt-in-china-bottineau-lrt-ok-d/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-prescriptive-vs-market-urbanism-using-dev-fees-for-transpo-sim-city-greenwashes-parking/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqBM1lJHigdfkJaXdURq8zu60g62Xrs-_JACUmSPbAbpNsjhJoUDV4EfOdQIBJD8rt-zrc59EEuDouvIXC8QeMbwCo7b8_bb3B3xzFLWGn2glmF5cAWeCvPf7v44rh1QVvncKvNUKkb25wyomKR7lsk" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqQjtST05Zvr_GwnjlMl2fwS2XP6lhV8J-R3Hd4c5yQQdkrLoBMXng0kXqHz0crQ6B45XcPOU8_158IsVukmHkptQSjbcjBemoEo3-jP6AsTgR690QkQy1ja4-GePYV0T6-G4YdCIFl8A==" target="_blank">Prescriptive vs. Market Urbanism</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>City Block</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">From Ilan Greenberg in The New Republic - San Francisco's Gentrification Problem isn't Gentrification. Greenberg compares the public debate (often writen, and discussed previously here) in San Francisco compared to more the more familiar narrative in other cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqQjtST05Zvr_GwnjlMl2fwS2XP6lhV8J-R3Hd4c5yQQdkrLoBMXng0kXqHz0crQ6B45XcPOU8_158IsVukmHkptQSjbcjBemoEo3-jP6AsTgR690QkQy1ja4-GePYV0T6-G4YdCIFl8A==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrS0wmyN8IC9shPG10xO-YeZFp9LyC6SxeDtHtokbp-q86f8t0M9O1aqukqZsayWGmEzVNct6W_QqWwxybtDWdhVHBkZakHdWGp949zuxymCxwS0Ld47SepxR9KGn_CrrTCz1sgZX2kT-3K5_rEI7kMJXKfWO5Ai48=" target="_blank">Shape-Shifting South Lamar in Austin</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Imagine Austin</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When the Broken Spoke opened on South Lamar Boulevard, it was surrounded by crops in the fields. Today, rather startlingly, the little country dance hall is surrounded by a big midrise complex under construction, 704 at the Spoke.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrS0wmyN8IC9shPG10xO-YeZFp9LyC6SxeDtHtokbp-q86f8t0M9O1aqukqZsayWGmEzVNct6W_QqWwxybtDWdhVHBkZakHdWGp949zuxymCxwS0Ld47SepxR9KGn_CrrTCz1sgZX2kT-3K5_rEI7kMJXKfWO5Ai48=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvouIxBUWvX2m8QXirkjzhK4p9FLZeLTWanzzPaKJQ_U0GChxr94g36NOrFPlrg66xVHMKXrBiljILI3BQMVB8o8mM4aE6q9F0rdWY_ZcJrk9l3B9z7fpVfJkyaYSwZuo26xi6_vanvZCWM7zTkx19TUznkhQG2tSzU61WqzIMcsgOr5zz33lc78czZ3MY8gxdbwTOvGW5twVaWz7EFi8dvutAYPX116l6fB-X2KBPyJ6W2D9stVdIQ5xsii2eJucbteJGZmgAja4YpUySmaFOkqnjdj6KOEUpkVRuIyVIpxqQ==" target="_blank">Using Development Fees to Pay for Transportation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Human Transit</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Travis Allan and Cherise Burda over at the Pembina Insitute, a Toronto-based energy think tank, have an interesting post up on the prospects of using real estate development charges as a funding mechanism for transit.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvouIxBUWvX2m8QXirkjzhK4p9FLZeLTWanzzPaKJQ_U0GChxr94g36NOrFPlrg66xVHMKXrBiljILI3BQMVB8o8mM4aE6q9F0rdWY_ZcJrk9l3B9z7fpVfJkyaYSwZuo26xi6_vanvZCWM7zTkx19TUznkhQG2tSzU61WqzIMcsgOr5zz33lc78czZ3MY8gxdbwTOvGW5twVaWz7EFi8dvutAYPX116l6fB-X2KBPyJ6W2D9stVdIQ5xsii2eJucbteJGZmgAja4YpUySmaFOkqnjdj6KOEUpkVRuIyVIpxqQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvp2tEhsEUNIh-JiKaccAaOB59UUu-b_UaOs7B-KD6R-cyf7OjqZdsJ3NrIr8uJjlpAnmegLcTeEz-2btewQH1AFAycEi00Gz_USwXJOUd46F_SnsRS1n6O3kAcerMekUcYUPknwSvE-jGHORc10sLSzOByFNWQ4TdthYG7hp175MojsBpC2STJdEzizUHZ9dRE=" target="_blank">Interview with Sim City Designer Stone Librande</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Bldg Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In the nearly quarter-century since designer Will Wright launched the iconic urban planning computer game, SimCity, not only has the world's population become majoritatively urban for the first time in human history, but interest in cities and their design has gone mainstream.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvp2tEhsEUNIh-JiKaccAaOB59UUu-b_UaOs7B-KD6R-cyf7OjqZdsJ3NrIr8uJjlpAnmegLcTeEz-2btewQH1AFAycEi00Gz_USwXJOUd46F_SnsRS1n6O3kAcerMekUcYUPknwSvE-jGHORc10sLSzOByFNWQ4TdthYG7hp175MojsBpC2STJdEzizUHZ9dRE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvq_OdUIFO9Dssq_wfsOjCY9FI0DpnQZTSHjoNhhVnwL5wykNLDyD8ZQF3Jxjz_WholSr1GBE2E5ECxv7ahHlnlBA1OUbmycmX1DvKAwFvf9HYdRQjp2bKN9H9dwjZyFiP7hfpsVQWouxoevlkb1LYu4yLQe9Gd07SlyYFm5OdWdWbLMW69DpZ00" target="_blank">How Sim City Greenwashes Parking</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Human Transit</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Here's a shot of an edge city from the new SimCity. Notice what's missing?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvq_OdUIFO9Dssq_wfsOjCY9FI0DpnQZTSHjoNhhVnwL5wykNLDyD8ZQF3Jxjz_WholSr1GBE2E5ECxv7ahHlnlBA1OUbmycmX1DvKAwFvf9HYdRQjp2bKN9H9dwjZyFiP7hfpsVQWouxoevlkb1LYu4yLQe9Gd07SlyYFm5OdWdWbLMW69DpZ00" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoj1A5tNT5x8oyKOuUmJxjNaLJDn3rHvJ8D5L331eNGiP2OwNgSi5P80ByaU792KKSevlhWCaiZe1kIRLxz-6CvgIl5qLwABv_uJyhvb0CxKPM8YiNNoATUTgrFjkrFcrsGIe71ZZuNbhj92Q5z6RakknVoUo4_zzJnxrPQvTMB9ZIGtuQyrIWJHaujJ0KkHlRBUxi6H_cHDV6bMYX7wksx" target="_blank">The Complex Simplicity of the Manhattan Street Grid</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Urban Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Woven across Manhattan Island is a vast tapestry of street and block that has been so successful in organizing the forces of urban development, it's often hard to see the simple pattern that exists below the city's skyscraper forest.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoj1A5tNT5x8oyKOuUmJxjNaLJDn3rHvJ8D5L331eNGiP2OwNgSi5P80ByaU792KKSevlhWCaiZe1kIRLxz-6CvgIl5qLwABv_uJyhvb0CxKPM8YiNNoATUTgrFjkrFcrsGIe71ZZuNbhj92Q5z6RakknVoUo4_zzJnxrPQvTMB9ZIGtuQyrIWJHaujJ0KkHlRBUxi6H_cHDV6bMYX7wksx" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoICWMGu1vSlthS4orP93tFNEIA17PZ7Fzce9szlXN_E1xzsN-moJ9380rn1hk1eGAg7pl-ul8kzgt61Y6ThLHbgBUkYsqFG-J8PxYZWEK7C9BHLGjPu1uUhiO5CozmkB0lvoQix4F1aZb7mdXIwBl6TXorHuX7VU4AwmJ_FYnvJX_Y5JNZ5M7Dlj_XGzFuwsIbena_-UKUbemTmp6T4JzrZxpfoxB80vZRMSQm5SI-4A==" target="_blank">Why Historic Maps Still Matter So Much</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">With 150,000 or so old print maps to his name, David Rumsey has earned his reputed place among the world's "finest private collectors."</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoICWMGu1vSlthS4orP93tFNEIA17PZ7Fzce9szlXN_E1xzsN-moJ9380rn1hk1eGAg7pl-ul8kzgt61Y6ThLHbgBUkYsqFG-J8PxYZWEK7C9BHLGjPu1uUhiO5CozmkB0lvoQix4F1aZb7mdXIwBl6TXorHuX7VU4AwmJ_FYnvJX_Y5JNZ5M7Dlj_XGzFuwsIbena_-UKUbemTmp6T4JzrZxpfoxB80vZRMSQm5SI-4A==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpX846vr8tJ4s4iiXOxASbastwlgUvphH1v3kmBV5a8YTH6e3bO0dyHDdgyYsMaZhDQ_Bg_wblGzcy7b_BCQCt7U4-1TAlPKMkbC-HQ-B0iqw_Mv5TrioPPlr_-zRVRb5-_Y711TjznlmYiYdWK_yqF2EgPPvkWaOFW9G9IXQf4qvWqmj4mG7W18rPeM1gjPKLOkEJG-IZohQ==" target="_blank">Let's Get Oakland Army Base Redevelopment Right</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Oakland Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Another round of national jobs numbers came out from the Labor Department, received with a mixture of relief - "Whew, at least there's some growth" - and concern that it's just not enough.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpX846vr8tJ4s4iiXOxASbastwlgUvphH1v3kmBV5a8YTH6e3bO0dyHDdgyYsMaZhDQ_Bg_wblGzcy7b_BCQCt7U4-1TAlPKMkbC-HQ-B0iqw_Mv5TrioPPlr_-zRVRb5-_Y711TjznlmYiYdWK_yqF2EgPPvkWaOFW9G9IXQf4qvWqmj4mG7W18rPeM1gjPKLOkEJG-IZohQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 10 May 2013 11:35:12 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-prescriptive-vs-market-urbanism-using-dev-fees-for-transpo-sim-city-greenwashes-parking/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-city-data-projects-state-and-local-outlook-bleak-income-and-transpo-routes-health-care-and-urbanization/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpUl8qNHadCwmkxv8EqlFcuAVSrUbOlDANrmTckA0PFBDa_9ekefFoslz-Pd3keCaqsVwI2Nuegqd3-ieNhhAsvuevp75PPrQ42kwlCf26XUK-h4kGVs85V6fYrDfPo095Mu3oOOg2HlfwCWMvQTurx" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqt5GSj01xKo4c0yS6-ZXhNVymHlqVFWnrsEQ2Uqu2tAOTrtTYpDfzVtadI1ATEBAxFC6Au8iAKBpFmpbll_rfdr5KM4n1PqWoCTS4uFl_tNYJW3jucwlTa14ZUL-aUWy1VNtfPicl6jE2ALQw-BLn7j7iPiwTuE_ecjlcNaDa3pZh4Z924cxOOUKZWw6_HbuqK4lweF-suvQ==" target="_blank">Cities Ramp Up Data Projects, Innovation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Dubuque, Iowa, has a population of just under 60,000, but it's doing something few other cities of its size have ever tried. It's embedding technology in utility meters to collect and analyze water, gas and electricity use</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqt5GSj01xKo4c0yS6-ZXhNVymHlqVFWnrsEQ2Uqu2tAOTrtTYpDfzVtadI1ATEBAxFC6Au8iAKBpFmpbll_rfdr5KM4n1PqWoCTS4uFl_tNYJW3jucwlTa14ZUL-aUWy1VNtfPicl6jE2ALQw-BLn7j7iPiwTuE_ecjlcNaDa3pZh4Z924cxOOUKZWw6_HbuqK4lweF-suvQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoe4Zy8kTCBnq6-l_c3WuQK3ba1TJyCt3xOog53BBtxgKLcS8g0wikeyrBu22LzF2cZF4kPhb3CRr5l5rY6n5UIspMSVyWBQC5Jma6CZ4VJEe_utmXwG5IsUKQxVHlMUEvhhs6oLKRZKKhA7rawomMFLbBtrthcDtgtpTLzitIXqLq9EIgGGaIAbViqLl1aZB03sno6xWiERsklViBtbz5MyyPa7wsSGbg=" target="_blank">GAO: Bleak Fiscal Outlook for States, Local Governments</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A new report by the Government Accountability Office forecasts a gloomy outlook for state and local government budgets, finding an ever-widening gap between projected revenues and expenses for years to come.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoe4Zy8kTCBnq6-l_c3WuQK3ba1TJyCt3xOog53BBtxgKLcS8g0wikeyrBu22LzF2cZF4kPhb3CRr5l5rY6n5UIspMSVyWBQC5Jma6CZ4VJEe_utmXwG5IsUKQxVHlMUEvhhs6oLKRZKKhA7rawomMFLbBtrthcDtgtpTLzitIXqLq9EIgGGaIAbViqLl1aZB03sno6xWiERsklViBtbz5MyyPa7wsSGbg=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpdMGTRhyA04yFsYWng9Agv1JGkI0CbRBoEd6f_pbkMbETfNUI1yjpvEJ7V-awS_qAT2hrUkS7LqFEjfNSU3QbX2hGswsqWNyY1_SMOU3kxzuWsGywB2zgsoHnGmZVQJpcYtWKsDrFinrrVJ5a9U8n-aOxwdklkUU2ftFELmDQKHbueGChEDT-ySPfxw5cwtmY=" target="_blank">Video: Children Have Lost the Freedom to Roam</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Streetfilms</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The next Streetfacts chapter is a PSA that - hopefully - enlightens the U.S. public to how over generations we have nibbled away at kids' freedoms and their ability to roam, play, grow, and become citizens.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpdMGTRhyA04yFsYWng9Agv1JGkI0CbRBoEd6f_pbkMbETfNUI1yjpvEJ7V-awS_qAT2hrUkS7LqFEjfNSU3QbX2hGswsqWNyY1_SMOU3kxzuWsGywB2zgsoHnGmZVQJpcYtWKsDrFinrrVJ5a9U8n-aOxwdklkUU2ftFELmDQKHbueGChEDT-ySPfxw5cwtmY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqqrjoyQCg0EXdJzduW76Tay2lyZ_oPIGochZxwg8NfRP4uhiqrtuImQJ7xIfkRHV0SjSlbehzcEumA3haMLz6kLWETVfRnsXTtFe6_44Ihf-wam37-gURolVVGm0Tpshdg6Nuc7UigRXLBAkEexJx6p6bQcDV5KuE_fSgULUKYMByuW6vu40jhGXN2imFvNn5xX11tveSV6xqmOxjKnyCoyPETdSn167I=" target="_blank">Income Disparities Along Bay Area Public Transit Routes</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>KQED, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoYyouTWfZjjaMK3jfEt9_N7U82u4zAi52NEG8auw5uq61Ju_5p5e4QLFiVTmIgeS6hvz8u6ESfbybXYFJAtTOEZM8_w27zHwskfDcNCVDzgtBI7T4gRckNkURsMyyQOAjRWdJnIlJ94XR96eN1TlH_dzK79esK6G1e6YZXROmm6Q==" target="_blank">SF Streetsblog</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Two local software developers, Dan Grover and Mike Belfrage, have designed an interactive map that allows users to view how neighborhood incomes rise and fall along the Bay Area's public transportation routes.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqqrjoyQCg0EXdJzduW76Tay2lyZ_oPIGochZxwg8NfRP4uhiqrtuImQJ7xIfkRHV0SjSlbehzcEumA3haMLz6kLWETVfRnsXTtFe6_44Ihf-wam37-gURolVVGm0Tpshdg6Nuc7UigRXLBAkEexJx6p6bQcDV5KuE_fSgULUKYMByuW6vu40jhGXN2imFvNn5xX11tveSV6xqmOxjKnyCoyPETdSn167I=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvo6qRJ_CYzxmF5C2YFwdo9JwEIdUTxxNTWfS_-DLMciNMsHpiiPjWHZrTdSu7RA92DMqhq_GGQPOVrH5-BogtQ2vJmgbTAsLJLFUkqg8PYctvNsUWraduXxm2lTsmKivseH-TiNp7ghZ9_orJTQGk9n" target="_blank">Boston's Menino Moving On</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Architect's Newspaper</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Boston's longest serving Mayor, Thomas Menino, will not be seeking a sixth term. Throughout his two decades in office, Menino has ushered in a number of major development projects</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvo6qRJ_CYzxmF5C2YFwdo9JwEIdUTxxNTWfS_-DLMciNMsHpiiPjWHZrTdSu7RA92DMqhq_GGQPOVrH5-BogtQ2vJmgbTAsLJLFUkqg8PYctvNsUWraduXxm2lTsmKivseH-TiNp7ghZ9_orJTQGk9n" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrKfKUQW6hM7jUe8WMcZwzf4skEt6w89ddFxQGRB1SLlHYiJKDKsKuB3dgKD9vMbFyhO3dRm5EDtfW1NkjhX0BbpTwcL6CT_0h9YkXzdy6y5P1WvXy9UnlCvMkFdP1ulKlCCdM4aIaLtZHzPCQTNCITobw3wuN4VIQ6Q07xaGwjhxNC0zJw6QKi2H7NLQ12VSC8VwhRVKCjZI9ljkcoIowvVS_mjO3b9-s=" target="_blank">Health Care Adapting to Urbanization</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City Informal City Dialogues</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The transformations wrought by global urbanization are many. Poverty is falling. Pollution is rising. The developing world is flexing its muscles, empowered by its ballooning cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrKfKUQW6hM7jUe8WMcZwzf4skEt6w89ddFxQGRB1SLlHYiJKDKsKuB3dgKD9vMbFyhO3dRm5EDtfW1NkjhX0BbpTwcL6CT_0h9YkXzdy6y5P1WvXy9UnlCvMkFdP1ulKlCCdM4aIaLtZHzPCQTNCITobw3wuN4VIQ6Q07xaGwjhxNC0zJw6QKi2H7NLQ12VSC8VwhRVKCjZI9ljkcoIowvVS_mjO3b9-s=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvphq3cRiGgGxyqym1bwSfRE4J14yL9SpnTUCvYUqCJX1bXMsrv4WjNFVDcfUHQnh0pi4lcbBiU-QYSpRS9E3CWsa-nf69hKJFryxGy5qyUnKttrdvOwgs8Y3FY77BjABk_c6E9Bvo4teHvEKdbsMAloJz07fyrheKR49z5VK9FxIeKJmDq7QyoqlX5bL_Hoa8RwaBxtJyQ4sC7ZpqWnjYz87CdG8jLM-ATFhX5mHu65AyF95eylJObxU8DXEoeVsuSnF5_IW9igj6RKylF8fWAQkCtDLgkl4F9mjBv-RoPVXg==" target="_blank">HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative Awarded for Innovation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The HUDdle</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">On May 1, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government recognized HUD's Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI) as one of this year's Top 25 programs in its Innovations in American Government Award competition.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvphq3cRiGgGxyqym1bwSfRE4J14yL9SpnTUCvYUqCJX1bXMsrv4WjNFVDcfUHQnh0pi4lcbBiU-QYSpRS9E3CWsa-nf69hKJFryxGy5qyUnKttrdvOwgs8Y3FY77BjABk_c6E9Bvo4teHvEKdbsMAloJz07fyrheKR49z5VK9FxIeKJmDq7QyoqlX5bL_Hoa8RwaBxtJyQ4sC7ZpqWnjYz87CdG8jLM-ATFhX5mHu65AyF95eylJObxU8DXEoeVsuSnF5_IW9igj6RKylF8fWAQkCtDLgkl4F9mjBv-RoPVXg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 10 May 2013 11:26:51 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-city-data-projects-state-and-local-outlook-bleak-income-and-transpo-routes-health-care-and-urbanization/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-la-port-rail-yard-ok-d-saving-the-salton-sea-time-lapse-images-show-sprawl-and-climate-change/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvoPK3A-7CSukYDc2d7U47_BxlEbnMUpV_0wwXB-pYE-3XuO3qyPGUfDXQXPkYDnIguOuwISfcA34cAA47wG8Ha9-yqClMraVmktpSsQJIYMtFZtRJYzmpXQPRtSckP-Hw8t6JSZhfp-VwJB7vjlKE7E" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqJDMzuDYnvkSM_XfAhqX1iuZu7RY0zuTqrp4IhOBZm0uRqndOWDa3cSg4uD_4rOzcykFLnLyR0fccgNO3ILM3JT0ArvxQssXoFaoa2Ws-veAfoIyubICLTbSPO0OzS7KAN1mJgQ1Jtt_hmA1j47d7V47oJ_fFaiyXV_neJokc_G_ek1wJiavzgXYGqslEKXAfjPkuPBMiabA==" target="_blank">Controversial LA Port Rail Yard Wins Approval</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Los Angeles City Council <span>on Wednesday</span> approved a controversial rail yard serving the harbor, setting the stage for possible court challenges alleging violations of environmental and civil rights laws.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvqJDMzuDYnvkSM_XfAhqX1iuZu7RY0zuTqrp4IhOBZm0uRqndOWDa3cSg4uD_4rOzcykFLnLyR0fccgNO3ILM3JT0ArvxQssXoFaoa2Ws-veAfoIyubICLTbSPO0OzS7KAN1mJgQ1Jtt_hmA1j47d7V47oJ_fFaiyXV_neJokc_G_ek1wJiavzgXYGqslEKXAfjPkuPBMiabA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrXN7ukJGxKhOHdlO3Zi6MZgMJuWBgM1njGhhiIuBil845H1wjBHt7Iv76YRMwiuV4rCeUQpwIy3G9Q0bPYst_Unwe_kr0kTsqcLSCPTenVhnRsVM-3XcxoXCjm8-Qw2GQgM2EPSsY8J6ZUg65RqvMFEklfsOr10RqHUvQ-w-cNdARHje3kvs9bB-Trg8fySnI=" target="_blank">Saving the Salton Sea</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City, Nate Berg</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Salton Sea, Southern California's accidental oasis-turned-environmental tragedy, is the kind of disaster for which 20th-century U.S. policymakers only have themselves to thank.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvrXN7ukJGxKhOHdlO3Zi6MZgMJuWBgM1njGhhiIuBil845H1wjBHt7Iv76YRMwiuV4rCeUQpwIy3G9Q0bPYst_Unwe_kr0kTsqcLSCPTenVhnRsVM-3XcxoXCjm8-Qw2GQgM2EPSsY8J6ZUg65RqvMFEklfsOr10RqHUvQ-w-cNdARHje3kvs9bB-Trg8fySnI=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpmAb1N7AR1cGePCfatgZvyIAMIMPdxuyG9mt1kN721Jq4eVfVk5jNf3ZcGduzMcC2g96xwCsbdnnGISmUhRRyirDfrbePKnvIzDVfdpesUV0DGnWEY6Lh4lz7z54K0vshuP6zL2kOD5T6YEWuewapiAgci9ygimldWuX7Nxh_GekMOfPNtyrJ_JGrUK6LVHO8=" target="_blank">Time Lapse Space Images Show Sprawl, Changing Environment</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Google Lat Long</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Today, we're making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth's surface over time.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001d0NqkcYisvpmAb1N7AR1cGePCfatgZvyIAMIMPdxuyG9mt1kN721Jq4eVfVk5jNf3ZcGduzMcC2g96xwCsbdnnGISmUhRRyirDfrbePKnvIzDVfdpesUV0DGnWEY6Lh4lz7z54K0vshuP6zL2kOD5T6YEWuewapiAgci9ygimldWuX7Nxh_GekMOfPNtyrJ_JGrUK6LVHO8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 10 May 2013 11:19:39 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-la-port-rail-yard-ok-d-saving-the-salton-sea-time-lapse-images-show-sprawl-and-climate-change/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-88/ <p>"Take this opportunity to realize that Charles Ramsey is a hero, not a meme. He is a man, not a viral sensation. He speaks to the aspirations of every community" <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1Iukk6vfl29lcFa-tjoGNEZYoI_bnULdHy9V6nuMfoGRWVRF7NSDhka7r6gKx8E58Y4JDF6p_ezoNv5cS6Q8HDf4nncmIhEwifTVjvXKehlFWBt2S9QjxFSBbaPPlippX9_A85tsIpH_vHzVIl41I1Ls7Yk3IGaYGCb2GzPTBlXX0uDmuSqRpJlWbVrb0Rhno__LTG-kGbF-sGbPsBlnlp" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:55:44 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-88/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-bike-infrastructure-debate-oakland-streetcar-study-spanish-hsr-lessons-milwaukee-streetcar-plan-threatened/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3FV2kg9G8n9E-ey-MCnE8XeAx-GLy5ydsttGxoV4ojpnbzwJv58mixAfv62uAPpedK7uay_6f7oe9_HCcg7Pg_PU1RAxT1NkFxgSW4F0dK7TF7jTcjGUtvALX4ruaXDPpTAObvrowD1ARj_zZO7jPa" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH01_2mf2PcEGwnEAs8pLZfksLRfhitAjPaEFeBhpGvy_5SU00f6bI5bOOa1FWx3KIdh_LAjOOb30pWWi9u2A9cZlATtTwcC7wFfooGTsFGl2nPQjwE5hum5-qRyVRQzSB7QUO0_QzzPL72AseUWRPkUGzjhWX1wJsMWott5yaPqyMxNQzg3s0f6Yt0s95INX4RLLjHhj69Aag==" target="_blank">Bike Infrastructure Debate Settled</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Streetsblog Net</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected bike lanes in recent years, however, everyone can see that predictions about bike lanes making streets more dangerous for cycling simply didn't come to pass.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH01_2mf2PcEGwnEAs8pLZfksLRfhitAjPaEFeBhpGvy_5SU00f6bI5bOOa1FWx3KIdh_LAjOOb30pWWi9u2A9cZlATtTwcC7wFfooGTsFGl2nPQjwE5hum5-qRyVRQzSB7QUO0_QzzPL72AseUWRPkUGzjhWX1wJsMWott5yaPqyMxNQzg3s0f6Yt0s95INX4RLLjHhj69Aag==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3AIm5YSyJ_D1UMzydwpuKGOQP2GnDKohibOrfUrH-WBY0_YeSjpozRvPF1soB0x5QRuxoyuAUeCDScr0FdDQPNbON3072nqRBroPZWJ-WuFQl--JCgq5pKWqgrFon5tbEVSE9uHZQ8mSClsJ4THsW72RWtserNFjTI7_rZB7HUg7tsp45GQuKVjbEJ47vXHJY=" target="_blank">Streetcar Study Contract Before Oakland Committee</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Rockridge Patch</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">On the <span>May 14</span> agenda of the Oakland City Council's Community and Economic Development Committee is a contract to compare building a streetcar system along Broadway with extending the current Broadway Shuttle.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3AIm5YSyJ_D1UMzydwpuKGOQP2GnDKohibOrfUrH-WBY0_YeSjpozRvPF1soB0x5QRuxoyuAUeCDScr0FdDQPNbON3072nqRBroPZWJ-WuFQl--JCgq5pKWqgrFon5tbEVSE9uHZQ8mSClsJ4THsW72RWtserNFjTI7_rZB7HUg7tsp45GQuKVjbEJ47vXHJY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3kpuRhDaBicm6zgrdAzfU9pzL8524f3Hlm9sHy6rxVALuMhTVdjAo9yE7HRnzsoWS45yNyDL8F9JtzP4STjhRzN-5hiOCX5ebj7iWEV6qo071XpQ60l5B29s1OYxCs1Gao7_3fd7bW-WLtUPNoDYB8TbYPAjJA-4NkYNu-RdvY-Y8hIrpnuUth89ii0fUQ0eqc9Safqiw3DM2sXRyua9HM" target="_blank">Council Members Not Happy with Late Streetcars</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Tucson Business Journals</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Oregon Iron Works' delays in delivering streetcars to Tucson, Ariz., have some city councilors there fuming.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3kpuRhDaBicm6zgrdAzfU9pzL8524f3Hlm9sHy6rxVALuMhTVdjAo9yE7HRnzsoWS45yNyDL8F9JtzP4STjhRzN-5hiOCX5ebj7iWEV6qo071XpQ60l5B29s1OYxCs1Gao7_3fd7bW-WLtUPNoDYB8TbYPAjJA-4NkYNu-RdvY-Y8hIrpnuUth89ii0fUQ0eqc9Safqiw3DM2sXRyua9HM" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2ev-aiwVjDBcwSr43T8LNluwcYi370pH-plAaLEnojcIMKZqdw0-Ht8ITkYRGtaPC5VmbhLKBmPMXqCYWe9a6MGWWCLUzKM_R8iPwpNbO-H74ZppHUYXtE33vDQCuDkqA=" target="_blank">What Can UK Learn from Spanish High Speed Rail?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>BBC News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There are many arguments made for the planned new high-speed rail network from London to Birmingham and to Manchester and Leeds, known as HS2.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2ev-aiwVjDBcwSr43T8LNluwcYi370pH-plAaLEnojcIMKZqdw0-Ht8ITkYRGtaPC5VmbhLKBmPMXqCYWe9a6MGWWCLUzKM_R8iPwpNbO-H74ZppHUYXtE33vDQCuDkqA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1sunmA9f27BZ0HI9w67SQ9QW0FYpOCZE3GAkihr109wqGTqodcCLNaUQ0aiyqHGKx0hFiQujoJXyLyKlh75k2B7kQiESFRZm28xBaBgfQrLerwcbXDlnfK2MDziPoOsS-_aEcuI3XkNlEUdPU9vCWWcecQ4SxMppJGmvTRafEvGUlkIZ_5KNx3EfeKM5bmUru8M6_dt37cdhmue4hzCB5hGfaqMjPKSdVtDDVl4HFo7hG4TlEJm9e0T_rR5fqTjpc=" target="_blank">Plans Offered to Kill Milwaukee Streetcar</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee intend to approve a measure <span>Thursday</span> that would bar utility ratepayers from having to bear any costs for a proposed streetcar in Milwaukee - a provision that likely would kill the project.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1sunmA9f27BZ0HI9w67SQ9QW0FYpOCZE3GAkihr109wqGTqodcCLNaUQ0aiyqHGKx0hFiQujoJXyLyKlh75k2B7kQiESFRZm28xBaBgfQrLerwcbXDlnfK2MDziPoOsS-_aEcuI3XkNlEUdPU9vCWWcecQ4SxMppJGmvTRafEvGUlkIZ_5KNx3EfeKM5bmUru8M6_dt37cdhmue4hzCB5hGfaqMjPKSdVtDDVl4HFo7hG4TlEJm9e0T_rR5fqTjpc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3bOA7ygpjOdt1puph3ozg11h03t9-_Vk1ncRMtszOk-0K7LamAZtr-dbrVo29UuBO57PzctcCGV6Svs0mGa75xi_ay30TrfnGFFfUqMJTKSr-AhhvVLTfVd8-dSf78CtLK7O-bjqph7MrtlSTmM3PQ458bXoJQuH6-9RZDMfW9jQ==" target="_blank">Minnesota Gas Tax Hike Rejected</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Minneapolis Star Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Senate Taxes Committee modified Scott Dibble's plan to raise sales and gas taxes, preferring the status quo.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3bOA7ygpjOdt1puph3ozg11h03t9-_Vk1ncRMtszOk-0K7LamAZtr-dbrVo29UuBO57PzctcCGV6Svs0mGa75xi_ay30TrfnGFFfUqMJTKSr-AhhvVLTfVd8-dSf78CtLK7O-bjqph7MrtlSTmM3PQ458bXoJQuH6-9RZDMfW9jQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3e0jOF-r9ZAux-gnwDEGvEthTO1xdwmZMgu0zA7DVZpvrYdEOuBeGe8ovdLzR2StuZeMgfg9jXFGG8MROcYftoXrp8YI_FZsWOpbRLBIoVVESFD7rdtWJ8LxzFJc8niRDeqs_BBU4kFb3OdWED4EUpgghI3bkY0J99V0EMoIIN90ITgQHwo6ZrAQo0BWjSK-msrlH2aqMFty1MIGHHkfi-lAuCyhBGTqY=" target="_blank">Why Does Australian Gov Favor Roads Over Rails?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Crikey: The Urbanist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Victorian government provided funding for a new city freeway this week but spurned a new rail line. It's important to understand why governments continue to favour roads over rails</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3e0jOF-r9ZAux-gnwDEGvEthTO1xdwmZMgu0zA7DVZpvrYdEOuBeGe8ovdLzR2StuZeMgfg9jXFGG8MROcYftoXrp8YI_FZsWOpbRLBIoVVESFD7rdtWJ8LxzFJc8niRDeqs_BBU4kFb3OdWED4EUpgghI3bkY0J99V0EMoIIN90ITgQHwo6ZrAQo0BWjSK-msrlH2aqMFty1MIGHHkfi-lAuCyhBGTqY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2HqbTbSSduS6KpOU4UTomS1vCa6gDLBtUIU9hb3D1jLmJxnvd5VK30Bdvms8jIXN4Lhe3_6VQZKLaw9x_ZOAj8HD6UN_1GsSEVoHEBm4si5P560kuPHh8wCu741sFyj4VQ3-3Nbdu8or_75EKVK_I1hy_6OUwZ3lfiYIvfIyG-2dndQ0ir028UdXabWdEiVlWuAQepkilHDf7rQ1fmHLNRhqnpjl8T-cY=" target="_blank">Council Passes Changes to Manhattan Core Parking Regulations</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>NYC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">This afternoon, the City Council passed the Manhattan Core parking text amendment with a vote of 47-0, with one abstention (Jessica Lappin).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2HqbTbSSduS6KpOU4UTomS1vCa6gDLBtUIU9hb3D1jLmJxnvd5VK30Bdvms8jIXN4Lhe3_6VQZKLaw9x_ZOAj8HD6UN_1GsSEVoHEBm4si5P560kuPHh8wCu741sFyj4VQ3-3Nbdu8or_75EKVK_I1hy_6OUwZ3lfiYIvfIyG-2dndQ0ir028UdXabWdEiVlWuAQepkilHDf7rQ1fmHLNRhqnpjl8T-cY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH38CaijlmxMSPdJk-mTO3pZEQmJCrBAXSuh0r67Ou6BpKC-1zaib8HuvqmDAxHYqG7yd9naavaRRce3G6KDTE7sR1b1MOK9bPyBb6jS42AUjp6v3724_EJ9teZef48QVur5Iro-PY-kh1OODc-v9l_CKOOXBJJQtD7IziuC_4eeJGTKPZ3yxzwbH1xW2z3Yenu36X8T5_JEwA==" target="_blank">Federal Online Sales Tax Would Benefit Local Transit Agencies</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Seattle Transit Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">PubliCola beat me to this point by a couple of days, but the internet sales tax bill making its way through Congress - it just passed the filibuster-happy Senate 69-27 , with your two Senators voting yes</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH38CaijlmxMSPdJk-mTO3pZEQmJCrBAXSuh0r67Ou6BpKC-1zaib8HuvqmDAxHYqG7yd9naavaRRce3G6KDTE7sR1b1MOK9bPyBb6jS42AUjp6v3724_EJ9teZef48QVur5Iro-PY-kh1OODc-v9l_CKOOXBJJQtD7IziuC_4eeJGTKPZ3yxzwbH1xW2z3Yenu36X8T5_JEwA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:46:08 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-bike-infrastructure-debate-oakland-streetcar-study-spanish-hsr-lessons-milwaukee-streetcar-plan-threatened/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-new-urbanism-on-stilts-sabermetrics-of-urbanism-zoning-rewrite-fights-sprawl-transit-and-urbanism/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2YTm_FKM_-7KzSeN_etgE4vo4TsYXaYfI-ks8Qa8Djk8F17FgnRW_I2aiGuzKq8NSBm5Jwi8yJbDlgIn3HKHXp1ZJ9DHQAi4Cz2QpOolIWUIIvrsL2UEVel3zIGBQ8qFaWgtzM3GUw5uH19_rj3Jhs" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2WA1uMn4RrLgWnJBC_W2NBrLH5gzmdW7d6XB0hEkC-0iYSS0uXtKqbc8lQ54_UoFAKwL3-eFBoPD4EYLkpVsv9u3uD4bC9wiy5JtZpY0xcNY64X1d-NBC-tOTEg1XsYxnCE0FqZApSY1R6B3Xj7zQVqa1b3qqyi_M=" target="_blank">New Urbanism on Stilts, Literally</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Witold Rybczynski</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Beachtown is a New Urbanism second-home village in Galveston. Construction began in 2005, after a protracted planning and permitting period.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2WA1uMn4RrLgWnJBC_W2NBrLH5gzmdW7d6XB0hEkC-0iYSS0uXtKqbc8lQ54_UoFAKwL3-eFBoPD4EYLkpVsv9u3uD4bC9wiy5JtZpY0xcNY64X1d-NBC-tOTEg1XsYxnCE0FqZApSY1R6B3Xj7zQVqa1b3qqyi_M=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH0Svk_7W4r6l48JpyYG6F5BvBU-wBB7D4dVxoNAG9q5KtfC_nEEtyvC3VtYs6dkRs66OUaXbBOo_D2rTaGZul-WHluP3JPM84EVdr8m1si_g9rVjNh5-93vawr9mMgPuyejWNjwGblLtx0VhtIBDK-yXVOHKA6iGDooNO7ZEs0ZTGSjmYD6BaIy166F4HglEQc=" target="_blank">Identifying the Sabermetrics of Urbanism</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Placemakers</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Since the beginning of the year I have spent numerous hours studying the book and movie Moneyball. Both the book and the movie resonate with me.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH0Svk_7W4r6l48JpyYG6F5BvBU-wBB7D4dVxoNAG9q5KtfC_nEEtyvC3VtYs6dkRs66OUaXbBOo_D2rTaGZul-WHluP3JPM84EVdr8m1si_g9rVjNh5-93vawr9mMgPuyejWNjwGblLtx0VhtIBDK-yXVOHKA6iGDooNO7ZEs0ZTGSjmYD6BaIy166F4HglEQc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH23ZY5y4ENcXeORKuDMSG2a4rG9ClIqD0x-l6a4eKwRCzQ71d77KKdFdHVsdszNzZQMOSp3-oytMml-OcN990_LiHD4ruNB_w0TqTs8CLcsXLl67DKxsApwW9aLIlgN-9sgVsTbkPUPmSlyvPydRqu1wZ_RIEvFgX7MWHuAlNrhcArRWuNj2baLrmErhq_ox5m6iGhSlRbTJuq0AEjSXxWR3L-ef5XJuq8m7MQfD7y65JBT863ZtIc2x18ncLXFoLrCfHgVfNWW5ihzKgaDZ-TZul9_Ax7w86Wtm_ZYM3wBww==" target="_blank">Madison's Zoning Code Rewrite Aimed at Curbing Sprawl</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Capital Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Madison initiated the process to update it zoning code in 2007 to comply with the state's Smart Growth law, which requires all municipalities in the state have updated comprehensive land-use plans - and zoning maps to match.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH23ZY5y4ENcXeORKuDMSG2a4rG9ClIqD0x-l6a4eKwRCzQ71d77KKdFdHVsdszNzZQMOSp3-oytMml-OcN990_LiHD4ruNB_w0TqTs8CLcsXLl67DKxsApwW9aLIlgN-9sgVsTbkPUPmSlyvPydRqu1wZ_RIEvFgX7MWHuAlNrhcArRWuNj2baLrmErhq_ox5m6iGhSlRbTJuq0AEjSXxWR3L-ef5XJuq8m7MQfD7y65JBT863ZtIc2x18ncLXFoLrCfHgVfNWW5ihzKgaDZ-TZul9_Ax7w86Wtm_ZYM3wBww==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1N1z4RS8c8arB--l7RDAU8gZjLke5gnLOAV08GOvpGs1g0HId8TWbIsmC1-A4ZOBV6-fuExFxGS6OG3CI_TY6prIQbnaqjMLKHSGk4jgVhL29_wme_WVwm9KT7tH8IQUkwQY7lv_SZb7Ew7NZzrJGeCqHw9ta6Vc1eirUZO2gJb0XFRjOl2ryH1-3u-rGIi5E=" target="_blank">Burst of Development Changing Austin's Mueller Development</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Austin Chronicle</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">If you live near the Mueller neighborhood, or regularly pass by, you're aware that quite a bit of change is in the Mueller air; the neighborhood has entered a new phase of rapid expansion and infill.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1N1z4RS8c8arB--l7RDAU8gZjLke5gnLOAV08GOvpGs1g0HId8TWbIsmC1-A4ZOBV6-fuExFxGS6OG3CI_TY6prIQbnaqjMLKHSGk4jgVhL29_wme_WVwm9KT7tH8IQUkwQY7lv_SZb7Ew7NZzrJGeCqHw9ta6Vc1eirUZO2gJb0XFRjOl2ryH1-3u-rGIi5E=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3e99GSoW0FsruUlkPH73JW2EqpcjEwXFOEJvLovhBnW2xCbv_IyZw45gr7Wve7KPrUoU6OiNH5LdlQiGw0IJZ6X1wLnLEfYf02gIdFRqdvmQkor7qxVuSqSFNI3qlrWbdnQZy4wyrybKY0nKAkBuWCjcZWdwp2VCOaMnL6tq1NxagzPnXtQAqtTPOP7S5Z-Fo=" target="_blank">We Need Transit and Urbanism Surrounding It</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Joe-Urban</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Kate Wolford's Star Tribune commentary calling for more transit was spot on. Our peer cities (Denver, Portland, Charlotte, Salt Lake City, hell, even St. Louis!) are ahead of us in terms of built rail miles, lines and stations.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3e99GSoW0FsruUlkPH73JW2EqpcjEwXFOEJvLovhBnW2xCbv_IyZw45gr7Wve7KPrUoU6OiNH5LdlQiGw0IJZ6X1wLnLEfYf02gIdFRqdvmQkor7qxVuSqSFNI3qlrWbdnQZy4wyrybKY0nKAkBuWCjcZWdwp2VCOaMnL6tq1NxagzPnXtQAqtTPOP7S5Z-Fo=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3Yw6V8wpwR2L1NfmRZA8KWLGsqofYfn2k0A3DwL2Z7UPWCdTyrKMMv0iBgw65JuPrqPOCgbep8FKPjWGwsvF_Bi3MhmjkhMFoUSxvyqNsTWZnqKLmXLoxqmCIdvfIej-4TyaUStJC-6ns6u9qKdC97jEEUDA92Sl4oq9pkbM2dU6987bQ5JzfZWkt6XHLwPvgIsEX9iTz1fuNGq6VV9lf6VVTfTihL2HuV1O70wp_Hig==" target="_blank">Google Maps Redisgn Makes People Uneasy</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Google may or may not introduce a new design for Google Maps during its I/O developers conference next week, when the company will publicly discuss about "the future of Google Maps," but people are definitely complaining about the rumored design getting passed around the web today.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3Yw6V8wpwR2L1NfmRZA8KWLGsqofYfn2k0A3DwL2Z7UPWCdTyrKMMv0iBgw65JuPrqPOCgbep8FKPjWGwsvF_Bi3MhmjkhMFoUSxvyqNsTWZnqKLmXLoxqmCIdvfIej-4TyaUStJC-6ns6u9qKdC97jEEUDA92Sl4oq9pkbM2dU6987bQ5JzfZWkt6XHLwPvgIsEX9iTz1fuNGq6VV9lf6VVTfTihL2HuV1O70wp_Hig==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH027SvN00mmBOaGn9t-PEyxZPmipO_8HBG4o682Q8ICmWyy4wA3xVY3IFXF-nudUGF8_S84RYQIYjFATLP3yYHourEKDUjAAlw9VC_W0JYrjam26c7_nYUtkJhvZmEhV9IqUGyNc7C4dS3LpKtBOOVWaslBbxpm8v-RPdoZlmv5EwrNHS-DCaHs8ABPlmPv_RkaT2w21jtH_g==" target="_blank">Should DC Try to Curtail Pop Up Building Movement?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Washington City Paper</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Earlier this year, a three-story addition rose up above a two-story rowhouse like "a big middle finger" to its V Street NW neighbors. That was how the website DCist described it at the time.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH027SvN00mmBOaGn9t-PEyxZPmipO_8HBG4o682Q8ICmWyy4wA3xVY3IFXF-nudUGF8_S84RYQIYjFATLP3yYHourEKDUjAAlw9VC_W0JYrjam26c7_nYUtkJhvZmEhV9IqUGyNc7C4dS3LpKtBOOVWaslBbxpm8v-RPdoZlmv5EwrNHS-DCaHs8ABPlmPv_RkaT2w21jtH_g==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:26:24 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-new-urbanism-on-stilts-sabermetrics-of-urbanism-zoning-rewrite-fights-sprawl-transit-and-urbanism/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-vancouver-affordability-geography-of-us-suicides-atlanta-in-town-job-migration-nyc-apartments-sue-bikeshare/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1oYHUW5wuk5AkBseWfP9TS1kO1ai4jfwBlwuEK4N_oIB9TxrfOMUsRqxnAfOfJnJ4tN6EhChZKrLys2LoYeXAZgoy4hnhXS8GHJvprUwZA3aJNBHj3AyMW5Gaus0T6FdR84EJDi8XzHuKaNFgNJCis" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2kVJ7aR-2dNq2iXLKU63Ip600uoFwgUfKG26f4jU7UcXEs_pOcgJ4CG_peS3zF1On3KaX1EQ_1Ff045SzzyUyQRUr6Is47Z_FTE6sP1x1xqfI37pwsxSJDTnWIELqgJkMA-dLw42F4I81zYNZLkzCzpiROsC8YcsH_HwO6WViDkrjPJUJuwKrXUS4Jx_NF6dNtNd07vDZk3kunPv0hf_l_1rrMoJOMfeTmCaIX2tZ9RQ==" target="_blank">Pushing Back on Wendell Cox's Vancouver Claims</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Price Tags</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">If (you've) heard once, (you've) heard a hundred times that it takes about 10 years of average household income to buy an average home, and that this renders us the second least affordable city in the entire world, or at least the English-speaking world.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2kVJ7aR-2dNq2iXLKU63Ip600uoFwgUfKG26f4jU7UcXEs_pOcgJ4CG_peS3zF1On3KaX1EQ_1Ff045SzzyUyQRUr6Is47Z_FTE6sP1x1xqfI37pwsxSJDTnWIELqgJkMA-dLw42F4I81zYNZLkzCzpiROsC8YcsH_HwO6WViDkrjPJUJuwKrXUS4Jx_NF6dNtNd07vDZk3kunPv0hf_l_1rrMoJOMfeTmCaIX2tZ9RQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2UEfVaG1bnQuVbm5XjxPNbZyc2ZpWp4uMRTZIwh5hCEuhKLXyWjW4uLmtXWcqQSbVGM-y7js3JNoAPPTAYF2F1zuqQYCTmaLci3U4pdvCP0R0ousoFMsQSKxrHetdIwyRk-Qk9bF34lCkwVdYvUX4DcPn2MkKmChOCRv3lKyovqCoSGi4SwS9FOKPaDlVdueeAmS26F4OAE33CksjI2R1x2jey9KloBIWNUgLhYupmxA==" target="_blank">Hidden Geography of Suicide in the United States</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">You probably saw the headlines late last week: suicides among middle-aged Americans appear to have surged over the past decade.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2UEfVaG1bnQuVbm5XjxPNbZyc2ZpWp4uMRTZIwh5hCEuhKLXyWjW4uLmtXWcqQSbVGM-y7js3JNoAPPTAYF2F1zuqQYCTmaLci3U4pdvCP0R0ousoFMsQSKxrHetdIwyRk-Qk9bF34lCkwVdYvUX4DcPn2MkKmChOCRv3lKyovqCoSGi4SwS9FOKPaDlVdueeAmS26F4OAE33CksjI2R1x2jey9KloBIWNUgLhYupmxA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3XBFF-Bj5LA3CpfXNuYy9An_Fq1m-lY_BSqA4BLqQDTpN7YQGLoDaqIaZah3STkF4oxjWD-PqQ_0xl3e-bgWCn8eHyLwGrSM5ez3kTG5eIsN7880x4-s2KEmRNgPbwGU7E7KiWdoumkCU4CA-hoKZRxkMev6IQLGHTcYmAMIzhFT0h8Bs_nci_Mt_FN4pQIBjwpPQtsohVO77RHtS-JzLVrPeiie7vGyE=" target="_blank">In Town Job Growth and Sprawl</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Atlanta Journal Constitution</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">News of employment activity in downtown Atlanta was topped off recently when we learned Coca-Cola expects to relocate at least 500 workers to the city core from the 'burbs in Cobb County. Is Atlanta experiencing a sustainable in-town jobs migration?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3XBFF-Bj5LA3CpfXNuYy9An_Fq1m-lY_BSqA4BLqQDTpN7YQGLoDaqIaZah3STkF4oxjWD-PqQ_0xl3e-bgWCn8eHyLwGrSM5ez3kTG5eIsN7880x4-s2KEmRNgPbwGU7E7KiWdoumkCU4CA-hoKZRxkMev6IQLGHTcYmAMIzhFT0h8Bs_nci_Mt_FN4pQIBjwpPQtsohVO77RHtS-JzLVrPeiie7vGyE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2SOJAmxiLtSIW3lH8sr8X2HOJ04X4wavYygcu11bYFNHeaEM0hJYe1nECDU6kjnvUbnTtoO593Sk3C0pV1c8N-J0Muw2WafDqVENMdfEhCapjUVOxCdATWeVTkqM6NHyZzP-qYtrbVCTOR5ik7qp6jta_J6VKFDb1Utcp2Aapp8pAMrN89bFgbQsrgim9LX_wkfSVPJM5NughhZWR9101w" target="_blank">The Fight Against Small Apartments</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Stranger Slog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In May of 2009, a rumor was floating around City Hall. Homeowners on Capitol Hill were furious about a construction project.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2SOJAmxiLtSIW3lH8sr8X2HOJ04X4wavYygcu11bYFNHeaEM0hJYe1nECDU6kjnvUbnTtoO593Sk3C0pV1c8N-J0Muw2WafDqVENMdfEhCapjUVOxCdATWeVTkqM6NHyZzP-qYtrbVCTOR5ik7qp6jta_J6VKFDb1Utcp2Aapp8pAMrN89bFgbQsrgim9LX_wkfSVPJM5NughhZWR9101w" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1Iukk6vfl29lcFa-tjoGNEZYoI_bnULdHy9V6nuMfoGRWVRF7NSDhka7r6gKx8E58Y4JDF6p_ezoNv5cS6Q8HDf4nncmIhEwifTVjvXKehlFWBt2S9QjxFSBbaPPlippX9_A85tsIpH_vHzVIl41I1Ls7Yk3IGaYGCb2GzPTBlXX0uDmuSqRpJlWbVrb0Rhno__LTG-kGbF-sGbPsBlnlp" target="_blank">Learning from Observant Neighbors</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Rust Wire</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">May 7th, will be a day that lives on fondly in Cleveland for years to come. Families can breathe a united sigh of relief as a community trauma comes to a bittersweet end.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1Iukk6vfl29lcFa-tjoGNEZYoI_bnULdHy9V6nuMfoGRWVRF7NSDhka7r6gKx8E58Y4JDF6p_ezoNv5cS6Q8HDf4nncmIhEwifTVjvXKehlFWBt2S9QjxFSBbaPPlippX9_A85tsIpH_vHzVIl41I1Ls7Yk3IGaYGCb2GzPTBlXX0uDmuSqRpJlWbVrb0Rhno__LTG-kGbF-sGbPsBlnlp" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH000ITMkeunv3UIDgDy18M_47nuChIWFJPyf9gqdv46Y5ZGlQvFn-Dz4UoFUhFs9At7X-kzv-W6epiOCCYvrqrrmS4H-R9eR41JvhjN-VTTFyKjTrVxY4X90_N8E0Vv9UvC1MQz7zK3TXJ2tATFJrElwgl41z-lxHLuGaWcCsUHRRBTD7um3IoOgvu6kZAnpEgtQMUjuDyLWx68kAFHYmmd2IHgjaQ8ZwxD82LNuFBWFA==" target="_blank">NYC Apartments Sue Bikeshare for Fear of Lost Property Value</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>NYC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Setting aside the sheer entitlement it must take to sue the city over a public amenity installed on the public right of way, let's just appreciate the irony of the complaints coming from anti-bike-share litigants.