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January 27, 2012
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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: St. Louis Arch Plan Quietly Closes Streets
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A foundation aiming to revamp the grounds near the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis presented its second update to the city Wednesday night, its first in 12 months...
Read On Blogosphere: Vision for Sustainable Transport The City Fix
We are in the midst of global trends that point to more congestion, air pollution, and traffic injuries and deaths in our cities, not to mention the…
A foundation aiming to revamp the grounds near the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis presented its second update to the city Wednesday night, its first in 12 months...
Read On Blogosphere: Vision for Sustainable Transport The City Fix
We are in the midst of global trends that point to more congestion, air pollution, and traffic injuries and deaths in our cities, not to mention the…
Blogosphere: To Reduce Ticket, Say Sorry
May 18, 2011|Infrastructurist
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On the list of life's certainties, speeding tickets are not too far behind death and taxes. But while most of us get them, some people manage to charm their way out of a fine. It is the precise nature this charm that interested psychologists Martin Day and Michael Ross at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada... Read On
Bus Rapid Transit: The Incremental Answer
June 29, 2010
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The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a study of bus rapid tranist as practiced in California, Oregon and Ontario. The prime element identified in "From Buses to BRT: Case Studies of Incremental BRT Projects in North America" is the flexible nature of the beast.
From Buses to BRT: Case Studies of Incremental BRT Projects in North America
June 1, 2010|Mineta Transportation Institute
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) uses different combinations of techniques to improve service, such as bus-only lanes and roads, pre-boarding fare collection, transit priority at traffic signals, stylish vehicles with extra doors, bus stops that are more like light rail stations, and high frequency service. This study examines five approaches to BRT systems as implemented by public transit agencies in California, Oregon, and Ontario.
Blogosphere: Walkability Would Make Drivability Better
February 22, 2010|Raise the Hammer
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Not long ago, RTH reader schmadrian made a point about Brits loving driving rather than loving their cars and how this may contribute to a different mindset about traffic planning. I thought this was a very apt observation since, having lived here almost ten years now, Stephen and I don't find Hamilton very driveable, for all that it seems to be designed with cars as a priority....
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Quote of the Day
January 21, 2010|Globe Street
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"Build a place, not a project."....
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Los Angeles: Ontario's 250 Acre TOD Plan
January 20, 2010|Daily Bulletin
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A report released by the Urban Land Institute on Tuesday affirmed the city's vision for the 250-acre site known as the Meredith property. The city has long envisioned creating a core development centered on a transit plaza on the vacant land just north of the 10 Freeway and east of Vineyard Avenue...
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Urban Form Case Studies
December 2, 2009
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The Ontario Growth Secretariat's Places To Grow has released a package of Urban Form Case Studies that examine recent projects that illustrate key policies in the Canadian province's growth plan.
According to the secretariat's web site, these projects illustrate density targets established in the growth plan support nearby transit, encourage walking, and are mixed use demonstrate high quality urban design and built form are highly marketable, economically successful, and award-winning are in climate zones similar to the Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe The nine case studies have been divided into four categories: Residential and mixed-use projects with more than 150 residents and jobs per hectare; residential and mixed-use with 50 to 150 residents and jobs per hectare; employment lands; and intensification corridors.
According to the secretariat's web site, these projects illustrate density targets established in the growth plan support nearby transit, encourage walking, and are mixed use demonstrate high quality urban design and built form are highly marketable, economically successful, and award-winning are in climate zones similar to the Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe The nine case studies have been divided into four categories: Residential and mixed-use projects with more than 150 residents and jobs per hectare; residential and mixed-use with 50 to 150 residents and jobs per hectare; employment lands; and intensification corridors.
Urban Form Case Studies
November 4, 2009|Ontario Growth Secretariat
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Case studies of projects that illustrate key policies in the Ontario, Canada, Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Los Angeles: Largest Property Left
September 29, 2009|Daily Bulletin
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As one of the last retail commercial jewels in the city, the 250-acre Meredith property just north of the 10 Freeway could garner a project comparable to Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga or the Ontario Mills Mall. The undeveloped property, with its location and access to the freeway, exudes what developers are in search of, said Ruben Escobosa, senior vice president, managing director of Colliers International in Ontario......
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