Blogosphere: Portland vs. Vancouver, WA., Suburban Green Streets, Urbanists Circa 400BC, Lives Of Commuters, Busways
December 21, 2011
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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.
Blogosphere: Dream of Suburbs Alive in Vancouver
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
A video parody based on the opening of the IFC series, "Portlandia."... $code
Read On Blogosphere: Hey Vikings, Parking is Not Cities Twin Cities Sidewalks
I kinda understand tailgating, I suppose. It's like a picnic, only instead of being in a park under a tree on a blanket in the grass, you're in a parking…
A video parody based on the opening of the IFC series, "Portlandia."... $code
Read On Blogosphere: Hey Vikings, Parking is Not Cities Twin Cities Sidewalks
I kinda understand tailgating, I suppose. It's like a picnic, only instead of being in a park under a tree on a blanket in the grass, you're in a parking…
Blogosphere: Hartford Blogger, Florida Bike Sharing, Pro Transit Libertarians, Bay Bridge Bike Path, In Lieu Parking Fee, A Better Gas Tax
December 15, 2011
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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.
Blogosphere: Hartford Blogger Boosts 'Sad City'
Wall Street Journal
Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra isn't the only one zeroing in on the sorry image of Connecticut's capitol city. Despite its downer of a name, the blog Sad City Hartford is also trying to champion Hartford as a city on the rise..
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Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra isn't the only one zeroing in on the sorry image of Connecticut's capitol city. Despite its downer of a name, the blog Sad City Hartford is also trying to champion Hartford as a city on the rise..
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Norm Garrick - Automobility Decreases the Efficiency of Cities
June 30, 2011
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Norman Garrick discusses what happens when you start to change your infrastructure from being pedestrian supported to auto supported. Case in point, the City of Hartford, which had at one point 15,000 parking spaces when it was a more walkable place. Today, it has 45,000 parking spaces and less jobs that it did then. To see what that means in terms of city destruction, you only have to wait till the end of the discussion to see the destruction that has on a city's soul. In plain terms, making way for automobility decreases the efficiency of cities.
Hartford: Shared Space Can Remake Streets
June 28, 2011|Hartford Courant
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Southern Connecticut is blessed to have the Metro-North Railroad serve our historic coastal downtowns, the communities that grew up along the old Boston Post Road. These were once walkable places with a strong sense of community that have been degraded by traffic and traffic-inducing development. Connecticut is focusing on future transit projects, but what about these town centers that are already well served by transit?... Read On
Hartford: Busway Struggle is End Game
March 22, 2011|Hartford Courant
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After years of debate, a crucial decision about the future of mass transit in central Connecticut is coming down to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Supporters and critics of the proposed $569 million busway spent three hours Monday pitching their cases to the governor in a private meeting at the Capitol...
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National: Cities Chosen for Green Capitals Program
September 10, 2010|Reuters
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named the five cities that will be the first to participate in the Greening America's Capitals program and receive free expert assistance to turn their towns into models of sustainable design...
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Report: A Transit Oriented Future For Connecticut
March 18, 2010|Regional Plan Association
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Growing Economy, Shrinking Emissions: A Transit-Oriented Future for Connecticut's Capital Region illustrates a strategy for growth in Greater Hartford that expands housing and transit options while reducing our transportation-related carbon emissions...
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Hartford: More Than Just a Way to Connect Cities
January 5, 2010|Hartford Courant
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If I-84 was called "the Danbury-to-Union Expressway," would it be a boondoggle? Advocates of mass transit say the answer to that question is important to understanding the cases for three big transportation proposals - a busway between New Britain and Hartford, high-speed rail from Springfield to New Haven, and perhaps, commuter trains linking Waterbury and Hartford....
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Quote of the Week (Dec. 28-Jan. 1)
January 4, 2010
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Hartford Courant
The peasants are gathering, torches and pitchforks in hand, demanding, "Take back our streets; give us more green; build transit; preserve our heritage; reconnect us to one another!"...
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The peasants are gathering, torches and pitchforks in hand, demanding, "Take back our streets; give us more green; build transit; preserve our heritage; reconnect us to one another!"...
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Hartford: Parking Has Strangled Downtown
November 24, 2009|Hartford Courant
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For the past half-century, city leaders in Hartford have worked hard to satisfy what they deemed to be a critical need - the need for more parking, so that downtown Hartford could compete with suburban office parks and shopping centers...
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