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Urbanism & Design: China's New Urbanism, Lighting Designers Change Cities, Sunbelt Suburbs Show New Life, Decrepit Beauty

May 24, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Peter Calthorpe on New Urbanism in China  China Morning Post (Translated)   (Can be a bit hard to read but is interesting) A car in swarms, and complain about urban traffic congestion, poor air quality.
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Urban Issues: Small Grants Aid Cities, Oregon Redevelopment Tax Shift, Lessons From Harlem, DC Food Truck Politics

May 23, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Using Small Grants to Push Cities Forward  Janis Foster, via: @tarapham   I was so excited this week when I spotted info about the City of St. Louis' Sustainable Neighborhood Small Grant Competition and can't wait to tell you why.  
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Transport: Boston Line Adds Stations, Future Of Streetcars, Maryland Joint-Development LRT Project, Bike Share As Corporate Perk

May 17, 2013
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TRANSPORT Fairmount Line Adds Two New Stations  Boston Globe   As the Fairmount Corridor Commuter Rail Line train peeled away from Readville one morning, a stocky conductor began collecting fares on the only car open to passengers.  
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Transport: India's Electric Vehicle Future, Financing Infrastructure, Essential Zurich Transit, Dedicated Lanes Speed SF Bus Lines

May 13, 2013
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TRANSPORT Future of India Depends on Electric Vehicles  Business Standard   Public transport is very crucial for a nation as it provides access to employment, community resources, medical care and recreational opportunities.
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Urbanism & Design: New Urbanism On Stilts, Sabermetrics Of Urbanism, Zoning Rewrite Fights Sprawl, Transit & Urbanism

May 9, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN New Urbanism on Stilts, Literally  Witold Rybczynski   Beachtown is a New Urbanism second-home village in Galveston. Construction began in 2005, after a protracted planning and permitting period.
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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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Transport: Colorado Road Funds For Transit, Infrastructure & Democracy, Streetcars & Overhead Wires, Pedestrian Death Toll

May 8, 2013
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TRANSPORT Colorado Road Money Can Be Used for Transit Now  Denver Post, via: DC Streetsblog   A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented…
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Urbanism & Design: Citizen Placemakers, Misapplying Transect To Region, Tyson's Tallest Skyscraper, Parking Garage Rooftop Bars

May 8, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN How to be a Citizen Placemaker  Project for Public Spaces   Imagine that you live in a truly vibrant place: the bustling neighborhood of every Placemaker's dreams. Picture the streets, the local square, the waterfront, the public market.
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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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Transport: Expo Line, Private Buses, VMT Declines, Buffalo LRT, Ray LaHood on Houston, SF Street Names

May 3, 2013
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TRANSPORT Expo Light Rail One Year Later Neon Tommy , via: @cruickshank   When the Expo Line, Los Angeles Metro’s newest light rail line, opened in April 2012, initial ridership numbers were low, starting at around 11,000 per average weekday, a fact which many media sources reported on.
Read On   The Hidden Private Bus Network Metro Planning The Connector   When the removal of a certain “perk”…
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