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH000ITMkeunv3UIDgDy18M_47nuChIWFJPyf9gqdv46Y5ZGlQvFn-Dz4UoFUhFs9At7X-kzv-W6epiOCCYvrqrrmS4H-R9eR41JvhjN-VTTFyKjTrVxY4X90_N8E0Vv9UvC1MQz7zK3TXJ2tATFJrElwgl41z-lxHLuGaWcCsUHRRBTD7um3IoOgvu6kZAnpEgtQMUjuDyLWx68kAFHYmmd2IHgjaQ8ZwxD82LNuFBWFA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2IUhBpHndhWv1TmPKkMJiAZ77A1k5b0i5DCj12aB07Cq41YrUL_OF4Xn_Oq0Ywtcce6BEPNPoMSOG-cC1ogOZf8EKeZsx-nkXE-X0n5BC6R9pigNjmvYGVg8zbviLWOUVCTq_VPWqH_X4t0W1Y7it--cpULTNgFxxitnujb26ZD0wKVruDxOOjFVvVBh62ON8H2lfVMfjl6g==" target="_blank">Will Filtering or "Trickle Down" Keep Housing Affordable?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The rising supply of high-end apartments has slowed the rise in prices (at least outside the hottest areas). Will that make housing more affordable for people who can't afford the fanciest apartments?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2IUhBpHndhWv1TmPKkMJiAZ77A1k5b0i5DCj12aB07Cq41YrUL_OF4Xn_Oq0Ywtcce6BEPNPoMSOG-cC1ogOZf8EKeZsx-nkXE-X0n5BC6R9pigNjmvYGVg8zbviLWOUVCTq_VPWqH_X4t0W1Y7it--cpULTNgFxxitnujb26ZD0wKVruDxOOjFVvVBh62ON8H2lfVMfjl6g==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH0FU-W66tGU8HfmLxhJHZFFDGqVN-P1POmEBDoEM6MJhyRaUUayBdnPseb57Fw3xQVIJqQutAVfO0zNWNBl5EkreUikdZZFfu-LmK-dxKM1MHTG0dzpSv1Kg7N10suAR8hDvGq2ebbVOg52Zu1FtFs-L5fjQ-GTnd7rrKGkibWxYJ2qB7PNMvvY7G2yYkWUTLYU1quODMve4zmNNqYCBkEA89dEGYfwv_sTcEQewEykag==" target="_blank">Does Rising Homeownership Predict Future Unemployment?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">If your idea of the American dream is to spend your mornings and evenings alone in an idling car surrounded on all sides by other lonely people in other idling cars, by all means, buy a house.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH0FU-W66tGU8HfmLxhJHZFFDGqVN-P1POmEBDoEM6MJhyRaUUayBdnPseb57Fw3xQVIJqQutAVfO0zNWNBl5EkreUikdZZFfu-LmK-dxKM1MHTG0dzpSv1Kg7N10suAR8hDvGq2ebbVOg52Zu1FtFs-L5fjQ-GTnd7rrKGkibWxYJ2qB7PNMvvY7G2yYkWUTLYU1quODMve4zmNNqYCBkEA89dEGYfwv_sTcEQewEykag==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:19:53 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-vancouver-affordability-geography-of-us-suicides-atlanta-in-town-job-migration-nyc-apartments-sue-bikeshare/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-econology-fastest-warming-city-beauty-amid-chicago-industry-planning-sustainability-focus/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3xV5RkkOYXLrKP1SlRI6DmmUmbRpat_1jWNpXAq6Z1QPq8SLkD0G8f7IqAISjgxd0XerMa_hnxJ9-0xYfAWh5G6Nuu25CbQR1ZJMy-oGKBQtBn0J3V7bnNxvoMSkAirPFQBGLTF-imKrnhAnQuW07c" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1UNI7Ct9z-L3fZlP6Bmvw9Nls9LxKgii3JgS9AyHiPrC38QP3hEIWiPft2UUBD5RnFpc7rtkq-4UIQzdvxwTprH0zowj5g1IE6UyK6PUndMek5aneBAG9fqOus6LpwTxxWEH7Y9fQNMHs3RVZyL6Rzdrp0L0pJ7HM6riv8pi-mNiEYRzB2XHLBui3n-XeJZRcnzZjiMEDXFg==" target="_blank">Few Trees in Louisville, The Fastest Warming City</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">What's the scariest weather event you can think of? A hurricane? Tornado? Storm surge?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH1UNI7Ct9z-L3fZlP6Bmvw9Nls9LxKgii3JgS9AyHiPrC38QP3hEIWiPft2UUBD5RnFpc7rtkq-4UIQzdvxwTprH0zowj5g1IE6UyK6PUndMek5aneBAG9fqOus6LpwTxxWEH7Y9fQNMHs3RVZyL6Rzdrp0L0pJ7HM6riv8pi-mNiEYRzB2XHLBui3n-XeJZRcnzZjiMEDXFg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3TJa6CQgrjLhPL0GI-lRMg-MeLgCK0XF-EUPKjZVZoyrrMWOO7w9BFm6LXQJstv8zOh48FYbr0Ak9T0ZaJ0CHyOh5JU8JamCERiqptojeHMMfkcvhuaqr87oggPydRCVUbZJ7eUcaW4yFpYcrZSe4gD6494KyANLS4c18TlP0UfV4XUvizku5rWRhUbK1lHnc=" target="_blank">Wilderness South of Chicago: Beauty Amid Industry</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>ASLA Dirt Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Calumet region surrounds Chicago and includes Lake Calumet and the Calumet river system.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH3TJa6CQgrjLhPL0GI-lRMg-MeLgCK0XF-EUPKjZVZoyrrMWOO7w9BFm6LXQJstv8zOh48FYbr0Ak9T0ZaJ0CHyOh5JU8JamCERiqptojeHMMfkcvhuaqr87oggPydRCVUbZJ7eUcaW4yFpYcrZSe4gD6494KyANLS4c18TlP0UfV4XUvizku5rWRhUbK1lHnc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2eCwK9SschYYKS_n7YWmZeAriESzOpcpnhv6OwLAZaaBUV2ZCibfdVvaaxKtyANlW-Ny7T3II8GIgo6ld8F2S_lmEKYtLfO-YZrzXEwyxwzrTRbIgzhNN5SdiJBTPx18vzHkP1ujHGgfC4E8jfGioEUEjG307DCyP2_uQToFWULUpT1gQgbirg7niI1scSGzRB8oc0xDOo_JAdnzWbW2blXYhkP3SmwP0=" target="_blank">Lehigh PA Planning Effort Focuses on Sustainability</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Smart Growth America</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A 2011 Regional Planning Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is helping Lehigh Valley, PA plan for a vibrant future.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2eCwK9SschYYKS_n7YWmZeAriESzOpcpnhv6OwLAZaaBUV2ZCibfdVvaaxKtyANlW-Ny7T3II8GIgo6ld8F2S_lmEKYtLfO-YZrzXEwyxwzrTRbIgzhNN5SdiJBTPx18vzHkP1ujHGgfC4E8jfGioEUEjG307DCyP2_uQToFWULUpT1gQgbirg7niI1scSGzRB8oc0xDOo_JAdnzWbW2blXYhkP3SmwP0=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:15:06 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-econology-fastest-warming-city-beauty-amid-chicago-industry-planning-sustainability-focus/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-smaller-cars-better-than-bigger-streets/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH36THMCog6Ek911cMzB2jJjGMfI0UliYAh5JtOVHItct5bRzGM_WrOoT5YD8n339QmTsyGAt4A_IZ1thhw_VaLTibh17IQb8Z9LPQyfvs2pU-XKMPVDDIcqH974LTgAnZ7YnjQEvjEP1M5KqwGwiyHa" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2FuhvlAEde3pnMg8A2TS0Sjd8gGSOwXa__TsVSY4MMPcgIjUtQjAysYgJyJweO4VXDXiUPuauIzipBkWr8ClXT5Bbb_IwGsxBZ04WsPq43B6hOUSTGNEE-arH6DelooGJwFvAnvSI4XnsjuVJbeXlzXbq8rHpU6N2bu_5yj-sl20QuYMXzo6ES7HlizyIJFzo=" target="_blank">Smaller Cars Better Than Bigger Streets?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Tango Cars</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Auckland New Zealand may be the first city to realize that it can be 10 times less expensive and 10 times faster to purchase and lease Tangos to commuters rather than spend tens of $billions of taxpayer funds on more freeways and other transportation infrastructure.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001MlrdAazNiH2FuhvlAEde3pnMg8A2TS0Sjd8gGSOwXa__TsVSY4MMPcgIjUtQjAysYgJyJweO4VXDXiUPuauIzipBkWr8ClXT5Bbb_IwGsxBZ04WsPq43B6hOUSTGNEE-arH6DelooGJwFvAnvSI4XnsjuVJbeXlzXbq8rHpU6N2bu_5yj-sl20QuYMXzo6ES7HlizyIJFzo=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 09 May 2013 11:12:34 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-smaller-cars-better-than-bigger-streets/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-89/ <p>"That's right - someone has figured out how to make a killing by charging $92 a night for the use of this vehicle, while paying absolutely no form of rent, mortgage, property tax, or other cost associated with controlling real estate." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRALfyeOd8DppcsUXG1mCHL-rWGn7iT82rOUqAKjxRs6hlfkKA9fp2MQRKB3Hb33e9FJ81JPxpi-bH1pyzrz8BGwvz6J6dCWHawIrjhLuzcBMRw8_gBbUaW0LqJZgKmjY-Y2rzDil1B0fun0CjCzBV4EB3DOT0NhAeTTyGlDV8dwZp15HcOpgXdJ73KqPI2AuWHeoOgQ17HImQLpje6lDScw" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:25:50 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-89/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-colorado-road-funds-for-transit-infrastructure-and-democracy-streetcars-and-overhead-wires-pedestrian-death-toll/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRD2ghROSipNYvmoNIN0vQdjduK7m8nNw8vXYgDTVsjRtDjYFdhghHlrS0ry141IK-Ik-GeBlBYiKF1NvBES_CCuZ7BCUnGUNcLHi1iQ0kMs0-5zvACHH8W-gt5qFd75560POej73NRvlarKOgp11Qc2" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAkPxdaRVx_mj3QSfgt5tw3QyNQbVqkaBqEVwCIsTSPwNxgxR-iitRfOwPK9Jgr2Otw2aIwuJaqofoPqdsEgExH88ZWCVfKC6L21ULhR7qBvV53J6BiXSUdKtE1XaLBnfqFppa2LX4pAcOxomclt7DgQRFeDAe-mrEREmKG5c0nwBzhqzV3NnoH0FguvDdsmwJ12r50bueSLA==" target="_blank">Colorado Road Money Can Be Used for Transit Now</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Denver Post, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDGJrjVjmAImpg4LLLRFn96FM1xLYU-m5kfPXhqyLw0SuRu8MNwHXRqcAxiMH1ha9YAyMXBRM_RYlQClG6vXZNzOYIC5tZv5gTjCG5DlAtFKAUW_CFprfWU6aqVNbO6Ao1BrCyF9p0G6b7oGpA9N8w8dpNpn5yNwzOGLW6vreWNCg==" target="_blank">DC Streetsblog</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented freedom to spend tax dollars on transportation projects other than roads and bridges.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAkPxdaRVx_mj3QSfgt5tw3QyNQbVqkaBqEVwCIsTSPwNxgxR-iitRfOwPK9Jgr2Otw2aIwuJaqofoPqdsEgExH88ZWCVfKC6L21ULhR7qBvV53J6BiXSUdKtE1XaLBnfqFppa2LX4pAcOxomclt7DgQRFeDAe-mrEREmKG5c0nwBzhqzV3NnoH0FguvDdsmwJ12r50bueSLA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAidJcQNGpAX5VGlnKFoZvm-68sMvxf4NJAB2thkJAtJC_Xpm9jQM-w4FUn_dqK11AHPAcBAaTRTth_NQrqUb2v7E3eN9s3iRJ7hzpvKYGVioPtWsAY-rYFv3HTAE7qBpZh4qVZNRmkl-dA-u-eJg1RhPULtVEJduLWq4Z5bRKSLrK5oA0bBK2s3BbExYBmxxTlpBlzFuW0lQ==" target="_blank">3 Initiatives to Drive the New Secretary of Transportation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Rooflines</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">President Obama on April 29 nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation. Transit advocates are hoping that Foxx's experience as the successful mayor of a mid-size city will ground his work as secretary.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAidJcQNGpAX5VGlnKFoZvm-68sMvxf4NJAB2thkJAtJC_Xpm9jQM-w4FUn_dqK11AHPAcBAaTRTth_NQrqUb2v7E3eN9s3iRJ7hzpvKYGVioPtWsAY-rYFv3HTAE7qBpZh4qVZNRmkl-dA-u-eJg1RhPULtVEJduLWq4Z5bRKSLrK5oA0bBK2s3BbExYBmxxTlpBlzFuW0lQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDvl6GmtKbHAwXOfMELXE9BZTxcqvtOnB6OQAhYg5l8hRgbkqFXXSRs7Q4P9GcUyzzQUjdqN6SUamBgpBb-WTy3RGJXDvGqQmYeEkGICOSEiBloN6vR5E225jyUdGDKQuonRh8SLYVme4MLk2XQ_2TuDKcLVkH_mPb4Cb2g-lFzJURrTXDgbXPcxlc74VRE8su4DM2DJOzqPQ==" target="_blank">Infrastructure and Democracy</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Pedestrian Observations</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Two stories, one recent and one older, have made me think about the undemocratic way the US builds infrastructure.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDvl6GmtKbHAwXOfMELXE9BZTxcqvtOnB6OQAhYg5l8hRgbkqFXXSRs7Q4P9GcUyzzQUjdqN6SUamBgpBb-WTy3RGJXDvGqQmYeEkGICOSEiBloN6vR5E225jyUdGDKQuonRh8SLYVme4MLk2XQ_2TuDKcLVkH_mPb4Cb2g-lFzJURrTXDgbXPcxlc74VRE8su4DM2DJOzqPQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCPDd833rH8CKQhv4-SdYf_eyVP8dj-dfHMNE0L6J2PJ-DOnaxLKBOv4s71e5eYzevq-VI3mcMQD8T4bG7ke7tYYLbbCiEFxApgo8DlTaLuCOhlFxY5HjVsD1Cf7z1UzvmPzi6x3sJxKYTb47UCbsryKdDpnzewjRB6HsoOjJ6I4vlgUTpIgzwB5q_KtPEUUp2h7lqtTSacNfSP0iZsvbkc" target="_blank">Vancouver Council Denies a Vote on Light Rail</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Columbian</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Vancouver City Council declined <span>Monday</span> to place an anti-light rail initiative on the November ballot.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCPDd833rH8CKQhv4-SdYf_eyVP8dj-dfHMNE0L6J2PJ-DOnaxLKBOv4s71e5eYzevq-VI3mcMQD8T4bG7ke7tYYLbbCiEFxApgo8DlTaLuCOhlFxY5HjVsD1Cf7z1UzvmPzi6x3sJxKYTb47UCbsryKdDpnzewjRB6HsoOjJ6I4vlgUTpIgzwB5q_KtPEUUp2h7lqtTSacNfSP0iZsvbkc" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDvdqwj3RvloSt4VFqJUB-7d8fIykZpfECqpZOIHe5g8VQ6gyUvdvkv-RC3_thjhtJnd2EjNTKkxXDb1YnlMKmlG1PPj9-f8aghYvd6LAD76lcVGRxbRkWe3wZRnUmo_ZWQvkPa-Gb1l93L4yMbNHYxqRQDriHrPDw5SO7ODUlbaCgHywP0gnQuNUu9gczJWfHrkIyQ6y65BCkcD9DGrMAg" target="_blank">Streetcar Could be Foxx's Final Fight</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>WCNC</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Mayor Anthony Foxx reassured supporters of the controversial Capital Investment Plan and streetcar extension that he's still fighting for both proposals <span>Monday</span>, suggesting he doesn't have one foot in Washington D.C. ahead of his confirmation hearings to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDvdqwj3RvloSt4VFqJUB-7d8fIykZpfECqpZOIHe5g8VQ6gyUvdvkv-RC3_thjhtJnd2EjNTKkxXDb1YnlMKmlG1PPj9-f8aghYvd6LAD76lcVGRxbRkWe3wZRnUmo_ZWQvkPa-Gb1l93L4yMbNHYxqRQDriHrPDw5SO7ODUlbaCgHywP0gnQuNUu9gczJWfHrkIyQ6y65BCkcD9DGrMAg" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAJtVuYp0ZM_6v_kBOfczehqxSL1kRbvGy9vdklAPTuSzQqMpdCUnHKbVTeNBc2yx4resuJ833mzcx9w1u1Wxj1VlhVYxcMcl6IV_3HGAODFtxhq0qcHlr3CW3sYDNffCfyyJ4AKQW861SqRz8JD76LdOBjP4I5L940fEIPGXgPrkER--Lg4uBOZG-orZmkZ1Ri_-0bGGIkNlPEGC7OMzlhkUn4QYh8q6A=" target="_blank">Are Overhead Wires Really That Bad?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Like a number of cities in California, Anaheim has streetcars on the mind.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAJtVuYp0ZM_6v_kBOfczehqxSL1kRbvGy9vdklAPTuSzQqMpdCUnHKbVTeNBc2yx4resuJ833mzcx9w1u1Wxj1VlhVYxcMcl6IV_3HGAODFtxhq0qcHlr3CW3sYDNffCfyyJ4AKQW861SqRz8JD76LdOBjP4I5L940fEIPGXgPrkER--Lg4uBOZG-orZmkZ1Ri_-0bGGIkNlPEGC7OMzlhkUn4QYh8q6A=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCaQQpkgpthZQDsSCUaIlQBxVcWlEKZm_cN42F8e-8rcYPNkP5qQ0CaKPYtsYiJK9HW8QZX7e4kbfWFuTGbytHc1mNZnXda-_w2foM5zf6FzFkbicQeE8rT6NcGfuk-QFvu1Hps2Rr6MQFRXSywYgU7kfKMSDERHsMMy4PcUZu0f5PBRr4Jw9V9eGsjpTL9JhQ=" target="_blank">The Inequitable Toll of Pedestrian Deaths</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control found that while 10.5 percent of all trips in the United States are made on foot, pedestrians made up 13 percent of all traffic fatalities between 2001 and 2010. During those years, a staggering 47,392 pedestrians were killed on American roadways.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCaQQpkgpthZQDsSCUaIlQBxVcWlEKZm_cN42F8e-8rcYPNkP5qQ0CaKPYtsYiJK9HW8QZX7e4kbfWFuTGbytHc1mNZnXda-_w2foM5zf6FzFkbicQeE8rT6NcGfuk-QFvu1Hps2Rr6MQFRXSywYgU7kfKMSDERHsMMy4PcUZu0f5PBRr4Jw9V9eGsjpTL9JhQ=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAJDWZUyhVvorYbQBT_XMyWb21wkBSheAMnlqYhlQ4ys6diBxDQbYqzxVW-K0RIttaTRn4vTY7W63ijMZ7JvpTUOmbgu0X_FMGRw6k_MwN7zlvUL2T1InyMQLYNcm7TGnaa-kKKwEVa8MnjnuPZoELkP2KjUfkYcjD-5LWrCylmb9FFArSVkgV8wkjuQXXJCeqLcwwrOE3EDo9OPdwPmp6z" target="_blank">The Reverse-Commute Boom</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Washington City Paper</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As anyone who's ever boarded a Red Line train at rush hour knows, the Metro can get very crowded. And with the city's population booming and a decreasing percentage of residents owning cars, it's only going to get more crowded.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAJDWZUyhVvorYbQBT_XMyWb21wkBSheAMnlqYhlQ4ys6diBxDQbYqzxVW-K0RIttaTRn4vTY7W63ijMZ7JvpTUOmbgu0X_FMGRw6k_MwN7zlvUL2T1InyMQLYNcm7TGnaa-kKKwEVa8MnjnuPZoELkP2KjUfkYcjD-5LWrCylmb9FFArSVkgV8wkjuQXXJCeqLcwwrOE3EDo9OPdwPmp6z" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:19:16 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-colorado-road-funds-for-transit-infrastructure-and-democracy-streetcars-and-overhead-wires-pedestrian-death-toll/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-citizen-placemakers-misapplying-transect-to-region-tyson-s-tallest-skyscraper-parking-garage-rooftop-bars/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCOgKnqaaCH8rsNNxi-7IY1Hgbv_gTM6bI3X7-gNI4_jWG-6dpPX5qa5vyNVcdSBhXNNbLEXPfU9TBI01bfvA7JnkWo-snq62lx7NlPXXJrtSx6seL6ZT91zBGDgqMWZUp53eqK-crjev7_flTIFoFN" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAg2CTnPEkJFqxJlF9PBmgJ3sNUATWAj5DVLMWVt_7kYU-aUAk6bBZXocDK2E25TKblM3PcZANpdytRpBDh0apTXjr2Xx5sK5R5UBnKMYChp3UgoLQl9JGjV3q-rA6CtCRpUCJvcsHItZ2uaxMfiSkm63XFGXHqWRsxmpwS8HVKpoC9N4pm3ev7sG5vpxzeMA1UFcYEpj61IQ==" target="_blank">How to be a Citizen Placemaker</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Project for Public Spaces</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Imagine that you live in a truly vibrant place: the bustling neighborhood of every Placemaker's dreams. Picture the streets, the local square, the waterfront, the public market.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAg2CTnPEkJFqxJlF9PBmgJ3sNUATWAj5DVLMWVt_7kYU-aUAk6bBZXocDK2E25TKblM3PcZANpdytRpBDh0apTXjr2Xx5sK5R5UBnKMYChp3UgoLQl9JGjV3q-rA6CtCRpUCJvcsHItZ2uaxMfiSkm63XFGXHqWRsxmpwS8HVKpoC9N4pm3ev7sG5vpxzeMA1UFcYEpj61IQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDZCxfs2NyskPg4QOXcNbzHa68n8VkICypImF30RLqY6-_AHjGoXeUsLjpe7P3CtwHyYrofLWpbtEkt8XfrgRhr6SF1l6PxwmNtUKyxUjE0dhJ9GqU-ZOXQrfGoxjsCL55_TxeEQ5JeYnBZBnbYupub3uP-L59HnwL8vNXQq9lqXgb_ySRVUKU4dzC--cEmsXBkjwtU7L4Z-ps1PEtQbjaWeyrLieeOB90x35X9Dob42g==" target="_blank">Misapplying the Transect to the Region</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Better Cities and Towns, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBlmCmoJfx0hF9Zuo-njtViUFRHtBxjexm6BOqHzNv-pRepORbI1xCZV3fqTINCo9TY86e-bcbIXOEht-aaftly-nOyuHzN4yy726F7d66LAIOo0ldRFhI_" target="_blank">@CDOTDirector</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When it comes to misapplying - or, more commonly, overly simplifying - the Transect, we're all guilty on some level.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDZCxfs2NyskPg4QOXcNbzHa68n8VkICypImF30RLqY6-_AHjGoXeUsLjpe7P3CtwHyYrofLWpbtEkt8XfrgRhr6SF1l6PxwmNtUKyxUjE0dhJ9GqU-ZOXQrfGoxjsCL55_TxeEQ5JeYnBZBnbYupub3uP-L59HnwL8vNXQq9lqXgb_ySRVUKU4dzC--cEmsXBkjwtU7L4Z-ps1PEtQbjaWeyrLieeOB90x35X9Dob42g==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBVXdqVH3keAZ7tGZGQdQSjInkHBjP9H4Cewj4oKoPZqS8ibMF3jhhnrbGfHK5V2BgNUlUhhw208a_UUG3vYlJ3gJGeG_mtRAqfWsdVFYBT7ABPmC5Pdeb1E_-N0Tghhk2oAqnzZpcYXd7QbbhH9EF_QvXiUNBIc4x1GEsQAmrNFfaWMmGdPdT0NZzKdG72wpsynJrDreLItNKY9kUmVYf4" target="_blank">Tyson's Tallest Skyscraper</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A proposed skyscraper in Tysons Corner will be 435 feet tall, making it the tallest in the DC region, and first to breach the 400 foot threshold.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBVXdqVH3keAZ7tGZGQdQSjInkHBjP9H4Cewj4oKoPZqS8ibMF3jhhnrbGfHK5V2BgNUlUhhw208a_UUG3vYlJ3gJGeG_mtRAqfWsdVFYBT7ABPmC5Pdeb1E_-N0Tghhk2oAqnzZpcYXd7QbbhH9EF_QvXiUNBIc4x1GEsQAmrNFfaWMmGdPdT0NZzKdG72wpsynJrDreLItNKY9kUmVYf4" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRALfyeOd8DppcsUXG1mCHL-rWGn7iT82rOUqAKjxRs6hlfkKA9fp2MQRKB3Hb33e9FJ81JPxpi-bH1pyzrz8BGwvz6J6dCWHawIrjhLuzcBMRw8_gBbUaW0LqJZgKmjY-Y2rzDil1B0fun0CjCzBV4EB3DOT0NhAeTTyGlDV8dwZp15HcOpgXdJ73KqPI2AuWHeoOgQ17HImQLpje6lDScw" target="_blank">How to Turn a Free Parking Space Into a Subsidized Hotel</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>SF Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Want to cash in on prime San Francisco real estate that the city gives away for free? Some enterprising van owner shows how it's done on AirBnB</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRALfyeOd8DppcsUXG1mCHL-rWGn7iT82rOUqAKjxRs6hlfkKA9fp2MQRKB3Hb33e9FJ81JPxpi-bH1pyzrz8BGwvz6J6dCWHawIrjhLuzcBMRw8_gBbUaW0LqJZgKmjY-Y2rzDil1B0fun0CjCzBV4EB3DOT0NhAeTTyGlDV8dwZp15HcOpgXdJ73KqPI2AuWHeoOgQ17HImQLpje6lDScw" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCtqaGogJS4tdKS75yHzlMzxxI9vLL_xQx8wFyDM916jcx4omCcwMgx0QeUxFmSL6eFueVvjnnoGpoi9aqfQi-FlAMeduuxpc5LxrrlwpfiR8YDgusEmO5ocDLY736GgXq-tvBqr-CXYCpm7NGU_KMdDFwgUYXh3gSFFGhxsTNAHnvmCAtnz12N0ea26SbkUxcZb0U8AQdBWGPPxjki4Pte" target="_blank">Rooftop Bars on Empty Atop Empty Parking Garages</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Montgomery County has lots of empty parking garage roofs with great views, but they're closed to the public. We could take advantage of this wasted space by turning them into event spaces.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCtqaGogJS4tdKS75yHzlMzxxI9vLL_xQx8wFyDM916jcx4omCcwMgx0QeUxFmSL6eFueVvjnnoGpoi9aqfQi-FlAMeduuxpc5LxrrlwpfiR8YDgusEmO5ocDLY736GgXq-tvBqr-CXYCpm7NGU_KMdDFwgUYXh3gSFFGhxsTNAHnvmCAtnz12N0ea26SbkUxcZb0U8AQdBWGPPxjki4Pte" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCiwH2FrTs73b1PrssJkuS1m2IPZPsHZEZWixz73dMB-f2rznxen5OzEfSNoMsbn4NXU6ijZGT2BUtgHiKjqcia5JQwjoUmy3iGrrRi2j_ZyozQ_zmwe1YdC1L7p3QmieQ8-K7HVNN-9BCbNELy17EG" target="_blank">Monaco to Push Back Sea for Luxury Development</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>BBC News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Tiny, densely populated Monaco plans to push back the sea to make way for luxury apartment blocks and businesses.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCiwH2FrTs73b1PrssJkuS1m2IPZPsHZEZWixz73dMB-f2rznxen5OzEfSNoMsbn4NXU6ijZGT2BUtgHiKjqcia5JQwjoUmy3iGrrRi2j_ZyozQ_zmwe1YdC1L7p3QmieQ8-K7HVNN-9BCbNELy17EG" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAinpePrcfF9RSQBj6eFx5586zg0em0_FHemGKBAWf54wW4QuAlgTIjakwZpAZf3V-PaijLVar03CYaB3FltpNPOXegVn6QkatCPL9-4tx7q8koPsUnSlalU5gznh2zRbhFllH1DQivEKpbZpV9Rp1xUjmoRXoq71VP8EOCEeRF_4fR7gZCdCSpubJqKkaWiMq75qQIOjvmIzlXHWpCepTCG_XCBA4OlV3mvUnVFUqEke0NNpcQH3ESF4VxgQDssJrauJYR0k_qfA==" target="_blank">Plan for East Liberty Redevelopment in Pittsburgh</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Pittsburgh Post Gazette</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The city's Urban Redevelopment Authority board is pushing ahead with a plan to divert a large portion of real estate and parking tax revenue from a host of projects in or near East Liberty to help fund road, pedestrian and other improvements in the area.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAinpePrcfF9RSQBj6eFx5586zg0em0_FHemGKBAWf54wW4QuAlgTIjakwZpAZf3V-PaijLVar03CYaB3FltpNPOXegVn6QkatCPL9-4tx7q8koPsUnSlalU5gznh2zRbhFllH1DQivEKpbZpV9Rp1xUjmoRXoq71VP8EOCEeRF_4fR7gZCdCSpubJqKkaWiMq75qQIOjvmIzlXHWpCepTCG_XCBA4OlV3mvUnVFUqEke0NNpcQH3ESF4VxgQDssJrauJYR0k_qfA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 08 May 2013 16:04:59 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-citizen-placemakers-misapplying-transect-to-region-tyson-s-tallest-skyscraper-parking-garage-rooftop-bars/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-social-media-and-planners-seattle-foreclosure-pain-online-taxes-and-local-stores-chicago-housing-growth/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAZFr2m068z4bRiBeM16i3Q6MaW1QpLeRQ3gUb2sUq7NqoElrSP7LsOxeKRpNc-9awB4Z7v2PfGidFNAOo64e08u07sD9Kbr2QcRMRlAaWZ9XxbgQ-uatN0byrGfRuZZylU_SVhf2JFppp-5SOvtMqj" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAM-4R1czcmQtgzm-4yDhVaMrYvsD17qHDl9o1DzYqB2boqYgup-QNF_NUYlsyQFf6AEgOnHP_F9PQuAEteDkCbz9BjdFoWNnRAUWU01WjhIU4CK5XUlWmz0op5El1ugT4=" target="_blank">Social Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Planetizen, Brent Todarian</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate participatory planning, and build better places.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAM-4R1czcmQtgzm-4yDhVaMrYvsD17qHDl9o1DzYqB2boqYgup-QNF_NUYlsyQFf6AEgOnHP_F9PQuAEteDkCbz9BjdFoWNnRAUWU01WjhIU4CK5XUlWmz0op5El1ugT4=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRD0bmzLn75pgoGUpmJU-e8QS4G7A28auBne8XrZuJXgHPFSqL5CDBLEByYInhoVKW09PpIZD8XOcWpetrSFt0m50WlJ3MDUYazCTYsRpX71N7Czn8yE8Bo43Ff_1syl-EBagUyun9aLQ2DL4jfbichMFVVclZYOt9EoLvreC6bsiJ16eTC_-EtvnodUV4ZChIpSYU0x_NPAu2KwMSR_Q15A" target="_blank">Seattle's Foreclosure Pain by Zip Code</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Crosscut</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">2008 was a rough year for America. The "Great Recession" officially hit, sending home prices - and the fates of many home owners</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRD0bmzLn75pgoGUpmJU-e8QS4G7A28auBne8XrZuJXgHPFSqL5CDBLEByYInhoVKW09PpIZD8XOcWpetrSFt0m50WlJ3MDUYazCTYsRpX71N7Czn8yE8Bo43Ff_1syl-EBagUyun9aLQ2DL4jfbichMFVVclZYOt9EoLvreC6bsiJ16eTC_-EtvnodUV4ZChIpSYU0x_NPAu2KwMSR_Q15A" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDpQj_U1VuEiyV4hArBbrzZiofWDuV2JK8nqfRgcguFwRKVq-UXqtMSk246Y4HJXubcpb_Ow_cHEYnN_3FT8m2Qz-bXhlDbk1jKmvz0VdRqjSYEe5OgdmaWEaNcRhSGDOwrfKG-TV4VOpgI0nzW0PfqIaopJXT71yVZ4o1X_Wkx6V-1npXaQK5iYwNyGcT2CumCYmAuSQSbTtqCFkV9XAzaNFTaHGtKDAQIwZLNkh_qiJYw58BJ258SX0ZnJNwrKdV1IHKtQxDUpA==" target="_blank">Online Taxes May Not Help Brick and Mortar Stores</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Some 300 years ago, Russian monarch Peter the Great had a problem. He wanted to modernize his country and that meant getting men to ditch their beards-a backwards and unclean symbol in his mind.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDpQj_U1VuEiyV4hArBbrzZiofWDuV2JK8nqfRgcguFwRKVq-UXqtMSk246Y4HJXubcpb_Ow_cHEYnN_3FT8m2Qz-bXhlDbk1jKmvz0VdRqjSYEe5OgdmaWEaNcRhSGDOwrfKG-TV4VOpgI0nzW0PfqIaopJXT71yVZ4o1X_Wkx6V-1npXaQK5iYwNyGcT2CumCYmAuSQSbTtqCFkV9XAzaNFTaHGtKDAQIwZLNkh_qiJYw58BJ258SX0ZnJNwrKdV1IHKtQxDUpA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDF9pscHJk1E58N7Y5yPdT5ubJ6knt7VtBULOSe0hNOeQ2UjaiWdcmouXo-msW5bxCMkNjnEIPgczVxUPcORvsPb3VtuUtEV8JJlxnwwTj7gzMO4SzPOSJ4cQVgp8vN-_1hW0WCQ-5E4KY9zV1KKy_bU3omhZTeN_0EYmS7uZLkVGqLqZtnO8Y3HhyuoIrNetvjBWpLcPeULzT6VqH9ShvCm1mBGU-u7QfDGIKteZiUgUz15F2cIwrXFzQpY2O83u4=" target="_blank">A New Look at Affordability in Vancouver BC</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Get Your Head Into It, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCll6fpWu0_7lMmqY60L1jrJGL5XGo1gRlY9dARWfr64oNfB2hOeeMvcYaPHtJC4G5elnDQ_wJ8zA6cBh-2njmRkv2FXSNsercWUuHiwTrZwRNqHKVSLGVstFVCeFgTixGxZavOUkwvCmdLh75irZgVccHw3xceMxmZwk-7xFDqG62JiEcmzmGnTxRFiOGyeD8=" target="_blank">Price Tags</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">If you are Vancouverite (like me) not a lot of time goes by until you hear or experience how unaffordable this city is. Vancouver is widely recognized as one of the world's least affordable cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRDF9pscHJk1E58N7Y5yPdT5ubJ6knt7VtBULOSe0hNOeQ2UjaiWdcmouXo-msW5bxCMkNjnEIPgczVxUPcORvsPb3VtuUtEV8JJlxnwwTj7gzMO4SzPOSJ4cQVgp8vN-_1hW0WCQ-5E4KY9zV1KKy_bU3omhZTeN_0EYmS7uZLkVGqLqZtnO8Y3HhyuoIrNetvjBWpLcPeULzT6VqH9ShvCm1mBGU-u7QfDGIKteZiUgUz15F2cIwrXFzQpY2O83u4=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBVYP66zSU8M2C2lerLDj7tYBTAZHgE-343ZB35v-QJKpvjTaOamitQe5JJdb9XD7feDPkr-u8mOibtoFUZNmODGrRBuBcYXIPsQsbeAQz69p6P6V4mZxBL03N-qLq7L-R28jsFR6gCuENUcNVWUh0Z9WjDOET-cGmm5hsQ-HE7bRKQsfZxikrWofoOeOrabp9cAycbzusw6Kv4wluXhFG9kGM8_5r9LBg6hcrRCTxAImmjpz-nsjB8Y5CBNJ0wuDnmuTxD-ix3_eav1sCMXfIT" target="_blank">Housing Growth Slowing Around Chicago Transit Stops</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Chicago Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Despite the high-selling prices of residences located near public transit, the creation of new housing has lagged in sections of the Chicago area near CTA and Metra rail stations, compared with more robust development in transit zones in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBVYP66zSU8M2C2lerLDj7tYBTAZHgE-343ZB35v-QJKpvjTaOamitQe5JJdb9XD7feDPkr-u8mOibtoFUZNmODGrRBuBcYXIPsQsbeAQz69p6P6V4mZxBL03N-qLq7L-R28jsFR6gCuENUcNVWUh0Z9WjDOET-cGmm5hsQ-HE7bRKQsfZxikrWofoOeOrabp9cAycbzusw6Kv4wluXhFG9kGM8_5r9LBg6hcrRCTxAImmjpz-nsjB8Y5CBNJ0wuDnmuTxD-ix3_eav1sCMXfIT" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCZfQ2rtuRnis9dldtoFq-sjSLL56PR3yfbvx89V0Q29W9KXWLZkiVAlJlGWDLKHL_KSO1yl2FeXYYm2daQe_iKskHDN0t0u0AyfxGEWje-xbtnlGCRroYmeSfE99rR2D3sx8gQ0xdDE22DiUPVav2PVKONtGqadwrZEiXbgss8NDIAswmtfm1eX4CrC-TsHIYwHpG0IhL93TTO1oVa7qOJn1gOcuI8NY8=" target="_blank">A Small Town Pharmacy Survives in the City</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Wall Street Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Opened in 1838, C.O. Bigelow on Sixth Avenue operates under the slogan, "If you can't find it anywhere else, try Bigelow." But in its 175th year, the storied pharmacy remains as noteworthy for the only-in-Manhattan mix of the famous and regular folk who search the shelves.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCZfQ2rtuRnis9dldtoFq-sjSLL56PR3yfbvx89V0Q29W9KXWLZkiVAlJlGWDLKHL_KSO1yl2FeXYYm2daQe_iKskHDN0t0u0AyfxGEWje-xbtnlGCRroYmeSfE99rR2D3sx8gQ0xdDE22DiUPVav2PVKONtGqadwrZEiXbgss8NDIAswmtfm1eX4CrC-TsHIYwHpG0IhL93TTO1oVa7qOJn1gOcuI8NY8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 08 May 2013 15:51:06 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-social-media-and-planners-seattle-foreclosure-pain-online-taxes-and-local-stores-chicago-housing-growth/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-urban-tree-value-world-s-best-wildlife-crossings-getting-smart-about-city-water-use/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCzngwPP0QEQyPaiItsIYz1t2YKE7wjjEofgcVxhB7XEBlIyY99HIe-BbKL6xwQdZWwQM3fDZwtNPy2KEw66WUhs39CaFDA-IcF3kH-iTggtAnkW8z7ZHkkzYKY2BiDsfUBoVRSb41051ab6y46ooKZ" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAK1f7pChWSN3Lxw4Ur5FXHLRWw4G0zGjkJhCAS0QpjEiK12xeQlU30GSxcKyIqLEgCwt76fLXw7szbCxKSHeTvhKutbMkatotvn6Ctz1eC6h8I0qFIWhxhtbt-zzBZAfJuooLqCU5z8fBvAD90VonS0JGCphwM05JinkcE91n2KQ==" target="_blank">Urban Trees Provide Billions in Economic Value</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Science Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">rom New York City's Central Park to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent U.S. Forest Service study.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAK1f7pChWSN3Lxw4Ur5FXHLRWw4G0zGjkJhCAS0QpjEiK12xeQlU30GSxcKyIqLEgCwt76fLXw7szbCxKSHeTvhKutbMkatotvn6Ctz1eC6h8I0qFIWhxhtbt-zzBZAfJuooLqCU5z8fBvAD90VonS0JGCphwM05JinkcE91n2KQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAojN7Fz9LrDgOoLs_MiEq-57e0OLGdL7_AKr0oCDm6LeHj6ufoUtJowAyQDfgGe2D88aQ1O22gMCRnqWs4Wbnhx3waSpfaisZd-hRPtCapdE2MJidijCdbXiVd_GE2_b1kaL2RRKNSbdeEKbww9q9STMjuIgxPOxkH9-URmNLYrWoA0zQIDIY7" target="_blank">12 Best Wildlife Crossings in the World</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Good.Is</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Humans aren't the only animals that need advanced systems of transportation. As we build more in and around the natural habitats of animals, planners are increasingly taking into account the need for wildlife to have their own roadways so as not to end up as roadkill.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRAojN7Fz9LrDgOoLs_MiEq-57e0OLGdL7_AKr0oCDm6LeHj6ufoUtJowAyQDfgGe2D88aQ1O22gMCRnqWs4Wbnhx3waSpfaisZd-hRPtCapdE2MJidijCdbXiVd_GE2_b1kaL2RRKNSbdeEKbww9q9STMjuIgxPOxkH9-URmNLYrWoA0zQIDIY7" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBfrO0tbJUNZNyX2mlcPbt9HlyZpxMfLR0exjysVPqmm9PPKWT8jllc_spJ8ciOw27-IPmHTAURcMEw46zYiUuN3NwMLjTIer04-fBirIrtCU5B783A8rrLLUaHfzoYRa_6TOZPVlWLaO1Q1a2yPBzhf-fI8ctGEgaE1ULgSLX5a0Skz-Yp-F2I" target="_blank">Will Cities Ever Get Smart About Water Use?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Grist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">If the definition of insanity is making the same mistakes over and over, then many cities have taken a certifiable approach to securing their water supplies</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRBfrO0tbJUNZNyX2mlcPbt9HlyZpxMfLR0exjysVPqmm9PPKWT8jllc_spJ8ciOw27-IPmHTAURcMEw46zYiUuN3NwMLjTIer04-fBirIrtCU5B783A8rrLLUaHfzoYRa_6TOZPVlWLaO1Q1a2yPBzhf-fI8ctGEgaE1ULgSLX5a0Skz-Yp-F2I" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRACliOEQP2P62jCdeQHCmR6V4blnFHsujup-s_2gjwcgakqKcXgJrAf_9i3ivObqf4CuzBO74TWABrlgZzT4L-r5KmsNCMeGYVW3_8kCIGC22HGGZYhzwOLRTQG6j1FNa8khxzdDzw0hUvLgSQGfKLnlp0TD7RH9q3haqbPd9pCoJ_WkXnUEuRxY3ODl_yjes244PgbAYbIo-oHNZ_0qqlQ" target="_blank">Watered Down CEQA Could Still Speed Up Development</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Curbed LA</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There might finally be changes coming to 35-year-old California Environmental Quality Act, which is blamed for holding up myriad development and infrastructure projects (like the Regional Connector light rail, for instance).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRACliOEQP2P62jCdeQHCmR6V4blnFHsujup-s_2gjwcgakqKcXgJrAf_9i3ivObqf4CuzBO74TWABrlgZzT4L-r5KmsNCMeGYVW3_8kCIGC22HGGZYhzwOLRTQG6j1FNa8khxzdDzw0hUvLgSQGfKLnlp0TD7RH9q3haqbPd9pCoJ_WkXnUEuRxY3ODl_yjes244PgbAYbIo-oHNZ_0qqlQ" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 08 May 2013 15:46:50 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-urban-tree-value-world-s-best-wildlife-crossings-getting-smart-about-city-water-use/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-atlanta-s-transportation-woes-demand-different-solutions/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRCE0vsLDNnt5dw2gGIspKXa4ke8Bcew8Mh8GmKs_0kpqq40o-uqrv1tVID_IdPVWhbWxL1gsF-8ILiOlJHzrclkSz7RDfVIIatueGtA_7Nv4SBik_jcV-gZqDL2ZASQUy4OTtKzCMcyIbd8N6dy3W5v" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRB4ESSc_JgrZoiAt-GQvFHOitwIrT4pkYpiqpOhmzLxfnhss5-c-HnpWxnZBUuNKqy7RX9opU6tS2v5gJev0bHjFtPgOGwSKC2uDQB6b9ES4JJQJoLEpukzpMYTkGv1DeBcQYmjIw_2Xxy2NRItL3gKyd4EIp1V-hjb8xYH9Z0d3-4N0h9k3N_bYjhcTJxFQTGXnEURNayX6U1NzGaK7T62Nu-tqTK99UMo2G02ES3pew==" target="_blank">Atlanta's Transportation Woes Demand Different Solutions</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Atlanta Journal Constitution</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I've been writing recently on the topic of regionalism and transportation, and there's another thing I want to revisit from last year's T-SPLOST debate.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0010y69zW31LRB4ESSc_JgrZoiAt-GQvFHOitwIrT4pkYpiqpOhmzLxfnhss5-c-HnpWxnZBUuNKqy7RX9opU6tS2v5gJev0bHjFtPgOGwSKC2uDQB6b9ES4JJQJoLEpukzpMYTkGv1DeBcQYmjIw_2Xxy2NRItL3gKyd4EIp1V-hjb8xYH9Z0d3-4N0h9k3N_bYjhcTJxFQTGXnEURNayX6U1NzGaK7T62Nu-tqTK99UMo2G02ES3pew==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 08 May 2013 15:43:33 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-atlanta-s-transportation-woes-demand-different-solutions/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-90/ <p>"...ultimately the natural conservatism of the rich is winning out, across the nation. If you want to move to a city where density is going up rather than down, you might just have to move to Miami. Or China." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK3u8OKA_27XeITvuyWYrCb17j7vEzfguqQBxu1zBV5UoLuUE22EjkC--MozI1eiYkhBxe9oPXcvJ0ny2FtlQOjE7LMyIMjKvq3dLr-dJKVp8pFyquzE7mne_JydaDNPQxzuZhavFckYFxB1FGuq_kTtfoa1lpqXZP92tfP-OWb-AlkkYBGzOQ-bt3vcd2Rm05ULoOxM3_3f4A6EFEUe4AH" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Tue, 07 May 2013 19:18:30 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-90/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-disneyland-streetcar-demands-public-roads-and-private-funding-strategic-freight-plan-100-000-budapest-critical-mass-ride/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSITKLG5hr_EBjNo3So4Y-SvS9rryfnqKbiGKJU62GJInLcXBER11LCb7EmXrk8Os_zYhmbRePyyXeap7-Y4oUfb68tXjDiggPN8xgimyeVTdVPGKo7Xyj-CwQqvu710K6qGN0_jiHg9yQ-Mi0BnOfBO" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI69jOGyBM5F9CClNIlv6eMld1kIvrc5MRKV6WzEFg264nfFyNZ9myhU2hm727pg7beruuztV_u6TmWIXik1mMa-OK-NmDxrF2j0gNKv4BD4S0O20qaa3Q5T4z45S0AqvXImEepLWIYLuWZ-WAVG9rIz-VsTprC9jiNRrfqkOWupdAxzk3mWMkngQ8WQcmnnAItljNqlScrxUfVy9VCF0ZK" target="_blank">Disneyland Demands Raise Streetcar Costs</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Kitsap Sun</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">While various stakeholders continue to disagree on the merits of Anaheim's proposed streetcar project, there is no debating that it is the most expensive project of its kind in recent memory.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI69jOGyBM5F9CClNIlv6eMld1kIvrc5MRKV6WzEFg264nfFyNZ9myhU2hm727pg7beruuztV_u6TmWIXik1mMa-OK-NmDxrF2j0gNKv4BD4S0O20qaa3Q5T4z45S0AqvXImEepLWIYLuWZ-WAVG9rIz-VsTprC9jiNRrfqkOWupdAxzk3mWMkngQ8WQcmnnAItljNqlScrxUfVy9VCF0ZK" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKt-OeZFOXXTJLyUlq30Xfx2OX6Fbi73wnhQhG9yh4yJ53pjKArLUWraU-_TsTiSY0iRk_UESDUdBRNk6vA3hhdIiwQ1P7-A2HiA9XnmVz6CAVtGDql1QcHZvDd7a7XFdO29E3jmEcnn4ebMaCtgIoaACzMsFmAF8VKzaHu_VUyjT-4wZBIeSK5XBbAf2qh7S67NZm-sDnWwbOm5NHKnNWQOFuq7aj7m0k=" target="_blank">The Uncertain Future of Public Roads</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A few weeks ago, the Colorado Department of Transportation reached a 50-year deal with a private investment group to handle the improvement, maintenance, and operation of US 36 between Denver and Boulder.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKt-OeZFOXXTJLyUlq30Xfx2OX6Fbi73wnhQhG9yh4yJ53pjKArLUWraU-_TsTiSY0iRk_UESDUdBRNk6vA3hhdIiwQ1P7-A2HiA9XnmVz6CAVtGDql1QcHZvDd7a7XFdO29E3jmEcnn4ebMaCtgIoaACzMsFmAF8VKzaHu_VUyjT-4wZBIeSK5XBbAf2qh7S67NZm-sDnWwbOm5NHKnNWQOFuq7aj7m0k=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKfTYrR-gAiK3rE9InTlG2bE8SrSHusWWC4rXDYAbPe_YB5Tm20rty0DNwPc5negEu0javHqGk9cDEshKwiPreNAxZWJvGC8v_Qco_fIPiRVLPDKs_u8hgdnJe9DB79M8GxrXL7zOCFfYY_E2d-4TFOfuRKg8PpmMky_JUSseXohmW_HuFm_B7G31HmY30O6uN8K2l3xZ4L3EDj2U3mU5HLZwkvE5bLsJk=" target="_blank">Will Strategic Freight Plan be Multi-Modal?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Congress is joining U.S. DOT in committing more resources to a national freight plan, a more strategic way of moving goods than the current haphazard and fragmented current approach.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKfTYrR-gAiK3rE9InTlG2bE8SrSHusWWC4rXDYAbPe_YB5Tm20rty0DNwPc5negEu0javHqGk9cDEshKwiPreNAxZWJvGC8v_Qco_fIPiRVLPDKs_u8hgdnJe9DB79M8GxrXL7zOCFfYY_E2d-4TFOfuRKg8PpmMky_JUSseXohmW_HuFm_B7G31HmY30O6uN8K2l3xZ4L3EDj2U3mU5HLZwkvE5bLsJk=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJsKCb-7Wfxro1roGBzOLpRgE2lHEzBt9mlpmkuLw_AqbxxXUiYQDBu7JYyU4FHdEf0BFfSuHPdOGASRQnhk0ewhGqbRaIZofBWiNCXpBLQcmfyfrHxJZS3Q1ppyAja-JoleJlFEYf2wQ-SOU_YwyHISso_pl3N7TONAhqVV8V-NAArvOmLeSM8" target="_blank">Waiting for Foxx</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>National Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">President Obama's nominee for Transportation Secretary, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, puts an end to speculation about who will fill the shoes of the outgoing secretary Ray LaHood.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJsKCb-7Wfxro1roGBzOLpRgE2lHEzBt9mlpmkuLw_AqbxxXUiYQDBu7JYyU4FHdEf0BFfSuHPdOGASRQnhk0ewhGqbRaIZofBWiNCXpBLQcmfyfrHxJZS3Q1ppyAja-JoleJlFEYf2wQ-SOU_YwyHISso_pl3N7TONAhqVV8V-NAArvOmLeSM8" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIdcCcjFYQj2-TJ1kOSDB3i9osiBWvLd6P2BN-jvnivCu9S2ow-2W2dbAgtRo2TGzvs8qr5I1pYcaAsv__7eyZ5BxTAKj5kQrfJGxBN3lrWmC05-TYDLnii6Dxot6wKoCkl17RFTQ-DXHdfcouSnE1kNZsARn7qlRO9Vs0jNDC9Vg==" target="_blank">Budapest Critical Mass Ride Reaches 100,000</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Eltis</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Budapest's Critical Mass, one of the biggest cycling demonstrations in the world, went out with a bang on April 22 with an estimated 100,000 people taking part in the annual Earth Day extravaganza.