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Environment&Ecology: Driving & Las Vegas Air Pollution, Connecting Kentucky Conservation Islands, Endangered Bat Colony Bug Impact

June 10, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Las Vegas Air Quality Suffers from Driving  Las Vegas Sun   Jane Feldman, conservation chairwoman for the Southern Nevada group of the Sierra Club, awoke Monday to an air quality advisory.
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Urban Issues: Future Is Sharing, Cultural Districts, Strengthening Neighborhood Bonds, Crowdfund Vs. NIMBYs

June 6, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Sharing Assets is the Future  New York Times Opinionator   Some people in New York love the city's new bike-sharing system. Some people really, really do not.  
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Transport: I-5 Bridge Collapse, Bikeshare & Bike Ownership, Empty Infrastructure, Cleveland 'Opportunity Corridor'

May 24, 2013
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TRANSPORT Section of I-5 Bridge Collapses in Washington State  Los Angeles Times   Nobody dies as people and vehicles are plunged into the Skagit River. Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the bridge before a large section collapsed.
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Transport: Boston Line Adds Stations, Future Of Streetcars, Maryland Joint-Development LRT Project, Bike Share As Corporate Perk

May 17, 2013
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TRANSPORT Fairmount Line Adds Two New Stations  Boston Globe   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.  
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Urban Issues: Wisconsin Vs. Milwaukee, Obama Brand Of Regionalism, Housing Supply & Prices, Detroit's Terrible Finances, Science & Lethality Of Loneliness

May 14, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Is Wisconsin State Legislature at War with Milwaukee?  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via: @urbanophile   Even before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the …
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Transport: Shanghai Monorail, Megabus 25M Rides, Making City Bike-Friendly, BRT In China, Bottineau LRT OK'd

May 10, 2013
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TRANSPORT Shanghai Thinking Monorail  China Daily   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.
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Transport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR Lessons, Milwaukee Streetcar Plan Threatened

May 9, 2013
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TRANSPORT Bike Infrastructure Debate Settled  Streetsblog Net   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.
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Urban Issues: Detroit Quest, Baby Boomer Urban Housing Impact, Building A Better City, Investing In Fiber, Housing Mititagates Transit Noise

April 15, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Dan Gilbert's Quest to Bring Back Detroit  New York Times Magazine   THE best way to experience all that is strange and a little otherworldly about downtown Detroit is to walk the streets around 5 p.m. on a weekday.
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Urbanism & Design: Urbanist Bracket Challenge, Classical Music As Crime Deterent, Tulsa Vs. Milwaukee In Parking, Zurich Bike-In Cafe

April 10, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Winner of the Urbanist Bracket Challenge  The Atlantic Cities   Now that the Unpaid Pro Basketball Championship is out of the way, we can finally get to the competition that has consumed much of my desktop for the last month: the Urbanist Toolkit Bracket Challenge of 2013.
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Blogosphere: Amtrak-State Partnerships, Senate Restores MAP-21 Funding, Eliminating STROADS, Indy Blue Line Alternatives

March 14, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: Expand State Amtrak Partnerships Brookings
As passenger rail ridership grows nationwide, Amtrak and some states are engaging in innovative new partnerships to foster this demand...

Read On Blogosphere: Ambitious Plan Needed for Twin Cities Minnesota Public Radio
Transit planners are fantasizing about making Minnesota's next generation transportation system reality. That means changing the way…
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