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Urbanism & Design: Less Car-Dependent Infill, Wasted Seattle LRT Opportunity, Netherlands TOD Lessons

May 22, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Demand Will Rise for Less Car Dependent Infill  Urban Land Institute   Demand will continue to rise for infill residential development that is less car-dependent, while consumers' desire could wane for isolated development in outlying suburbs, according to a new ULI report released at the ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego.
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Best Practices For TOD Strategies & Legislation

May 16, 2013
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Documents detailing transit-oriented development efforts in Seattle and Dallas have been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
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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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Urban Issues: Template For New LA, Food Desert Mobile Oasis, Seattle Affordable Housing Failure, Reversing Atlanta Job Sprawl

May 13, 2013
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Affordability, Atlanta, California, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Georgia, health, Health & Environment, Hollywood Calif., housing, Illinois, Los Angeles, Michigan, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, South Hampton Roads, Texas, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Virginia, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Hollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles  Los Angeles Times   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.
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Environment & Ecology: Fruit Activism & Urban Gardens, Stress On Urban Birds, Ecology Of Human Stress, Grocery Delivery Services

May 13, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 'Fruit Activists' Take Urban Gardens in New Direction  New York Times   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.
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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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Arizona, Australia, Bay Area, bicycles, California, Commuter Rail, England, EU, Federal Policy, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New York, New York State, Oakland, Parking, Seattle, Spain, State Policy, Streetcar, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Tucson, UK, Washington, Wisconsin
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: Vancouver Affordability, Geography Of US Suicides, Atlanta In-Town Job Migration, NYC Apartments Sue Bikeshare

May 9, 2013
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Affordability, Atlanta, bicycles, British Columbia, Canada, Cleveland, DC, Development & Redevelopment, Georgia, housing, New York, New York State, Ohio, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Washington, Washington DC
URBAN ISSUES Pushing Back on Wendell Cox's Vancouver Claims  Price Tags   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.
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Urban Issues: Social Media & Planners, Seattle Foreclosure Pain, Online Taxes & Local Stores, Chicago Housing Growth

May 8, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Social Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases  Planetizen, Brent Todarian   With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate participatory planning, and build better places.
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Urban Issues: Reporting Chicago Violence, Atlantic City's Fate, Infrastructure & India's Development, Silicon Valley Class Divide

May 7, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Reporter Reflects on 20 Years Reporting Chicago Violence  The Fader, via: @owashb   For the past 20 years, Alex Kotlowitz has been reporting on why young people in Chicago shoot each other.
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Environment & Ecology: Green Building Lobby Wars, A Carbon Neutral Seattle, Looming Food Disaster

May 7, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY USGBC Fights Back Against Lobbying Industries  Treehugger   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.
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