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIdcCcjFYQj2-TJ1kOSDB3i9osiBWvLd6P2BN-jvnivCu9S2ow-2W2dbAgtRo2TGzvs8qr5I1pYcaAsv__7eyZ5BxTAKj5kQrfJGxBN3lrWmC05-TYDLnii6Dxot6wKoCkl17RFTQ-DXHdfcouSnE1kNZsARn7qlRO9Vs0jNDC9Vg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK0-MmEUwrfxKaF1wsesXdmaHAPOyD_IQi6tf9ct4tUUZENii8myR4tEdboea-FbY08Z4Xhk7mjD2mbWmHwSSrqj9PYD_KOguQqW4tlKjaM1QUGoy4uZzaE4AgnF03jiHwAVFl6oSm8hdOlsmzsGhrUa-Wm3aMiBZPOFkhfihzxXfUKvnv-1IwbuRbaCFr7kXzRk72bPAXWAA==" target="_blank">The Case for And Against Public Subsidy for Roads</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Streets.mn</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In recent weeks we have thought about public subsidy for transit and university subsidy for parking. But what about roads? Are roads worthy of public subsidy?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK0-MmEUwrfxKaF1wsesXdmaHAPOyD_IQi6tf9ct4tUUZENii8myR4tEdboea-FbY08Z4Xhk7mjD2mbWmHwSSrqj9PYD_KOguQqW4tlKjaM1QUGoy4uZzaE4AgnF03jiHwAVFl6oSm8hdOlsmzsGhrUa-Wm3aMiBZPOFkhfihzxXfUKvnv-1IwbuRbaCFr7kXzRk72bPAXWAA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLUILdYxF5eZDHX-Ebe4rQhCWZD-Aq7q6vqN5yEqFGkpQTLLI-9h33OS3iOVFAQHtjGy8mpo0nisdCWB1hzsRCjn_0eCi_2tycR-QN-Ia175yFPs7KLxTb7Of9BQHESfqpFOy0P32ZWQNk1oteRwynTBTI696vMCqtvugWLok2Y_caUOAqjtfGlrmY3pJTvxZUybUcF7zT6og==" target="_blank">Charlotte Group Eyes Half Cent for Faster Transit Delivery</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">To complete the region's transit system - including a streetcar to the airport, commuter rail to Lake Norman, and rapid transit along Independence Boulevard - the county may need an additional half-cent sales tax for transit, according to a draft report released Monday.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLUILdYxF5eZDHX-Ebe4rQhCWZD-Aq7q6vqN5yEqFGkpQTLLI-9h33OS3iOVFAQHtjGy8mpo0nisdCWB1hzsRCjn_0eCi_2tycR-QN-Ia175yFPs7KLxTb7Of9BQHESfqpFOy0P32ZWQNk1oteRwynTBTI696vMCqtvugWLok2Y_caUOAqjtfGlrmY3pJTvxZUybUcF7zT6og==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKdb9vwkr-NochfFUdiFNtypMWWq_gLgNXmD4WX5lf85MjInswt_OO6s1hM7IcQxl288RUj0_v1kr6hixIUABzQDJHe3qvXUqDQQW31-V2yLDka5jJy0SETkLQCX9hu0ZqTk4GqTf6SfM6fkGTlDw0aM-2duQNC-CHe0Dx-guTw3x5vbivykVkSOoMpiCqgVCc=" target="_blank">How Streets Are Prioritized for Repair in LA</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Los Angeles Times, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI8kX_RC2W8k8ECx0AQbAPqL6HXJt0IxhoHSxny-FLy6Km2mV-_Kv2lPVCcVNrEJu6VN16tVHJzZscMuJjLcRMeU3qGo0bbN0bSszjI0ykTrHVG_-GXXC0G" target="_blank">@otiswhite</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A drive along Angus Street in hilly Silver Lake requires navigating a gantlet of buckled concrete slabs and dirt-filled cracks.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKdb9vwkr-NochfFUdiFNtypMWWq_gLgNXmD4WX5lf85MjInswt_OO6s1hM7IcQxl288RUj0_v1kr6hixIUABzQDJHe3qvXUqDQQW31-V2yLDka5jJy0SETkLQCX9hu0ZqTk4GqTf6SfM6fkGTlDw0aM-2duQNC-CHe0Dx-guTw3x5vbivykVkSOoMpiCqgVCc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSL9c5Fqgjum5Fe8SJiJ1mfnrt4O7akt2yxuLZ-ZGf1McWVDeAVR7p1SfSeTBU_mMDBhrxPnRfpudX-mBiECUzA8rTkpwrqdDP_LLbYqcEERBjoPgzz0hxs3D6rdlZrKF7xcU82kDqnqfIjpIFghMEg-Y1KsCwGSFbge5iqB5SBz7BnZ5BiAlKj3YFROgsouG9aeZgSv5JntWQ==" target="_blank">End of the Free Subway Ride in LA</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI8kX_RC2W8k8ECx0AQbAPqL6HXJt0IxhoHSxny-FLy6Km2mV-_Kv2lPVCcVNrEJu6VN16tVHJzZscMuJjLcRMeU3qGo0bbN0bSszjI0ykTrHVG_-GXXC0G" target="_blank">@otiswhite</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There is a startling new sight at the subway station at Hollywood and Vine these days, set amid the handsome trappings of vintage film projectors and movie paraphernalia: five subway turnstiles.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSL9c5Fqgjum5Fe8SJiJ1mfnrt4O7akt2yxuLZ-ZGf1McWVDeAVR7p1SfSeTBU_mMDBhrxPnRfpudX-mBiECUzA8rTkpwrqdDP_LLbYqcEERBjoPgzz0hxs3D6rdlZrKF7xcU82kDqnqfIjpIFghMEg-Y1KsCwGSFbge5iqB5SBz7BnZ5BiAlKj3YFROgsouG9aeZgSv5JntWQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLWCpY5vyHF0pWXYH5YabVV6atBc7IK7J6A_jJa16tpUvIzxRmnDBr9_reeXIJMZ8_CtPVwnmb-RdtZtywdDO0NxhGkiykBkT0j5D8Q_4qZq8yqbgisa5lrvWoBiWCdGcjJ1A9uA01SfFQ1RvSPJvD5tPQsU5wpEg9TOmnTkJ0HImK22mTeg08iX_7je1s18gFE5w29q5zP6Z28_T8Hlt1FUVL7Nzkc-k8=" target="_blank">Film Industry Still Can't Say Why They Don't Like Bike Lane</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>LA Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times weighed in on the debate over whether or not the city should, or shouldn't,repaint the fading Spring Street Green Buffered Bike Lane.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLWCpY5vyHF0pWXYH5YabVV6atBc7IK7J6A_jJa16tpUvIzxRmnDBr9_reeXIJMZ8_CtPVwnmb-RdtZtywdDO0NxhGkiykBkT0j5D8Q_4qZq8yqbgisa5lrvWoBiWCdGcjJ1A9uA01SfFQ1RvSPJvD5tPQsU5wpEg9TOmnTkJ0HImK22mTeg08iX_7je1s18gFE5w29q5zP6Z28_T8Hlt1FUVL7Nzkc-k8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 07 May 2013 19:07:28 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-disneyland-streetcar-demands-public-roads-and-private-funding-strategic-freight-plan-100-000-budapest-critical-mass-ride/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-boston-south-bay-plans-america-s-falling-population-density-pleasant-hill-bart-tod-revitalizing-wichita/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJMGi7qNpJIO2Ug_8DzyP3JarxJ5NDp1yNLs2NNcpnpJHABvADatPIqZWbWjnWdcIMyOpEh0WgrofZ4QAj1xswvgZan-02QcWSDeCAFZUmYAxU01ocPVSB_jOL_FgXnAxGiUpWkrdQ4AFdbW5QuHAXB" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLaS3v8eaPV0KC8bFGTjthKUsCFiiHzoSQ5PHwiIvabitp6SWTlUbyxKeOvUatKutXwIfnUMdGUANn2eZ4bARZ4ZSQnKn1PlxHteVOpuxrMtUGbe_SeBMKgigcIBCM54RagIHFPbvGRxJIoYtPUyjJVBIp6nnkUokL33pedntBoNWR2mLORxm7dPl7UgYPFqbl-7kPd6dlqVEvXYZ9d60Qw" target="_blank">Resident's Plan Calls for Mixed Use in Boston South Bay</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Boston Globe</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Nearby residents and other neighbors of the South Bay Shopping Center have developed a master plan to help guide future development in the area.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLaS3v8eaPV0KC8bFGTjthKUsCFiiHzoSQ5PHwiIvabitp6SWTlUbyxKeOvUatKutXwIfnUMdGUANn2eZ4bARZ4ZSQnKn1PlxHteVOpuxrMtUGbe_SeBMKgigcIBCM54RagIHFPbvGRxJIoYtPUyjJVBIp6nnkUokL33pedntBoNWR2mLORxm7dPl7UgYPFqbl-7kPd6dlqVEvXYZ9d60Qw" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK3u8OKA_27XeITvuyWYrCb17j7vEzfguqQBxu1zBV5UoLuUE22EjkC--MozI1eiYkhBxe9oPXcvJ0ny2FtlQOjE7LMyIMjKvq3dLr-dJKVp8pFyquzE7mne_JydaDNPQxzuZhavFckYFxB1FGuq_kTtfoa1lpqXZP92tfP-OWb-AlkkYBGzOQ-bt3vcd2Rm05ULoOxM3_3f4A6EFEUe4AH" target="_blank">Why America's Population Density is Falling</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Reuters, Felix Salmon, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKlTpXEyHapwdAJXmOeNhtbUf34yP6AmlyteuPsFgspVJoF20FkPpdM8R7gKB3aVPxWfrMImurrzTZ37rQKGxVVGazjzimTF_Qq482C2mehZWOzMnItYA7JR0xR8W4EIEfO2pHBjic_8PEl3t04gNS4juQR2-vp31C1sCVdX7p0JSAg7BF_Kjn3R4cyLp_ZESW7Y30m_mI_yyB6klPm4I3IDGplHPLO9IZQWEolZyHA7jtUAW3LIWyl9USv_qGR9KDs4Lze-fgeHAc1VtiKj4oxr0qYHULh7g_v_uBq6A5yKw==" target="_blank">Smart Growth America</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I'm not sure why it took me until yesterday to find Paul Krugman's post from April 16 about population density, where he found a very odd fact buried in a new Census report.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK3u8OKA_27XeITvuyWYrCb17j7vEzfguqQBxu1zBV5UoLuUE22EjkC--MozI1eiYkhBxe9oPXcvJ0ny2FtlQOjE7LMyIMjKvq3dLr-dJKVp8pFyquzE7mne_JydaDNPQxzuZhavFckYFxB1FGuq_kTtfoa1lpqXZP92tfP-OWb-AlkkYBGzOQ-bt3vcd2Rm05ULoOxM3_3f4A6EFEUe4AH" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJ2gVY57PEOcK_uDiioDAUYaWPWrGsA4zxtddIpCCzh4XGzpKDYfzicenH9JHQpze0GGhTLS6UP34bfUmCh3k8fE7Eqf7NoetBgmUlwDpFGv3os3mqGquToZxScXtAGSoGXgrotRyJHAh_AeaZ3trX5scI5c3k8AlVNTlBC0BlICmGryg73dqkIOy7ie3Oaz24j_XHSMA_gv0c2AGgWdUlLwuR6rWVJuRP6__bGxQijlw==" target="_blank">Pictures of the Transbay Terminal Going Up</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>SF Curbed</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In case you haven't heard, San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center is kind of a big deal.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJ2gVY57PEOcK_uDiioDAUYaWPWrGsA4zxtddIpCCzh4XGzpKDYfzicenH9JHQpze0GGhTLS6UP34bfUmCh3k8fE7Eqf7NoetBgmUlwDpFGv3os3mqGquToZxScXtAGSoGXgrotRyJHAh_AeaZ3trX5scI5c3k8AlVNTlBC0BlICmGryg73dqkIOy7ie3Oaz24j_XHSMA_gv0c2AGgWdUlLwuR6rWVJuRP6__bGxQijlw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLpbIUNdmRzhnUdyZJcuvXUfMcNmv-uySv3dO75HsTG2nSNY8MT0APfK-25tnLGQRaba8tT1WWVgJFVBMj4syfPNhfw9DsWGeqmPAhprsHYgiw4Fdnr58hl-5gKM9rS_KnvH7BSbdTGl0gNkBdvvkDpcdbQorXTF7Nf8qqZGWKKBXdyez57y-5_" target="_blank">Pleasant Hill BART TOD a Mixed Bag</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Vibrant Bay Area</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Contra Costa Centre, which is the name used in marketing the transit oriented development near the Pleasant Hill BART station describes itself as an "exemplary model of Transit-Oriented Development" which "invite[s] residents, workers, and shoppers to drive less and take transit more."</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLpbIUNdmRzhnUdyZJcuvXUfMcNmv-uySv3dO75HsTG2nSNY8MT0APfK-25tnLGQRaba8tT1WWVgJFVBMj4syfPNhfw9DsWGeqmPAhprsHYgiw4Fdnr58hl-5gKM9rS_KnvH7BSbdTGl0gNkBdvvkDpcdbQorXTF7Nf8qqZGWKKBXdyez57y-5_" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKFfVoqgxVFzkQrghv8CdUyJ8iYzow1-NQ9Tu81eL680PZtC8qt0V6ejm6cP0F9ubGoITGNE2Q4fbaCOh17BG66QlQ3v_v9aOL5HjgwdG1a1d10U53ydNmE_DdIPzblAql6a6fX1dZ6uGp1oiiGMoPx-eZ9JdR5UAIVtRmi3aCO5i8mCQAlh5Nj" target="_blank">Wichita Plan Helps City Revitalize</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Better Cities and Towns</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Downtown Wichita has had $372 million in development in since 2010, with another $112 million underway or about to break ground in 2013, according to a report in the current issue of Better! Cities &amp; Towns.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKFfVoqgxVFzkQrghv8CdUyJ8iYzow1-NQ9Tu81eL680PZtC8qt0V6ejm6cP0F9ubGoITGNE2Q4fbaCOh17BG66QlQ3v_v9aOL5HjgwdG1a1d10U53ydNmE_DdIPzblAql6a6fX1dZ6uGp1oiiGMoPx-eZ9JdR5UAIVtRmi3aCO5i8mCQAlh5Nj" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 07 May 2013 18:55:27 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-boston-south-bay-plans-america-s-falling-population-density-pleasant-hill-bart-tod-revitalizing-wichita/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-reporting-chicago-violence-atlantic-city-s-fate-infrastructure-and-india-s-development-silicon-valley-class-divide/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJviWP0KCVggxlMcXnVrgfa7GQqpyGP9KZemiU3cCUKaUpD0Kk4Z-yIi2klhC38N-KJdd1UD0Dmidv0bddRxBY2SQtNxcM1Z-aIwtpzVz5Aav6xBR847wV_IBjnzHcBWaRHjcpCkhnMXfmJnXrAjr2j" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI5WUrtSd4fUfVmAth4_aX8kMSRO3H8HZhOY6Ua-KUadZGqGtsHIaD7ijS2IGSNk84F3eCZYWzATy7vd_ZjQ88P5EYMWdcNk5Gi3DWn61VWwuZsJuUd2fvDPFRtC_4r9Jy0bMuxJZD2zd5xGQmgyUHW-1OckhGIWZPFc0RNo10UzA==" target="_blank">Reporter Reflects on 20 Years Reporting Chicago Violence</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Fader, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJlrd8TNLlw2MMyjs7KM7sJK6IlcPlvz8M2licDjnfVcFErp7KSaffKrL5_W7pG2YdZtJsD4QeVf97JTO9V33CJ80LlThwYyDRXVXAaUk5VNEqbSFhqcBcG" target="_blank">@owashb</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">For the past 20 years, Alex Kotlowitz has been reporting on why young people in Chicago shoot each other.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI5WUrtSd4fUfVmAth4_aX8kMSRO3H8HZhOY6Ua-KUadZGqGtsHIaD7ijS2IGSNk84F3eCZYWzATy7vd_ZjQ88P5EYMWdcNk5Gi3DWn61VWwuZsJuUd2fvDPFRtC_4r9Jy0bMuxJZD2zd5xGQmgyUHW-1OckhGIWZPFc0RNo10UzA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJsvZ-qBzdzeAHwZ3J3BVrstXO7GGZZeCnZDDJ7W7G66t6HiJQt_o11fNM1QIn3FWnxl43w3wxjfwCDNOcE-870uAutlUzyQ_-cGQDcWFDszaPeHirdt89GSspRyDM0s1cFsvdXf5lhssWmCv-QHN8YoMB32SSIXf5tmJL6N9mvOA==" target="_blank">Is it the End of Atlantic City?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Atlantic City casinos withstood the pounding winds and rain when Hurricane Sandy hit last fall.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJsvZ-qBzdzeAHwZ3J3BVrstXO7GGZZeCnZDDJ7W7G66t6HiJQt_o11fNM1QIn3FWnxl43w3wxjfwCDNOcE-870uAutlUzyQ_-cGQDcWFDszaPeHirdt89GSspRyDM0s1cFsvdXf5lhssWmCv-QHN8YoMB32SSIXf5tmJL6N9mvOA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKlA3-OHiEBfuEO5riP8REZVl16cGnDL0J7CFyMOEnKhyJz-z6XtwccZMEM1IYR7TSLgueTEZuQugwlJCCHJdi1qR-ARR2wIqWkmvTQHQ7CAzFZeIvR6v6dsJbC8M-yk0slWYCfauWh0XAr_ws6u4rt-sxtACUjOINJE1tJo6dafr6AhKOoma9qZPri3IN7mS_2u4AjmEnigKcc1fB5Dw8UigotFsIjzkS9xomgG5Et9HDtDFqE0JwTby3lab-ArEpV-0aIdlPu60TGtDz82C43" target="_blank">Transport Infrastructure Impacts on Indian Economic History</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>A Fine Theorem, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIlh06wvPkmAHbX4eCKxiR4W5_aCXDZMiUKrcnRVqNRsaTanQjKh3AlKQYId4SYjIUBNq8YPY_3NRUkHL30xec61AKBvbecIvORUnpaco7UI8D8eO5gc0w0bu_s0ticBT0G6_QqW9l60YFxptgIVROdLrbC5lic2_I42SBZUac_G3aD4V86kyRNnjt9yoWOQaR99vmc9qa1tue3rMTF8K0U" target="_blank">Economist Free Exchange</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Somehow I've never written about Dave Donaldson's incredible Indian railroad paper before; as it has a fair claim on being the best job market paper in the past few years, it's time to rectify that.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKlA3-OHiEBfuEO5riP8REZVl16cGnDL0J7CFyMOEnKhyJz-z6XtwccZMEM1IYR7TSLgueTEZuQugwlJCCHJdi1qR-ARR2wIqWkmvTQHQ7CAzFZeIvR6v6dsJbC8M-yk0slWYCfauWh0XAr_ws6u4rt-sxtACUjOINJE1tJo6dafr6AhKOoma9qZPri3IN7mS_2u4AjmEnigKcc1fB5Dw8UigotFsIjzkS9xomgG5Et9HDtDFqE0JwTby3lab-ArEpV-0aIdlPu60TGtDz82C43" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI6HGDRic19A3KD9fSSTO0geKtBG6vpcGFX-BcjiDg4CT7hTdmUIOL7qDwmJlML0ldcpEhFnusd1wfzcXn58-jHYU7s-CXQV6_1B0VzzlFy5zyJ42Tzu3sGPZRh5P_xSbFFzMc52rRU5PQniCbf8OZltgSYnpQ1ndeNnnyow91L8ifP0Dxk_oWVE7MpJJzAa68=" target="_blank">Trying to Decide Where Other People Live</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Smart Growth Seattle</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Deciding where to live is a decision that each of us has had to make at one point in our lives. Should we live in a house or an apartment?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI6HGDRic19A3KD9fSSTO0geKtBG6vpcGFX-BcjiDg4CT7hTdmUIOL7qDwmJlML0ldcpEhFnusd1wfzcXn58-jHYU7s-CXQV6_1B0VzzlFy5zyJ42Tzu3sGPZRh5P_xSbFFzMc52rRU5PQniCbf8OZltgSYnpQ1ndeNnnyow91L8ifP0Dxk_oWVE7MpJJzAa68=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK-9t3MBYj_jV3ycIQDvrnEABYI0FEIMVJZ92KtQ7sHNXsuqGfG7HQhD6c-TP6xmr2vdqEUUSDx7W48ruamGCCHujLP0PucWLKoZ1KCsdFlkf7d0NKIMCjt7mpKCPWz20yKHSesRolxv4dB_qgWmOE9qAqA1syicvQszF4hbrrd6Ieal7KckJWi" target="_blank">Punishing Shared Housing Ownership Success</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Rooflines</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">During the worst years of the Great American Mortgage Meltdown, shared equity homes represented an island of stability in a turbulent sea of market failure.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK-9t3MBYj_jV3ycIQDvrnEABYI0FEIMVJZ92KtQ7sHNXsuqGfG7HQhD6c-TP6xmr2vdqEUUSDx7W48ruamGCCHujLP0PucWLKoZ1KCsdFlkf7d0NKIMCjt7mpKCPWz20yKHSesRolxv4dB_qgWmOE9qAqA1syicvQszF4hbrrd6Ieal7KckJWi" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIdLK7FH6B15SC34Zif599Y7srp_n713ZYB_bSZD_0ttfo-uV4uCwnnaxDbHdCs7Su6pKvVNRfEf7AfsN__JLWBZoUnfTaxNFKE1l3zNg2ehwmHN8a92rWgD6WiS75a_XgiQHEWRi3v0DNsmKdtlieDr_BQ91OT9LIzCtb_SBZCymQhZDPAsH85mmS_z69nqO8=" target="_blank">Africa Should be Wary of its New Cities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLhbTvuWGGY29gbkldxSFxzPz3F-SGjeTOD9Ecd9gr558djPr74eDxy5qbQFs_m7Lz1PjQycUEoIjsHrsX5eODv6qnjzYosmDtAibpz5doM1SHvlyDsSM1q" target="_blank">@rgoodspeed</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Planned, self-contained cities are popping up all over Africa, and no one knows what their impact might be. In this guest blog post, Nairobi-based urban practitioner Jane Lumumba argues they might only make social and economic problems worse.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIdLK7FH6B15SC34Zif599Y7srp_n713ZYB_bSZD_0ttfo-uV4uCwnnaxDbHdCs7Su6pKvVNRfEf7AfsN__JLWBZoUnfTaxNFKE1l3zNg2ehwmHN8a92rWgD6WiS75a_XgiQHEWRi3v0DNsmKdtlieDr_BQ91OT9LIzCtb_SBZCymQhZDPAsH85mmS_z69nqO8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLfEErFIb2-WxrQMVg5ppTNoYfCW79JzYuUOjHt-5Qshat01IWwidU-noVBx5EWAUUyzwXZ1B7tMABzQoYOT-O2VeoVt6UhtSbuY2qQStOYE_tRJfn93X_8mRyY421YVTqmAuX-qnynBykbOjwtU38NjIc3hbX3W3Dza4E0eqVxiFPxxsJmrhk3tSG5ClcTUMLVaEpQRfBjv_lGX_fsvvQl" target="_blank">Silicon Valley's Class Divide Exposed by Jet Center</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJLNVDFi9llmyynNshJSnZnXE_VD6DdGBV4uxhlubNwI_WcoT6WdmLFOP3W0ZjrEScvrsUjnozzJthheGGb-eKr8l1Bgh7XSEtaQMfbo1VXDZ8yOAVPa0sa9lXecm_IcAs=" target="_blank">@Richard_Florida</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The approval of a new corporate jet center at this city's struggling airport might have been just another losing skirmish in the battle between Silicon Valley billionaires and middle-class neighborhoods worried about noise pollution.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSLfEErFIb2-WxrQMVg5ppTNoYfCW79JzYuUOjHt-5Qshat01IWwidU-noVBx5EWAUUyzwXZ1B7tMABzQoYOT-O2VeoVt6UhtSbuY2qQStOYE_tRJfn93X_8mRyY421YVTqmAuX-qnynBykbOjwtU38NjIc3hbX3W3Dza4E0eqVxiFPxxsJmrhk3tSG5ClcTUMLVaEpQRfBjv_lGX_fsvvQl" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:52 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-reporting-chicago-violence-atlantic-city-s-fate-infrastructure-and-india-s-development-silicon-valley-class-divide/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-green-building-lobby-wars-a-carbon-neutral-seattle-looming-food-disaster/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSK_kIyA1oQ5JynjuY4sNHUU6lFyZvBPdNbii1bRm4xAeqRIOaR90h5K1CF1NrAjHZffdA5OXBx8FAGtZySkjPlqg9kIkKrL9sYwxW_UWPoeFs-4mjFYT3F_zTnWMYGq6OvrpIc_LaIuXfU4FBR6FVq0" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI92P2YY0IKWo29PG3BtnSIIq2swK61TVS-r4bBNFoXrriyn86QtKxLvwa2ip4a9ATClItEk89bUqyhoy1xVPLSJV--x-W4qBPC_RjO4TOe_-wjetIoqRGJ-lZ68buvqff6oqIXpjZ3NQA_zkh_QSEMuNxQEix7cVRzQlBrPqC9hqrhQU-dId_f" target="_blank">USGBC Fights Back Against Lobbying Industries</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Treehugger</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Green building has been under attack on all fronts recently by the wood, plastic and fossil fuel industries, all of which have big bucks to spend in Washington.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI92P2YY0IKWo29PG3BtnSIIq2swK61TVS-r4bBNFoXrriyn86QtKxLvwa2ip4a9ATClItEk89bUqyhoy1xVPLSJV--x-W4qBPC_RjO4TOe_-wjetIoqRGJ-lZ68buvqff6oqIXpjZ3NQA_zkh_QSEMuNxQEix7cVRzQlBrPqC9hqrhQU-dId_f" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKBelMriOoUY-pWvFJ2pff3zNVhLLM1p7EpdVaALAhDdeELU4c0GUYgFs1ZYPDgcdcB48XOQs687LP1yh0pv46B5Iz5FdNNalR9ksOKm8HJoX9MMXNs840tQz0GaCTMjpa-ENfah00mpr-XR85L3t7MRq13rB7UC5L3hc_vDZOQZwGAGLs4jSx6MILhewGpVkU=" target="_blank">Seattle Could be Carbon Neutral by 2050</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Seattle Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The king tides that swamped Alki last winter might be a harbinger of the effects of climate change on Seattle.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSKBelMriOoUY-pWvFJ2pff3zNVhLLM1p7EpdVaALAhDdeELU4c0GUYgFs1ZYPDgcdcB48XOQs687LP1yh0pv46B5Iz5FdNNalR9ksOKm8HJoX9MMXNs840tQz0GaCTMjpa-ENfah00mpr-XR85L3t7MRq13rB7UC5L3hc_vDZOQZwGAGLs4jSx6MILhewGpVkU=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIea-Dir-edorqhagQKprLz8jONW3vjbHmGohPhQvUCveEmbQF4OPkAYhvSjJey_ILCf0UO4JbzYysg1jcxsnWfo1gfwvgKoV94Js7YP3HcxiZFcdJR5mnw2WBFUVFnmAixIDeqU1P1oSlfQLjU6QRrjyJZp38YBjLdlUY6WaarAVwlM1ogsJ-Z05ofTUqPo2XoI2yAsnAYDxlsAFEEztar" target="_blank">America One Bad Winter Away from Food Disaster</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Quartz, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSI7al0H8A1PmIPuVI1QkoJ6rtf1SiVRS-6dINGzyyQU7uR1_orEFfJ0nu4EAO75zk2EEnby_YOf9sOppliz3rTpPPjuR9yUd-CfkPx8-ITZEPgY7BdROzeP" target="_blank">@aarieff</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Forget the plight of the polar bear for a moment and consider the coming collapse of the $30 billion honey bee economy in the US.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSIea-Dir-edorqhagQKprLz8jONW3vjbHmGohPhQvUCveEmbQF4OPkAYhvSjJey_ILCf0UO4JbzYysg1jcxsnWfo1gfwvgKoV94Js7YP3HcxiZFcdJR5mnw2WBFUVFnmAixIDeqU1P1oSlfQLjU6QRrjyJZp38YBjLdlUY6WaarAVwlM1ogsJ-Z05ofTUqPo2XoI2yAsnAYDxlsAFEEztar" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 07 May 2013 18:40:59 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-green-building-lobby-wars-a-carbon-neutral-seattle-looming-food-disaster/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-aashto-poll-says-tolling-prefered-funding-mechanism/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJvOWXQxMODpzRRRImYwKsU49veCVECk-16toReLxzaDUV-g2j2vWuXwrFB8Iy0Wx4KCNZzGT6-PkUIyu4TGtqKnnY4D5nAf-7im8cUUqhzV9hPdVb9lfi4u1FwxocKHIJqRelpp6W--TJ2iUtoSIuD" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJfPx6OjwVDvhTqecF7evAArFqFjrqcZ_MA7I6TbFqed_0-UMnmLiX6wGg-grvdL6irNOXcicnhpBPjEsPT2-sJScPPLIlvIHm0Ms4-rV2EbMyyg6vm5FXUXRlxmmxS0BT4mo5uhihyFh297jvQmQ4oQFYa2M4opcI=" target="_blank">AASHTO Poll Says Tolling Prefered Funding Mechanism</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>AASHTO Journal, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJGbkA8C5MOBmJ55m7kXMUWx0btpusNavy-LGiUXGpoIZuzfSK09UgtFY71OWVnKVPNvuaQnzAhmHEd6WCsQmmipXfPOViHcO1fQX-rDsWkSZWFqfACIY8Fg2DYs5G8vkvJgTeYTx_SRaN-FGkallfAR6oSWuEXRmBqEW0ckVSvnT5g-b0cneEpo7IBhVHOBo1Wwlv_o7NsslHmZDWTy3Aq" target="_blank">LA Metro Transportation Library</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The American motoring public prefers tolling to many other ways to generate funding for the nation's transportation infrastructure, according to a recent America THINKS survey by HNTB Corporation.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001yTY6tCW0TSJfPx6OjwVDvhTqecF7evAArFqFjrqcZ_MA7I6TbFqed_0-UMnmLiX6wGg-grvdL6irNOXcicnhpBPjEsPT2-sJScPPLIlvIHm0Ms4-rV2EbMyyg6vm5FXUXRlxmmxS0BT4mo5uhihyFh297jvQmQ4oQFYa2M4opcI=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 07 May 2013 18:38:47 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-aashto-poll-says-tolling-prefered-funding-mechanism/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-87/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#000033; letter-spacing:1px;"><strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY</strong></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Minneapolis Star Tribune</strong></span><br/>"Here's a headline you're not going to see: "Salt Lake City agrees to stop transit construction so Twin Cities can catch up.""<br/><br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/206040421.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 06 May 2013 17:01:32 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-87/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-twin-cities-transit-tampa-s-transit-election-frontrunner-ridership-transit-clubs-hudson-bergen-lrt/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#0B5887; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/transport/"><strong>TRANSPORT</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/206040421.html" target="_blank"><strong>Without Transit Plans, Twin Cities Not Competitive</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Minneapolis Star Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">During a spring in which almost anything seems possible, here’s a headline you’re not going to see: “Salt Lake City agrees to stop transit construction so Twin Cities can catch up.”</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/206040421.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/masstransit/tampas-hope-to-hold-city-only-transit-referendum-dies-in-the-legislature/2118995" target="_blank"><strong>Tampa’s Hopes of City Transit Election Fail in Statehouse</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>St. Petersburg Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">It was a long shot from the start, and now Tampa’s hope to hold its own transit tax referendum is dead for the year.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/masstransit/tampas-hope-to-hold-city-only-transit-referendum-dies-in-the-legislature/2118995" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56252337-90/frontrunner-million-uta-ridership.html.csp" target="_blank"><strong>Frontrunner Celebrates 5th Birthday, Higher Ridership</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As the FrontRunner commuter train system just passed its fifth birthday, its popularity may finally be picking up speed after chugging along for years without growth.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56252337-90/frontrunner-million-uta-ridership.html.csp" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/levin031/transportationist/2013/05/club-transit.html" target="_blank"><strong>Promoting Transit as a Club Membership</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Transportationist</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In a recent Streets.MN post David King and I argued that transit is usually best thought of as a club good, and the relevant club-members should be its users and potential users.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/levin031/transportationist/2013/05/club-transit.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/05/amid_challenges_oregon_iron_wo.html" target="_blank"><strong>Oregon Iron Trying to Make Good on Streetcar</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Portland Oregonian, via: <a href="http://portlandtransport.com/archives/2013/05/oregon_iron_wor.html" target="_blank">Portland Transport</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In 1974, I took a chance. Together with a friend, I bought a struggling metal shop in Portland that we thought we could turn into a successful operation.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/05/amid_challenges_oregon_iron_wo.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130504/EDIT01/305040057/Editorial-Streetcar-good-idea-bad-planning" target="_blank"><strong>Editorial: Streetcar Good Idea, Bad Planning</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Cincinnati Inquirer</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The latest plan to pay for the Cincinnati streetcar just adds more patches to an already patched-up financing plan.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130504/EDIT01/305040057/Editorial-Streetcar-good-idea-bad-planning" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/tucson-paying-m-and-counting-for-company-to-oversee-delayed/article_548faacc-4247-5b62-98b0-1342bda0acc2.html" target="_blank"><strong>Tucson Pays Consultant to Oversee Streetcar Construction</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Arizona Star</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Tucson is paying a consultant more than $4 million to monitor construction of its streetcars in Oregon – and repeated delays at the factory are expected to push that figure even higher.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/tucson-paying-m-and-counting-for-company-to-oversee-delayed/article_548faacc-4247-5b62-98b0-1342bda0acc2.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/05/light_rail_to_stop_in_englewood_not_tenafly_nj_transit_decides.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hudson Bergen LRT Extension Would Stop Sooner</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Jersey Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">NJ Transit has abandoned plans to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Tenafly in favor of a plan to end the line at Englewood Hospital, the Record reported.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/05/light_rail_to_stop_in_englewood_not_tenafly_nj_transit_decides.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/18776/heavy-rail-streetcars-or-brt-transit-isnt-one-size-fits-all/" target="_blank"><strong>Transit Isn’t One Size Fits All</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The District is building a streetcar system while also studying the potential for express bus lanes in key areas.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/18776/heavy-rail-streetcars-or-brt-transit-isnt-one-size-fits-all/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 06 May 2013 16:56:20 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-twin-cities-transit-tampa-s-transit-election-frontrunner-ridership-transit-clubs-hudson-bergen-lrt/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-fort-worth-pedestrian-focus-palo-alto-wasted-opportunity-mall-of-america-tax-breaks-salt-lake-planning/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#753BBD; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urbanism/"><strong>URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/05/05/4827212/downtown-fort-worth-plan-calls.html" target="_blank"><strong>Downtown Fort Worth Seeks Pedestrian Focus</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Fort Worth Star Telegram</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Future development in downtown Fort Worth should be done with the pedestrian in mind but should also find ways to transport people to the Cultural District, the Stockyards and even Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, according to a draft report of a new strategic action plan.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/05/05/4827212/downtown-fort-worth-plan-calls.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://peninsulapress.com/2013/05/02/palo-alto-official-expects-arrillaga-to-lower-building-heights-in-controversial-development/" target="_blank"><strong>Palo Alto Waists TOD Opportunity by Lowering Heights</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Peninsula Press</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Palo Alto city leaders expect developer John Arrillaga to revise his controversial plans for a site off University Avenue, near the Caltrain station, to meet a 50-foot height limit without forcing him to do so, City Manager James Keene said.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://peninsulapress.com/2013/05/02/palo-alto-official-expects-arrillaga-to-lower-building-heights-in-controversial-development/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/densification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district/2013/05/03/f22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html" target="_blank"><strong>Firm Densification Concerns DC Business Leaders</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Washington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I dropped by a presentation on the health of the Downtown DC Business Improvement District recently to hear an update on the area’s ongoing resurgence.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/densification-is-new-a-challenge-for-downtown-dc-business-improvement-district/2013/05/03/f22a7872-b1c6-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2013/05/big_projects_in_copenhagen_ano.html" target="_blank"><strong>Copenhagen Offers Lessons to Cleveland on Big Plans</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Cleveland Plain Dealer</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Copenhagen produces mountains of garbage. Every winter, city residents drive eight hours north into Sweden to reach the nearest ski hill.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2013/05/big_projects_in_copenhagen_ano.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_23178031/subsidizing-mall-americas-growth-is-price-many-dont" target="_blank"><strong>Mall of America’s Tax Breaks Draw Criticism</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Pioneer Press</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A long-dormant plan to double the size of Mall of America — adding hotels, a waterpark, a performing arts center, office towers and hundreds of stores — seems to be coming back to life.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_23178031/subsidizing-mall-americas-growth-is-price-many-dont" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56253084-90/station-area-wasatch-buildings.html.csp" target="_blank"><strong>Salt Lake Planners Planning to 2040</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">About 30 residents and business owners gathered recently to hear how their community around the Meadowbrook TRAX station on 3900 South may change and also vote on options for that transformation.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56253084-90/station-area-wasatch-buildings.html.csp" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/18757/purple-line-puts-university-boulevard-on-a-road-diet/" target="_blank"><strong>Purple Line Puts University Blvd on Road Diet</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As design work continues on the Purple Line, Maryland transit planners say they can convert two traffic lanes on University Boulevard in Langley Park for trains without impacting traffic.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/18757/purple-line-puts-university-boulevard-on-a-road-diet/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/www.gizmag.com/imperial-tower-mumbai/27373/" target="_blank"><strong>Mumbai Skyscraper Will Confuse the Wind</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Gizmag</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture has unveiled plans for Imperial Tower, which would become Mumbai’s tallest building and surely one of the world’s most slender skyscrapers, should it come to be built.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/www.gizmag.com/imperial-tower-mumbai/27373/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Life-in-the-City-Is-Essentially-One-Giant-Math-Problem-204138731.html" target="_blank"><strong>Life in the City is Just One Big Math Problem</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Smithsonian Magazine, via: <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/05/bars-are-secret-thriving-downtowns-best-cityreads-week/5425/" target="_blank">Atlantic Cities #cityreads</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Experts in the emerging field of quantitative urbanism believe that many aspects of modern cities can be reduced to mathematical formulas</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Life-in-the-City-Is-Essentially-One-Giant-Math-Problem-204138731.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.pwmag.com/design/disney-and-urban-design.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Disney and Urban Design</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Public Works Magazine, via: <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/05/bars-are-secret-thriving-downtowns-best-cityreads-week/5425/" target="_blank">Atlantic Cities #cityreads</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">When you think of great urban planning, theme parks probably don’t spring to mind. But 17 students of Rollins College, a liberal arts school in Winter Park, Fla., know better, having learned about the topic from an unexpected source: Mickey Mouse.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.pwmag.com/design/disney-and-urban-design.aspx" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 06 May 2013 16:48:13 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-fort-worth-pedestrian-focus-palo-alto-wasted-opportunity-mall-of-america-tax-breaks-salt-lake-planning/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-silicon-valley-housing-san-ysidro-culture-exchange-hud-partnerships-city-budget-solving/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#DF7000; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urban-issues/"><strong>URBAN ISSUES</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/03/silicon_valley_housing_boom_there_s_no_such_thing.html" target="_blank"><strong>Problem with Silicon Valley, No Housing Boom</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Slate Moneybox</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The enormous wealth that’s pouring into Silicon Valley ought to be trickling down to at least some extent as a vast array of local service providers gain jobs and income as chefs, waiters, doctors, nurses, yoga instructors, gardeners, interior decorators, taxi drivers, accountants, opthamologists, tailors, and housekeepers to the new money elite.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/05/03/silicon_valley_housing_boom_there_s_no_such_thing.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/05/san-ysidro-from-bi-national-lifestyle-to-bi-national-border-region-center/" target="_blank"><strong>Diffuculty Sharing Culture on San Ysidro’s Mexican Border</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>San Diego Free Press</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Growing up in the 1970’s in Tijuana, Linda Caballero Sotelo explained that “our mind set was that we had the best of both worlds.”</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/05/san-ysidro-from-bi-national-lifestyle-to-bi-national-border-region-center/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/boston-fed-massachusetts-cities-working-cities-challenge" target="_blank"><strong>Boston Fed Wants Cities to Solve Problems Together</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A new grant competition for smaller Massachusetts cities launched today, promising up to $700,000 for specific projects that can help change the lives of low-income people.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/boston-fed-massachusetts-cities-working-cities-challenge" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/world/middleeast/as-egypt-birthrate-rises-population-policy-vanishes.html?_r=0" target="_blank"><strong>Birthrate Rises in Egypt as Population Controls Wane</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="http://persquaremile.com/2013/05/03/egypts-birthrate-rises-as-population-control-policies-vanish/" target="_blank">Per Square Mile</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">More than two years after the Egyptian uprising, the country’s new Islamist government has struggled to confront a drop in tourism and the faltering economy.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/world/middleeast/as-egypt-birthrate-rises-population-policy-vanishes.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/home-front/2013/05/03/what-happens-to-the-housing-market-when-the-investors-leave" target="_blank"><strong>The Housing Market When Investors Leave</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>US News and World Report</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The housing market has improved significantly since the start of 2012, thanks in large part to the elevated role of investors and all-cash homebuyers, which accounted for about 19 percent and 30 percent respectively of all sales in March 2013, according to the National Association of Realtors.