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Greentopia Futures Summit

September 10, 2013
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New York State, Rochester NY, Where We're Working
Reconnecting America President & CEO John Robert Smith will be participating in the Greentopia Futures Summit in Rochester, NY, on Sept. 10.  The summit is Rochester’s first business-to-business conference where forethought is not an afterthought. For more on the conference, visit Greentopia's website.
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Transport: West Salt Lake Transpo Options, NY Bike Share Rack Resistance, National Household Travel Survey, Young Driving Habits & Aging Impact

May 15, 2013
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TRANSPORT No Freeway in West Salt Lake May Be Best Choice  Salt Lake Tribune   A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation drawing boards for years. The agency is ready to release its draft environmental impact study and name its preferred route.
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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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Urbanism & Design: Prescriptive vs. Market Urbanism, Using Dev Fees For Transpo, Sim City Greenwashes Parking

May 10, 2013
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Affordability, Austin, Bay Area, California, Canada, Development & Redevelopment, Highways & Automobiles, housing, New York, New York State, Oakland, Ontario Province, Parking, San Francisco, Texas, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Funding, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN Prescriptive vs. Market Urbanism  City Block   From Ilan Greenberg in The New Republic - San Francisco's Gentrification Problem isn't Gentrification. Greenberg compares the public debate (often writen, and discussed previously here) in San Francisco compared to more the more familiar narrative in other cities.
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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: 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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Environment & Ecology: Urban Tree Value, World's Best Wildlife Crossings, Getting Smart About City Water Use

May 8, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Urban Trees Provide Billions in Economic Value  Science Daily   rom New York City's Central Park to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent U.S. Forest Service study.
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Urban Issues: Mel Watt FHFA, SF Ellis Act Maps, San Gabriel Valley Asian Population Growth, Suing Blight

May 3, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Tech Sets Up Shop in NYC’s DUMBO Neighborhood USA Today   Aaron Shapiro, CEO of digital agency Huge, remembers what it was like to set up shop in the area known as DUMBO 10 years ago.
Read On   Mel Watt Tapped to Lead FHFA National Housing Conference Open House   Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance…
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Environment & Ecology: Evolving Mice, China's Lost Rivers, Oil Dependence

April 30, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY New York City Mice Evolving Treehugger   Maybe Charles Darwin didn’t have to sail all the way to the Galapagos islands after all.
Read On   New Tool Helps Plan Greener Cities Science Alert   Australian citizens can become more involved in planning their cities with wildlife in mind thanks to a new tool developed by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED).
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Transport: Charlotte Mayor Named DOT Secretary, Inianapolis Transit Expansion Paused, Denver To Golden Line Opens, Travel Time Perception Errors

April 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Foxx Named Transportation Secretary  Washington Post   President Obama plans to nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to serve as transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.
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