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Environment & Ecology: SF Trash Incentives, Tracking City Carbon Footprints, Climate Imperative Of Santa Monica TOD, Love & Hate For Marin County

May 14, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Throw Out Less Trash, Get a Smaller Bill  San Francisco Examiner   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.
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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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Urbanism & Design: Boston South Bay Plans, America's Falling Population Density, Pleasant Hill BART TOD, Revitalizing Wichita

May 7, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Resident's Plan Calls for Mixed Use in Boston South Bay  Boston Globe   Nearby residents and other neighbors of the South Bay Shopping Center have developed a master plan to help guide future development in the area.
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Urbanism & Design: Fort Worth Pedestrian Focus, Palo Alto Wasted Opportunity, Mall of America Tax Breaks, Salt Lake Planning

May 6, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Downtown Fort Worth Seeks Pedestrian Focus Fort Worth Star Telegram   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.
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Sacramento TOD Business Plan Work Session

April 29, 2013
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Reconnecting America's Abigail Thorne-Lyman, the director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will be participating in a two-day TOD Business Plan Work Session in Sacramento on April 29-30. The purpose of the meeting will be to ensure a shared understanding of TOD, affordable housing, equitable TOD; understand current initiatives in the region around transit connectivity, compact growth, and equity, and other relevant concepts, and how they result to the objectives of this work; review current financing tools; and feed this information into next steps in the project.
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Urbanism & Design: Dallas TOD & Library Seeks Developer, Seeding Micro Apartments, Street Artists Vs. Govt, Neighborhood Strength Is People

April 24, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Dallas Seeks Private Developer for TOD, Library  Dallas Morning News   The City of Dallas is looking for a private developer to deliver a long promised Vickery Meadow library branch.
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Urbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car Free, LRT To Revitalize Poor Denver Area, Impact Of Driverless Cars

April 23, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Google's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters  Seattle Times   The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to stick it to the high-tax, high-regulation West Coast again:
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National Review Of Programs That Fund Transit-Oriented Development Plans And Projects

April 22, 2013
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In early 2011, Reconnecting America released the 2010 Inventory of TOD Programs and shortly after an interactive map detailing the local, regional and statewide programs that fund transit-oriented development plans and projects. Now, Reconnecting America has updated the map and the accompanying data, including information not previously published.
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Urbanism & Design: Reviving East Midtown Manhattan, Santa Rosa TOD Vote, Tampa Ped Friendly Makeover, Zombie Subdivisions

April 22, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN A Better Way to Revive East Midtown Manhattan  New York Times   WE are told that New York needs to be lofted back into global competitiveness. That the city isn't modern enough.
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Other Views: Ignoring Homeless Families, Richard Florida's Federal Fantasy, Fresno TOD Funds, Streetcar Cost-Benefit Test

April 22, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS America Ignoring Homeless Families  Bill Moyers . com   More than one-third of Americans who use shelters annually are parents and their children. In 2011, that added up to more than 500,000 people.
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