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/home-front/2013/05/03/what-happens-to-the-housing-market-when-the-investors-leave" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.rooflines.org/3212/can_community_development_solve_the_municipal_budget_crisis" target="_blank"><strong>Can Community Development Solve City Budgets</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Rooflines</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Oakland, Calif., like many cities, is beginning an annual or biennial budget process and coming to terms with the stark realities of structural problems with its municipal budget.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.rooflines.org/3212/can_community_development_solve_the_municipal_budget_crisis" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/05/03/sustainability-busts-out-of-its-cubicle-permeates-dot-hud-and-epa/" target="_blank"><strong>FTA/HUD/EPA Partnership New Umbrella, Better Odds</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Partnership for Sustainable Communities has had a rough couple of years. The program got zeroed out of the 2012 budget, and the 2013 budget is just a carbon copy of 2012.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/05/03/sustainability-busts-out-of-its-cubicle-permeates-dot-hud-and-epa/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/hud-network-to-assist-cities-by-connecting-them-with-each-other" target="_blank"><strong>HUD Network to Connect Cities with Each Other</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Department of Housing and Urban Development has unveiled an unprecedented new network aimed at helping cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/hud-network-to-assist-cities-by-connecting-them-with-each-other" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 06 May 2013 16:42:56 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-silicon-valley-housing-san-ysidro-culture-exchange-hud-partnerships-city-budget-solving/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-boston-s-public-water-la-river-from-concrete-urban-bees-crows-and-stress/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#7A9A01; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/environment/"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/05/ls-wants-turn-its-concrete-river-real-river/5482/" target="_blank"><strong>LA Wants to Turn Concrete River Into a Real One</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Bodies of water have so much allure-particularly in overpaved cities-that we’re content to put up with the algae-scented funk of the Central Park pond, or even the stench of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, just to rest our eyes on something blue (or, er, brown).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/05/ls-wants-turn-its-concrete-river-real-river/5482/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/05/04/boston-water-public-private/Jzj88ifSRYs9DEcU2m0tKJ/story.html" target="_blank"><strong>Is Boston’s Water Best Public or Private?</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Boston Globe</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In the 19th century, the city fought over who should own our infrastructure—and made a choice that spoke volumes.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/05/04/boston-water-public-private/Jzj88ifSRYs9DEcU2m0tKJ/story.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/05/urban_gardens_bring_trenton_re.html" target="_blank"><strong>Urban Gardens Bring Trenton New Jersey Together</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Trenton Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As a young man, Clarence Henley swore he’d never work a patch of dirt again.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/05/urban_gardens_bring_trenton_re.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/urban-bees-bee-aware-of-their-importance/" target="_blank"><strong>The Importance of Urban Bees</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Industry Leaders Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Some of us probably hate bees in the childhood as we were often bitten by them. But these days children less often experience bee bites. Why is that?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/urban-bees-bee-aware-of-their-importance/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.kmbz.com/What-Can-Crows-Teach-Us-About-Stress-and-Urban-Liv/16270982" target="_blank"><strong>What Can Crows Teach About Cities and Stress</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>KMBZ</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">American crows are moving from the countryside to the big city, and like humans, they are paying a price. Stress.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.kmbz.com/What-Can-Crows-Teach-Us-About-Stress-and-Urban-Liv/16270982" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.cnu.org/cnu-salons/2013/05/how-changing-zoning-laws-could-help-save-planet" target="_blank"><strong>How Zoning Can Change the Planet</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>CNU Salons</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Prior to and during the Industrial Revolution of the 17 and 1800s, cities in the developed world such as London and New York City had become extremely dirty and polluted places to live.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.cnu.org/cnu-salons/2013/05/how-changing-zoning-laws-could-help-save-planet" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.c40.org/blog/with-help-from-rotterdam-ho-chi-minh-city-launches-climate-adaptation-strategy" target="_blank"><strong>Ho Chi Minh City Launches Climate Adaptation Strategy</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>C40 Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">C40 city Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) recently announced a Climate Adaptation Strategy aimed at enhancing the long-term sustainable socio-economic development of the city. It is the result of a strategic partnership agreement between the Vietnamese and Dutch governments and the C40 city of Rotterdam.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.c40.org/blog/with-help-from-rotterdam-ho-chi-minh-city-launches-climate-adaptation-strategy" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 06 May 2013 16:36:43 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-boston-s-public-water-la-river-from-concrete-urban-bees-crows-and-stress/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-86/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#000033; letter-spacing:1px;"><strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY</strong></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Robert Steuteville, Better Cities and Towns</strong></span><br/>" The claim of "net zero" strikes me as flimsy - note the SUVs in the parking lot and that much of the merchandise will be shipped from Asia - but mostly I object to the parking in front."<br/><br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://bettercities.net/article/why-retail-design-important-19959" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 03 May 2013 15:15:59 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-86/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-expo-line-private-buses-vmt-declines-buffalo-lrt-ray-lahood-on-houston-sf-street-names/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#0B5887; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/transport/"><strong>TRANSPORT</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/04/one-year-later-who-riding-expo-line" target="_blank"><strong>Expo Light Rail One Year Later</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Neon Tommy , via: <a href="https://twitter.com/cruickshank" target="_blank">@cruickshank</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">When the Expo Line, Los Angeles Metro’s newest light rail line, opened in April 2012, initial ridership numbers were low, starting at around 11,000 per average weekday, a fact which many media sources reported on.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/04/one-year-later-who-riding-expo-line" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://metroplanning.org/news-events/blog-post/6692" target="_blank"><strong>The Hidden Private Bus Network</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Metro Planning The Connector</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">When the removal of a certain “perk” causes a business to lose a dozen employees and shift its entire recruitment focus, that perk is a big deal.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://metroplanning.org/news-events/blog-post/6692" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://networkedblogs.com/KR2eB" target="_blank"><strong>High Traffic Projections When VMT Declines</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Net Density</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Hennepin County is preparing to reconstruct a portion of Washington Avenue between Hennepin Avenue and 5th Avenue South.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://networkedblogs.com/KR2eB" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130502/CITYANDREGION/130509779/1010" target="_blank"><strong>Amherst Might Be Next Destination for Buffalo LRT</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Buffalo News</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">After decades of resistance, town leaders support a $1.6 million study to determine whether to expand NFTA service to UB North and beyond</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130502/CITYANDREGION/130509779/1010" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/paris-celebrates-40-years-of-le-p%C3%A9riph-one-of-busiest-highways-in-europe-1.1379765" target="_blank"><strong>Paris’ Peripheral Ring Road Turns 40</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Irish Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">To navigate the dense, usually fast-moving traffic of Paris’s Boulevard Périphérique, you need nerves of steel and 360degree vision.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/paris-celebrates-40-years-of-le-p%C3%A9riph-one-of-busiest-highways-in-europe-1.1379765" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/LaHood-Houston-needs-to-get-its-act-together-4481101.php" target="_blank"><strong>Ray LaHood Tells Houston to Get Act Together on Rail</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Houston Chronicle</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood likes Houston’s light rail that’s up and running but warns that regional transit officials have squandered opportunities the past decade by not building greater consensus.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/LaHood-Houston-needs-to-get-its-act-together-4481101.php" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Mayor-says-streetcars-shouldn-t-run-past-the-Alamo-4480736.php" target="_blank"><strong>San Antonio Mayor Doesn’t Want Streetcars at the Alamo</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>San Antonio Express News</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">VIA Metropolitan’s downtown streetcars should not pass in front of the Alamo, Mayor Julián Castro and several council members told VIA Metropolitan Transit officials Wednesday at an informational session about the rail project.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Mayor-says-streetcars-shouldn-t-run-past-the-Alamo-4480736.php" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.wtop.com/109/3306620/Streetcars-could-roll-this-fall" target="_blank"><strong>H Street Streetcars Could Run by End of Year</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>WTOP</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">D.C. streetcars have arrived for testing, and officials say passengers could be able to catch a ride before the end of the year.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.wtop.com/109/3306620/Streetcars-could-roll-this-fall" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/map-the-history-of-san-francisco-street-names/" target="_blank"><strong>A History of San Francisco Street Names</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Price Tags</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Just click a highlighted street on this interactive map by Noah Veltman and you can find out the history of the name.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/map-the-history-of-san-francisco-street-names/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://chi.streetsblog.org/2013/05/02/four-reasons-free-parking-on-sundays-is-bad-for-chicago/" target="_blank"><strong>Four Reasons Free Sunday Parking is Bad for Chicago</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Chicago Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On Monday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel outlined some changes he’s proposing to the infamous parking meter deal the City Council approved in 2009 (henceforth to be referred to as “The Parking Meter Deal,” in recognition of its unique awfulness).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://chi.streetsblog.org/2013/05/02/four-reasons-free-parking-on-sundays-is-bad-for-chicago/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#5A5A5A; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.good.is/posts/seeing-eye-people-help-nyc-pedestrians-walk-while-texting" target="_blank"><strong>Seeing Eye People Help You Walk and Text</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Good.is</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A clever new video from Improv Everywhere and Buzzfeed pokes fun of our tech-obsessed culture.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.good.is/posts/seeing-eye-people-help-nyc-pedestrians-walk-while-texting" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 03 May 2013 15:06:23 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-expo-line-private-buses-vmt-declines-buffalo-lrt-ray-lahood-on-houston-sf-street-names/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-why-retail-matters-urbanism-w-o-effort-walkability-woonerfs/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#753BBD; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urbanism/"><strong>URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://bettercities.net/article/why-retail-design-important-19959" target="_blank"><strong>Why Retail Matters</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Better Cities and Towns</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Recently I criticized the design of a supposedly nonpolluting, “net zero” Walgreens in Evanston, Illinois.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://bettercities.net/article/why-retail-design-important-19959" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.myurbanist.com/archives/9720" target="_blank"><strong>Urbanism without Effort</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>My Urbanist</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As many of you know, I’ve spent many exciting and rewarding years exploring and documenting cities around the world, as a land use/environmental attorney, as a writer, and for my own enjoyment.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.myurbanist.com/archives/9720" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/02/why-walkability-is-critical-to-health-wealth-and-s.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Walkability Is Critical to Health, Wealth, and Sustainability</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Motley Fool</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In the following interview, we speak with Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/02/why-walkability-is-critical-to-health-wealth-and-s.aspx" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/automobiles/where-share-the-road-is-taken-literally.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Look at Those Shared Streets Called Woonerfs</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/62934" target="_blank">Planetizen</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">“Woonerf” is what the Dutch call a special kind of street or group of streets that functions as shared public space — for pedestrians, cyclists, children and, in some cases, for slow-moving, cautiously driven cars as well.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/automobiles/where-share-the-road-is-taken-literally.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/density/" target="_blank"><strong>Krugman Endorses Weighted Density</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, Paul Krugman, via: <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2013/05/03/a-disparate-collection-of-links-for-urbanists/" target="_blank">Crikey, The Urbanist</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">There’s an interesting discussion underway about whether rising population necessarily leads to rising land prices over time. Bill McBride of Calculated Risk says yes:</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/density/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 03 May 2013 14:59:08 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-why-retail-matters-urbanism-w-o-effort-walkability-woonerfs/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-mel-watt-fhfa-sf-ellis-act-maps-san-gabriel-valley-asian-population-growth-suing-blight/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#DF7000; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urban-issues/"><strong>URBAN ISSUES</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2013/05/02/new-york-tech-startup-scene/2127385/" target="_blank"><strong>Tech Sets Up Shop in NYC’s DUMBO Neighborhood</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>USA Today</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Aaron Shapiro, CEO of digital agency Huge, remembers what it was like to set up shop in the area known as DUMBO 10 years ago.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2013/05/02/new-york-tech-startup-scene/2127385/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nhcopenhouse.org/2013/05/rep-mel-watt-nominated-for-top-fhfa-post.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mel Watt Tapped to Lead FHFA</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>National Housing Conference Open House</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the agency which oversees Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nhcopenhouse.org/2013/05/rep-mel-watt-nominated-for-top-fhfa-post.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nhcopenhouse.org/2013/05/more-than-quarter-of-working-renter.html" target="_blank"><strong>Working Renters Spend a Lot on Housing</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>National Housing Conference Open House</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Center’s new Housing Landscape 2013 report, which I co-authored with my colleague Maya Brennan, is out today. It finds that severe housing cost burdens among working renter households rose for the third consecutive year due primarily to falling incomes and rising rental housing costs.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nhcopenhouse.org/2013/05/more-than-quarter-of-working-renter.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://wsdomino.eurocities.eu/eurocities/news/London-mayor-dedicates-new-funds-to-support-SMEs-WSPO-97BHPZ" target="_blank"><strong>London Mayor Announces Funds for Small Businesses</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Eurocities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Boris Johnson has announced E40 million (E47m) of funding for London’s SMEs and science and technology sectors</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://wsdomino.eurocities.eu/eurocities/news/London-mayor-dedicates-new-funds-to-support-SMEs-WSPO-97BHPZ" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/02/map_of_ellis_act_notices_shows_eviction_trends.php" target="_blank"><strong>Map of Ellis Act Eviction Trends in San Francisco</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>SF Curbed</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Bay Guardian got its hands on an interactive map that shows locations of filed San Francisco Ellis Act Notices of Intent to Withdraw Rental Units.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/02/map_of_ellis_act_notices_shows_eviction_trends.php" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/us/asians-now-largest-immigrant-group-in-southern-california.html" target="_blank"><strong>Asian Population Grows in the San Gabriel Valley</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, via: Allison Brooks</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Beneath the palm trees that line Huntington Drive, named for the railroad magnate who founded this Southern California city, hang signs to honor families who have helped sponsor the centennial celebration here this year.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/us/asians-now-largest-immigrant-group-in-southern-california.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 03 May 2013 14:49:19 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-mel-watt-fhfa-sf-ellis-act-maps-san-gabriel-valley-asian-population-growth-suing-blight/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-boston-parking-lots-for-greenspace-historic-storms-courts-say-ban-cars-in-uk/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#7A9A01; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/environment/"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/mattapan/2013/05/hold_in_mattapan_residents_eye.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mattapan Residents Eye Vacant Lots for Green Space</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Boston Globe</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As the city plans for development along the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line, a separate group has been working to add greenspace to neighborhoods that surround the line.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/mattapan/2013/05/hold_in_mattapan_residents_eye.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thepolisblog.org/2013/05/historic-natural-disasters.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mapping Aftermath of Historic Storms</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Polis Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This year marks the centennial of one of the most devestating weather-related disasters ever experienced in the United States.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.thepolisblog.org/2013/05/historic-natural-disasters.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 03 May 2013 14:43:44 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-boston-parking-lots-for-greenspace-historic-storms-courts-say-ban-cars-in-uk/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-85/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#000033; letter-spacing:1px;"><strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY</strong></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Public Source</strong></span><br/>"Some native Pittsburghers laugh off the fact that some of the light-rail stations are hard to find. It's part of the area's charm, they say. If you're a true Pittsburgher, you know where it is. But for newcomers, that attitude doesn't help."<br/><br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://publicsource.org/investigations/pittsburgh-area-has-light-rail-%E2%80%94-can-you-find-it" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:57:01 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-85/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-pittsburgh-busways-airport-empty-terminals-pittsburgh-s-hard-to-find-light-rail-stations/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#0B5887; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/transport/"><strong>TRANSPORT</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/international-transportation-group-gives-pittsburghs-east-busway-bronze-medal-685766/" target="_blank"><strong>IDTP Gives Pittsburgh Busways Bronze Rating</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Pittsburgh Post Gazette</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Port Authority’s busways earned international recognition today from a company that evaluates and rates buses-only corridors around the globe.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/international-transportation-group-gives-pittsburghs-east-busway-bronze-medal-685766/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://denverurbanism.com/2013/05/fastracks-whats-next.html" target="_blank"><strong>What’s Next for Fastracks in Denver</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Denver Urbanism</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Now that the West Rail Line is open and FasTracks has moved back into the limelight, a lot of you may be asking “what’s next?”</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://denverurbanism.com/2013/05/fastracks-whats-next.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://dirtamericana.blogspot.com/2013/04/when-first-one-out-gate-is-also-last.html" target="_blank"><strong>Airport Desertion and Airline Consolidation</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>American Dirt</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Several weeks ago I explored one of the most obvious consequences of the veritable implosion of the commercial airline industry.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://dirtamericana.blogspot.com/2013/04/when-first-one-out-gate-is-also-last.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/05/01/the-golden-opportunity-for-congress-to-avoid-the-transportation-fiscal-cliff/" target="_blank"><strong>Federal Opportunity Coming for Funding Transportation</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">MAP-21 expires in a year and five months. When it does, if lawmakers haven,t already found a solution to the “transportation fiscal cliff,” they’ll have to do one of three things, according to a report issued last week by the Congressional Budget Office</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/05/01/the-golden-opportunity-for-congress-to-avoid-the-transportation-fiscal-cliff/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2013/05/catenary-free-trams-for-nanjing/" target="_blank"><strong>Wireless Catenary for Nanjing</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Railways Africa</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Nanjing, capital of China’s Jiangsu Province, is to have two tramlines operating in its downtown districts by 2014.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2013/05/catenary-free-trams-for-nanjing/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://thetransitcoalition.us/blog/?p=253" target="_blank"><strong>Metro Releases First Look at HOT Lane Data</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Transit Coalition</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">With Metro releasing its preliminary findings on the I-110 HOT lanes, the Los Angeles Times gets in on the action.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thetransitcoalition.us/blog/?p=253" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://keepaustinwonky.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/transit-turnout-and-trust/" target="_blank"><strong>Turnout, Transit, and Trust in Austin</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Keep Austin Wonky </strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Is the Red Line Circulator (a.k.a the “Mueller” route) the only politically feasible initial urban rail sequence? Some proponents of the preliminary urban rail route generated by the Project Connect process imply this is the case.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://keepaustinwonky.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/transit-turnout-and-trust/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://publicsource.org/investigations/pittsburgh-area-has-light-rail-%E2%80%94-can-you-find-it" target="_blank"><strong>Pittsburgh’s Light Rail Stations are Hard to Find</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Pittsburgh Public Source</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Hillcrest light-rail stop is not easy to find. There is no sign at either entrance. Tucked between two hills in Bethel Park, it’s barely visible from nearby roads. The closest landmark is a Walgreens.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://publicsource.org/investigations/pittsburgh-area-has-light-rail-%E2%80%94-can-you-find-it" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:41:25 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-pittsburgh-busways-airport-empty-terminals-pittsburgh-s-hard-to-find-light-rail-stations/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-toronto-s-waterfront-value-shared-streets-in-la-smarter-smart-growth/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#753BBD; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urbanism/"><strong>URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.680news.com/2013/05/01/torontos-waterfront-makeover-a-huge-money-maker-study-finds/" target="_blank"><strong>Toronto Waterfront Generated Twice the Revenue Spent</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>680 News Toronto</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Waterfront Toronto is doing some bragging about taxpayers’ money being well spent. It has released a study that finds revitalizing the waterfront has generated more than twice the value of public investment to date.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.680news.com/2013/05/01/torontos-waterfront-makeover-a-huge-money-maker-study-finds/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://thesource.metro.net/2013/05/01/draft-alternatives-released-for-los-angeles-union-station-master-plan/" target="_blank"><strong>LA Union Station Draft Plans Released</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Source</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan team is releasing its draft alternatives today for improving the venerable station as a transit center.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thesource.metro.net/2013/05/01/draft-alternatives-released-for-los-angeles-union-station-master-plan/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/05/01/lapd-threatens-closure-of-painted-alleyway-to-public-events-lacking-permits/" target="_blank"><strong>Impromptu Shared Streets Threatened in Los Angeles</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>LA Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I was leaving to Mexico City in two days, and I get this message at 4 pm Saturday, April 13. The Los Angeles Police Department officers stopped by the party and told the group to shut it down. But the police officers left, and didn’t return.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://la.streetsblog.org/2013/05/01/lapd-threatens-closure-of-painted-alleyway-to-public-events-lacking-permits/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/interview-shannon-scutari-on-what-phoenix-is-and-what-it-wants-to-be" target="_blank"><strong>What Phoenix Is, What It Wants to Be</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In many ways, Shannon Scutari is responsible for bringing real transit to one of America’s most sprawling cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/interview-shannon-scutari-on-what-phoenix-is-and-what-it-wants-to-be" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://vibrantbayarea.org/2013/05/bart-tod-the-range-of-alternatives/" target="_blank"><strong>BART TOD, The Range of Alternatives</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Vibrant Bay Area</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Petaluma Station Area plan will be taken up by the Petaluma City Council on Monday, May 6.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://vibrantbayarea.org/2013/05/bart-tod-the-range-of-alternatives/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://spatial.ly/2013/04/visualising-human-geography/" target="_blank"><strong>Visualising for Human Geography</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Spatial.ly</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The publication of the International Benchmarking Review of UK Human Geography back in March was a major event for the discipline.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://spatial.ly/2013/04/visualising-human-geography/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://urbantimes.co/2013/05/royal-street-parties-and-social-experimentation-in-amsterdam/" target="_blank"><strong>Royal Street Parties and Experimentation in Amsterdam</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Urban Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Dutch people are renowned for being pretty open. One of my favourite examples is their popular traffic intersection design, which basically removes stoplights whilst allowing for a mix of different types of vehicles.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://urbantimes.co/2013/05/royal-street-parties-and-social-experimentation-in-amsterdam/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/is_it_time_for_smarter_smart_g.html" target="_blank"><strong>Is It Time for Smarter Smart Growth?</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>NRDC Switchboard</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I hesitate to write yet another article about bringing “smart growth” – the combination of ideas born in the 1990s to counter suburban sprawl – into the 21st century.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/is_it_time_for_smarter_smart_g.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:34:17 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-toronto-s-waterfront-value-shared-streets-in-la-smarter-smart-growth/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-blighted-properties-spanish-country-life-naming-streets-in-berlin-food-deserts/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#DF7000; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urban-issues/"><strong>URBAN ISSUES</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-nuisance-lawsuit-20130430,0,1745436.story" target="_blank"><strong>Baltimore Community Groups Sue Blighted Property Owners</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Baltimore Sun, via: <a href="https://twitter.com/RWhelanWSJ" target="_blank">@RWhelanWSJ</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Six Baltimore community groups filed an $8 million lawsuit Tuesday against a Texas man whose companies own dozens of properties in the city, alleging that he failed to improve rundown homes after purchasing them at tax sales and allowed them to become a danger.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-nuisance-lawsuit-20130430,0,1745436.story" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/04/29/hamilton-pittsburgh-heritage-buildings.html" target="_blank"><strong>Pittsburgh Foundation Saves and Flips Old Buildings</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>CBC News</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Group of concerned residents formed a non-profit organization 50 years ago. Part 2 of Steel to Steel: Bright ideas from Pittsburgh to Hamilton</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/04/29/hamilton-pittsburgh-heritage-buildings.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0501/With-no-jobs-in-the-city-country-life-is-coming-back-to-Spain" target="_blank"><strong>With City Jobs Waning in Spain, Country Life Coming Back</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Christian Science Monitor</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">After decades of population loss to cities, rural areas in Spain – and across Europe – have been gaining allure as havens from the ongoing recession.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0501/With-no-jobs-in-the-city-country-life-is-coming-back-to-Spain" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/05/albany-most-average-city-america" target="_blank"><strong>Albany the Most Average City in America</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Mother Jones</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Annie Lowrey asks: What is the most perfectly average place in America? Tyler Cowen nominates Knoxville.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/05/albany-most-average-city-america" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/world/europe/26iht-germany26.html" target="_blank"><strong>Naming Streets as Means of Change and Protest in Berlin</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, via: GC</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">When city authorities asked the Jewish Museum here to propose a name for the cobblestone square outside its new education center, museum officials promptly suggested Moses Mendelssohn.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/world/europe/26iht-germany26.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://popupcity.net/2013/05/building-cities-on-philanthropy/" target="_blank"><strong>Building Cities On Philanthropy</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Pop Up City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The City of Dublin has launched plans for a new central City Library at Parnell Square. This new 21st century cultural hotspot will help launch the northern part of Dublin’s downtown as a new cultural quarter.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://popupcity.net/2013/05/building-cities-on-philanthropy/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.rooflines.org/3207/done_right_eliminating_food_deserts_result_in_community_oases/" target="_blank"><strong>Eliminating Food Deserts Result in Community Oases</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Rooflines</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On April 12, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cited Jane Jacobs when he called for “bottom up” community development at a Federal Reserve community development conference.