Urban Issues: Boston Adding Housing, Ethiopia's Middle Class, San Antonio's Busines Savvy Immigrants, Bay Area Low Income Workers Struggle
March 25, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES
Boston Looks to Add 30,000 Housing Units by 2020
Boston Globe
The city of Boston plans to add up to 30,000 new housing units by 2020 to meet the needs of a changing population that includes more families moving to the downtown area, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is set to announce on Monday.
Urbanism & Design: Low Impact Design Standards, Pittsburgh TOD, Height Isn't Density, Preserving Berlin Wall, Affordable Housing & Corridor Planning
March 21, 2013
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DDOT Drafting Low Impact Design Standards
Georgetown Patch
DDOT welcomes public feedback on draft design standards for low impact development and green infrastructure for the public right-of-way.
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Environment & Ecology: Bringing Farming To City, Green Architecture, SF Bike Lane CEQA Challenge, Food Security Geopolitics, Urban Birdwatching
March 20, 2013
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Farmscape Hopes to Bring Farming to the City
USA Today
Rachel Bailin wants the next Los Angeles mayor to end dependence on foreign soil, balance the budget with equitable fertilizer, and appoint a compostmaster general.
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Urbanism & Design: Zappos Inconvenient Office, Saving Schools & Libraries, Young Moving Downtown In Pittsburgh, Digital Mapping & Cartography
March 18, 2013
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An Intentionally Inconvenient Office in Las Vegas
Business Insider
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh recently jumped into the debate over working from home that was sparked by Yahoo's recall of its remote workers, telling CNBC that he feels that it's difficult to build a strong company culture when you have lots of telecommuters.
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Saving Schools and Libraries by Giving Up their Land
New York Times
The Brooklyn Heights library is neither the oldest nor the most dilapidated branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system. But the 52-year-old limestone building is nonetheless ripe for demolition.
News: Transit Ridership Surges, Baltimore Red Line EIS OK, Death Of Cottonbelt Line, Ann Arbor's Transit-Supportive Density, DC Joint Development
March 11, 2013
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
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National: Transit Surges as Americans Return to Work
Reuters
The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record last year, as more people returned to work, according to an annual survey released by the leading U.S. transit association on Monday...
Read On Baltimore: FTA Approves Final EIS for Red Line Progressive Railroading
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on the Baltimore Red Line's…
The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record last year, as more people returned to work, according to an annual survey released by the leading U.S. transit association on Monday...
Read On Baltimore: FTA Approves Final EIS for Red Line Progressive Railroading
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on the Baltimore Red Line's…
Blogosphere: Vegas HSR Opposition, Nashville BRT, DC Parking Regs, SF Railyard Dispute, LA Harbor Freight Yards OK'd, London $1.3B Bike Plan
March 11, 2013
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: The Goal of Abundant Access
Human Transit
In my book Human Transit, I argued that the underlying geometry of transit requires communities to make a series of choices, each of which is a tradeoff between two things that are popular...
Read On Blogosphere: Congressional R's Try to Block Vegas HSR CAHSR Blog
XpressWest has been waiting to hear from the federal government about their $5.5 billion loan request to help…
In my book Human Transit, I argued that the underlying geometry of transit requires communities to make a series of choices, each of which is a tradeoff between two things that are popular...
Read On Blogosphere: Congressional R's Try to Block Vegas HSR CAHSR Blog
XpressWest has been waiting to hear from the federal government about their $5.5 billion loan request to help…
Blogosphere: AASHTO Bike Regs Challenged, LA Transport History, Ode To NY DIY Seating, Protecting Pedestrians, Lincoln Revitalization
March 1, 2013
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Commentary: We Found Our Son on the Subway
New York Times Opinionator
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...
Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...
Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
Blogosphere: Sequestration, Washington Transpo Tax, Virginia Transpo Bill, Death Of American Mall, When Cheaper Isn't Better, Rental Housing Shortage
February 26, 2013
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Blogosphere: What If a City Wants More Transit?
Human Transit
Large North American transit agencies generally have some revenue raising authority over an enormous and diverse urban area, and feel obliged to serve the same enormous area with something that can be justified as an "equitable" distribution of service...
Read On Blogosphere: Sequestration, Can Congress Find Solution DC…
Large North American transit agencies generally have some revenue raising authority over an enormous and diverse urban area, and feel obliged to serve the same enormous area with something that can be justified as an "equitable" distribution of service...
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Blogosphere: Transit As Urban Industry, China Profitable HSR, Case For Higher Gas Tax, Subway Cell Phone Service Debate, Iceland Landscape Lessons
February 25, 2013
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Blogosphere: Transit as Urban Industry
Rebuilding Space in Urban Place
Back during the initial streetcar study in DC (DC Transit Futures), I made the point that if DC were to (re)develop streetcars to the extent discussed, then we could work to even develop streetcar manufacturing facilities...
Read On Blogosphere: Four of China's HSR Lines Profitable Systemic Failure
According to a report late last year, four of the country's high-speed rail…
Back during the initial streetcar study in DC (DC Transit Futures), I made the point that if DC were to (re)develop streetcars to the extent discussed, then we could work to even develop streetcar manufacturing facilities...
Read On Blogosphere: Four of China's HSR Lines Profitable Systemic Failure
According to a report late last year, four of the country's high-speed rail…
Blogosphere: LA Bike Plan Progress, Commuting Criminals Myth, CEQA Reform Bill, Ontario Sprawl, DC Sustainability Plan
February 22, 2013
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Blogosphere: Fake Townhouses Hide Portals
Messy Nessy Chic (via @albertatrebla)
Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look...
Read On Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog
Two years ago,…
Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look...
Read On Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog
Two years ago,…
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