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.rooflines.org/3207/done_right_eliminating_food_deserts_result_in_community_oases/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:26:02 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-blighted-properties-spanish-country-life-naming-streets-in-berlin-food-deserts/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-courtroom-curbing-cars-parkour-and-historic-preservation/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#7A9A01; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/environment/"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/01/government-pollution-supreme-court" target="_blank"><strong>Court Rules Cities Fail on Air Pollution, Need to Ban Cars</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Guardian UK, via: <a href="https://twitter.com/urbandata" target="_blank">@urbandata</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The UK faces European fines and British cities may have to ban cars to dramatically reduce harmful effects of air pollution</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/01/government-pollution-supreme-court" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/calgary-park-s-united-historic-preservationists-and-parkour-athletes/5393/" target="_blank"><strong>Uniting Historic Preservationists and Parkour Athletes</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On warm days, when office-tower emigres can enjoy their lunches next to its calming water features, Calgary’s Century Gardens Park serves as a popular daytime downtown retreat.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/calgary-park-s-united-historic-preservationists-and-parkour-athletes/5393/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 02 May 2013 14:14:56 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-courtroom-curbing-cars-parkour-and-historic-preservation/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-84/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#000033; letter-spacing:1px;"><strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY</strong></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>John Tolva, CTO, City of Chicago, The Atlantic Cities</strong></span><br/>"I see a lot of people in information disciplines trying to resolve problems that architects of the built world have already solved. Traditional architects...have spent centuries figuring out how to create successful public spaces. But information architects still regularly struggle with this question online."<br/><br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/04/plea-urban-designer-who-designs-spaces-online-mimic-ones-we-use-real-life/5434/" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 01 May 2013 17:10:09 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-84/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-mobile-phone-data-bus-routes-obama-s-influence-utah-mayors-project-wishes/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#0B5887; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/transport/"><strong>TRANSPORT</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22357748" target="_blank"><strong>Ivory Coast Bus Routes Drawn Using Mobile Phone Data</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>BBC News</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The research was completed as part of the Data for Development competition run by Orange which released 2.5 billion call records from five million mobile phone users in Ivory Coast.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22357748" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56240900-90/uta-transit-buses-lake.html.csp" target="_blank"><strong>Utah Mayors Say Big Projects Might Not Be Best</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The authority’s board is told that big, expensive projects may not always be the best answer for transit needs.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56240900-90/uta-transit-buses-lake.html.csp" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681950/a-kayakcom-for-booking-anything-that-isnt-a-plane" target="_blank"><strong>Travel Planning for Anything Not an Airplane</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Fast Company Co.Exist, via: <a href="https://twitter.com/mikelydon" target="_blank">@MikeLydon</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Bus and train travel is getting a little digital love from, Wanderu, a new site that aggregates bus schedules from multiple carriers, helping travelers find cheaper, faster routes.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681950/a-kayakcom-for-booking-anything-that-isnt-a-plane" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-americans-dont-get-about-cycling-2013-4" target="_blank"><strong>Why Americans Don’t Get Cycling – And Why It’s A Problem</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Business Insider, via: <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentToderian" target="_blank">@BrentToderian</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The 2013 Copenhagenize Index of the world’s most bike-friendly cities is out, and not a single American metropolis made the top 20.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-americans-dont-get-about-cycling-2013-4" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://mlstoutconsulting.blogspot.com/2013/04/bravo-10-percent-solution-in-wisconsin.html" target="_blank"><strong>PIRG: Cut Highway Spending, Increase Local Road Outlays</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Smart Transportation Solutions</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Wisconsin is beginning another round of tough debates on transportation funding, originating in the Walker administration’s sharp pull to the right in this field as in most others.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://mlstoutconsulting.blogspot.com/2013/04/bravo-10-percent-solution-in-wisconsin.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/automobiles/from-holland-bright-ideas-for-highways.html" target="_blank"><strong>Evolving Design of Street Safety, Glowing Roads</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">If cars, traffic and navigation can be “smart,” is there any reason for roads to remain as dumb as bricks?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/automobiles/from-holland-bright-ideas-for-highways.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/04/30/does-president-obama-have-the-power-to-influence-transportation-policy/" target="_blank"><strong>Does Obama Have Power to Influence Transportation Policy?</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In 1962, President John F. Kennedy called for a federal transit funding plan.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/04/30/does-president-obama-have-the-power-to-influence-transportation-policy/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/04/30/on-bay-area-news-stands-the-lack-of-accountability-for-drivers-who-kill/" target="_blank"><strong>No Punishment for Those Who Kill with Cars</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>SF Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Featured on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle and ABC 7 is an epic expose on the lack of legal accountability for drivers who kill pedestrians in the Bay Area.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/04/30/on-bay-area-news-stands-the-lack-of-accountability-for-drivers-who-kill/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/04/30/todays-headlines-963/" target="_blank"><strong>Foxx News – Transportation Secretary Links</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Six different links to stories about the new Transportation Secretary</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/04/30/todays-headlines-963/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://drawingrings.blogspot.com/2013/04/some-simple-economics-of-cycling.html" target="_blank"><strong>Some Simple Economics on Cycling</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Drawing Rings Around the World</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This post is an attempt to apply some techniques of economic analysis to cycling. There is a growing body of research about cycling, but most of it is from the perspectives of sociology (e.g. these journal papers) or engineering.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://drawingrings.blogspot.com/2013/04/some-simple-economics-of-cycling.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 01 May 2013 17:04:11 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-mobile-phone-data-bus-routes-obama-s-influence-utah-mayors-project-wishes/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-burying-i-35-urban-spaces-web-places-building-heights-in-aspen/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#753BBD; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urbanism/"><strong>URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Cabinet-okays-new-Bangkok-City-Plan-30205173.html" target="_blank"><strong>Cabinet Okays new Bangkok City Plan</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Nation Thailand</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Cabinet yesterday approved a new Bangkok City Plan to replace the one in use since 2006 and due to expire on May 15. Property-industry observers say the new plan will open up new locations for development near the mass-transit routes.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Cabinet-okays-new-Bangkok-City-Plan-30205173.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://thelensnola.org/2013/04/30/remembering-the-economic-development-that-nearly-doomed-new-orleans-tourism/" target="_blank"><strong>“Economic Development” Almost Killed French Quarter</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New Orleans the Lens</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">With the French Quarter Festival marking its 30th anniversary and tourism in New Orleans verging on its highest levels ever, I thought it was a good time to remind residents and visitors that the beautiful and unique environment we celebrate today was very nearly sacrificed on the altar of supposed economic development more than four [...]</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thelensnola.org/2013/04/30/remembering-the-economic-development-that-nearly-doomed-new-orleans-tourism/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/at-the-watercooler/2013/04/sink-and-cap-the-latest-in-bold.html" target="_blank"><strong>Idea to Bury I-35 in Austin</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Austin Business Journals</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Sinclair Black’s idea to sink and then build on top of I-35 through Austin is the latest – and one of the most ambitious – plan to bring Austin’s transportation system into the future.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/at-the-watercooler/2013/04/sink-and-cap-the-latest-in-bold.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/laughable-tram-stop-shelters-won-t-stop-rain-1-2913912" target="_blank"><strong>Edinburgh Tram Shelters Won’t Stop the Rain</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Scotsman</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">IN some cities they are a luxurious waiting area with temperature controls and even padded seating. But when tram shelters finally line the streets of Edinburgh, passengers can expect to feel the full force of the 
elements.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/laughable-tram-stop-shelters-won-t-stop-rain-1-2913912" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20130430/NEWS/130429820/1077&amp;ParentProfile=1058" target="_blank"><strong>Aspen Mayoral Candidates Ponder Building Heights</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Aspen Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Today’s question: Earlier this year, a majority of Aspen City Council members (including the mayor, who is a voting member) agreed to tough restrictions on downtown development, including a 28-foot height limit for new and renovated building projects and a ban on new free-market residential projects. Do you agree or disagree with that decision?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20130430/NEWS/130429820/1077&amp;ParentProfile=1058" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/04/plea-urban-designer-who-designs-spaces-online-mimic-ones-we-use-real-life/5434/" target="_blank"><strong>Crossover Between Urban Spaces, and Web Places</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">John Tolva, the Chief Technology Officer for the city of Chicago, gave a talk several years ago to a room full of architects in which considerable confusion ensued.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/04/plea-urban-designer-who-designs-spaces-online-mimic-ones-we-use-real-life/5434/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2013/04/future-baroque/" target="_blank"><strong>Alternative to the Capital Project in Landscape Architecture</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Mammoth</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Beneath the deeply-shaded underbelly of an elevated section of Seattle’s I-5 freeway, Colonnade Bike Park tumbles freely downhill across steep and jumbled terrain, occupying formerly barren and listless ground.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2013/04/future-baroque/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/blogs/robert-steuteville/20161/triumph-suburbia-far-fetched-story" target="_blank"><strong>Triumph of Suburbia a Far Fetched Story</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Better Cities and Towns</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Joel Kotkin is on a roll in the past few weeks, now making the case that the revival of cities and decline of suburbs is a fraud perpetrated by a long list of elites and urbanists</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/blogs/robert-steuteville/20161/triumph-suburbia-far-fetched-story" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/04/30/madisons-reality-distortion-field-or-a-look-at-the-farmers-market-by-chuck-banas/" target="_blank"><strong>Madison’s Reality Distortion Field, The Farmer’s Market</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Urbanophile</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Madison, Wisconsin is an incredible place. I mean that in both the literal and figurative senses of the word. The city has tangibly more vitality than say, Denver, at about one-sixth the size.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/04/30/madisons-reality-distortion-field-or-a-look-at-the-farmers-market-by-chuck-banas/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/30/cars-cities-infrastructure/" target="_blank"><strong>Cars Will Not Define Cities of the Future</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>CNN Fortune Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">For decades, America has built its cities to accommodate cars. But automobiles will cease to hold sway over urban infrastructure, Fortune Brainstorm Green panelists predict.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/30/cars-cities-infrastructure/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 01 May 2013 16:57:18 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-burying-i-35-urban-spaces-web-places-building-heights-in-aspen/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-parks-and-sex-offenders-preservation-tax-credits-necessary-slums/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#DF7000; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urban-issues/"><strong>URBAN ISSUES</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-la-builds-mini-parks-to-drive-away-sex-offenders.html" target="_blank"><strong>Building Mini Parks to Get Rid of Housed Sex Offenders</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Many municipalities prohibit sex offenders from living near parks. L.A. and Miami are taking it one step further and calling patches of grass “parks” in order to rid their cities of the offenders</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-la-builds-mini-parks-to-drive-away-sex-offenders.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.governing.com/columns/urban-notebook/col-preservation-tax-credit-at-risk.html" target="_blank"><strong>Preservation Tax Credit’s Uncertain Future</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Manomet Mills in New Bedford, Mass., were built in 1903 to manufacture textiles. Fast-forward 100-plus years, and those mills are about to take on a new life as mixed-income housing for city residents over age 55.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.governing.com/columns/urban-notebook/col-preservation-tax-credit-at-risk.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://thisbigcity.net/rethinking-cities-creating-new-platforms-for-the-arts-in-2013/" target="_blank"><strong>Rethinking Cities: Creating New Platforms for the Arts</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>This Big City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">It was Oscar Wilde who popularized the notion of ‘art for art’s sake’ in the late 1800′s. He stated that, “all art is quite useless,” and “art never expresses anything but itself”.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thisbigcity.net/rethinking-cities-creating-new-platforms-for-the-arts-in-2013/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://housingperspectives.blogspot.com/2013/04/foreclosures-great-untold-story.html" target="_blank"><strong>Foreclosures, The Great Untold Story</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Housing Perspectives</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">People know there’s a foreclosure crisis. Yes, the housing market crashed and lots of people are losing their homes. But most people don’t realize that about half of foreclosures don’t need to happen.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://housingperspectives.blogspot.com/2013/04/foreclosures-great-untold-story.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/business/housing-markets-future-has-many-variables.html" target="_blank"><strong>Today’s Dream House Might Not be Tomorrow’s</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, Robert Shiller, via: <a href="http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/2013/04/30/smart-growth-news-april-30-2013/" target="_blank">Smart Growth America</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">HOUSES are just buildings, but homes are often beautiful dreams. Unfortunately, as millions of people have learned in the housing crisis, those dreams don’t always comport with reality.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/business/housing-markets-future-has-many-variables.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20130430/slums-are-necessary" target="_blank"><strong>Why Slums Are Necessary in Rapidly Growing Cities</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Metropolis Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On the outskirts of some of the world’s largest cities exists an informal way of life. It’s unlike any other. To most, these spaces are defined as slums, shantytowns, or favelas.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20130430/slums-are-necessary" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/04/ways-improve-tax-subsidy-home-ownership/" target="_blank"><strong>Ways to Improve Tax Subsidy for Home Ownership</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Metro Trends Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Last week, at the request of the House Ways and Means Committee, I testified on how Congress could reform the mortgage interest deduction, a popular tax expenditure with a big sticker price.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://blog.metrotrends.org/2013/04/ways-improve-tax-subsidy-home-ownership/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/04/coming-bold-transformation-american-city/5437/" target="_blank"><strong>The Coming Bold Transformation of the American City</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities, Enrique Penalosa</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In 40 years, 2.7 billion more people will live in world cities than do now, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/04/coming-bold-transformation-american-city/5437/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 01 May 2013 16:50:57 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-parks-and-sex-offenders-preservation-tax-credits-necessary-slums/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-water-innovation-stradivarius-trash-for-energy/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#7A9A01; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/environment/"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.chron.com/bayarea/news/article/Groups-differ-on-best-use-of-former-Clear-Lake-4476303.php" target="_blank"><strong>Golf Club Could Be Used for Flood Control</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Houston Chronicle</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Now that the Clear Lake City Water Authority has presented a master plan for transforming the former Clear Lake Golf Club at 1202 Reseda Drive into a flood-control facility, it will focus this year on creating conservation easements for planting and habitat creation.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.chron.com/bayarea/news/article/Groups-differ-on-best-use-of-former-Clear-Lake-4476303.php" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/europe/oslo-copes-with-shortage-of-garbage-it-turns-into-energy.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank"><strong>Oslo Running Out of Garbage to Burn for Energy</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="https://twitter.com/SPUR_Urbanist" target="_blank">@SPUR_Urbanist</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This is a city that imports garbage. Some comes from England, some from Ireland. Some is from neighboring Sweden. It even has designs on the American market.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/world/europe/oslo-copes-with-shortage-of-garbage-it-turns-into-energy.html?smid=tw-share" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/forest-tone.html" target="_blank"><strong>How the Environment Shapes Music, Stradivarius</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Bldg Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I have to admit to a certain, by no means small, amount of obsession with the various quasi-scientific hypotheses for why Stradivarius violins have their so-called “perfect” sound</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/forest-tone.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-milwaukee-water-innovation-center.html" target="_blank"><strong>How Milwaukee Became the Water Innovation Hub</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The world needs water. Milwaukee not only has lots of it, but it also has transformed itself into a hub for water research and technology.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-milwaukee-water-innovation-center.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/where-we-are/how-crows-helped-me-fall-in-love-with-where-i-am.html" target="_blank"><strong>How the Crows Made Me Fall in Love w Where I Am</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>KCET</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">It is fitting that we gather here — in the light and air of Los Angeles and on its good earth — to commence another starting point in your lives and to celebrate what you have achieved.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/where-we-are/how-crows-helped-me-fall-in-love-with-where-i-am.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 01 May 2013 16:44:21 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-water-innovation-stradivarius-trash-for-energy/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-83/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#000033; letter-spacing:1px;"><strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY</strong></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Art Rolnick, Twin Cities Finance and Commerce</strong></span><br/>"This is different than someone saying 'Without us you wouldn't get this revenue'. This is capturing a windfall from having a public good in the community."<br/><br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://finance-commerce.com/2013/04/tif-for-transit-bill-advances-with-limits/" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> </td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:14:01 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-83/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-new-secretary-of-transportation-oil-taxes-in-denmark-bikes-saving-lives-in-africa/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#0B5887; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/transport/"><strong>TRANSPORT</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://finance-commerce.com/2013/04/tif-for-transit-bill-advances-with-limits/" target="_blank"><strong>TIF for Transit Bill Advances in Minnesota</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Twin Cities Finance and Commerce</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Minneapolis-backed legislation that would let the city use tax increment financing to pay for a downtown streetcar line is advancing, but a more expansive proposal that would allow other cities to divert property taxes for transit will have to wait.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://finance-commerce.com/2013/04/tif-for-transit-bill-advances-with-limits/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/bicycles-saving-lives-uganda-africa-luisa-zottis/" target="_blank"><strong>Bicycles Saving Lives in Africa</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The City Fix</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In the African nation of Uganda, where many areas are difficult to access and have limited resources, bicycles are saving lives.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thecityfix.com/blog/bicycles-saving-lives-uganda-africa-luisa-zottis/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://kalw.org/post/bids-build-sf-central-subway-are-100-million-over-citys-estimates" target="_blank"><strong>SF Central Subway Bids $100M Over Estimates</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>KALW San Francisco</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The bids are in to build San Francisco’s Central Subway project – and the price tag will be over $100 million more than the city expected.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://kalw.org/post/bids-build-sf-central-subway-are-100-million-over-citys-estimates" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.transportenvironment.org/news/oil-taxes-rail" target="_blank"><strong>Oil Taxes will Fund Rail Electrification in Denmark</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Transport and Environment</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The Danish government has changed the rules on the country’s oil industry taxation in a way that will mean the state’s income from fossil fuels will increase, and the additional revenue must be spent on reducing fossil-fuel dependence.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.transportenvironment.org/news/oil-taxes-rail" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/interview-how-shelley-poticha-thinks-about-transit" target="_blank"><strong>How HUD’s Shelley Poticha Thinks About Transit</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Quite a bit of rejoicing met the announcement in 2009 that Shelley Poticha was heading to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/interview-how-shelley-poticha-thinks-about-transit" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2013/04/walking-back-from-the-sequeste.php" target="_blank"><strong>Walking Back from the Sequester</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>National Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Rule Number One in Politics: Do not mess with an elected official’s local airport or their flight home.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2013/04/walking-back-from-the-sequeste.php" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/62128" target="_blank"><strong>Who Should Pay for Transport and What is Fair?</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Planetizen, Todd Litman</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In Washington State there is a proposal to tax bicycles so that bicyclists help pay for the roads they use.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/62128" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2013/04/league-president-to-bike-safety-summit-achieve-zero-deaths-on-our-streets/" target="_blank"><strong>Our Goal Should be Zero Deaths on Our Streets</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Bike League</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On behalf of the entire bicycling movement, let me say a heartfelt thank you to [US Transportation] Secretary [Ray] LaHood for his remarkable and inspiring leadership of the US DOT these past four years</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2013/04/league-president-to-bike-safety-summit-achieve-zero-deaths-on-our-streets/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://finance-commerce.com/transit/2013/04/29/first-light-rail-vehicle-hits-central-corridor/" target="_blank"><strong>Central Corridor Begins Vehicle Testing</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Twin Cities Finance and Commerce</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">There was a noticeable sign of progress on the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit line on Sunday: the first light rail vehicle to hit the tracks was dragged from Minneapolis to St. Paul by a tow vehicle.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://finance-commerce.com/transit/2013/04/29/first-light-rail-vehicle-hits-central-corridor/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#0B5887; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.transportationissuesdaily.com/how-does-anthony-foxxs-transportation-experience-compare-to-past-usdot-secretaries/" target="_blank"><strong>How Does Foxx Compare to Past Secretaries</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Transportation Issues Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">How does USDOT Secretary nominee Anthony Foxx’s relative lack of transportation experience compare to former Secretaries? Does previous experience matter, really?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.transportationissuesdaily.com/how-does-anthony-foxxs-transportation-experience-compare-to-past-usdot-secretaries/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:05:00 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-new-secretary-of-transportation-oil-taxes-in-denmark-bikes-saving-lives-in-africa/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-texas-stadium-redevelopment-science-of-parking-septa-wayne-tod/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#753BBD; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urbanism/"><strong>URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Stadium-Site-Redevelopment-Moving-Forward-205292381.html" target="_blank"><strong>Texas Stadium Redevelopment Taking Place</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>NBC Dallas Fort Worth</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">An urban resort, a mixed use village and an eco-community were some of the initial visions Irving city leaders had when they knew the Texas Stadium would no longer host football fans.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Stadium-Site-Redevelopment-Moving-Forward-205292381.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/04/mapping-subtle-science-parking-demand/5402/" target="_blank"><strong>Mapping the Subtle Science of Parking Demand</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In the absence of nuanced data about how people drive and live in different contexts, city regulations and building developers generally assume that people need way more parking than they really do.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/04/mapping-subtle-science-parking-demand/5402/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130429_Transit-oriented_enjoyment_in_Wayne.html" target="_blank"><strong>SEPTA’s Wayne Station Welcomes Surrounding Growth</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Philadelphia Inquirer</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The atmosphere is thick with the aroma of pasta sauce and lasagna from the Italian buffet, and across the room, a guitar player and an aspiring opera singer are performing.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130429_Transit-oriented_enjoyment_in_Wayne.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#753BBD; text-decoration: none;" href="http://outlaw-urbanist.com/blog/urban-patterns-nicosia-cyprus/" target="_blank"><strong>Urban Patterns of Nicosia, Cyprus</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Outlaw Urbanist</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Nicosia, Cyprus has an interesting urban pattern for a variety of reasons. First, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is the only remaining divided city in the world (the demarcation is the “Green Line”, evident at the center of the above image from 8,000 feet) between the Turkish north and the Greek south.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://outlaw-urbanist.com/blog/urban-patterns-nicosia-cyprus/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:58:59 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-texas-stadium-redevelopment-science-of-parking-septa-wayne-tod/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-hud-downsizing-eds-and-meds-turin-s-resurgence-and-paris-governance/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#DF7000; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/urban-issues/"><strong>URBAN ISSUES</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/opinion/the-urban-fire-next-time.html?_r=0" target="_blank"><strong>The Boom and Bust Cycle of Urban Investment</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">FOR the past several years all the ingredients have been in place for an urban crisis. Unemployment has hovered above 15 percent in many of our most distressed cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/opinion/the-urban-fire-next-time.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://stephanekirkland.com/pariss-future-governance-an-interview-with-pierre-mansat/" target="_blank"><strong>Paris’ Future Governance, a Discussion w Deputy Mayor</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Stephane Kirkland</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As Paris’s Deputy Mayor in charge of “Paris Metropole” and relations with the region’s other local governments, Pierre Mansat is at the center of the debate regarding Paris’s governance.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://stephanekirkland.com/pariss-future-governance-an-interview-with-pierre-mansat/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.rooflines.org/3204/hud_downsizes_multifamily_housing_programs" target="_blank"><strong>HUD Downsizes Multi-Family Housing Programs</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Rooflines</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that it will be restructuring its Multifamily Housing Programs and the Office of Field Policy and Management to meet the realities of dwindling funding.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.rooflines.org/3204/hud_downsizes_multifamily_housing_programs" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://rustwire.com/2013/04/29/examining-meds-and-eds-as-city-savior/" target="_blank"><strong>Examining Eds and Meds as City Saviors</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Rust Wire</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">I’ve been doing some pre-grad school reading now that applications are done.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://rustwire.com/2013/04/29/examining-meds-and-eds-as-city-savior/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://urbancurrent.org/2013/04/29/the-urban-center-guides-and-contemplates-torinos-unfinished-transformation/" target="_blank"><strong>Turin’s Unfinished Transformation</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>German Marshall Fund Urban Current</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Torino, Italy is no stranger to the economic, social, and environmental change that afflicts all cities.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://urbancurrent.org/2013/04/29/the-urban-center-guides-and-contemplates-torinos-unfinished-transformation/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/a-year-one-report-card-for-obamas-strong-cities-strong-communities" target="_blank"><strong>Strong Cities, Strong Communities One Year Report Card</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">These are austere times in the nation’s capital. The House Republican majority is intent on reducing the deficit solely through cuts to domestic spending programs, and Congress is so gridlocked that only severely delayed flights could bestir them to address the destructive budget sequestration process</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/a-year-one-report-card-for-obamas-strong-cities-strong-communities" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#DF7000; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/arts/design/in-cairo-rethinking-the-city-from-the-bottom-up.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><strong>Who Rules the Street in Cairo? The Residents Who Build It</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>New York Times, via: <a href="http://persquaremile.com/2013/04/29/who-rules-the-street-in-cairo-the-residents-who-build-it/" target="_blank">Per Square Mile</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The telltale signs in post-revolutionary Egypt are not just the riots and rapes, the mega-traffic snarls and sectarian battles. There is also the highway ramp in Ard El Lewa.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/arts/design/in-cairo-rethinking-the-city-from-the-bottom-up.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#7A9A01; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/environment/"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/study-shows-new-york-city-mice-are-evolving.html" target="_blank"><strong>New York City Mice Evolving</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Treehugger</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Maybe Charles Darwin didn’t have to sail all the way to the Galapagos islands after all.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/study-shows-new-york-city-mice-are-evolving.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20132904-24313.html" target="_blank"><strong>New Tool Helps Plan Greener Cities</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Science Alert</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Australian citizens can become more involved in planning their cities with wildlife in mind thanks to a new tool developed by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20132904-24313.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/" target="_blank"><strong>China’s Lost Rivers</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As recently as 20 years ago, there were an estimated 50,000 rivers in China, each covering a flow area of at least 60 square miles.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts/93-percent-of-us-transport-remains-reliant-on-oil/" target="_blank"><strong>93% of Transportation in US Dependent on Oil</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Face the Facts USA, via: <a href="http://losangelestransportation.blogspot.com/2013/04/foxx-tapped-for-dot-hov-lanes-samo.html" target="_blank">LA Metro Transportation Library</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">93 percent of U.S. planes, trains and motor vehicles remain dependent on oil. The resulting CO2 emissions are second only to China.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts/93-percent-of-us-transport-remains-reliant-on-oil/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:41:42 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-hud-downsizing-eds-and-meds-turin-s-resurgence-and-paris-governance/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-evolving-mice-china-s-lost-rivers-oil-dependence/ <table style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; width: 425px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top:7px; padding-bottom:5px; padding-left:5px; color: #FFFFFF; background-color:#7A9A01; letter-spacing:1px;"><a style="color: #FFFFFF" href="http://thedirecttransfer.com/category/environment/"><strong>ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</strong></a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/study-shows-new-york-city-mice-are-evolving.html" target="_blank"><strong>New York City Mice Evolving</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Treehugger</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Maybe Charles Darwin didn’t have to sail all the way to the Galapagos islands after all.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/study-shows-new-york-city-mice-are-evolving.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20132904-24313.html" target="_blank"><strong>New Tool Helps Plan Greener Cities</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Science Alert</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Australian citizens can become more involved in planning their cities with wildlife in mind thanks to a new tool developed by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20132904-24313.html" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/" target="_blank"><strong>China’s Lost Rivers</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">As recently as 20 years ago, there were an estimated 50,000 rivers in China, each covering a flow area of at least 60 square miles.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top:10px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color:#7A9A01; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts/93-percent-of-us-transport-remains-reliant-on-oil/" target="_blank"><strong>93% of Transportation in US Dependent on Oil</strong></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888; "><strong>Face the Facts USA, via: <a href="http://losangelestransportation.blogspot.com/2013/04/foxx-tapped-for-dot-hov-lanes-samo.html" target="_blank">LA Metro Transportation Library</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">93 percent of U.S. planes, trains and motor vehicles remain dependent on oil. The resulting CO2 emissions are second only to China.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts/93-percent-of-us-transport-remains-reliant-on-oil/" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; height: 1px; width: 100%;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:29:21 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-evolving-mice-china-s-lost-rivers-oil-dependence/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-82/ <p>"As mayor of one of America's most vibrant cities, Anthony Foxx knows firsthand that investing in world-class infrastructure is vital to creating good jobs and ensuring American businesses can grow and compete in the global economy." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVn6ruALne8M3nwMbCQ40El8JMFMeeihyL7BnyGtMRNsVG2z4EjcvWhfk5zRg87Lp_00dH0M1V-zvqtoh_48nXi8-kNubzGHRA2R2eNmaUHvKjbpMC-_BcpI3eU1-NUhPkN0SKtod1xG7l-CC-f87w-FO7I8wCvay5yCCXT7XNVfYhvMKNMKk5S0sut-z-JXd7w9-wXlOCiRx32esLnBUB_5GhwLvYpN3Z8r1XQKg4jr352xWahz_TE2e9hI_ct7C8IlbmLhmlPy0DdVt2F741-Ou8H58Zsn233EstEFHnw_NKKnrdJhTrC2j6BOA2_nLWg=" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:20:12 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-82/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-charlotte-mayor-named-dot-secretary-inianapolis-transit-expansion-paused-denver-to-golden-line-opens-travel-time-perception-errors/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVk83Q09tI0LpPT8AllJc7ZKXHRO9onpMJlv0nvceUsAZj9lMnaosGdaQ7Mt1tcrVTBco4urVjaT2OPo9ex5vaZVMQ6pvaQidph7WR76Eai8TdTa75NPN5hflDIksl1mE3UJNRsh2YlA9A==" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVn6ruALne8M3nwMbCQ40El8JMFMeeihyL7BnyGtMRNsVG2z4EjcvWhfk5zRg87Lp_00dH0M1V-zvqtoh_48nXi8-kNubzGHRA2R2eNmaUHvKjbpMC-_BcpI3eU1-NUhPkN0SKtod1xG7l-CC-f87w-FO7I8wCvay5yCCXT7XNVfYhvMKNMKk5S0sut-z-JXd7w9-wXlOCiRx32esLnBUB_5GhwLvYpN3Z8r1XQKg4jr352xWahz_TE2e9hI_ct7C8IlbmLhmlPy0DdVt2F741-Ou8H58Zsn233EstEFHnw_NKKnrdJhTrC2j6BOA2_nLWg=" target="_blank">Foxx Named Transportation Secretary</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Washington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">President Obama plans to nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to serve as transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVn6ruALne8M3nwMbCQ40El8JMFMeeihyL7BnyGtMRNsVG2z4EjcvWhfk5zRg87Lp_00dH0M1V-zvqtoh_48nXi8-kNubzGHRA2R2eNmaUHvKjbpMC-_BcpI3eU1-NUhPkN0SKtod1xG7l-CC-f87w-FO7I8wCvay5yCCXT7XNVfYhvMKNMKk5S0sut-z-JXd7w9-wXlOCiRx32esLnBUB_5GhwLvYpN3Z8r1XQKg4jr352xWahz_TE2e9hI_ct7C8IlbmLhmlPy0DdVt2F741-Ou8H58Zsn233EstEFHnw_NKKnrdJhTrC2j6BOA2_nLWg=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnFIIa3iaxxvS2nFfRe6hk5WY_dhdJpJhAMEAFKAO576qnZ-LfFr5MEoS8HpqCEjDRA-1DF8ekpfFH1IFhfRHTGv3X0vV33ZrXrtAk0zMiToOOxqSNLZ5Y-lFGIsvSkqmizQslLAoAdX68G0q0vqfZ5kV-wGztybIyj_51kpPu_5XsMQvQLKAuCkpUZR5u1y4gUePTY_HGXVQ==" target="_blank">Charlotte's Foxx Named New Transportation Secretary</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">President Barack Obama will tap Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new secretary of transportation on Monday, a White House official said Sunday, speaking anonymously because the announcement is not yet official.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnFIIa3iaxxvS2nFfRe6hk5WY_dhdJpJhAMEAFKAO576qnZ-LfFr5MEoS8HpqCEjDRA-1DF8ekpfFH1IFhfRHTGv3X0vV33ZrXrtAk0zMiToOOxqSNLZ5Y-lFGIsvSkqmizQslLAoAdX68G0q0vqfZ5kV-wGztybIyj_51kpPu_5XsMQvQLKAuCkpUZR5u1y4gUePTY_HGXVQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmPUtMpwreyN0ZGRSAiot2UJVcvQp2wteitVtWJDG5KW8Ct_PqoSefmPgX-pGqKVLSKuRTLlOpEXvx9KNLpd9ESD1Ijben2I67JBA2Euw-6ZWea4nYpCA3JmSG_OfBv6Zlv2XkSq852VEy6s60j1dVEFtPxlTf4yr462wYtePq73XOEg355s03wjXRbs_5KEkU9PhMrMxRd6Yl54H8Vqtiz" target="_blank">Mass Transit Expansion Paused in Indianapolis</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Indianapolis Star</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The plan to expand mass transit in central Indiana will have to wait another year.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmPUtMpwreyN0ZGRSAiot2UJVcvQp2wteitVtWJDG5KW8Ct_PqoSefmPgX-pGqKVLSKuRTLlOpEXvx9KNLpd9ESD1Ijben2I67JBA2Euw-6ZWea4nYpCA3JmSG_OfBv6Zlv2XkSq852VEy6s60j1dVEFtPxlTf4yr462wYtePq73XOEg355s03wjXRbs_5KEkU9PhMrMxRd6Yl54H8Vqtiz" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnpplwHW3Ynq0cJdX9tCKp7IJSePkHFEhv9aX9c1DwcTOQ_4gfvEQo4jIlAMofVS6JiW2sSyAXXpMtjCjs2OjreIDIjtR878vWR2FpBueqUSJYyIBxDM4euw8dIRZaay1LmoiBPHkaCsxnD2ihDgedO1gLKSfPzhuPFQ4ETb8sxVChFW0oAhXCAv0hktd7hkmUVS2OEaVBn0KkRP3rV5yR2ec9Ys_t-YtauuJIoYkSf2yO2KBxnrfrW9BpfZeFuCfsPk-2bw5_zGvach7uH8Ifr" target="_blank">Boise Council Asked to Fund New Circulator Study</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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Good luck getting that through Congress.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlMod_oQS6A-Xqk26lznHTrgP-Cz9nIo4k_gvny0cLVl3FRcoIgysLbVsWHzLAbew_ED6b2JkAQH4l6nsiOoalyJK7GOhjp7wJLc3Q1HSDh37apyx0lT6Y5aTvmLtStK3EeqPW8ecckuWgGvexOTMgA3gmI8YZB-9xSzrAFIs8KM8TRhuhV-414Py5atji-tBmGU-PFvQfiY60GdDO7cvldPP-NQ0js9g3-S83-pJVJaE0OBIO4wFR0Wr4LWjjZ4xd85lXPdrTQGPXRj2exY0KK" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkFKmwG9BWgNgMF1I7TCozikvAxlK3q2bS5vE7VbGeIR1vC6bq8T5YMJA3m7kkgDR3hADCWS494d_vVOxXKgx5bXhLkmAT9SWysZb_i5P029c2pFFXdAuj15e7_hD0n20r-eghg1rRZX-oYrn0EUGydkDQVkWw8RbsowHWA9f43EfDK0ExBE_eonelM09b4D59BXqyV49pUwIfrfFCV4_qLYobrgFEu7dv_KlWFJl_zHQ==" target="_blank">Thousands Rode New West Line in Denver</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Denver Channel</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Transportation officials said tens of thousands of passengers rode the new light rail line from Denver to Golden Saturday.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkFKmwG9BWgNgMF1I7TCozikvAxlK3q2bS5vE7VbGeIR1vC6bq8T5YMJA3m7kkgDR3hADCWS494d_vVOxXKgx5bXhLkmAT9SWysZb_i5P029c2pFFXdAuj15e7_hD0n20r-eghg1rRZX-oYrn0EUGydkDQVkWw8RbsowHWA9f43EfDK0ExBE_eonelM09b4D59BXqyV49pUwIfrfFCV4_qLYobrgFEu7dv_KlWFJl_zHQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkgMXEXuFPOyGimaqrU1H3_xl-x9gMgtFHp9j2ZjlXLpIK9QEGhP6S_XXz_YRbMpg8ibGHNQ_hVzQnhSbSAKhwIXZ9AaJEIRf1Ql56TIkSYg03yRzrF1_hwhTCEK-3pluI=" target="_blank">Video: Pulse of the London Transit System</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Spatial.ly</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The work of UCL CASA's Jon Reades above depicts the London Underground network as a set of arteries that thicken as passenger volumes passing through the network increase then decrease before, during and after rush-hour.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkgMXEXuFPOyGimaqrU1H3_xl-x9gMgtFHp9j2ZjlXLpIK9QEGhP6S_XXz_YRbMpg8ibGHNQ_hVzQnhSbSAKhwIXZ9AaJEIRf1Ql56TIkSYg03yRzrF1_hwhTCEK-3pluI=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmPvxWM_SgNgIl1N_0h1MzBzNCz4mcOL3D7ClkXRrvVOJFATjaNqwxYayGhHg0f7w7yru2FGuvEkdyF7nYGpmywjQH36nGeOTywgpnR545ohO6BDbG9H7ztHIyqMBci3uKjqKMwfXVWnMmu2Oiyh8A27hgZjITVVPmu_itU51yTjX8xn7K5RuIKzEzf4WcvKybQYInrQEcn2V9tX_e3fNmm" target="_blank">Causes of Travel Time Perception Errors</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Transportationist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Congratulations to soon to be Dr. Carlos Carrion (shown in the center of the picture, between alums Nebiyou Tilahun and Pavithra Parthasarthi), who recently defended his Ph.D. Thesis "Travel Time Perception Errors: Causes and Consequences" (a draft of which is linked).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmPvxWM_SgNgIl1N_0h1MzBzNCz4mcOL3D7ClkXRrvVOJFATjaNqwxYayGhHg0f7w7yru2FGuvEkdyF7nYGpmywjQH36nGeOTywgpnR545ohO6BDbG9H7ztHIyqMBci3uKjqKMwfXVWnMmu2Oiyh8A27hgZjITVVPmu_itU51yTjX8xn7K5RuIKzEzf4WcvKybQYInrQEcn2V9tX_e3fNmm" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmyZRfoZDw9TH82pUR4TwbHM3BvushEHHDRES0ptNuWgWwmCrEB3FwgvCQhJF_yyc_K8X8-kHKCfaz1gzXFcxelckUPS3wAMv1olOtMEn8FqRM6OTvlmNCK91PGyGSjrZERG3zb5WvjJKl5jmlv10uWZsh92iVmN1Q=" target="_blank">Indy Go's Frequent Transit Maps</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Urban Indy</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As one of the premiere transit blogs, Human Transit has been beating the drum of frequency maps for transit.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmyZRfoZDw9TH82pUR4TwbHM3BvushEHHDRES0ptNuWgWwmCrEB3FwgvCQhJF_yyc_K8X8-kHKCfaz1gzXFcxelckUPS3wAMv1olOtMEn8FqRM6OTvlmNCK91PGyGSjrZERG3zb5WvjJKl5jmlv10uWZsh92iVmN1Q=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmcxF_MuiOlRkfvgxHKzz75z4r4S9Jo7vU2E43gRTiKUE8zWSkHXzWjHl5KJrkL-gvBbEK-WIXruloVVCwq1gB_x456ETS_6BKVCvBeaZsZahjCPCv1rxOliztRIGLk5sd5srRXVHFCu4i7r7i86fNTnUVpbAf3TvN2G287uPp3x2qBoJA3doApLb2sVqmYsxG9hBp71TF3vjUWUFaGcoly" target="_blank">New Political PAC for Better Streets in NYC</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A group of advocates for safer streets in New York is looking to put financial and electoral muscle behind their efforts, forming a political action committee called StreetsPAC.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmcxF_MuiOlRkfvgxHKzz75z4r4S9Jo7vU2E43gRTiKUE8zWSkHXzWjHl5KJrkL-gvBbEK-WIXruloVVCwq1gB_x456ETS_6BKVCvBeaZsZahjCPCv1rxOliztRIGLk5sd5srRXVHFCu4i7r7i86fNTnUVpbAf3TvN2G287uPp3x2qBoJA3doApLb2sVqmYsxG9hBp71TF3vjUWUFaGcoly" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:03:00 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-charlotte-mayor-named-dot-secretary-inianapolis-transit-expansion-paused-denver-to-golden-line-opens-travel-time-perception-errors/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-threat-to-wealthy-ohio-counties-disappearing-dc-gas-stations-mayo-clinic-s-destination-medical-center-vertical-cities/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmUjHuufdFifHkrNDe8W1Idn8b6Hy9Lto_QwUIER-MMiqO4-KpdHncVDDkcIL8knYlLK7xBN9vJxc8lGsyQH_30uxUdFigB31V0kzcYcuD_8XZ-2BXFoEMXKSQ9jdcB3pf37N0oob0ZIg==" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVksAmJXfweqLsm3rBESq0OBmKMdCssyT670PYL2-ZotcFNzflDh9nNBmhG18SFKiU8_mChZ-eF1ThUmLsppMCmDQBckMjNkIiHOOekNpxnSlY1xXYKnx_Fe-eGeZ87nS7QZAtIqI_pEmdtyG7Ts8yAlRWp0pAgsQ9QKn60AGsSqCUpdokDnFVtdDASFHkMnXU8=" target="_blank">Wealthiest Counties in NE Ohio Could End Up Losers</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Cleveland Plain Dealer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Northeast Ohio will see 18 houses a day abandoned in urban areas while suburban communities add tens of thousands of new, single-family houses and build enough new miles of highway to reach from Cleveland to Panama.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVksAmJXfweqLsm3rBESq0OBmKMdCssyT670PYL2-ZotcFNzflDh9nNBmhG18SFKiU8_mChZ-eF1ThUmLsppMCmDQBckMjNkIiHOOekNpxnSlY1xXYKnx_Fe-eGeZ87nS7QZAtIqI_pEmdtyG7Ts8yAlRWp0pAgsQ9QKn60AGsSqCUpdokDnFVtdDASFHkMnXU8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlKPvPNNwORIhqNQjikfqH7_YWLJQdYCnVK1EDbyBRNglyW1ZAkWXvTluUyjjTsZMqYjaeZYhVby0lmZMKk2fn9ZVqxppcvROSB-RB9SkMDL6OalvzY1Psm1R9U5lu5HKrKAIUp9ADQxea6iAGoiaPzGQq_0hdYWro0898sjUNUoXyQ4wHapyJ2_r0pmw9cjbM4OCjUwBE_Xn2WbhEgGh_pRG_-XcXZdZw=" target="_blank">Chicago Planning? Not Enough</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Crain's Chicago Business</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Is good planning in Chicago as dead as Daniel Burnham? That's the question effectively posed in a provocative new book by two veteran Chicago observers at Roosevelt University, D. Bradford Hunt and Jon DeVries.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlKPvPNNwORIhqNQjikfqH7_YWLJQdYCnVK1EDbyBRNglyW1ZAkWXvTluUyjjTsZMqYjaeZYhVby0lmZMKk2fn9ZVqxppcvROSB-RB9SkMDL6OalvzY1Psm1R9U5lu5HKrKAIUp9ADQxea6iAGoiaPzGQq_0hdYWro0898sjUNUoXyQ4wHapyJ2_r0pmw9cjbM4OCjUwBE_Xn2WbhEgGh_pRG_-XcXZdZw=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmQr8WhWxb83X2ZW5Sxw8CEEZcdxVgdoEJXUn7Ud7xdexyXRnpuRWnzKhm7QT1is8PP1ze5Rr_S93H8ILWeZCxK0xsQUAsBaYkasRTRHdys0vE5ohFtAQ260XkyZzZIYM-TVK04Zysj2CPiW-xg0eWjS32MYUF6pn-uPlBXgpzMz9nKq6U0cbqpuEfJ21MbDp32eBtA6AHZWNN2twK5LATovv81ZFNl4EgDViXb1NTeU5slYxkWW66TUKwhXPHKuD0qbVpqJrWlKE7qkJ9P2QydUHnpUWaafUYzY2giVsaDt-kaHhZbU91Ul3b_hM-wmIs=" target="_blank">Gas Stations Disappearing from Inner DC Suburbs</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Washington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In Bethesda, in the middle of car-loving suburbia, gas stations are going the way of the drive-in movie.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmQr8WhWxb83X2ZW5Sxw8CEEZcdxVgdoEJXUn7Ud7xdexyXRnpuRWnzKhm7QT1is8PP1ze5Rr_S93H8ILWeZCxK0xsQUAsBaYkasRTRHdys0vE5ohFtAQ260XkyZzZIYM-TVK04Zysj2CPiW-xg0eWjS32MYUF6pn-uPlBXgpzMz9nKq6U0cbqpuEfJ21MbDp32eBtA6AHZWNN2twK5LATovv81ZFNl4EgDViXb1NTeU5slYxkWW66TUKwhXPHKuD0qbVpqJrWlKE7qkJ9P2QydUHnpUWaafUYzY2giVsaDt-kaHhZbU91Ul3b_hM-wmIs=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmclARC80Zq5AlKcKdjry3xJbEvG99ucYPpkPoCHRHgECRhjbEdJ5TAtwaW2vDxZ-t4j0ykmQE-kHYdLbqFzZUQP164HJTFb1g42XEsdJ14lxGYNDZdP_3eAjiONtcHt331d9tRlESeRihZ9p1MLgeXZaWplNJQlZc9v7BPJF9kjVWiAxlEh9Q-wfv_xqf1eWw=" target="_blank">Mayo Clinic Request Could Change Rochester MN</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Pioneer Press</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Imagine a large atrium in Rochester where people could escape the harsh reality of a Minnesota winter.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmclARC80Zq5AlKcKdjry3xJbEvG99ucYPpkPoCHRHgECRhjbEdJ5TAtwaW2vDxZ-t4j0ykmQE-kHYdLbqFzZUQP164HJTFb1g42XEsdJ14lxGYNDZdP_3eAjiONtcHt331d9tRlESeRihZ9p1MLgeXZaWplNJQlZc9v7BPJF9kjVWiAxlEh9Q-wfv_xqf1eWw=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVk1wLT7A1mRRM_bDDnhu0tEhOIdAfGiucm3zXB_jVgB3tKkXApn370wlUAFGnqU5q45SEnozEw1SB8MiE3jzsgca3r_dtJNI6hCVqe1hcgCiMjhOL87zh9h91U6iU6OqXKyLLy1T63RfhycjFQavWzA6Mpu_hMuQcSV2F9hBdXgxdQeKOqDJqr_aB6PN08Z6Tg0RLJLF5jVeQ==" target="_blank">Vertical Cities and Urban Life</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The time may come when we won't run out to the store, but up to it. We won't kneel to tend our gardens, but stand to reach them on our tiptoes.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVk1wLT7A1mRRM_bDDnhu0tEhOIdAfGiucm3zXB_jVgB3tKkXApn370wlUAFGnqU5q45SEnozEw1SB8MiE3jzsgca3r_dtJNI6hCVqe1hcgCiMjhOL87zh9h91U6iU6OqXKyLLy1T63RfhycjFQavWzA6Mpu_hMuQcSV2F9hBdXgxdQeKOqDJqr_aB6PN08Z6Tg0RLJLF5jVeQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnM1363wyk53pERE6D8pXuUdwglEbLl_ypunLPxQSZSDPvSjso11bJ590TUQbogCcJ8zza78eBOZjTo_UsNNMTkhwsGuo6Bep4Jn9HENnXknrNVsDHMei7H7qhUMNZO1hHIry6ZsQhRNeUPNnoD_yXADJzT-YcVHegPSql-dFT6sxoCcCXzUn45EgUbgrAQrRQpB_7m0SV7Oxtxwn6ukmEYsqiocHpSbjA=" target="_blank">Forgotten History of Cincinnati's Social Unit Experimint</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Global Site Plans</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Brighton - a small, tightly woven community of artists and art galleries, is located Northwest of Over the Rhine and downtown Cincinnati.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnM1363wyk53pERE6D8pXuUdwglEbLl_ypunLPxQSZSDPvSjso11bJ590TUQbogCcJ8zza78eBOZjTo_UsNNMTkhwsGuo6Bep4Jn9HENnXknrNVsDHMei7H7qhUMNZO1hHIry6ZsQhRNeUPNnoD_yXADJzT-YcVHegPSql-dFT6sxoCcCXzUn45EgUbgrAQrRQpB_7m0SV7Oxtxwn6ukmEYsqiocHpSbjA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkn7pM8P7Wucc14utn-UgAoXpWpq7f6BCeiA3h8MIPlY0IfbzryNtWU5NK4ChnOPNRCwXjeRH6Q8pqgcYCUjhWcpyPd1assca2fbxxH7iR9-Vsgc5FvqM8Uxx-YFPhxskY5X6b7wt3GKf-xd-x4nCqasriTd_GaPC0P0idvP2Wr4OIaQ3mZYUxUN1LCRrSd7SI=" target="_blank">Apple Spaceship Building to Push Back Start</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Curbed SF</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The long-awaited Apple spaceship, aka "Campus 2," is descending into the world of reality (read: budget constraints).</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkn7pM8P7Wucc14utn-UgAoXpWpq7f6BCeiA3h8MIPlY0IfbzryNtWU5NK4ChnOPNRCwXjeRH6Q8pqgcYCUjhWcpyPd1assca2fbxxH7iR9-Vsgc5FvqM8Uxx-YFPhxskY5X6b7wt3GKf-xd-x4nCqasriTd_GaPC0P0idvP2Wr4OIaQ3mZYUxUN1LCRrSd7SI=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:52:30 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-threat-to-wealthy-ohio-counties-disappearing-dc-gas-stations-mayo-clinic-s-destination-medical-center-vertical-cities/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-conflicted-about-change-in-la-chicago-and-the-second-city-syndrome-how-dallas-killed-farmers-markets/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkxPRG7FWcUz1L53d31NsPYAKQfoKxSkuI-w3beUv5DZEnrj9zBGeN8uIFFQ-HMt7byFV19Ko4ZUM_if9WaZf3E-9yVa3P-JAGHz09YmhcoqH_sb0EjI4yMmorYIENJzODgRW4Y7vhv-RPHNttEdWBT" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmGOu38HBzveozHPFPXcbUhulbN4qlqEuJGVFYOaYz-7YoSAU_zTTdYBdzh7ECujYGBxnwE7AHujmWMSQI0AzAVzuUlUPW0KTclB1hVpE-qWu9LdROz6B0DQQ-VJBaijrK9dGUb5vpxUA8muw-9ZSA5Hrt7FWenZ34QXsdnOpPZIjlbhmAN6XcVxs7ivv9wJUc=" target="_blank">Global Cities Don't Just Take, They Give</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Urbanophile</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I had an interesting conversation about Washington, DC with Richard Layman a few months back.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmGOu38HBzveozHPFPXcbUhulbN4qlqEuJGVFYOaYz-7YoSAU_zTTdYBdzh7ECujYGBxnwE7AHujmWMSQI0AzAVzuUlUPW0KTclB1hVpE-qWu9LdROz6B0DQQ-VJBaijrK9dGUb5vpxUA8muw-9ZSA5Hrt7FWenZ34QXsdnOpPZIjlbhmAN6XcVxs7ivv9wJUc=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnTWsmVfs0CPglqtJlDq0Zb6dKVZJyxPw-I7xL_Q1JUAo6TbC3mEsl_FNlNX1ncdnMlOgfMDe4oLeRGtsFvHatflJApIcDR2ouQJps6UAPJUK8NeXg9E11IFs2u51X2bDUbVE39ammOY44sRmREMJO0q6XxajmhiM98fDX5WMCVJtZ-WemCbw1usDMlF_6f-VLsL1aHy4XAEA==" target="_blank">Conflicted About Change in LA</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>NPR </strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">This week, Morning Edition ran a about coffee. Here at Code Switch, we decided to add to the "coffee talk" with a snapshot of a cafe in northeast Los Angeles where, for some, gentrification is synonymous with a good cappuccino with a design on the foam.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnTWsmVfs0CPglqtJlDq0Zb6dKVZJyxPw-I7xL_Q1JUAo6TbC3mEsl_FNlNX1ncdnMlOgfMDe4oLeRGtsFvHatflJApIcDR2ouQJps6UAPJUK8NeXg9E11IFs2u51X2bDUbVE39ammOY44sRmREMJO0q6XxajmhiM98fDX5WMCVJtZ-WemCbw1usDMlF_6f-VLsL1aHy4XAEA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmtY6WogmxY4qrn1gERuamVTStzxuBcS0PUiDYwweKcV98bEHLSqqB_2tdepXro7OIqeMZfpUefNno-nQuRC3eXXbWhnnz4jF6LQAUzPmzg-wmb0iE2R_gd5gcWOsyUnEj26a0CjBXEp2-PqiEW5Grd0pztHmV0VUWBJ2lJ6VHMdQ==" target="_blank">Chicago and the Second City Syndrome</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New Geography</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Second City syndrome is alive and well. An anti-Chicago essay masquerading as a book review in the New York Times provides the latest example of the truth of that.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmtY6WogmxY4qrn1gERuamVTStzxuBcS0PUiDYwweKcV98bEHLSqqB_2tdepXro7OIqeMZfpUefNno-nQuRC3eXXbWhnnz4jF6LQAUzPmzg-wmb0iE2R_gd5gcWOsyUnEj26a0CjBXEp2-PqiEW5Grd0pztHmV0VUWBJ2lJ6VHMdQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmPE4vY4QEz90DrnmybRWClGPInRBBaaiu8yQis1RLoT89KhP4dqX1n7NmyGZXjKeDUUHMZUSSrFPecACE3KkVyrghnY3VR7KCFEY9uJ4_11i1ak45WLHmUewaT-4szt61LO313w8e8vrZanWef6JUr8sq2Q_y3Ce_H1aGPW8y1LERzCIUkVrjY1cq7qBs3LCpiYds7tGvfDg==" target="_blank">How Dallas Killed Farmers Markets</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Dallas Obsever, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlE-kupkgxgFiNA0ZwfVAKddxLbGfwrPBORKdtgxKRj6YcGeIFaedQrtUv6JZPwC4FfUWzh1d-_lnjJZrZEfQOPnIZDQGSM092yazS-CBF7op2sj7gC0YYV3eLtsxV_bUDptFSo5ttbhSeHaq8ukXS1YsAMj6AzEH2cOgiGCX_YEszsloWISz-ETPvJfWUZv_G5KAkQl7ZxjgoJinOtNYJ1CFzokmp51vEKMAw3UYuy7egbvCEItIWP" target="_blank">The Atlantic Cities</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Dallas leads the nation in over-regulating farmers markets - which is why we have so few of them.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVmPE4vY4QEz90DrnmybRWClGPInRBBaaiu8yQis1RLoT89KhP4dqX1n7NmyGZXjKeDUUHMZUSSrFPecACE3KkVyrghnY3VR7KCFEY9uJ4_11i1ak45WLHmUewaT-4szt61LO313w8e8vrZanWef6JUr8sq2Q_y3Ce_H1aGPW8y1LERzCIUkVrjY1cq7qBs3LCpiYds7tGvfDg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:43:27 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-conflicted-about-change-in-la-chicago-and-the-second-city-syndrome-how-dallas-killed-farmers-markets/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-making-green-housing-affordable-bicycle-as-catalyst-of-nature-conservation-how-to-preserve-open-space/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVkZ-fiboa0F_ctEHMERWT8SaWsZVGTsK7ZcbUxMXfFZfi4z8wiO8Mx6Qt3Fd0cIWO4pxgZMcowP_SylGZP0SOjCo6_FI-KLa1DUHNoG-ThB1NtZFNWA_DALF_D0dH2iuqkwJeHUeH2KcxNyVnZRTbef" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnqwfrlulgY2Tp-dugYS3z3VtFwYfkJhKbg59dhiRMBHrjZ4Fj0NELHk8ZAuuc5YgWwUNs6nkmDlkUopHsD9or7Lgk3Quiw7xfcmAYjcdkc2bu91clzid_anW_S86tuLakUgJb8iqT0bEQKwO2XLKuGb7Jj5L0AkpEPUNEjGlGnO9KhC94RwTSZ" target="_blank">Making Green Housing Affordable</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Al Jazeera</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">What comes to mind when you think about green communities? I find many people think about technology - solar panels, wind turbines, or rapid public transit.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVnqwfrlulgY2Tp-dugYS3z3VtFwYfkJhKbg59dhiRMBHrjZ4Fj0NELHk8ZAuuc5YgWwUNs6nkmDlkUopHsD9or7Lgk3Quiw7xfcmAYjcdkc2bu91clzid_anW_S86tuLakUgJb8iqT0bEQKwO2XLKuGb7Jj5L0AkpEPUNEjGlGnO9KhC94RwTSZ" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVl2MvHOKVkiXheOnPwWNbqjBr5gb3TYOZ2MZXGhhT6Lc8lKfse0mduwwosZ2vART05VCIXT82cbafVJc8rNrCqtrkBG6szMgJYOdVatKrp7R022MW_3uYMVWsup1fwoydx095nq-ZCESCYcd3FLSHTSK3a-pCJrercZXmVUyYbFHzLCLHD4oODr8_LO9XPvWqfShU2f5vzGJG8bFRiridLj" target="_blank">Bicycle as Catalyst of Nature Conservation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Nature of Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Fast, efficient and individualistic, the bicycle is no ordinary mode of transport. It's a church, a gym, a community creator, a cash printer, a protest placard, a dopamine generator, a mechanical expression of self-determination, an icon of hope.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVl2MvHOKVkiXheOnPwWNbqjBr5gb3TYOZ2MZXGhhT6Lc8lKfse0mduwwosZ2vART05VCIXT82cbafVJc8rNrCqtrkBG6szMgJYOdVatKrp7R022MW_3uYMVWsup1fwoydx095nq-ZCESCYcd3FLSHTSK3a-pCJrercZXmVUyYbFHzLCLHD4oODr8_LO9XPvWqfShU2f5vzGJG8bFRiridLj" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlyfwdKtsHK9_3TYwxYhMuSfPVLrZYTobxqgMHBz-MX3xJpLs0r-L5LX_paNa6fbQTDjV6BmbgcT7le-ecVYKZUQ3KKK4GCmT6LPBvLsTikfE5OVavmZXPWta41OtaKlVgowp839j6BwcUoGkvsT8Rv2rPjhrtuHod6omsQHZqHn6_2-0N2yOxqIL20HR6CegU=" target="_blank">Protecting Marin's Urban Forests</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Marin Independent Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">TOO OFTEN, when we reflect on the wonders of nature, we think of our great wildlands - Yosemite, Big Sur, our own Marin Headlands - and we fail to appreciate the everyday natural wonders all around us.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlyfwdKtsHK9_3TYwxYhMuSfPVLrZYTobxqgMHBz-MX3xJpLs0r-L5LX_paNa6fbQTDjV6BmbgcT7le-ecVYKZUQ3KKK4GCmT6LPBvLsTikfE5OVavmZXPWta41OtaKlVgowp839j6BwcUoGkvsT8Rv2rPjhrtuHod6omsQHZqHn6_2-0N2yOxqIL20HR6CegU=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlwoWDajbrvXSIrM_3sjXGvDiDD-OBvwcT5TewT3nn801j4ZMkBq9LCO_jLFoT532VltDVM467FvJ5GPxAfMrtW53fVH5sjd-QMOldstaowKR9I-yQusbgFGn-NUCp1wFH7_IJBzbTH3XFRYm6Aj0B562HJT979f6-64ZAvcYaXzCLFEqaOKo1DaEl_PevlQ5LGgIaq59jg0Q==" target="_blank">How to Preserve Open Space</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>ASLA Dirt Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Given the cost and complexities involved in purchasing and setting aside green, open space, no one type of organization can go it alone.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001KJRapH_aFVlwoWDajbrvXSIrM_3sjXGvDiDD-OBvwcT5TewT3nn801j4ZMkBq9LCO_jLFoT532VltDVM467FvJ5GPxAfMrtW53fVH5sjd-QMOldstaowKR9I-yQusbgFGn-NUCp1wFH7_IJBzbTH3XFRYm6Aj0B562HJT979f6-64ZAvcYaXzCLFEqaOKo1DaEl_PevlQ5LGgIaq59jg0Q==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:39:36 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-making-green-housing-affordable-bicycle-as-catalyst-of-nature-conservation-how-to-preserve-open-space/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-81/ <p>"Many of the underground systems are needed, but some are being built in cities that are too small to justify the exorbitant expense. By some estimates the total bill could approach $1 trillion, not including the cost of operation."  <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbmjZLOc8cKstLti8lVwSTvTMPJBY2AaNTFWSTNYazK0-tFo4SgCPf1Q313p4AB61kNeQAYtCHrQioNBmw1rVbhkbeTiL8dlouqVoXXsFE-LP4RQlUVJNR8E5E3jAWgGQhMePl6hJBS3VgYjRPljpmhoPHgRkPwHF036fWdAfnWmOYqj3njDLsPjlj3GY_oyONk0SE6_9LHPb-F3gadNq4re1aE5vkLU50m2cqzpD0q0UYIGTMdCyrf3ETCg5uv9uY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:23:02 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-81/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-chinese-transit-excess-fixing-la-s-405-cap-and-trade-transit-funding-transit-and-traffic-lease-airport-to-build-rail/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb8OGAG2I3pcbDAzuwO7u3E8reiyy2_FV_SF2PVHJxybGa9yOqo_pk-ZITT4R-MvKpfcExGYH2gXPg0bgyJzUu4pnFOcFsQfw3GNTAqbS40wGuPeM67NUS4B6dh5vTRVoPdOep8BFN8LA==" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbmjZLOc8cKstLti8lVwSTvTMPJBY2AaNTFWSTNYazK0-tFo4SgCPf1Q313p4AB61kNeQAYtCHrQioNBmw1rVbhkbeTiL8dlouqVoXXsFE-LP4RQlUVJNR8E5E3jAWgGQhMePl6hJBS3VgYjRPljpmhoPHgRkPwHF036fWdAfnWmOYqj3njDLsPjlj3GY_oyONk0SE6_9LHPb-F3gadNq4re1aE5vkLU50m2cqzpD0q0UYIGTMdCyrf3ETCg5uv9uY=" target="_blank">Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Economist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbmjZLOc8cKstLti8lVwSTvTMPJBY2AaNTFWSTNYazK0-tFo4SgCPf1Q313p4AB61kNeQAYtCHrQioNBmw1rVbhkbeTiL8dlouqVoXXsFE-LP4RQlUVJNR8E5E3jAWgGQhMePl6hJBS3VgYjRPljpmhoPHgRkPwHF036fWdAfnWmOYqj3njDLsPjlj3GY_oyONk0SE6_9LHPb-F3gadNq4re1aE5vkLU50m2cqzpD0q0UYIGTMdCyrf3ETCg5uv9uY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYqXzjDpZWwlms451IQOVrz3RoV8GXKKxbPiLnpOmo-uvoy6rr9EduzHmfVwVNuboMNLIuRioDZv3zWY-uvmqDQkhxp9-Kit-rj_5jWVtZPbWdCA-yTbCT_Z8uOWH-jtyZVjlU76SIhP7sotKa1okuxFYsULw9BRWrT__jmEPn0aKt8XmSpoTxDBmU8cIV9VK2kceS9vPcvvg==" target="_blank">Tesla CEO Wants to Pay to Fix Traffic on 405 in LA</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Los Angeles Times, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb501Y9N2LMn4fHtzG9I0th0p4ZBZ8BhfkVGqH-xzDA-PrnWhyXYvku6tMJjpmXOejkmPDLEDMFMcl-D9eirQ7SoSTD1lSzaxlJvrgQAC9LOH4HWeeIgxS1" target="_blank">@carterrubin</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Entrepreneur Elon Musk has already spent $50,000 trying to make the 405 Freeway better - and he's willing to pay even more.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYqXzjDpZWwlms451IQOVrz3RoV8GXKKxbPiLnpOmo-uvoy6rr9EduzHmfVwVNuboMNLIuRioDZv3zWY-uvmqDQkhxp9-Kit-rj_5jWVtZPbWdCA-yTbCT_Z8uOWH-jtyZVjlU76SIhP7sotKa1okuxFYsULw9BRWrT__jmEPn0aKt8XmSpoTxDBmU8cIV9VK2kceS9vPcvvg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYhazRyZrs5AUnLF2htzh-FG7AZC2bdd24kJWjwLJV0Y-VgEc81FxwNWGcJGT9HqLOInr9KyslE8LmkS6XUuXcInBooyMT3ho9eJVq_QG9uDVWFssy06btNWGB2LdpzZ3EkfVvd9PSpDFyb4HJp2xVKIQ5uNSlApzJUM8PAviG_MCagRxOPCwN-2kIUKK6yEOlnoNcpfk_i0pjcaJwyKimpCn7NJBEmRio=" target="_blank">Cap &amp; Trade Revenue Spending Plan Includes HSR</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Bloomberg, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbOGmBRMGeBqD8pCtEGQcfvTnOTKa6XFNYUCv2MmBd0aghBswOmgUKuPq2WXpk5pWjIiIJLg76-yXmaDQ3jokRKEbxfq1mRPYndUxDc75uZmYI9FL-0QKNcissFiWkKCTanaGzTA-4ab4o1etKxad8K5aek4q9iKBGtKGEtoDDx5nT2l1W4U8ZLEKKXZUjOdSc=" target="_blank">California High Speed Rail</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">California regulators backed a state plan to spend proceeds from carbon permit sales on energy efficiency, clean transportation and natural resources programs.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYhazRyZrs5AUnLF2htzh-FG7AZC2bdd24kJWjwLJV0Y-VgEc81FxwNWGcJGT9HqLOInr9KyslE8LmkS6XUuXcInBooyMT3ho9eJVq_QG9uDVWFssy06btNWGB2LdpzZ3EkfVvd9PSpDFyb4HJp2xVKIQ5uNSlApzJUM8PAviG_MCagRxOPCwN-2kIUKK6yEOlnoNcpfk_i0pjcaJwyKimpCn7NJBEmRio=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQazPj77UxXbSeLXnAX17QGPuSFTNzkeIXmsGT26889_y_7tt833PiNpsx9OPyzc724RNGgt9g_4QCcQ-wNxF0Yfr7mZCjBQIJ0nHS35Z-81syUlFxMUDABmdQm0uUQVyF8xh_YmjNvb0uF1QKuAef1VQtv1QbO0ayO5tMy8WRjHYYB9akzfuVLrhc2_s61d6zLpxhcx5F_ISg==" target="_blank">Just a Few Transit Riders Can Do Wonders for Traffic</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Fast Company Co.Exist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The common argument against more funding for public transit is that it doesn't actually cut down on congestion. That argument might be bunk.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQazPj77UxXbSeLXnAX17QGPuSFTNzkeIXmsGT26889_y_7tt833PiNpsx9OPyzc724RNGgt9g_4QCcQ-wNxF0Yfr7mZCjBQIJ0nHS35Z-81syUlFxMUDABmdQm0uUQVyF8xh_YmjNvb0uF1QKuAef1VQtv1QbO0ayO5tMy8WRjHYYB9akzfuVLrhc2_s61d6zLpxhcx5F_ISg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZC3FrTdntAZTf6TxdPXYb_EIjFdFrIfoSlxPPzWlsQNgHFl1wrzxvo3gJ2VTZoG4emTINOiiGotQPU8t5FHwEdtwxW3RwYnL7ngp4gU318PUINvHjjmF4JcBjiiIeWexUBxu5H3JDbPlI3EFoRiFNcOGn5cAkrVqsGf0-SGJweSljWQ1EdmwDEWMMbBbfr-1MxSF0SJvfp8F8j4RxWAib6" target="_blank">City Ponders Leasing Airport to Raise Rail Cash</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; 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font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Vibrant Bay Area</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I've previous written about the complete streets concept, which aims to give pedestrians and bicyclists facilities equal to those given to drivers.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQagjIHUVZcBkcueujgz91cN2uvlteaWmoQUogVY06S8brJD6SsiS1vOhuxE8acBzy8I1epfzN0I5iQ_Quyjj2ABapez-jnY4ulSwhKqkBTT6Y3q3LOkSMo7ceZzjo49ZYnHbi0jRLMlKg1L27rJ3nboLsjEl04ZSicsmkFKBgiVJQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa-P95bYZicxO4rqMXMqG1zqINGdqOUIy0gxxWZXZQvobPCwpGoovtWS9bCcu4NRSo0RryGO9_H_AXr0yEKltHnug8vEvKjrQSSka7x5W2LiQTMddFHNjhOLOhYgliwRMqMJST9asCQlr3w-0dVOZYXulQh0t_ZNjBCIIrZFQngjLsx1sdZd2d_z6sRgOA98Omtw1OUnYlJiyAnhpDChOj1K_pCDqI2bAB1LGannEvI0A==" target="_blank">How TIGER Changed Federal Transportation Funding</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When the buzz about a new, stimulus-funded, discretionary transportation grant program started to circulate in 2009, some environmentalists opposed it.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa-P95bYZicxO4rqMXMqG1zqINGdqOUIy0gxxWZXZQvobPCwpGoovtWS9bCcu4NRSo0RryGO9_H_AXr0yEKltHnug8vEvKjrQSSka7x5W2LiQTMddFHNjhOLOhYgliwRMqMJST9asCQlr3w-0dVOZYXulQh0t_ZNjBCIIrZFQngjLsx1sdZd2d_z6sRgOA98Omtw1OUnYlJiyAnhpDChOj1K_pCDqI2bAB1LGannEvI0A==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYVwQQ3zzgHz6hScu57yrAPPl-joYqjpQojwbfcXU8t8b5LpwNkFQoRhasXzIe1-ciJsZjH9MQy5rw-Ej1LfsgTbmWozDI6DqzUzIvAq8F1Ygjocnu0--Yl8_nr1ZcKIXNb5oQPW4bL64nui5acgH6IigrYLMGgrIJHAcktgy1XgvuNa2AzazN3Py8xeiC-wiODqQpBrg3xKJi7JrhajgTAmDFLhsDzFi8=" target="_blank">Colorado Gas Tax Revenue Now Open for Active Transport</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Believe it or not, in many U.S. states one of the biggest obstacles to active transportation is in the constitution.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYVwQQ3zzgHz6hScu57yrAPPl-joYqjpQojwbfcXU8t8b5LpwNkFQoRhasXzIe1-ciJsZjH9MQy5rw-Ej1LfsgTbmWozDI6DqzUzIvAq8F1Ygjocnu0--Yl8_nr1ZcKIXNb5oQPW4bL64nui5acgH6IigrYLMGgrIJHAcktgy1XgvuNa2AzazN3Py8xeiC-wiODqQpBrg3xKJi7JrhajgTAmDFLhsDzFi8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaWmXkt0s-4hjSe6Uf0orZN43LBccM_OogI9xxfuDm-aUbz_F9UtSm6eM8xuuzZQn_5eFoR2g-f502aQdW5g5JAHNoSrvAK8qHfR-YGb1gnhomyvU8KMYwwHIay0d_LdSAcAncs1qYNsP9U2sDrg8WuyWnjNtEcuhQwPEY95kh6cz8xIMVAjx4Y" target="_blank">How It Feels to Ride a 14 Foot Tall Bike</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Grist</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The appropriately named Stoopid Tall bike is 14.5 feet high at the seat, making for a wobbly white-knuckle ride</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaWmXkt0s-4hjSe6Uf0orZN43LBccM_OogI9xxfuDm-aUbz_F9UtSm6eM8xuuzZQn_5eFoR2g-f502aQdW5g5JAHNoSrvAK8qHfR-YGb1gnhomyvU8KMYwwHIay0d_LdSAcAncs1qYNsP9U2sDrg8WuyWnjNtEcuhQwPEY95kh6cz8xIMVAjx4Y" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:03:43 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-chinese-transit-excess-fixing-la-s-405-cap-and-trade-transit-funding-transit-and-traffic-lease-airport-to-build-rail/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-regionalism-in-atlanta-toronto-density-bonus-debate-abu-dhabi-rock-stadium-case-for-low-rise-density/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaeFIEzzpDpl52iKvSJuTX5gl7O6kn50LAwK8K6twphOgKDPc21UMjc_AzddmtZVm6yAJGh1UFpCUfdnEU7D8KLmnS433yHfturOpyg4hJS6sFMwfGUuHHYl9okDcPrLCTAV2Gy1IN1Yw==" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbqUzBh7tb-xR197w1VDFoECXD-N49UI1b0cfzB4Uw9kIXlB2KAUzBw0XTOX_ZZ0PKj_PUDGGs7FTkHVOYKOTUC8NjGQq4h8Dk6YsqR4Tb6xGfHJ_I2v5f5RofJSBY-w5gujgE2uaFGehG-_w_NlDmC7yBJRsYGew33HN1aNSF14-lIaFWIDgF67F2t1Z04eXQm-hLE7PGNsYZbAjpejPKKmk0D8h7wbTfuSPr9QlQVBQ==" target="_blank">Is Regionalism the Way Forward for Atlanta?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Atlanta Journal Constitution</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Last summer's transportation sales tax defeat and a series of divisive political feuds has set back the idea of effective regional solutions for metro Atlanta.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbqUzBh7tb-xR197w1VDFoECXD-N49UI1b0cfzB4Uw9kIXlB2KAUzBw0XTOX_ZZ0PKj_PUDGGs7FTkHVOYKOTUC8NjGQq4h8Dk6YsqR4Tb6xGfHJ_I2v5f5RofJSBY-w5gujgE2uaFGehG-_w_NlDmC7yBJRsYGew33HN1aNSF14-lIaFWIDgF67F2t1Z04eXQm-hLE7PGNsYZbAjpejPKKmk0D8h7wbTfuSPr9QlQVBQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYZIRblL1YWhoNrQ6DwOERZI-DJbfnUkDOOCcOh6m62y6QOcOmZMd3VaRshgV7vi9l8_jOwGSc8HOIcyoLVyWCwg16Vf__EbgVyU1q-iAk9SnFTCAaUNcmZWwclxBKQmoNzKMd_o7M1Mm-NmjyIRdzvJPoCho4sx9ofuzWFvFJ00vj8vGThXPLslLFRmx6jzz_FprDilhO_BZ_Jn33Ekf5x" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Strip District Plan Bogged Down</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Pittsburgh Post Gazette</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Despite two rulings in the past week that seem to favor the Buncher Corp., don't expect the developer to break ground on its proposed $400 million office and residential development in Pittsburgh's Strip District anytime soon.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYZIRblL1YWhoNrQ6DwOERZI-DJbfnUkDOOCcOh6m62y6QOcOmZMd3VaRshgV7vi9l8_jOwGSc8HOIcyoLVyWCwg16Vf__EbgVyU1q-iAk9SnFTCAaUNcmZWwclxBKQmoNzKMd_o7M1Mm-NmjyIRdzvJPoCho4sx9ofuzWFvFJ00vj8vGThXPLslLFRmx6jzz_FprDilhO_BZ_Jn33Ekf5x" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZKsvBY0EN1iVm043uXo7beLCTOZHbRrGO76gxjjFroCwkOXew9_bOJZXlsZ0tbIbmXAAKT65-Z3yZAc_JE7G1nF810K1XAPBrMGzaFcT93krs9lG5wz0SGWC5XzB-bv5QZqRJ7a7YETwoN00ZGnkEIlaDjVq7XZ6i0REyNCiQIVL0Nec5idG7fh5N55ThHFe8=" target="_blank">Toronto Density Bonuses Spur Municipal Debate</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>CBC News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In November of last year, a shouting match erupted in Toronto city council chambers. Mayor Rob Ford hurled accusations at Coun. Adam Vaughan, calling a $1 million deal that Vaughan secured with a developer a "shakedown."</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZKsvBY0EN1iVm043uXo7beLCTOZHbRrGO76gxjjFroCwkOXew9_bOJZXlsZ0tbIbmXAAKT65-Z3yZAc_JE7G1nF810K1XAPBrMGzaFcT93krs9lG5wz0SGWC5XzB-bv5QZqRJ7a7YETwoN00ZGnkEIlaDjVq7XZ6i0REyNCiQIVL0Nec5idG7fh5N55ThHFe8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaNyVe180QEK2oTarfykVPQGWQZK865qfr4ksIuabbSuy45DRBs-zKQgOgTQyZ2MyldT2uge3asJRlXFOOdPTNd4Sroz1lXL7CaSR9lTMMAheu3lYjDF1X2oXjUukArCyXMwt8yz9d7tW0HOKLh6ysR9DBQGiPuSgBMUi9hDJUwcLmbsu12nrBSCuEK_o1Hm9PHMqjMbD_e29LtJ3tf4OQ8XXDPqLL6T-Y=" target="_blank">The Abu Dhabi Stadium Dug into the Rocks</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Even in the world of ridiculously grandiose petroleum-country architecture, this one's a humdinger: a sports stadium meant to seat 40,000 people, carved deep into the bowels of a rugged mountain range.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaNyVe180QEK2oTarfykVPQGWQZK865qfr4ksIuabbSuy45DRBs-zKQgOgTQyZ2MyldT2uge3asJRlXFOOdPTNd4Sroz1lXL7CaSR9lTMMAheu3lYjDF1X2oXjUukArCyXMwt8yz9d7tW0HOKLh6ysR9DBQGiPuSgBMUi9hDJUwcLmbsu12nrBSCuEK_o1Hm9PHMqjMbD_e29LtJ3tf4OQ8XXDPqLL6T-Y=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZ7LdKlQRIrXJBMuZBMN9kDjicrRHg0bjDPF5OSnhWdyTFHRACnh12iOGk-_wy18AW2CIb4gwUv9pXAwKPExJWqOrEqbSipxfiwhS4VHN-gWCvcbnb-yBmNKwYf1ZzV6iiYevscArx73b9OTEnKD00d" target="_blank">Why Doesn't Monsanto Expand Downtown?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Architect's Newspaper</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Agribusiness titan Monsanto has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrades to its research facility outside St. Louis, and design details are starting to pop up.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZ7LdKlQRIrXJBMuZBMN9kDjicrRHg0bjDPF5OSnhWdyTFHRACnh12iOGk-_wy18AW2CIb4gwUv9pXAwKPExJWqOrEqbSipxfiwhS4VHN-gWCvcbnb-yBmNKwYf1ZzV6iiYevscArx73b9OTEnKD00d" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb90ru9noy89Jz79kaE2hoDmpFGoIyVh7OJgG-OrXFhK6Q4cTQS_c105oAkml0aS18iqExzaKplvpC8nxPgQ2S8nsno1gZKDGRsPsVR5Vgy0nOg3gnGYu0XvYQRw8gPM3tlwVKeiGluuoD4OnqTBOZwK-faaOzhQrOcs0NOBP25W__NRcgDK-ubsUGJdrxxAzY=" target="_blank">The Case for Low-Rise Density</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">According to the most recent US Census data, this is the first time since before the 1950s that more people are moving into New York City than are moving out</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb90ru9noy89Jz79kaE2hoDmpFGoIyVh7OJgG-OrXFhK6Q4cTQS_c105oAkml0aS18iqExzaKplvpC8nxPgQ2S8nsno1gZKDGRsPsVR5Vgy0nOg3gnGYu0XvYQRw8gPM3tlwVKeiGluuoD4OnqTBOZwK-faaOzhQrOcs0NOBP25W__NRcgDK-ubsUGJdrxxAzY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:53:28 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-regionalism-in-atlanta-toronto-density-bonus-debate-abu-dhabi-rock-stadium-case-for-low-rise-density/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-double-edged-infill-sword-walking-for-health-best-read-cities-american-community-survey-start-up-boom-s-class-bias/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZdqZ1pvhyy8ZlRXcmnBQqIANE_dxqSYWAxTdirY0hDXN_U4RkjzI-4UEoJyugXgWZuu2ZOY29Nzj0E_93tJJb87DCWeFb_259deNT-mj3D5F25RqT11HiNzO6SieonmTHrYakhoPnZoL_iTI7xzkYG" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYKMbIPO2Fhw-cpJfmD9MrL8lDqFMJCB_cF_4AHfvyXMkFEztWQXDM7XjVzR_hg0uyCwnuYGeJSiUFcjn_fuNZqCSsls8ckrO-P15vYRHZnrQhyhqSk3Q3AE9Y8NgLDlCHTkpL47wlIjx4UYOnb8DfXe2hFxdja8j0=" target="_blank">Urban Infill is a Double Edge Sword</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Nashville Ledger</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">There are certain things about Sylvan Park that lured resident Steve Swartz away from Belle Meade seven years ago, like the variety in architecture and diversity in character of the neighbors.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYKMbIPO2Fhw-cpJfmD9MrL8lDqFMJCB_cF_4AHfvyXMkFEztWQXDM7XjVzR_hg0uyCwnuYGeJSiUFcjn_fuNZqCSsls8ckrO-P15vYRHZnrQhyhqSk3Q3AE9Y8NgLDlCHTkpL47wlIjx4UYOnb8DfXe2hFxdja8j0=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa0t5exRGXDrFGifjtGoqR5yCyncG6ZVYIVCSSwUhZGnMkCF-ZSEp0qN75c-6SD9ZqYXrFPRDSYUGfCVhOD06aMOO7s8NVh95DOXFrKcy2-yjUvT69tn3re5mJ9ETBazVXGUIJx7gM3-ZJKRLxBJJ8GCRrHN4QEPQJVYY44gMhHqA==" target="_blank">Next Big Health Breakthrough, Walking</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Citiwire</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The next big health care breakthrough - which could cut rates of heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer and Alzheimers by at least 40 percent and save Americans $100 billion a year</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa0t5exRGXDrFGifjtGoqR5yCyncG6ZVYIVCSSwUhZGnMkCF-ZSEp0qN75c-6SD9ZqYXrFPRDSYUGfCVhOD06aMOO7s8NVh95DOXFrKcy2-yjUvT69tn3re5mJ9ETBazVXGUIJx7gM3-ZJKRLxBJJ8GCRrHN4QEPQJVYY44gMhHqA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQagxDYuenkk-5HFMm1HcW8ewiHsPrEIQLcqt8GwL57OM5bpWJ69yNciOxYCBG-4k-yWRPBfwvOzANQ_cMewJSEmy07imamisDoS04XPQUkWIxTlKEVpJMjb4EUIfeZBq92dnwH1JR8hgL8_0oX3eVH1MmwH0by8K0bSLCLq4SxatB79QAU1MHTxTAxFtVYTSU8=" target="_blank">Federal Solution Could Make Things Worse: Rural Electrification</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Strong Towns</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Recently Chuck has been talking about the Federal Connection - the idea that many people have that if we want to see better environments for walking and biking, more transit, safer schools, etc., the the answer is to get federal programs created and funded to address these concerns.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQagxDYuenkk-5HFMm1HcW8ewiHsPrEIQLcqt8GwL57OM5bpWJ69yNciOxYCBG-4k-yWRPBfwvOzANQ_cMewJSEmy07imamisDoS04XPQUkWIxTlKEVpJMjb4EUIfeZBq92dnwH1JR8hgL8_0oX3eVH1MmwH0by8K0bSLCLq4SxatB79QAU1MHTxTAxFtVYTSU8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa9B0-PFllcyhe0qqQdrrobsYSK38kS0sK8qwPF55MwgXXAn3PsWvG3E3Vq2kPPVCVIs2zT0LjVd4-miXls7YJi-Msyzes2UdBQDKEvQM_Os7J5NbuX1aR6vbca16pcYbFnrVu-oJM5x1-FcgcS4-CrNdiK3QV2rpRuuHOmoj4-yO0bPI7ZUUSkPJRkcV7OYwsxj2G9ML6mQMdQzbrmsPSz" target="_blank">Amazon Releases List of Best Read Cities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Amazon.com, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZc2WsLjBkll3XvIxJNubBVna4GP0jra-64Wv3QsGeluzxqpTNvvU-yxjnM06No9Z40UmaZ3stWDtuzJ_YV5nbadMF3APXX5HgQe__vrWejfg==" target="_blank">@mrgeog</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Amazon.com today announced its third annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa9B0-PFllcyhe0qqQdrrobsYSK38kS0sK8qwPF55MwgXXAn3PsWvG3E3Vq2kPPVCVIs2zT0LjVd4-miXls7YJi-Msyzes2UdBQDKEvQM_Os7J5NbuX1aR6vbca16pcYbFnrVu-oJM5x1-FcgcS4-CrNdiK3QV2rpRuuHOmoj4-yO0bPI7ZUUSkPJRkcV7OYwsxj2G9ML6mQMdQzbrmsPSz" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbFWX6wnnQfnNcvTvkKF3cEb99g7073gnIzS_KKcKStaaIMLpoJ5k17j7rA9SvEf3TuMlJeebRr8F3l9H17diBiVRBeW3JqFmM59RLeav4BMhgtGmgjb9i_l30Gye695algc0wfFyp8mJtRcc91qXdBiEllP0HVqyIZGhOlr3KAkuPynp_YJhWDMrAifxlwYlS3-QEm6SxvEM3KyG9iWXjrWTiqx02qVMEWCa5ah-DGceHqs2r9d7yWiT_zRJnCOKU=" target="_blank">Attack on American Community Survey Isn't Over</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Slate, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb501Y9N2LMn4fHtzG9I0th0p4ZBZ8BhfkVGqH-xzDA-PrnWhyXYvku6tMJjpmXOejkmPDLEDMFMcl-D9eirQ7SoSTD1lSzaxlJvrgQAC9LOH4HWeeIgxS1" target="_blank">@carterrubin</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">One of the best things a government can do is produce public goods-non-excludable, non-rivalrous things that everyone can share and share alike and that will tend to be underproduced or underconsumed in a free market.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQbFWX6wnnQfnNcvTvkKF3cEb99g7073gnIzS_KKcKStaaIMLpoJ5k17j7rA9SvEf3TuMlJeebRr8F3l9H17diBiVRBeW3JqFmM59RLeav4BMhgtGmgjb9i_l30Gye695algc0wfFyp8mJtRcc91qXdBiEllP0HVqyIZGhOlr3KAkuPynp_YJhWDMrAifxlwYlS3-QEm6SxvEM3KyG9iWXjrWTiqx02qVMEWCa5ah-DGceHqs2r9d7yWiT_zRJnCOKU=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYIwm4Ufds8gaKPDJFwASy3gOzBZRR6sa7jbGjt_V3bgmMtqktBq-MzKXtU34-BqCuA6lNkaoF76esBzuSW4uNCZ58f_mJSLMGe2yM2cOCemHIAZ79YXWofjzxVkyzLyy0ZmsbX7oKbXqTl3AWnCKMF4zruo7wbLN7YBXCr3XqKGAnLzYXfYbk45s3NPUlG7maVbSjWo7ITExCwPCiBE9SB" target="_blank">Immigrant Influence Evident in US Housing Markets</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Housing Wire, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb4o1T4GwFCSmh8nChr4EKPccEwNwVqIEj5wlcMI0qTwP-s48Q4d9U5_zoJsF270JnR_QQAmYAJkMHlwYvpGE7-ItKReJaopq1-o-Z07pr2GzzrEK4wryiqjwMULpvU_CZMjtVl88ywfhU_IZszTaVwAykr5AdfQ8zeqv0nGr3TYPQllCezWg8y" target="_blank">The HUDdle</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">One of the hottest debates coming out of Washington D.C. right now is immigration. But one thing that's not debatable is the contribution of new immigrants to the housing recovery.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYIwm4Ufds8gaKPDJFwASy3gOzBZRR6sa7jbGjt_V3bgmMtqktBq-MzKXtU34-BqCuA6lNkaoF76esBzuSW4uNCZ58f_mJSLMGe2yM2cOCemHIAZ79YXWofjzxVkyzLyy0ZmsbX7oKbXqTl3AWnCKMF4zruo7wbLN7YBXCr3XqKGAnLzYXfYbk45s3NPUlG7maVbSjWo7ITExCwPCiBE9SB" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaBK_9fbQxA-hpRuCR3oVv7jwlx6GvwGUJLIs4Y-MMvreK8rm3P9M1ONDpjlxuCV7PbsRQSE8Zz09bs23qE29VHnM4_ci0L-C4go9vi47AMJnsTDOy8nuR3VbLmA6NM7Lii_7uPIdK9hkWMjB4F3xFXx-buG6OnroI=" target="_blank">Fixing the Start-Up Boom's Class Bias</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">New York City appears to be in a new golden age of entrepreneurship. In recent years, mid-career investment bankers, lawyers and media professionals have forged out on their own, opening everything from food trucks and restaurants to digital marketing agencies.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaBK_9fbQxA-hpRuCR3oVv7jwlx6GvwGUJLIs4Y-MMvreK8rm3P9M1ONDpjlxuCV7PbsRQSE8Zz09bs23qE29VHnM4_ci0L-C4go9vi47AMJnsTDOy8nuR3VbLmA6NM7Lii_7uPIdK9hkWMjB4F3xFXx-buG6OnroI=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZYfPvfSZTvrU_Vlzy618kd3n9JY_V1esygY20BDYbqXwv1rM2gk3LDuSSYwHKYz5iOPZwKW_KWbBU0NBNiIoEJZ8KGCwO4CmDHPaspoXwDbk-KxMyLt0-cpLuKkNnp45J_pXj2JI29DuyegQ1nMGCTM7CtNyATMA83brMKIyomT4q7-uT6NtWdN7Xt5D-dPJ4RnVlTcsggBuzun5KilykIuDLRkJfHD4oPQj4H1jPYBA==" target="_blank">Designing a Buy Local Campaign That Works</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert left Wilmington, Ohio, for college, they didn't think they'd be back.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZYfPvfSZTvrU_Vlzy618kd3n9JY_V1esygY20BDYbqXwv1rM2gk3LDuSSYwHKYz5iOPZwKW_KWbBU0NBNiIoEJZ8KGCwO4CmDHPaspoXwDbk-KxMyLt0-cpLuKkNnp45J_pXj2JI29DuyegQ1nMGCTM7CtNyATMA83brMKIyomT4q7-uT6NtWdN7Xt5D-dPJ4RnVlTcsggBuzun5KilykIuDLRkJfHD4oPQj4H1jPYBA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:44:34 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-double-edged-infill-sword-walking-for-health-best-read-cities-american-community-survey-start-up-boom-s-class-bias/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-fixing-ceqa-urban-lawns-and-greenhouse-gases-grass-and-flood-prevention-texas-ok-water-war/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQa6anlSyKoNe7dhcnhRkyK-vbSzYmJKhi7IFiB4C_24yYCOAxbRApBtQJrmo-G6KLRtGRi48GQQ2FSauOtLZGAWt2fNeDu0wDoyp-o0pCOQHYlS2v20xBTaSPd1vSM56EfgvRJqC6ORQ4R0xOZ2TKfZ" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZf1WulR-H2S346PsF698723khWs3zEGOlpFavrfhLjhzmJwTH_WrJTd6E5cKxYMMsJZa7aThj0X10Smg5MEIpxSQNfkRGtJUFvzZoj0Vmq0ptXbtoqTdqaNB-XkpYzaZGKpM7tu7B7oZJfEHpprsa0T0AuK3uzJeSfLvaFXggD5n3Mh9UWTVwBs4ZK_LfPYe2j_lPu8jWcW58UDlG9zLuuGVUPnaFKqkE=" target="_blank">California Mayors Want CEQA Fixed</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Los Angeles Daily News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As mayors of two of California's largest cities, we've joined with other large city mayors including San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, to call for a modernization of one of California's oldest and most important environmental laws, the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZf1WulR-H2S346PsF698723khWs3zEGOlpFavrfhLjhzmJwTH_WrJTd6E5cKxYMMsJZa7aThj0X10Smg5MEIpxSQNfkRGtJUFvzZoj0Vmq0ptXbtoqTdqaNB-XkpYzaZGKpM7tu7B7oZJfEHpprsa0T0AuK3uzJeSfLvaFXggD5n3Mh9UWTVwBs4ZK_LfPYe2j_lPu8jWcW58UDlG9zLuuGVUPnaFKqkE=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb8_qfNfJq_tsmHExjahiZWiFAC0fx4Ag_n29RoPao0dRmyMN9bzHj4BeV_Qtdu3gbw9CdLpqSYMDh13xiyMfwhz4k3VmJt2WWjY5Pst5_46siPd0z7SrJ_qkJyXY3a5h1WexnTk4xLZxu2jmLroBocSD0NT-QFeEqaZM4czk_-EWJzBD4ICeHM" target="_blank">Urban Lawns Create More Greenhouse Gases</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Discovery News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Grass lawns may belch more greenhouse gas than grain fields. Urban lawns released more carbon dioxide than corn fields in a recent study, but blades of grass might not be the carbon culprits.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQb8_qfNfJq_tsmHExjahiZWiFAC0fx4Ag_n29RoPao0dRmyMN9bzHj4BeV_Qtdu3gbw9CdLpqSYMDh13xiyMfwhz4k3VmJt2WWjY5Pst5_46siPd0z7SrJ_qkJyXY3a5h1WexnTk4xLZxu2jmLroBocSD0NT-QFeEqaZM4czk_-EWJzBD4ICeHM" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYwUY8hSed9yOl58D3q7X7tdp-Fx_lL1S2CnZfZUXm0AvgN--GlaP3xU1KGZkCXiQn9CRIIkK3pxXFg9qQ7_LcsInaIvqVAQDgTgAaW9r3y6X4TCr8xaGNNdyhhIRn4NZwIj4nNqiF5eOnprNB2mEUPRpRZ2akAo2Ng-PTnJXmynn8sVuhfJ3H-390hmuBovrATbV236ooJg-0MKIAtQQdZ" target="_blank">Not All Grass Created Equal in Flood Prevention</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">With half of Grand Rapids underwater, it's time for America's annual spring discussion about flood prevention.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQYwUY8hSed9yOl58D3q7X7tdp-Fx_lL1S2CnZfZUXm0AvgN--GlaP3xU1KGZkCXiQn9CRIIkK3pxXFg9qQ7_LcsInaIvqVAQDgTgAaW9r3y6X4TCr8xaGNNdyhhIRn4NZwIj4nNqiF5eOnprNB2mEUPRpRZ2akAo2Ng-PTnJXmynn8sVuhfJ3H-390hmuBovrATbV236ooJg-0MKIAtQQdZ" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZxz_vg2QbwGgJIWjxoXx5btpz75fII2rs43Wx-QirSPKhFh8Y4lGBlASSWZXy8gYObPSFtfNXsrSjA0IpOmieiv35Ee4ogDZ9Nbnb44Sdip7CQ5sD62bOJgEKqVPPcGc_hrRXejC16Kmw5oiSo1G1reRRPZihZc4KgmG54f9kr71rBj6n4RBqYL5YMDpIh7GCPUBjsxASA6V2GrLv1fSEg" target="_blank">Texas-Oklahoma Water War Could Have National Implications</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Charlette Hearne thought she and her neighbors in southeast Oklahoma had won their water war against Texas.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQZxz_vg2QbwGgJIWjxoXx5btpz75fII2rs43Wx-QirSPKhFh8Y4lGBlASSWZXy8gYObPSFtfNXsrSjA0IpOmieiv35Ee4ogDZ9Nbnb44Sdip7CQ5sD62bOJgEKqVPPcGc_hrRXejC16Kmw5oiSo1G1reRRPZihZc4KgmG54f9kr71rBj6n4RBqYL5YMDpIh7GCPUBjsxASA6V2GrLv1fSEg" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:34:24 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-fixing-ceqa-urban-lawns-and-greenhouse-gases-grass-and-flood-prevention-texas-ok-water-war/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-cyclists-endanger-motorists/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaygOcinsVKG0gESK1xVTVV3H4YHCKOckzN6yAroN-tyt3IN_AoKo0WTky5MO09CR2QMLFq7wF65A0e2sSLjbWq8OUm79BqYd7cHA2SqiRYqsml5jU525NZXg0OfXaX8xvXdi7Wn8j0wk7wz1qCQPSD" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaxIEHESt0XwUZjdXKija4LlCDgzFLuzROfKIvXYiXDvvdATYVyHcW8cloO15l2r1Ns0dhLaIk_PEsvkoFWJLVcXzRSnQpZWMK6RzATd3aX4m5voXG7CNLbYUGYaPduiNbXMkGQqY_TDpssDfbccS-kAnRyb5nAVcrGDKrvc2IJOPBqcVIPffh91ouWsVoDkXlsD32mCxnG-jV056I_PNW6jnBJjmOubsQ=" target="_blank">Cyclists Endanger Motorists</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>San Antonio Express News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">It seems that more and more bicyclists from San Antonio are coming to Bulverde to ride on our streets.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001oQHYUX8kmQaxIEHESt0XwUZjdXKija4LlCDgzFLuzROfKIvXYiXDvvdATYVyHcW8cloO15l2r1Ns0dhLaIk_PEsvkoFWJLVcXzRSnQpZWMK6RzATd3aX4m5voXG7CNLbYUGYaPduiNbXMkGQqY_TDpssDfbccS-kAnRyb5nAVcrGDKrvc2IJOPBqcVIPffh91ouWsVoDkXlsD32mCxnG-jV056I_PNW6jnBJjmOubsQ=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:32:16 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-cyclists-endanger-motorists/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-80/ <p>"The whole point of social capital, after all, is to facilitate collective action. It's usually bandied as a cure for commons-type problems like littered parks or crime-infested streets, but there's no reason to assume a neighborhood will deploy its social capital only for wise and benevolent ends." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQSqSrlgaemVOtQ3i7OI2nlqpxGd7s0uKb3TxbFWYuPBzHRO9_7ZHRppedCR_mpj9VBuWMh11HtbgRMChHw1KnNBtSh-CAwIDlrA4OdDyjDunJPOFy9It5E9p2h0VSQSPZJRLJBmhSauuavKHKTUbCSj5vNE7AdrSOFfsfFeZvs7RTuQncBGmxeIzSee6n_VrQIh_GnxuH_Dg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:08:53 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-80/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-salt-lake-lrt-early-and-under-budget-cinci-streetcar-obstructionism-winnipeg-brt-snag-costly-sf-cable-cars/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTpELJXPJHZoEy0sgcHFxY9AVqH06aKYGqJC-EaCZSk01Y9MN2ZcWKSOI6uDveMTX_4jwUbGg40RKZ87wkstwgsRj7ygT9XMloPeZsBBl2mdtkVOsZo9sMKKFyxBs4CJFk7x5aFPAR5Zg==" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRm2-Dn-bBw0utQNgfLFwFf2UTTlkEpVlBKorssCNo5tMBvh8U2Pye2Lq_f8p6Bd64v5IWuL6cs_Gs1yBmLpeQjolBEh_056PTJQOC3WYzszkPXTwfSEaDIMPi_mCksQILh7NENVa2yQ3W_NN52XTVlsCnD4p-ybhH6Iq2OG-vscRhANBaGbaMDZRWq9sKDji4=" target="_blank">Salt Lake LRT Network 2 Years Early, $40M Under Budget</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Salt Lake Tribune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Riding high from this month's celebratory airport TRAX line launch - completed two years early and $40 million under budget - the Utah Transit Authority crossed a host of other items off its to-do list Wednesday</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRm2-Dn-bBw0utQNgfLFwFf2UTTlkEpVlBKorssCNo5tMBvh8U2Pye2Lq_f8p6Bd64v5IWuL6cs_Gs1yBmLpeQjolBEh_056PTJQOC3WYzszkPXTwfSEaDIMPi_mCksQILh7NENVa2yQ3W_NN52XTVlsCnD4p-ybhH6Iq2OG-vscRhANBaGbaMDZRWq9sKDji4=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQmV91izpQ4JRbPioRba_c5yaugrlYqvVft99mohA3B_0fH1hEHZxGj3NY1zKmYDk4AHOgnIa_m9S9K54d30yyi8D1eGYjcmFFUeQkoFWagNLA6cZXyg4te_EUDLcFge5gzsqoHzpB9dooCYSMi_gUDeszX1oKI5yacZze1pQW5KSDIjFYBMWz3eURNbqNFBqWtn9xw23DYBjRn_UQ1a1hjVXbvP3XNALo=" target="_blank">Cinci Streetcar's Biggest Problem is Obstructionism</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Cincinnati City Beat</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Step one: Create problems for Cincinnati's streetcar project. Step two: Blame the problems on the streetcar project. Step three: Political profit.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQmV91izpQ4JRbPioRba_c5yaugrlYqvVft99mohA3B_0fH1hEHZxGj3NY1zKmYDk4AHOgnIa_m9S9K54d30yyi8D1eGYjcmFFUeQkoFWagNLA6cZXyg4te_EUDLcFge5gzsqoHzpB9dooCYSMi_gUDeszX1oKI5yacZze1pQW5KSDIjFYBMWz3eURNbqNFBqWtn9xw23DYBjRn_UQ1a1hjVXbvP3XNALo=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSMB6Vt90AuOzbU3T4GHQhDAAXWSQf3021v1uYVHNNbodOZjze__Hk75IjGuNDNgq26oalMOnrsjFSThtCPWtsIQSVWPtHsIyHLb4mevXb17vq8y-U4NNgmkrIoafNAPWp3o2ad7AeJykURpB6TstBKCvmAKqvH3kM0sB8R3jtPKISZpEusK7tObgdIYoBn6XEJa-fNX3TKJw==" target="_blank">Is Charlotte's Foxx Moving to DC for Secretary Post?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Charlotte Observer, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTFaaQlH_OLDMoZ-fYN5rW6aIMP20hO9xsensWfEdvfocL2uLjTUD2RbjkwUI68eRFXQL2dZpw-0Ue8Q3m8nA7jN29V7AcKKi1aMwHc2tbaq9V8NG5w5qPf6OEUrP84zjdgv4UkPHzqKdTfNFhaQRcZLPbR1ybDpnk=" target="_blank">DC Streetsblog</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Is Anthony Foxx headed to Washington? If there's anything to the chatter at the N.C. General Assembly, he is.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSMB6Vt90AuOzbU3T4GHQhDAAXWSQf3021v1uYVHNNbodOZjze__Hk75IjGuNDNgq26oalMOnrsjFSThtCPWtsIQSVWPtHsIyHLb4mevXb17vq8y-U4NNgmkrIoafNAPWp3o2ad7AeJykURpB6TstBKCvmAKqvH3kM0sB8R3jtPKISZpEusK7tObgdIYoBn6XEJa-fNX3TKJw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSsYe-92vCP-P2lEqseH0XROv1iSFouWok06Hyq5_dsz3bT4TkQydCY2dTHlO_HBUjQd-RH19CbnIjP3E0fBdCiIbWrUlsa-sQinHGpVUQGJnB9lAlhiGjCL9sMbC6owrLlJwAaYO33LMn4ZJPN8NxqWCZBt4ui9y6jBOPmTDipkvNu5I30JvYPedW-LiHcUjA_Z4NdmruJdOk_6BAXXAWp" target="_blank">Tri-Met to Use Ultracapacitors for Regenerative Breaking</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Railway Technology</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">American Maglev Technology (AMT) has selected Maxwell Technologies' ultracapacitors for an energy-saving braking energy recuperation system</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSsYe-92vCP-P2lEqseH0XROv1iSFouWok06Hyq5_dsz3bT4TkQydCY2dTHlO_HBUjQd-RH19CbnIjP3E0fBdCiIbWrUlsa-sQinHGpVUQGJnB9lAlhiGjCL9sMbC6owrLlJwAaYO33LMn4ZJPN8NxqWCZBt4ui9y6jBOPmTDipkvNu5I30JvYPedW-LiHcUjA_Z4NdmruJdOk_6BAXXAWp" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQIQTc6ZgHzEhnGI1KVYld9tC9oyxmE80dyxm7EgFOKTKoi4b_UPVY2gc-AC0BHnyYdYjUe5gLnk96qMrPkch2BzlPpDqFMVw2vAykbk6ZelG5Fsv6j3sI0hdnZ8gBO-XCQ7d9h1gjLbKKoXom0KZGvTWQcN-kYLVtp79zleYM-id4zCuexrRmyWv-_bR8y7h102FmeMW61juyb4o0ktElcAizC9dQKmS5mx717ja2d9ouD9FoV7y8qpXFTnkR-wGNT4rQk3CI3nuC2yJJnW7aV" target="_blank">Houston Doesn't Include Uptown BRT in Regional Plans</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Houston Culturemap, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQWu6t1wYKl3iz24xFdnKdIdZZ4DGQyTTFxaDuM_ppCOpHFc2-_u0M3lKS3mBDityGU0fBtOeZZkS4Sl7oTCZkNSq5IJRu8iwqYr0r_IaroEXMG3fQN7D5A" target="_blank">@ttpolitic</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Houston-Galveston Area Council committee voted not to include the Uptown Management District's proposed Bus Rapid Transit system among the projects included in the governmental planning agency's $460 million Transportation Improvement Plan</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQIQTc6ZgHzEhnGI1KVYld9tC9oyxmE80dyxm7EgFOKTKoi4b_UPVY2gc-AC0BHnyYdYjUe5gLnk96qMrPkch2BzlPpDqFMVw2vAykbk6ZelG5Fsv6j3sI0hdnZ8gBO-XCQ7d9h1gjLbKKoXom0KZGvTWQcN-kYLVtp79zleYM-id4zCuexrRmyWv-_bR8y7h102FmeMW61juyb4o0ktElcAizC9dQKmS5mx717ja2d9ouD9FoV7y8qpXFTnkR-wGNT4rQk3CI3nuC2yJJnW7aV" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRpG-cwGpq1w-PmOxwEZnNaRmAcRIrX0_jDVvIlRB9Kd2SsdBEcu5URSlmttRPKq9bOjUVq1_5ATi97oloi82jfLQjKUahuMs3m_VUn23UAetEskboXffeijmIR5zjydnbCDWiy9UraqrEGB2DXF4Sy7UwNvAqr_IUr52BsVMipUllEUGjcQ1rn2P74B891QwA=" target="_blank">Winnipeg's BRT Plan Hits a Snag</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Winnipeg Free Press, via: David Marsh</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The completion of the Southwest Transitway is "in jeopardy" due to city-provincial squabbling over the financial responsibility for a $350-million extension of Winnipeg's first busway.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRpG-cwGpq1w-PmOxwEZnNaRmAcRIrX0_jDVvIlRB9Kd2SsdBEcu5URSlmttRPKq9bOjUVq1_5ATi97oloi82jfLQjKUahuMs3m_VUn23UAetEskboXffeijmIR5zjydnbCDWiy9UraqrEGB2DXF4Sy7UwNvAqr_IUr52BsVMipUllEUGjcQ1rn2P74B891QwA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTVWBhev6eRHjPsrRnNBwjplZiSRwfp2DFzBbAPyQqh1-21e7Sa7gzE1qnfUtr1M1s8MtaVRhrHrgycFQPLkY52-j9eHMsgI4RnJqbS2rA7mue7FHsU0xL2erlqH4gtEZPIHMb0UmI5wCN1dAIP10IpH09kszuYLPBuPlEPrEvtS35TQYHXUJQ0BttzFwZ4N54R_nPka2oq3Q==" target="_blank">Cable Cars Taking Money Away From Transit SF Actually Uses</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>SF Weekly</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Cable cars clang-clanging their way over the hills is as much a symbol of San Francisco as enraged bulls thundering through ancient streets embody Pamplona.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTVWBhev6eRHjPsrRnNBwjplZiSRwfp2DFzBbAPyQqh1-21e7Sa7gzE1qnfUtr1M1s8MtaVRhrHrgycFQPLkY52-j9eHMsgI4RnJqbS2rA7mue7FHsU0xL2erlqH4gtEZPIHMb0UmI5wCN1dAIP10IpH09kszuYLPBuPlEPrEvtS35TQYHXUJQ0BttzFwZ4N54R_nPka2oq3Q==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSjGUm5TKkScm7t2WMh0bn5iXDaOTxOhCz2iWFmzHN9qo6WBFJKiOqWYabCKoh1LYnf7HdGi8dqXp2x4QE0tYRqon6pagT5-LJIdcvhNEPXu-RBFoXqzFNIXSRVONl-4dY=" target="_blank">The INRIX Traffic Scorecard Released</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>INRIX</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The INRIX Traffic Scorecard provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of traffic congestion across the world. Click on any of the interactive charts and rankings to produce customized data views.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSjGUm5TKkScm7t2WMh0bn5iXDaOTxOhCz2iWFmzHN9qo6WBFJKiOqWYabCKoh1LYnf7HdGi8dqXp2x4QE0tYRqon6pagT5-LJIdcvhNEPXu-RBFoXqzFNIXSRVONl-4dY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSZilNf1i0wUfs6fPMibggmB5B-Y8oBM9EoNYTJFcFuO11COtT1Pk2MuOV2TebLFu_PueS-jxD8Lhgegira76dO-zakfZqdk5v5IJpzSqoR_bjYPmkbw53jRqWo9hT0IrWqrYq-hEBgGA7cmtgDw3wxA-0K1ng4Od0OP_af0Rcl6_uzcW4n7vnNhZnGurihIvq9SUg1JOflY1q7iPx_uQYUWY66BbHOPC9_yv79VnANPA==" target="_blank">Just How Screwed is the Highway Trust Fund</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Highway Trust Fund won't be able to meet its obligations come 2015, according to a statement by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to the House Budget Committee.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSZilNf1i0wUfs6fPMibggmB5B-Y8oBM9EoNYTJFcFuO11COtT1Pk2MuOV2TebLFu_PueS-jxD8Lhgegira76dO-zakfZqdk5v5IJpzSqoR_bjYPmkbw53jRqWo9hT0IrWqrYq-hEBgGA7cmtgDw3wxA-0K1ng4Od0OP_af0Rcl6_uzcW4n7vnNhZnGurihIvq9SUg1JOflY1q7iPx_uQYUWY66BbHOPC9_yv79VnANPA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSRu3kOAXjjdi-jJ23Q9wiQrwThLGL19w-MkMXRYSLjbMVi2vkSgy0A7JsU9koRokXFYhKshs4IiuB-CP6y_RkAtxSn3M2yHEKjV9RKWWttM6_hGoEkkAyysRLLh3B3hylrEIEuCtQ1JyIPScjZBtFxLbUP8iDSOvHmNNYcuCWdcxvjtINsubx0b2LcXKb5snKDIC0cV8PgBPRZXcT7aT8JVitHxNr96StJxwXxEQ3vfxl19WqbjYu1ous8UQsVbsg=" target="_blank">BART Launches Crowding Predictions</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Source</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Interesting news release from our friends at BART in the Bay Area on a new feature that predicts train crowding.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSRu3kOAXjjdi-jJ23Q9wiQrwThLGL19w-MkMXRYSLjbMVi2vkSgy0A7JsU9koRokXFYhKshs4IiuB-CP6y_RkAtxSn3M2yHEKjV9RKWWttM6_hGoEkkAyysRLLh3B3hylrEIEuCtQ1JyIPScjZBtFxLbUP8iDSOvHmNNYcuCWdcxvjtINsubx0b2LcXKb5snKDIC0cV8PgBPRZXcT7aT8JVitHxNr96StJxwXxEQ3vfxl19WqbjYu1ous8UQsVbsg=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:39:41 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-salt-lake-lrt-early-and-under-budget-cinci-streetcar-obstructionism-winnipeg-brt-snag-costly-sf-cable-cars/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-bay-area-smart-growth-plan-rooftop-ball-field-age-friendly-communities-job-sprawl/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQKQeWjIoYrCvvjQDUod3Tx1LQPm_yNQy9cKWyb9jK0epyj0IAIeyDV8_yXZ3gdzRXQ1z2_-TPEyEHPRSEMfJ31E587UUcvHP3G0IURw3B1qfqiadeE5c4S-3Anugap7rDhwt2Jn9Z8WA==" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTOpuGddeVDGVT--dESGMPtFxXGVSW3mWPxZ-p5uZ93RBkwSEEs0NneWrGveCpBmhku9KjAPO_K8tyW2W6upaqVmspHevJ3pZEmC5E50D8vjggmd422Bq5v5FUVAfzpHSuAp-tuBOL_DO3f-mvyX8Foat2fEhyQcqxyxkwxZFoKDajjYVH5zc7plMMHgfaLluLJ5WV-WGKB7x8PxHL29EVZt8Ak2OMIaFM=" target="_blank">Bay Area's Smart Growth Plan Has a Few Issues</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>SF Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Population growth in the Bay Area doesn't have to mean more traffic and more suburban sprawl, if it's planned for in a sustainable way.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTOpuGddeVDGVT--dESGMPtFxXGVSW3mWPxZ-p5uZ93RBkwSEEs0NneWrGveCpBmhku9KjAPO_K8tyW2W6upaqVmspHevJ3pZEmC5E50D8vjggmd422Bq5v5FUVAfzpHSuAp-tuBOL_DO3f-mvyX8Foat2fEhyQcqxyxkwxZFoKDajjYVH5zc7plMMHgfaLluLJ5WV-WGKB7x8PxHL29EVZt8Ak2OMIaFM=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQ3WcSw7CZcvzAZQbqUqyzIOsLvuLuhq_ndZoOyENKiz8ESvdsBBMHpw_28W_p2Ogq9p431QT0285DyU8GZU-zXISoQ5Kh9nLNefRwD1V-SR6pFUpnrYEUzq5VZpw96IhXMX2khTT2jW80DPOx0wP1f7zFP812oLTHu2Yl-Ce_WFiidjtOAQe98y_K4NKbMpTqQtvrR-4hWc1RCLOv9rH99m6KhaWZ95ZswO8QxoLsbYw==" target="_blank">School Baseball Field Four Stories Up</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Yahoo! Sports</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Usually, when an outfielder runs through or over the fence in pursuit of a potential home run, they are greeted with gusto when they return to the dugout.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQ3WcSw7CZcvzAZQbqUqyzIOsLvuLuhq_ndZoOyENKiz8ESvdsBBMHpw_28W_p2Ogq9p431QT0285DyU8GZU-zXISoQ5Kh9nLNefRwD1V-SR6pFUpnrYEUzq5VZpw96IhXMX2khTT2jW80DPOx0wP1f7zFP812oLTHu2Yl-Ce_WFiidjtOAQe98y_K4NKbMpTqQtvrR-4hWc1RCLOv9rH99m6KhaWZ95ZswO8QxoLsbYw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSekm1f9m7Nzka451dQu8M6rI0ORlLEB7yLAf_hYFMBqYdUr0amMlvfEAFI5A5R_7MliBzSHsWCIRA_iiIqV48_fBx88nSi7Y8qFT1TGnbHkeaC52nlr1ni5QQgG2HmaI09kDeC7VGDzchpIDSPbk_UO86jkTjWRzk_SaTWL8mhjLCJCAdD7E88YmlBG-C7ziY=" target="_blank">Why We Need Age-Friendly Communities</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Huffington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Many of us who care personally and professionally about aging, and millions more who admire the screen legend Bette Davis, may recall the adage attributed to her that "old age is no place for sissies."</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSekm1f9m7Nzka451dQu8M6rI0ORlLEB7yLAf_hYFMBqYdUr0amMlvfEAFI5A5R_7MliBzSHsWCIRA_iiIqV48_fBx88nSi7Y8qFT1TGnbHkeaC52nlr1ni5QQgG2HmaI09kDeC7VGDzchpIDSPbk_UO86jkTjWRzk_SaTWL8mhjLCJCAdD7E88YmlBG-C7ziY=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQ3gChab0DIl6lRYITCBkQVOl_HxQkx52uoQERO8aOB31hgvboC5L09FmffUEm_nsRKm6pHm0l4uvfzyomYXw4yldv31L9lZEOVWwz14kxuyKXjwu6BYbIePuR97Vz1MvuoycOJLHoA2yyx25qPl3BsnSYalmYryXnrdzf9Es9BzpW0TTGshD1-zkmPkZAorSXwMygJCiXvIA==" target="_blank">Separated Uses Can Make Sense in Some Situations</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Rebuilding Place in Urban Space</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A big plank of libertarian thinking is that land use regulation is bad, that property owners ought to be able to proceed unfettered.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQ3gChab0DIl6lRYITCBkQVOl_HxQkx52uoQERO8aOB31hgvboC5L09FmffUEm_nsRKm6pHm0l4uvfzyomYXw4yldv31L9lZEOVWwz14kxuyKXjwu6BYbIePuR97Vz1MvuoycOJLHoA2yyx25qPl3BsnSYalmYryXnrdzf9Es9BzpW0TTGshD1-zkmPkZAorSXwMygJCiXvIA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcT9KoZ3iNNweGvI67QqDOZ92pRn-OOEsDnnrrJgfabk5yTSravNEwN94MVpcmO7drwsU98Rr8ylRlrqhk12-ShKpXN_vimR2kyXuXS1RcTUNd3s5OFk1XrklKML8mploXbfXTg0ZxLe8Nwo3nbEAQgvHS9YO42_HDgsxOf2xk79EHPUmWex0ZhzEl6V3wz_L1s8Uem-X5ps9UtPK1vm2i_Q" target="_blank">Augmented Reality City Table Top</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Digital Urban</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Vuforia AR Extension for Unity allows developers to build AR apps using the cross-platform game engine - Unity.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcT9KoZ3iNNweGvI67QqDOZ92pRn-OOEsDnnrrJgfabk5yTSravNEwN94MVpcmO7drwsU98Rr8ylRlrqhk12-ShKpXN_vimR2kyXuXS1RcTUNd3s5OFk1XrklKML8mploXbfXTg0ZxLe8Nwo3nbEAQgvHS9YO42_HDgsxOf2xk79EHPUmWex0ZhzEl6V3wz_L1s8Uem-X5ps9UtPK1vm2i_Q" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSosFocVGWEVC62Ayak5O-SzYZ2q6JESXcsHIVd6y8Y4hGWe72oGHzw4te-RCh6SqxTucwwkgx-UH8P-rLYMPEvEEtxnozjzAiJh94YQkcq0cqzoAl3hnNHC0GbkoFaB4d0CE6fAR6fC49aNwFoa3g4VHmohbtIpyuAuJWAgp6gSNOV3JEe58RCnEWn1N3eFsXsXBerxMROg9p2aVYPkpIa5wgHaMjcrY8=" target="_blank">Job Sprawl is Largely a Factor of Geography</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Better Cities and Towns</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Brookings Institution reported that "job sprawl" continued in the last decade but slowed after the Great Recession.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcSosFocVGWEVC62Ayak5O-SzYZ2q6JESXcsHIVd6y8Y4hGWe72oGHzw4te-RCh6SqxTucwwkgx-UH8P-rLYMPEvEEtxnozjzAiJh94YQkcq0cqzoAl3hnNHC0GbkoFaB4d0CE6fAR6fC49aNwFoa3g4VHmohbtIpyuAuJWAgp6gSNOV3JEe58RCnEWn1N3eFsXsXBerxMROg9p2aVYPkpIa5wgHaMjcrY8=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:36:34 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-bay-area-smart-growth-plan-rooftop-ball-field-age-friendly-communities-job-sprawl/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-knoxville-gentrification-hud-restructure-renter-s-dilemma-social-capital-and-nimbyism/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQVQ5I4VxE8l-3JyAum5Bt1Lr-fT4vW90I7xVroxpV5OIUAX7_5YS-zCGYHTLO5YagwK8XFzDzztGQl50i1OkMOvdhaMHgaMk75P8e9Mzqr-g_z88EH3aN99Cvs7xDW1UNQOAnSCYvUcyNtiRR-FbYY" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTuRgBYXjrgo-QmjMf-g8dqGCuUvOKIL8muQuA6D3_n4qomWKaqbWXzwoycKd7LJWdOtuT9M2i90HPt2ZNQJVFZjjVxrlnUQQQPrS1m-InwnyA8kFyFbIBfILvPeO0IBbeKBXwP20E2nQek53UYRLdUUbcax_lxyuAIfJAd05KiLDJiOTeTVZmasf0WCkitYUJ1FWX3QtanYbZHH5KfLck2" target="_blank">Does Knoxville Gentrification Deserve Support?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Knoxville Metro Pulse</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Gentrification. In the past month, I've seen the concept defended on a local Internet forum, heard it derided in front-porch gabfests, and seen it awkwardly danced around in community meetings.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTuRgBYXjrgo-QmjMf-g8dqGCuUvOKIL8muQuA6D3_n4qomWKaqbWXzwoycKd7LJWdOtuT9M2i90HPt2ZNQJVFZjjVxrlnUQQQPrS1m-InwnyA8kFyFbIBfILvPeO0IBbeKBXwP20E2nQek53UYRLdUUbcax_lxyuAIfJAd05KiLDJiOTeTVZmasf0WCkitYUJ1FWX3QtanYbZHH5KfLck2" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQkNnNtVEFs2tbK0NLDJ5ShDfw_DinF92jYi-jpewnHDKWaf7YRRX4Wptw2AJ9EqEobUCR1YEHaUyghK3fWbGUYBns35vGE2GE-Qfh_U1brI2Y-77JCvcRIiI5in8lJFkysFKgcl76Qa1USpEhOXU6ijOjAuBMWnYZ5gFl8nMnQt-0TjN4Yxakyx9TRwNIDjIvGPC5Idz7SQQ==" target="_blank">HUD Restructure Will Close 16 Local Offices</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Orlando Sentinel</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday it will close its Orlando and Tampa field offices as part of a restructuring that will eliminate 16 of its 80 local offices nationwide.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQkNnNtVEFs2tbK0NLDJ5ShDfw_DinF92jYi-jpewnHDKWaf7YRRX4Wptw2AJ9EqEobUCR1YEHaUyghK3fWbGUYBns35vGE2GE-Qfh_U1brI2Y-77JCvcRIiI5in8lJFkysFKgcl76Qa1USpEhOXU6ijOjAuBMWnYZ5gFl8nMnQt-0TjN4Yxakyx9TRwNIDjIvGPC5Idz7SQQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcR-dHCQQMRekskHW0Tg17Ki0TbBT-fG0uBm_oPOoPppe9bWfKChg_yp8wRMpKCWAq8q47Tm4HuxrQZo7yXcxpkwa-HasujcO35suMufhSoJy_13s6ngLftcymv2rvVSrIPPD_q7IkEvKg==" target="_blank">The Renter's Dilemma</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Rooflines</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">"The old formula of buying and dying in your house is no longer the formula for many...The stigma of renting is no longer the case. When it comes to living the American dream, the overwhelming response (is) renting is just as appealing," says Peter Hart.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcR-dHCQQMRekskHW0Tg17Ki0TbBT-fG0uBm_oPOoPppe9bWfKChg_yp8wRMpKCWAq8q47Tm4HuxrQZo7yXcxpkwa-HasujcO35suMufhSoJy_13s6ngLftcymv2rvVSrIPPD_q7IkEvKg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRP1GMFTEy2CVwixcYKjHmgGZKdAdXhp08ewrUITAfuhzZAdew2DUWstQYaZE4akGA913HFIkrEZhIw5UgkNtQEU9th501PudkSpradut9NwPtsB8DaHQuNsHcMQspvu8aWsaju2EXt56YdIte3VP0rlrES4rIHh1bIkhWwNUWBgcWNmCUTF_-oukKhWC1gJ0Y2jAp09KWnEhI1I4ZEzVZA" target="_blank">New Breed of City Republicans</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Politico, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQlF5wThAmT27Z0klD8_k1Pyc2bgZ1ba6mHghwuZA6Em5kLmWud8VBMzRZWUCGRnInvlclthLj4c7KV9K3sXj66fpUE6qD9dmMn7BeHonDgjt6qRXcpJ7JR5lTGikHa7IixS1JR7hZO1BRovJ9e0P5L7DrHw8cVixPK-nzaE3wyFhr0Hzsa-TBJVWuvvR5N1mk=" target="_blank">Smart Growth America</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">A decade ago, Democrats made a concerted effort to bring rural and exurban voters back into the party's fold.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRP1GMFTEy2CVwixcYKjHmgGZKdAdXhp08ewrUITAfuhzZAdew2DUWstQYaZE4akGA913HFIkrEZhIw5UgkNtQEU9th501PudkSpradut9NwPtsB8DaHQuNsHcMQspvu8aWsaju2EXt56YdIte3VP0rlrES4rIHh1bIkhWwNUWBgcWNmCUTF_-oukKhWC1gJ0Y2jAp09KWnEhI1I4ZEzVZA" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQSqSrlgaemVOtQ3i7OI2nlqpxGd7s0uKb3TxbFWYuPBzHRO9_7ZHRppedCR_mpj9VBuWMh11HtbgRMChHw1KnNBtSh-CAwIDlrA4OdDyjDunJPOFy9It5E9p2h0VSQSPZJRLJBmhSauuavKHKTUbCSj5vNE7AdrSOFfsfFeZvs7RTuQncBGmxeIzSee6n_VrQIh_GnxuH_Dg==" target="_blank">The Dark Side of Social Capital: NIMBYism</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Austin Contrarian</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">From the introduction to a refreshingly contrarian article by Stephanie Stern, a law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law: More succinctly: social capital facilitates NIMBYism.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcQSqSrlgaemVOtQ3i7OI2nlqpxGd7s0uKb3TxbFWYuPBzHRO9_7ZHRppedCR_mpj9VBuWMh11HtbgRMChHw1KnNBtSh-CAwIDlrA4OdDyjDunJPOFy9It5E9p2h0VSQSPZJRLJBmhSauuavKHKTUbCSj5vNE7AdrSOFfsfFeZvs7RTuQncBGmxeIzSee6n_VrQIh_GnxuH_Dg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTZoidtnSsYsaWp9IzlgwFCCKn4zY7MKFHnaN5M5y_8jlJhyhbZE6yFg3OBA1Rf7P1L1I_mb8faPsxb3bxBTAWAywIGv7vkbUM1-adpItcPWzSopSNeYOVxA0zbGOzM3g9-Zbs1k3WLaRZouGzUabuiTR9ybLlNzjZvNeoTx0mLgSJ9kTHquR50X-ZCdYcCdmvr-Om4PJQqaQ==" target="_blank">Black/Latino Homeowners Pay More Than Whites, Study Finds</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Next City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The days of overt redlining - that nasty practice of corralling people of different races and ethnicities into different parts of a city - may be over, but evidence of de facto, neighborhood-based segregation persists everywhere you look.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTZoidtnSsYsaWp9IzlgwFCCKn4zY7MKFHnaN5M5y_8jlJhyhbZE6yFg3OBA1Rf7P1L1I_mb8faPsxb3bxBTAWAywIGv7vkbUM1-adpItcPWzSopSNeYOVxA0zbGOzM3g9-Zbs1k3WLaRZouGzUabuiTR9ybLlNzjZvNeoTx0mLgSJ9kTHquR50X-ZCdYcCdmvr-Om4PJQqaQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTQsN7W8nb738pUjouvbIEsX-fXnAioMA9dQqP_ArmaKRwtkn4zlvlLXOGJbugbYDvwhvu4Rk9_lSAJVFuOK89hm3PAlAOCPhT48ZuzmLciswoL_eQSP0HYgB2bcIjcPVPjt5ir4mX0VHrT4HOiQsYXYnVb6SqzFEwezRvK_KAr05-f4v-hww8dfpKDULca1HqmPJet1ZxxWg==" target="_blank">Why Big Cities Make the Media in them Liberal</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">On Sunday, the New York Times reported that the Koch brothers - yes, those Koch brothers, of dumping mad cash into elections fame</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTQsN7W8nb738pUjouvbIEsX-fXnAioMA9dQqP_ArmaKRwtkn4zlvlLXOGJbugbYDvwhvu4Rk9_lSAJVFuOK89hm3PAlAOCPhT48ZuzmLciswoL_eQSP0HYgB2bcIjcPVPjt5ir4mX0VHrT4HOiQsYXYnVb6SqzFEwezRvK_KAr05-f4v-hww8dfpKDULca1HqmPJet1ZxxWg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTrXZMNYR3aGs4EcoTNn6KD7R_f7V5LFJcy08tjL3XdRMBT9s4UR6LDe-XG0iLxb79BIL503nlTFA32dYnomRWMXhnpsISfGkwXwPnxpXqZhEnpwOcktGQLkgYuglqSqblrclVLYqpo6udCvBIJ8mbmtH7ZwW6C4-utscxQhSDSPTgKEZph7L-AGq0OlZA6j59q2AOjQankJ24t1k3PAJ9QuzEN6m5CLj_9StEqA0dJCA==" target="_blank">Online Tax Rules Could Change, Benefiting Cities and States</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>American Planning Association Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Following a lopsided, bipartisan procedural vote, the U.S. Senate is poised to take action on a measure requiring sales taxes to be collected on many online purchases.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcTrXZMNYR3aGs4EcoTNn6KD7R_f7V5LFJcy08tjL3XdRMBT9s4UR6LDe-XG0iLxb79BIL503nlTFA32dYnomRWMXhnpsISfGkwXwPnxpXqZhEnpwOcktGQLkgYuglqSqblrclVLYqpo6udCvBIJ8mbmtH7ZwW6C4-utscxQhSDSPTgKEZph7L-AGq0OlZA6j59q2AOjQankJ24t1k3PAJ9QuzEN6m5CLj_9StEqA0dJCA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:10:36 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-knoxville-gentrification-hud-restructure-renter-s-dilemma-social-capital-and-nimbyism/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-sprawl-and-flooding-the-water-dilemma-highway-costs-and-health-amazon-cloud-formation/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRF-P8_fLD06fuhYtz3dhcZpTwStVlxH9kXa1M2X-oJ0H-lOF0vR-LzJwU_45_FDg7HEwcgFKjkvIkjuEAas8RoNUBvGcKxsOjFufQ0LHQ6KmhIPUWp8d8Nh1LE2qAjPhZoYnGY2E0EUDpVh5805Lwr" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcS-w4Jw1UWm5aj_oTiaHTobQ8c2PQRS0eG4-OKxPuxNAHDKHQEJtOoq0UN3JWpnR3KDXxT5qzZgwAS9Vsbtgy4_cvEPH-3CxgKQ7t5CTmvgJuJjFHDjnZ0BJoUORpEDtr87ji4gD7TtW6ojuhe2cLQtYS6PXW7OYsYE_figYUCV6c2cG7mxxKB2mwsuzIUH9wPZ4MX6iegekLXigzuIzU8qWLN2qgw1gGozoNd6H7kEmA==" target="_blank">How Sprawl Made Midwestern Floods Worse</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>PBS Nova Next, via: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRg8Xy7g8Azh6b6MW2US1PHtfnDanMmtqb5U7bLxSGEeFNnjPYhJBNdvKaAiEgPcZ9CqGTkEBeRWJ_YVqGLHn4KeeDfidILAMIHoF5CL85wbeDdXpHH52HfPjViywWKnYkNKKPS_znco5Sn5cVNiGvUeyVg2PMSeijp8kFV3IN933Rpf03UJxN_HcPDgt7Kje46eYwm8YeY3w==" target="_blank">Per Square Mile</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Deep in the Amazon, high above the rainforest, clouds sprout from the thick atmosphere, their condensed water vapor billowing into the blue sky beyond.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcR2lT-GAb982iBAtHVLTeNcJArBt79vSptIFaYc2ueOjg0BU2XXDUf5PyOG29THwpAl2TPYkRizdWO0YaTz0HyQhRefMSogxnjo1_9YxC4C25Vu7eOPTS7gnpmsQ2GGDeKI_RdVbJyZ6sAc8I-n0XGvLN3_YSfHYSb2RWNLDwpx9DTyulsrNQLj" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRSc6e8vAo9KKg3hbrGfVynJviOtdnUkR1545qIIalR0FRjdc_EDygRAc_WnU1xfDwTDoUmbOrkrsgHoHwDETk_Yp03_I6I-u_NMw7NPtBeumLYe2-FDr0OsoK5FwU6i9N4lxwPEFzU_VGy_nd-SXrc_J05GPHlHlFh9ZFuCAnGDbqz029WCwVMXc7k7jeds0o=" target="_blank">Conservation as a Land Use Designation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>American Planning Association Sustainability Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">During the March 12 Tuesdays at APA-DC event earlier this year, planners learned about the importance of supporting conservation as a land use.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017fxkUFn7kcRSc6e8vAo9KKg3hbrGfVynJviOtdnUkR1545qIIalR0FRjdc_EDygRAc_WnU1xfDwTDoUmbOrkrsgHoHwDETk_Yp03_I6I-u_NMw7NPtBeumLYe2-FDr0OsoK5FwU6i9N4lxwPEFzU_VGy_nd-SXrc_J05GPHlHlFh9ZFuCAnGDbqz029WCwVMXc7k7jeds0o=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:56:28 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-sprawl-and-flooding-the-water-dilemma-highway-costs-and-health-amazon-cloud-formation/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-79/ <p>"That would be way too bad for Oregon. What will eventually happen is those folks who are working in Oregon will eventually get tired of the commute and they will find jobs in Washington." <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBPXd1pf2KtNZjHy_dxhQbA4oQL8FtCD6Mty7dSNwbtoVfOkF1yP3tn8F63xNIff2owdp9nyrkM-wjQ01tV1HvJ7szOaaLWtrLvPSii7PdNFyWvYZg4npVmPQPk8NNRhHVv6SMumF18tlg6YAbVDc1w8QgutbH2HJicrLhfl6Mafg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:24:19 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-79/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-oregon-wants-light-rail-or-no-bridge-vmt-of-rural-vs-urban-drivers-nola-streetcar-expansion-plans-first-brt-corridor-in-rio/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDLh8n8Q-ghoKryYv7UGcGBIGAiHQV2bU0MeIyG3onhyUCNXKZUyPQ0J-Gd6YvBgnAvO7u0Q8GE67F6yKxLh6yLLlYVuXInbNsKxKFgE36wwtfC96AtMzoFEgZfaVHzG7i0Y2opQitmLQ==" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBPXd1pf2KtNZjHy_dxhQbA4oQL8FtCD6Mty7dSNwbtoVfOkF1yP3tn8F63xNIff2owdp9nyrkM-wjQ01tV1HvJ7szOaaLWtrLvPSii7PdNFyWvYZg4npVmPQPk8NNRhHVv6SMumF18tlg6YAbVDc1w8QgutbH2HJicrLhfl6Mafg==" target="_blank">Oregon Will Kill CRC If It Doesn't Include Light Rail</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Seattle Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's office says a proposed $3.4 billion Columbia River bridge will die if Washington state tries to remove light rail from the project.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBPXd1pf2KtNZjHy_dxhQbA4oQL8FtCD6Mty7dSNwbtoVfOkF1yP3tn8F63xNIff2owdp9nyrkM-wjQ01tV1HvJ7szOaaLWtrLvPSii7PdNFyWvYZg4npVmPQPk8NNRhHVv6SMumF18tlg6YAbVDc1w8QgutbH2HJicrLhfl6Mafg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uA2_CBtHVf-d6CiJSZh3DJgYObLeU8OQ4zYeXKbDya7-nrZczzLZ28O32XrIdWHveSpMSRZeKvd1nTVAIatDLP95vSI4CBy2_ENTWq_SlNC6fBHTOCQ7f7wjQle0i1OFbN5-cO1DatDnDmnqgKkQ_zRrD8t_V0QUSN9ZsQZZCmS1b4AHfQNy79eUOkoXqJjqUc6Ps8dHt8-17XgYVMb-Jfuwmh5ou2LOA5CRETIqdoK7HYlNV0V5atL7JLMCJHDyf9Ku6HNJ-x6KTJEXEqaPvZbs4QrOT_iulPTpvMyUpZ7kOoLrffpH7qg" target="_blank">Ground Broken on Bike Access to Gold Line Stations</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Source</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">One of the primary hurdles facing any rail transit project is the ability for people to easily reach the stations.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uA2_CBtHVf-d6CiJSZh3DJgYObLeU8OQ4zYeXKbDya7-nrZczzLZ28O32XrIdWHveSpMSRZeKvd1nTVAIatDLP95vSI4CBy2_ENTWq_SlNC6fBHTOCQ7f7wjQle0i1OFbN5-cO1DatDnDmnqgKkQ_zRrD8t_V0QUSN9ZsQZZCmS1b4AHfQNy79eUOkoXqJjqUc6Ps8dHt8-17XgYVMb-Jfuwmh5ou2LOA5CRETIqdoK7HYlNV0V5atL7JLMCJHDyf9Ku6HNJ-x6KTJEXEqaPvZbs4QrOT_iulPTpvMyUpZ7kOoLrffpH7qg" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAtNxH4VEGKfL5kwV3wYcIGibEpxmhKRtZ9QCMG81cbi6ZAAxoJziu96bWfYbMOuO60Unl_HmAN1sa8va44YHvbYq73EclmnAVHuvOLI3pk2wCJS5AnkyIl8LI5KE0C66hL08_t818-PHfsILrFeImQDkhv6mxaSHs7EdEH8q9BJzjrftOHDwPhIyPc4oMaNDo6Loi3pTwchI1Fe3Dv0j-yhiLV6S6j039jdJ0Ga72Wdx7D9YYc45V9xOdEAhDUZwcIqD5ozGs-oi61A3IghgHn_3TX3s0ejM4tF9k6XCsAxg==" target="_blank">Arlington County to Move Forward w/o Federal Funding</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Washington Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Federal officials turned down Arlington County's application for a national transportation program that could have expedited approval for a much sought streetcar project because authorities doubted the system could be built for the estimated $250?million.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAtNxH4VEGKfL5kwV3wYcIGibEpxmhKRtZ9QCMG81cbi6ZAAxoJziu96bWfYbMOuO60Unl_HmAN1sa8va44YHvbYq73EclmnAVHuvOLI3pk2wCJS5AnkyIl8LI5KE0C66hL08_t818-PHfsILrFeImQDkhv6mxaSHs7EdEH8q9BJzjrftOHDwPhIyPc4oMaNDo6Loi3pTwchI1Fe3Dv0j-yhiLV6S6j039jdJ0Ga72Wdx7D9YYc45V9xOdEAhDUZwcIqD5ozGs-oi61A3IghgHn_3TX3s0ejM4tF9k6XCsAxg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCYIfjGk3owMTEFcNZIS66jM45b7FmGFcKPLB-dfXq24jYfNmi0KFq1-B7gyB5j04H4m64Id3_YvgGwoxt4RbxZkjfB3UW6cj6LZ55CeW9gJYJRVmeXEdbkCWpwHpE-7DvhoSGt1R1bJlBcj4N4yLAHDxoQ1YkSALHYvTRRGbMhthhQrBzJKTZCK5b8fUafYcOjQz3JplMnJ8bDhc9_AjfmKIjgijyjWqQ=" target="_blank">VMT for Rural Drivers is about Same as Urban Drivers</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Transportation Issues Daily</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Almost everyone believes rural drivers would be unfairly hurt if required to pay a vehicle miles traveled tax.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCYIfjGk3owMTEFcNZIS66jM45b7FmGFcKPLB-dfXq24jYfNmi0KFq1-B7gyB5j04H4m64Id3_YvgGwoxt4RbxZkjfB3UW6cj6LZ55CeW9gJYJRVmeXEdbkCWpwHpE-7DvhoSGt1R1bJlBcj4N4yLAHDxoQ1YkSALHYvTRRGbMhthhQrBzJKTZCK5b8fUafYcOjQz3JplMnJ8bDhc9_AjfmKIjgijyjWqQ=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAvTQN6XmUVusYL9gUDXX_X-3_lefW8F9J0eoNkUCSODLhjiJ_UK_AjG9Z9WLQzsuCSjHJDY2dC3ZILCcPshDDpvcpffAgvGFNLP7SpHtL_dR3yLB4a5Ga5TT3cK2FUKZqS9s52Ktvvei8JRpvqvg78Mr8xr4dWchYhUSRChXrBF1zx0CvbRAWmVH2nplzVEJYxZKS3yvqTPQ==" target="_blank">Study Reviews Need for Trains in Rio Grande Valley</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Brownsville Herald</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Brownsville hasn't seen passenger rail service for more than 40 years, though bringing it back would probably be economically beneficial to the city and region.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAvTQN6XmUVusYL9gUDXX_X-3_lefW8F9J0eoNkUCSODLhjiJ_UK_AjG9Z9WLQzsuCSjHJDY2dC3ZILCcPshDDpvcpffAgvGFNLP7SpHtL_dR3yLB4a5Ga5TT3cK2FUKZqS9s52Ktvvei8JRpvqvg78Mr8xr4dWchYhUSRChXrBF1zx0CvbRAWmVH2nplzVEJYxZKS3yvqTPQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCCYul40PRi7RcoOngPSEx79HTaOTDRtyA5kUoK0FPTA6bO5T7Kby4ubGr4gmdQZjhdluapdhpxgeDvWCiRihqvpA2QT65bmdDZXjXxAj6r-GCUaZoucSqLsimF5mu3sgWhwN34Ui-yU2RLYUkmUJor-W5q23NcIr4ANBTcNC5StNptwrCp-TCthM1iRrAPil7IKaYS6kYXInTiX6mvzPyO" target="_blank">No Surprise, Drivers Don't Want to Pay Higher Gas Taxes</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Just last month, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave US infrastructure another dismal grade and every media outlet and lawmaker in the country, it seemed, bellyached about how we need to invest more.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCCYul40PRi7RcoOngPSEx79HTaOTDRtyA5kUoK0FPTA6bO5T7Kby4ubGr4gmdQZjhdluapdhpxgeDvWCiRihqvpA2QT65bmdDZXjXxAj6r-GCUaZoucSqLsimF5mu3sgWhwN34Ui-yU2RLYUkmUJor-W5q23NcIr4ANBTcNC5StNptwrCp-TCthM1iRrAPil7IKaYS6kYXInTiX6mvzPyO" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uD8MaysvOZ5PFM-1ctRYco1njEbjuKpultwy0osXlBUqcZ3MACHWIz9mvw8cUkci6E-cp0vrKLt98cgFUi-LX0DjwB51uWtnfH62ARdwt-VV0m0gbE0m65D0VpkZ-luku_g7f6eE8FJ2AEcWV-Tl-zjt-Seflx2kvO53xdkB3vX2FbFgERpoFlADU1v8a5DlOw=" target="_blank">New Orleans Lays Out Streetcar Expansion Plans</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New Orleans Times Picayune</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The city's top transportation official on Tuesday outlined an ambitious proposal for expanding the city's streetcar system over the next decade, though it remains open to revisions and amounts to no more than a wish list without new federal grants or tax revenues.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uD8MaysvOZ5PFM-1ctRYco1njEbjuKpultwy0osXlBUqcZ3MACHWIz9mvw8cUkci6E-cp0vrKLt98cgFUi-LX0DjwB51uWtnfH62ARdwt-VV0m0gbE0m65D0VpkZ-luku_g7f6eE8FJ2AEcWV-Tl-zjt-Seflx2kvO53xdkB3vX2FbFgERpoFlADU1v8a5DlOw=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBhPy_S8jTBtP5laNIYlGeOhKKINIvHz-ZNym8pjIrE_zmrSmysKKJ1N7gRzZjjiv1mKxRPu1JkYqcbULalXajUNdgGiGrWKGE7lI1olvUWBhm8D0UL8BTKeiQRiAmjgDsMQb0A_l2LjGBiz2zLTXpYHTBKVvUoYPDS15Bb5u5dxDIFawEAkTK1RGzhvL9JbAs=" target="_blank">Private Groups Could Take More Denver Road Building</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Denver Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The same type of deal allowing a private firm to take over maintenance of US 36 and toll collection in the managed lanes on the highway between Denver and Boulder could be struck for other heavily traveled roads in the metro area state transportation officials say.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBhPy_S8jTBtP5laNIYlGeOhKKINIvHz-ZNym8pjIrE_zmrSmysKKJ1N7gRzZjjiv1mKxRPu1JkYqcbULalXajUNdgGiGrWKGE7lI1olvUWBhm8D0UL8BTKeiQRiAmjgDsMQb0A_l2LjGBiz2zLTXpYHTBKVvUoYPDS15Bb5u5dxDIFawEAkTK1RGzhvL9JbAs=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBnoQcFLQGlMRQZ-sNF6-0TiXD5cIa99t4acA4LXI6RXY6Gq6P7Y4IV9ipsDKwOOtL7x6Tx9BMvvc9_aMF1x_Twf84Hma6nF11-bI7MOb4fA8FLUEOwGS-k3dLTkEyU5HCRqI9MyC4qNo1x1Fb7545f0yO1RxEu_lvxBxZHuLzKE0nY3bN990plC4YDQXWE1n2z3EFYUO9yqKUk62MPAO7iEfHtUNRIDarJsRN8Bgy6JQRPevaNCbH0WN_d4amVpaEpXbB4iLmQaANIgn8XjP_C" target="_blank">First BRT Corridor in Rio Opens</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The City Fix</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In anticipation of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, host city Rio de Janeiro is hard at work expanding and improving its transportation infrastructure.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBnoQcFLQGlMRQZ-sNF6-0TiXD5cIa99t4acA4LXI6RXY6Gq6P7Y4IV9ipsDKwOOtL7x6Tx9BMvvc9_aMF1x_Twf84Hma6nF11-bI7MOb4fA8FLUEOwGS-k3dLTkEyU5HCRqI9MyC4qNo1x1Fb7545f0yO1RxEu_lvxBxZHuLzKE0nY3bN990plC4YDQXWE1n2z3EFYUO9yqKUk62MPAO7iEfHtUNRIDarJsRN8Bgy6JQRPevaNCbH0WN_d4amVpaEpXbB4iLmQaANIgn8XjP_C" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAjup6gIFx7_gT0fsHmQOfjBUsi0mfAbkpndsDKXw0JYt5jsBDNpa0uVZ6CwcGIlbhmYbbjokcq59vhVW59Uo6PSq18CTdyY4PiaFBcUAgDjoisrvdiT_KTSSMwXmE4JmNUpyY311lVoSm1AsVGQpeikWIRSb5y2iz60CPmfNaa8iknBIcKz4i-" target="_blank">Bellevue City Council Approves Light Rail Route</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Seattle Times</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The Bellevue City Council took a historic step Monday night, endorsing a route for Link light rail trains more than four years after voters approved higher sales taxes to build three suburban lines.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAjup6gIFx7_gT0fsHmQOfjBUsi0mfAbkpndsDKXw0JYt5jsBDNpa0uVZ6CwcGIlbhmYbbjokcq59vhVW59Uo6PSq18CTdyY4PiaFBcUAgDjoisrvdiT_KTSSMwXmE4JmNUpyY311lVoSm1AsVGQpeikWIRSb5y2iz60CPmfNaa8iknBIcKz4i-" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:12:02 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-oregon-wants-light-rail-or-no-bridge-vmt-of-rural-vs-urban-drivers-nola-streetcar-expansion-plans-first-brt-corridor-in-rio/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-dallas-tod-and-library-seeks-developer-seeding-micro-apartments-street-artists-vs-govt-neighborhood-strength-is-people/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #753bbd; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAIaRJx-QOViYtQk16heuhdhfKwxTLPsf_XAZ2ROb3uJhNYpEsn4vd9odwU6kILiV7djE8V-XmOocD_Co4kvuIn7qw5VjEsRQ-Je74b9PsTC4n0du7Og3WOpDVOgRBu8omAtwJU0N61dQ==" target="_blank">URBANISM &amp; DESIGN</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCDOh0o8YjIpZacCkiutxwgIv03Qs34uHMrPsOqT61QbxnXSIZuyN9ryHn8CWI7DOH6kQGq-1tF7ruhtrpqJmE-9dNaswq6noD8ZVV0uQb2_t6AJNWK1JQjqtzLBVOX8M_-XJY_sq4zMMfL_B2DF4pHyld8wgmMHXprtNRQsAHQiK28YzIzLIvC3-mp5Hqfd_WCwPD495N7y1EuVlCJkf2nZAs2gol-iJBThKJW05MJySc2Ga38DBXBnjtURP17UddQwIbhc8YiJSBeL0w9qlfu" target="_blank">Dallas Seeks Private Developer for TOD, Library</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Dallas Morning News</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The City of Dallas is looking for a private developer to deliver a long promised Vickery Meadow library branch.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCDOh0o8YjIpZacCkiutxwgIv03Qs34uHMrPsOqT61QbxnXSIZuyN9ryHn8CWI7DOH6kQGq-1tF7ruhtrpqJmE-9dNaswq6noD8ZVV0uQb2_t6AJNWK1JQjqtzLBVOX8M_-XJY_sq4zMMfL_B2DF4pHyld8wgmMHXprtNRQsAHQiK28YzIzLIvC3-mp5Hqfd_WCwPD495N7y1EuVlCJkf2nZAs2gol-iJBThKJW05MJySc2Ga38DBXBnjtURP17UddQwIbhc8YiJSBeL0w9qlfu" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDVMjab8Qy5G8J2DvMwio0IiM4vYS9ELsLFSE135zTK_d8dOIWIYLOqlzdYK9yRuRystHmPbtK_6AKP1zS3GjyEXkUeIGhciGI4zWo6BB8Qoy9EKcYwBRUGzuVGzZ_P2aOSEHXmiGCUxD23IxvUBSOqhs3mBmaYEjE_Wc-dbLATMqOj8VrzJp5C9SV20Wfcp_nzyI-PAyn1QMX1dr9-x1N0fznJ0wyqsGTOcTLfatSsnJdnK3qgq-xBWHruLyT33KA=" target="_blank">Seed Urban Neighborhoods with Micro Apartments</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Boston Globe</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Most conversations about micro apartments start and end with their size.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDVMjab8Qy5G8J2DvMwio0IiM4vYS9ELsLFSE135zTK_d8dOIWIYLOqlzdYK9yRuRystHmPbtK_6AKP1zS3GjyEXkUeIGhciGI4zWo6BB8Qoy9EKcYwBRUGzuVGzZ_P2aOSEHXmiGCUxD23IxvUBSOqhs3mBmaYEjE_Wc-dbLATMqOj8VrzJp5C9SV20Wfcp_nzyI-PAyn1QMX1dr9-x1N0fznJ0wyqsGTOcTLfatSsnJdnK3qgq-xBWHruLyT33KA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uA2UM8S2mjHWj74xFV7XNUYwN6IyJ9xQXQQNVMt11o959O8Z94wQOi-sUmXLEQ4Z5-T3-IA9QQRKQbXyv9W2AmQX2JwC7Li7vKkjhehYubj_tlTjw4TomiC8MRu0yaYpN7HAEvkmkrpEWCBzRLTupdRR43_AKIcnyq9QFVfMKK3D5X0Lb8S1zcSj4aXRSnTvEA=" target="_blank">Antagonism Between Street Artists and Governments </a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>This Big City</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">If you have ever found yourself growing bored of walking around the city and seeing grey walls, uninteresting propaganda and corporate billboards, or tired of the constant hum of political bickering, then you should love Street Art.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uA2UM8S2mjHWj74xFV7XNUYwN6IyJ9xQXQQNVMt11o959O8Z94wQOi-sUmXLEQ4Z5-T3-IA9QQRKQbXyv9W2AmQX2JwC7Li7vKkjhehYubj_tlTjw4TomiC8MRu0yaYpN7HAEvkmkrpEWCBzRLTupdRR43_AKIcnyq9QFVfMKK3D5X0Lb8S1zcSj4aXRSnTvEA=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCEKRLfdrx1sBN8Yidsb11blCcg1_xkHxmV9PJiF3wc3545pO-R5twLRvmzVcbcB901cdVq0q4zgXe7SVG9M5UGY0Y4k4oK3TLo1lfftgYrtEMCsXOpVtLYf5wcmbTSNppbgCvEBVHxD7PO7qMLvu7XY_liEZbQgXhupOybVIX4B0f2T4aouzWO8SH7U3uN9dhXVfVprsRAZA==" target="_blank">A Neighborhood Strength is People, Not Buildings</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When opponents of redevelopment say they want to protect the character of their neighborhood, what does that mean?</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCEKRLfdrx1sBN8Yidsb11blCcg1_xkHxmV9PJiF3wc3545pO-R5twLRvmzVcbcB901cdVq0q4zgXe7SVG9M5UGY0Y4k4oK3TLo1lfftgYrtEMCsXOpVtLYf5wcmbTSNppbgCvEBVHxD7PO7qMLvu7XY_liEZbQgXhupOybVIX4B0f2T4aouzWO8SH7U3uN9dhXVfVprsRAZA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #753bbd;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDySVqoi6LEs0nS5mki81hNrhZgwwjBVwH5MSnijvl_wKhgwqJzWoEkhd4Ua1XZ_iPjyw1EXQWdA62Tv6HEhAM4x-NLl2nrZ2XNFoq3CxVMULN0G4HTS5lnPACjVCC6MaEhQDVeN2relB-kLdCxh3tyLs8A2KrljO62KQ7Hw_PmhkU6rrm7E8wA" target="_blank">Would Lego Footstep Bridge Encourage Ped Traffic</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Good Is</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The footbridge is underrated. It really does not get enough love, though we can't figure out why.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDySVqoi6LEs0nS5mki81hNrhZgwwjBVwH5MSnijvl_wKhgwqJzWoEkhd4Ua1XZ_iPjyw1EXQWdA62Tv6HEhAM4x-NLl2nrZ2XNFoq3CxVMULN0G4HTS5lnPACjVCC6MaEhQDVeN2relB-kLdCxh3tyLs8A2KrljO62KQ7Hw_PmhkU6rrm7E8wA" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:58:24 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urbanism-and-design-dallas-tod-and-library-seeks-developer-seeding-micro-apartments-street-artists-vs-govt-neighborhood-strength-is-people/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-renting-more-popular-nyc-affordability-zoning-and-crime-economy-will-be-urban-and-high-tech-paying-cash-for-homes/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #df7000; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uB9FVPdzZY5RYFZ4-IzK1MwZWxcc8Z8_XUdHfS0hZD-6NToCZFK3rEVy_yfVIp8ve2jPc102PJKhWcDbp9mRtgkwv1uNFydMWlZHHE5izWnSwgEjgb7d1uUDiye2ODnqCj3TpVrgpUx-CblWTXJmB3I" target="_blank">URBAN ISSUES</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCZdVc5sT2hwh5zCx2Bk_rgwJhFNFE7YD4Jb8tzY5nMk_bFrxchRbcNksFZPyQJkXZnV6HfnTim0NPsBAY1z1qDRSiiBOHEVPyjbbYGo1s1JEMXrdwBfT5XdX684XrNzPtYMsOrmJwK94zjxAhJy0ROh0liaMCKC0HbVIeP0r7yfv_DZhI1HWnU7U7_V6PEWsTAx2Y_d4nuhg==" target="_blank">Energy Companies Choose Katy for Relocation</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Houston Chronicle</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">It is no secret the energy industry is booming and creating jobs across the board in most every company even closely associated with oil and gas.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCZdVc5sT2hwh5zCx2Bk_rgwJhFNFE7YD4Jb8tzY5nMk_bFrxchRbcNksFZPyQJkXZnV6HfnTim0NPsBAY1z1qDRSiiBOHEVPyjbbYGo1s1JEMXrdwBfT5XdX684XrNzPtYMsOrmJwK94zjxAhJy0ROh0liaMCKC0HbVIeP0r7yfv_DZhI1HWnU7U7_V6PEWsTAx2Y_d4nuhg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCmvmTPChKOVulIHGJNDLY-21sdzWGo9snElsOOhpofgvRJhOgIRiyjaT5E4CY2gebNblf-oQ5RbaELhSTyqAuGuoFlj875QHpQOAUmcOwq7f8dq1Jal0lT_1-c94xRjFFr3gRlsGc5St643bWoEdebfChn-3JHfhL8yz17W5mAerebex-CHZBIvjugVc-qt_Z2PZRkjmjz5a4liHiRu_bV458g6MMpUYw2WMcBDq49mQ==" target="_blank">Renting More Popular Than Ever</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>The Atlantic Cities</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Home ownership is a well entrenched component of the American dream. But that may well be changing, according to a major survey released earlier this month from the MacArthur Foundation.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uCmvmTPChKOVulIHGJNDLY-21sdzWGo9snElsOOhpofgvRJhOgIRiyjaT5E4CY2gebNblf-oQ5RbaELhSTyqAuGuoFlj875QHpQOAUmcOwq7f8dq1Jal0lT_1-c94xRjFFr3gRlsGc5St643bWoEdebfChn-3JHfhL8yz17W5mAerebex-CHZBIvjugVc-qt_Z2PZRkjmjz5a4liHiRu_bV458g6MMpUYw2WMcBDq49mQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDOfl90OBO-PDokBTdXY8-_HZTn2YwFi_yf5jR129hrbiicm3c3PQLUOaiO0j9MG9BEzN4MtgnG7j98Q42jGPhkUtfa8BjYAVg36UayxbnTrL4aOBtjYSLocbAr5sxvs4ZstmMd46VZ75fkZOqAmj63iSWbs-IuQi9xlEoDDLwseQ==" target="_blank">21st Century Economy Will Be Urban, High Tech, Green</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Harvard Business Review</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In my experience, even very sharp business leaders tend to misunderstand three facts when thinking about climate change.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uDOfl90OBO-PDokBTdXY8-_HZTn2YwFi_yf5jR129hrbiicm3c3PQLUOaiO0j9MG9BEzN4MtgnG7j98Q42jGPhkUtfa8BjYAVg36UayxbnTrL4aOBtjYSLocbAr5sxvs4ZstmMd46VZ75fkZOqAmj63iSWbs-IuQi9xlEoDDLwseQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uD747CFNnZucam_ZinOF9hIbMQpIYEeUR7c8g6GKQYnoqBI3QtGnJVq-_aXel-ntvdUAGNC2zWxUnMFu1MmHLP29W4nz-DdlLtV3gY60-vPK_W4PDl19OoaImbPQVAX7ZrgKX3ODrEwkJpsTpu30eXUbaTj8Msz7XBuWnsWDO1AQHMelDKvkjpuUFo8ALLtzTU=" target="_blank">Who Says NYC Isn't Affordable?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>New York Times Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">One of the first things you learn when living in New York is that what qualifies as wealthy somewhere else seems barely middle class here.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uD747CFNnZucam_ZinOF9hIbMQpIYEeUR7c8g6GKQYnoqBI3QtGnJVq-_aXel-ntvdUAGNC2zWxUnMFu1MmHLP29W4nz-DdlLtV3gY60-vPK_W4PDl19OoaImbPQVAX7ZrgKX3ODrEwkJpsTpu30eXUbaTj8Msz7XBuWnsWDO1AQHMelDKvkjpuUFo8ALLtzTU=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBqW0_Rv9vHGZWksNkyYgXCiZ5AGI2o9FJ-ObhJ65A5siS0wF7TT8vkCMH92m8DvtfovHy3b-5J-IImTz0JprKtQ_VIC74c65gBwczm2kWyZLAM_xdOyxrKEqFqIydO5dvwCoWsy4Kys7r_-6i0uKBxPjo2z0_8-DpUzhAWA_A4QJUmd7ELIZMWu15JZymzZq_0hJMYXkopSg==" target="_blank">25 Percent of Twin Cities Homebuyers Paid in Cash</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Minnesota Post</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">When I was in the Peace Corps in Guatemala, my fellow volunteers and I developed a meteorological theory of underdevelopment.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBqW0_Rv9vHGZWksNkyYgXCiZ5AGI2o9FJ-ObhJ65A5siS0wF7TT8vkCMH92m8DvtfovHy3b-5J-IImTz0JprKtQ_VIC74c65gBwczm2kWyZLAM_xdOyxrKEqFqIydO5dvwCoWsy4Kys7r_-6i0uKBxPjo2z0_8-DpUzhAWA_A4QJUmd7ELIZMWu15JZymzZq_0hJMYXkopSg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #df7000;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uC-q6r8U2zT0ottMqOltYJeVxHBg8VEKbpUa10yMwMFpWC_EuqEPnjXSmKrRis_7pddOJ4FkDGFBShfKrxAOYFzr0qfQ77Zfia9cLLUu2iq2-K8XgzeEk-8VRju2OAWM5ZEBR_jThJD0LTwzON-ykXFavIRRtSKBb_l6mErG--1ovLECFZFr5UT" target="_blank">Could Better Zoning Limit Crime</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Stockton City Limits</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Last year, I wrote about the effect that planning can have on crime, noting that a well planned city or community can have a direct affect on public safety.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uC-q6r8U2zT0ottMqOltYJeVxHBg8VEKbpUa10yMwMFpWC_EuqEPnjXSmKrRis_7pddOJ4FkDGFBShfKrxAOYFzr0qfQ77Zfia9cLLUu2iq2-K8XgzeEk-8VRju2OAWM5ZEBR_jThJD0LTwzON-ykXFavIRRtSKBb_l6mErG--1ovLECFZFr5UT" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:47:13 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/urban-issues-renting-more-popular-nyc-affordability-zoning-and-crime-economy-will-be-urban-and-high-tech-paying-cash-for-homes/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-can-green-thinking-be-in-a-straight-line/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #7a9a01; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAzPLJfUqxXr9O_bl1z1w4Xsb_AKerBo4iyvveI5PbAPyZCMWHImRK1FaQURLzKAc6qdQ0QHvZK9tdr79z6LDOMRdnDDKy9DCqEx7_nM8MVGJ7pAxBWUJ-BjDcFGYhcHHQZ8PQ97ZzuoTrQ4Uon3T8x" target="_blank">ENVIRONMENT &amp; ECOLOGY</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #7a9a01;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBhZdLBL1ep-9Khl7M5XyVrfcs2Sn9OVW8O5NTZ0dmNlWchlBSyizqUSb8qTNzhlXsRA1tytfFSy0W1rISARm8-t-LonRrZEhwL4WInyLB410C6rEA12b3Jbumu_3HRlRTVwLyaFa-w7LGYKLoYt6xko4FD9BnAhhD3aHQ7fRj4dU6Flk67Ossoq25Ci8RDQeFWQB2suZjNwUR3gRa9d6PByTduv5gED0w=" target="_blank">Can Green Thinking Be in a Straight Line?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Human Transit</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As people who value the durability of human civilization celebrate Earth Day, here is a question they might think about.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uBhZdLBL1ep-9Khl7M5XyVrfcs2Sn9OVW8O5NTZ0dmNlWchlBSyizqUSb8qTNzhlXsRA1tytfFSy0W1rISARm8-t-LonRrZEhwL4WInyLB410C6rEA12b3Jbumu_3HRlRTVwLyaFa-w7LGYKLoYt6xko4FD9BnAhhD3aHQ7fRj4dU6Flk67Ossoq25Ci8RDQeFWQB2suZjNwUR3gRa9d6PByTduv5gED0w=" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:41:24 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/environment-and-ecology-can-green-thinking-be-in-a-straight-line/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-congress-should-take-transit-money-for-roads/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAyZLTaR_TIHoKz_DxhxD1qkGdHGxzABPxsTyA18l1DPMCIczcFQ-HSTTjbKshYDOHD1b24VYk_sRlKuXVdda2rhKhWl8KVduinAS9Vlcw-XFi2JRHgbVWS6Qg_wj0D3_LQj0RonHJ6QmygajGUdTZx" target="_blank">OTHER VIEWS</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #5a5a5a;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAsnGuNNMQEzU1QB2aaogyZhqDXo2PdGYGW7OXqf9owaEqov_2tIWFWzLZ6w5ldwJtkxBsyVQhSDVv3BZYazZPCzb0gQkKpecD8_NZ7r33J8_O2Ciu-5zIDh8y12M57xLJBtkhPBaGEZFlz6NjUxAJSnjyO6INPNGsigdjvzA-yaYGDQ2Hd8m68YI1v7HMDhl2p_aKUCenDXSE0--fWq1bCTliS2PouhnXUzebdCxMoVQ==" target="_blank">Congress Should Take Transit Money for Roads</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Heritage Foundation Foundry</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The federal Highway Trust Fund faces serious funding shortfalls in fiscal year 2015 and beyond, in large part due to funding demands from an expanding array of projects other than general purpose roads.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00117zj2Qoc4uAsnGuNNMQEzU1QB2aaogyZhqDXo2PdGYGW7OXqf9owaEqov_2tIWFWzLZ6w5ldwJtkxBsyVQhSDVv3BZYazZPCzb0gQkKpecD8_NZ7r33J8_O2Ciu-5zIDh8y12M57xLJBtkhPBaGEZFlz6NjUxAJSnjyO6INPNGsigdjvzA-yaYGDQ2Hd8m68YI1v7HMDhl2p_aKUCenDXSE0--fWq1bCTliS2PouhnXUzebdCxMoVQ==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:38:30 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/other-views-congress-should-take-transit-money-for-roads/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-78/ <p>In reality, Google is clustering its engineering and executive talent in or near attractive cities...You get what you pay for, and quality urban centers are increasingly magnets for the most sought-after employees. <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGK53BBud2KxzxVFJblI4gl88D8i5rlfZMhoGNYrgY8xdZ2Ct7-iZV35LxR9pg1NEIey1EoaTe0r1RWvW-QFeIh143BirDAwIGdyCJINZIo8hruWR0TDq3V8vjBluzquAVT3ISkClvgstUEGMRqW-Op3m5rRicw_ZSEsU6AsqD_ynqcIgy8lc-5xN_oVgPT_hk=" target="_blank">Read On</a></p> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:58:46 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/quote-of-the-day-78/ http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-feds-ok-detroit-m1-rail-line-politics-of-gas-tax-hike-case-for-and-against-transit-subsidies-lack-of-earmarks-stymies-deal-making/ <table style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 9pt; margin-bottom: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size: 12pt; padding-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #0b5887; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a style="color: #ffffff;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCHG56j8F5MCJ7vW-gh_0vv18F564ApDuCsD6mRulq71aaJIQby2g-47a8HdvpCFBdKaKmmBzN6ocM0t_to9wkBwAd-ZVdSPptwP7HJD0xfOD14kL_Vp5pr0gQmXmO1sR6Gu9jXEC1yhvQ==" target="_blank">TRANSPORT</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCEsLw57CJ9uIGL61WyEcXMGpdqV3quwTjJSyGAUADmZqRe9wZbzNwf9W0uDUarZmqoHh3Ih0BGyguWgvzVL9owFdUYY8fb0NqL7KXWfLwKSIl_UyeP2s6EOR9PVSynYIZhD8sDi_Zyei-gVkKNV5Oq4rSmLLjhi701bdcSzVqBAoFzjMf1BCZl_B490vxO0g9XYhwmjAjUggg==" target="_blank">M1 Gets Final Environmental Approval From Feds</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Detroit Free Press</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The federal government gave its final environmental clearance Monday for the M1 Rail line to begin its work to build a 3.3-mile streetcar line on Woodward between downtown Detroit and the New Center area, a move that the rail line's leader called a significant step forward.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCEsLw57CJ9uIGL61WyEcXMGpdqV3quwTjJSyGAUADmZqRe9wZbzNwf9W0uDUarZmqoHh3Ih0BGyguWgvzVL9owFdUYY8fb0NqL7KXWfLwKSIl_UyeP2s6EOR9PVSynYIZhD8sDi_Zyei-gVkKNV5Oq4rSmLLjhi701bdcSzVqBAoFzjMf1BCZl_B490vxO0g9XYhwmjAjUggg==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCFD2rnZl4J1FmLRJZixQbxS-qCxoygcp021GrzXasxvuCL0kO3BOdBortArRv5Yq-oGJfztS7OVs16NVQHHK5w6dsyAoZnP5UMSsGYpc0zmQDkuHQQ5rvWufhQ1HTSdmoZR8y8XfqH6LH_3suFGaCNTXieXx1SkEhyxyCvZsGXrNjrtR7-j9ybxLTGnt5gSSZeHuD6RQ0MQDw==" target="_blank">Is Increasing the Gas Tax Truly Politically Unpalatable?</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Governing</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">As the surface transportation bill nears its expiration next year, you can expect to hear plenty of discussion about how, exactly, the feds will pay for transit and highways in FY 2015 and beyond. The issue, after all, is poised to be a salient one.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCFD2rnZl4J1FmLRJZixQbxS-qCxoygcp021GrzXasxvuCL0kO3BOdBortArRv5Yq-oGJfztS7OVs16NVQHHK5w6dsyAoZnP5UMSsGYpc0zmQDkuHQQ5rvWufhQ1HTSdmoZR8y8XfqH6LH_3suFGaCNTXieXx1SkEhyxyCvZsGXrNjrtR7-j9ybxLTGnt5gSSZeHuD6RQ0MQDw==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGB0rWhNJS02og4iAfw1tRo2r3ThUTJ9hDjPPd_0e8MhKgm_O061wvGw4FB64e0IZBxM8xncnNPTzmecrhraP7ThNpAyaMAJA5x0Dn3dk0RC1oTjI-5QAalavTEDkC96NwOwvFGlnTmDPNPzBmFSwu4DuhH2Vy0df18Cg4qKNipHxWDMnfqtG9a" target="_blank">Video: Roads are a Money Losing Proposition</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Streetfilms</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">The majority of the roads and highways built in America are simply bad investments.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGB0rWhNJS02og4iAfw1tRo2r3ThUTJ9hDjPPd_0e8MhKgm_O061wvGw4FB64e0IZBxM8xncnNPTzmecrhraP7ThNpAyaMAJA5x0Dn3dk0RC1oTjI-5QAalavTEDkC96NwOwvFGlnTmDPNPzBmFSwu4DuhH2Vy0df18Cg4qKNipHxWDMnfqtG9a" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCH1WfcZhrva1UZdtDLfr9Zmn3pUD8kKPi-__l-vJUaXuztYG_vrrpmckyE-SKB6MPkmkkDl8c4phEo9KiF2Z0qQdJBrS4hyMQNvm0TbjZtWdKM-mZ_kXHAtU1A5VaOVOx-lBd8VMrA5XsythJRMCXiUIilnd-qEgvfAgdpu-OeryEIe8nkR9MsV4suSKw86l_UbaSmbc40CwmIoHUkJsz6e" target="_blank">The Case for and Against Transit Subsidies</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Streets.mn</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In most of the United States and much of the world, public transport is publicly subsidized. Everyone in an area pays for transit whether or not they use it.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCH1WfcZhrva1UZdtDLfr9Zmn3pUD8kKPi-__l-vJUaXuztYG_vrrpmckyE-SKB6MPkmkkDl8c4phEo9KiF2Z0qQdJBrS4hyMQNvm0TbjZtWdKM-mZ_kXHAtU1A5VaOVOx-lBd8VMrA5XsythJRMCXiUIilnd-qEgvfAgdpu-OeryEIe8nkR9MsV4suSKw86l_UbaSmbc40CwmIoHUkJsz6e" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCFzkyYqugAx4PRLwH7kq410J-AWmgXkjeIxegVAkiE3yGfz_rjyQ0TikTa2lKKsDBCB31jw35zInVjctdmske8Tjn3ljQbVu5sHOGEWl4NcxiKme0U4zZrWLD_CtJrregXh6I9-C3W1UaJU5jJley_5vshhPLH5RYFlqZwF83Mf5lH2WClwcfhe" target="_blank">Lack of Earmarks Stymies Transportation Deal Making</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>National Journal</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Transportation chiefs in Congress were a bit stymied over the last two years when they crafted a surface transportation bill that didn't have earmarks.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCFzkyYqugAx4PRLwH7kq410J-AWmgXkjeIxegVAkiE3yGfz_rjyQ0TikTa2lKKsDBCB31jw35zInVjctdmske8Tjn3ljQbVu5sHOGEWl4NcxiKme0U4zZrWLD_CtJrregXh6I9-C3W1UaJU5jJley_5vshhPLH5RYFlqZwF83Mf5lH2WClwcfhe" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGR9Im6ArsB4tEsK5Fbg90H3GUbV2g2TeTFUcRSeU6zJ8LNyNxqKvRhk2T1QtlNyaaciCaRXy1VoaAdfSpmddEMhlYQhm5C91kKy-XtE5FlpKjQpOj5y8z-igzy55u6C0NtHDSrUHviH2z8VSEaYAb9CtWqO54VKD_9SwJutOV_OKXxWOuS65-37r9M0u0H7ruWCMCVK3PTUw5Il5SBdJ7-iTWa0u_2b-JkkDUMVuaKXA==" target="_blank">Special Streetcar Meeting in Cincinnati Could Kill Line</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Urban Cincy</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">On Tuesday, City Manager Milton Dohoney sent a memo to council members that said after a thorough review of the bid process, construction of the streetcar tracks, electrical equipment, and maintenance facility will cost $17 million more than the city had budgeted.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGR9Im6ArsB4tEsK5Fbg90H3GUbV2g2TeTFUcRSeU6zJ8LNyNxqKvRhk2T1QtlNyaaciCaRXy1VoaAdfSpmddEMhlYQhm5C91kKy-XtE5FlpKjQpOj5y8z-igzy55u6C0NtHDSrUHviH2z8VSEaYAb9CtWqO54VKD_9SwJutOV_OKXxWOuS65-37r9M0u0H7ruWCMCVK3PTUw5Il5SBdJ7-iTWa0u_2b-JkkDUMVuaKXA==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGPNYdJLZGV9NOCA3gPwLZajCl9guDEksnzINrGPKXYCL-odQGKDJlg62qmWfJbkyylRee4MlEOllvMVaMzPQXFU7oQHEGfAOFxXf_hXW0Y4lxPWM9f2FKPMIed1sUMf9F9CeX7fDZXsJnCgY55TNxMy-Ld6ID_3FLAkyfyHdV9StGE8457zX9QNt-OYCSYusH1i1rffBJFj6_d5yEuTy6YDygPMOPFyTeVIWZcl-93Yk0PHJL40rLG" target="_blank">35% of Nation's Bus Fleet Uses Alternative Fuels/Hybrid Tech</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>Metro Magazine</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">In celebration of Earth Day, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) reminds us that taking public transit is among the most effective ways of reducing our daily carbon footprint because of its ability to take cars off the road.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCGPNYdJLZGV9NOCA3gPwLZajCl9guDEksnzINrGPKXYCL-odQGKDJlg62qmWfJbkyylRee4MlEOllvMVaMzPQXFU7oQHEGfAOFxXf_hXW0Y4lxPWM9f2FKPMIed1sUMf9F9CeX7fDZXsJnCgY55TNxMy-Ld6ID_3FLAkyfyHdV9StGE8457zX9QNt-OYCSYusH1i1rffBJFj6_d5yEuTy6YDygPMOPFyTeVIWZcl-93Yk0PHJL40rLG" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCFzkzYiNiWzZbM9SMWndS0wWHzi9vr6ldGYHTeNjO0ErnE6-DgSdFDFaC8gOlguj13LYJXJMzJB5R2LOeYRHoH9l2pKQ75Yi5QORM8huj2gucyf-w2mSv9soVaV_zdyS95_nFRZbnwpgUaNiklVxoJjny0qvbP3uVZ2zrP64rrbPHZ6ttMftKkD" target="_blank">TIGER Program Returns</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DOT Fastlane Blog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">President Obama has challenged us to make sure our nation's transportation infrastructure provides the mobility options necessary to attract and support the businesses and families that rely on them.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCFzkzYiNiWzZbM9SMWndS0wWHzi9vr6ldGYHTeNjO0ErnE6-DgSdFDFaC8gOlguj13LYJXJMzJB5R2LOeYRHoH9l2pKQ75Yi5QORM8huj2gucyf-w2mSv9soVaV_zdyS95_nFRZbnwpgUaNiklVxoJjny0qvbP3uVZ2zrP64rrbPHZ6ttMftKkD" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999999; min-height: 1px; width: 100%; color: #5a5a5a;"> </td> </tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 10px; color: #5a5a5a;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: #0b5887;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCHtm96QCzDVgK97f4qllI-JfQlqC2r8y5bLrnPIixvRfaMg58k_oAUoVJ-Y1_tdI1TuUT1QKfQxaxzatyU16HUv0-wfmxoARZpCfGnoDT7VGFNtG3GO-1Iw81jheOCLFPvnR2JllO7VYzKQ4ZYQ_I2Yyg5TH3CEnGf0T8SmmPxiBIyE6FdbVZxMdubmGLzodQ1jqBEMiKIPh_tVp6IeLMu-9O_zMm_FEQiFq6M-0flG_A==" target="_blank">Transit Advocates Target Congressional Race in South Carolina</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #888888;"><strong>DC Streetsblog</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has an answer for everything. He can explain why he lied about hiking the Appalachian Trail when in fact he was in Buenos Aires with his mistress.</p> <br/><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ur7JD9m4ZCHtm96QCzDVgK97f4qllI-JfQlqC2r8y5bLrnPIixvRfaMg58k_oAUoVJ-Y1_tdI1TuUT1QKfQxaxzatyU16HUv0-wfmxoARZpCfGnoDT7VGFNtG3GO-1Iw81jheOCLFPvnR2JllO7VYzKQ4ZYQ_I2Yyg5TH3CEnGf0T8SmmPxiBIyE6FdbVZxMdubmGLzodQ1jqBEMiKIPh_tVp6IeLMu-9O_zMm_FEQiFq6M-0flG_A==" target="_blank">Read On</a></td> </tr></tbody></table> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:52:22 -0400 http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.php/news-center/the-other-side-of-the-tracks/2013/transport-feds-ok-detroit-m1-rail-line-politics-of-gas-tax-hike-case-for-and-against-transit-subsidies-lack-of-earmarks-stymies-deal-making/