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Urbanism & Design: Free Parking Fallacies, Why People Perceive Some Cities Safer, Houston Walkability Audit, SimCity Debacle

April 17, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Free Parking Fallacies: Infographics  My Parking Sign   We at MyParkingSign are in a unique position to discern trends in how people are managing their parking lots.
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Urban Issues: Ghana Urban Policy, Protecting Renters From Gentrification, Philly Innovation Hub, Taxes For Better Neighborhoods

April 17, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Ghana Finally Adopts Urban Policy  Next City   "Farouk's people came in their numbers," says Mr. Kwado Yeboah, Principal Town Planner in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.
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Environment & Ecology: Value Of Temporary Gardens, Connecting People In Cities To Forests, Mitigating Freeway Pollution

April 17, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Temporary Gardens Can Still be Valuable  ASLA Dirt Blog   Richard Florida, the innovative thinker about cities, once said that economic development is about the hundreds and thousands of small things done at the local level.
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Transport: China's HSR Theft From Japan, 'Dreamy' Administration Transpo Budget, NYC Bike Share, Banning Bikes In Toronto

April 16, 2013
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TRANSPORT In State Rebuttal, Charlotte Could Vote Against Road Expansion  The Naked City Blog   Charlotte City Council is threatening to withdraw its support for the proposed Monroe Bypass in a key, regional transportation planning group.
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Urban Issues: New Jersey's Youthful Urbanites, Learning To 'Fail Fast', Sequester Cuts Housing Aid, New Childless Norm

April 16, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Old Guard Sees New Youthful Urbanites as Threat in New Jersey  Huffington Post   To many longtime Jersey City residents, there's no better mascot than their mayor, a colorful veteran of the region's rough-and-tumble politics who released an album of Christmas classics while in office.
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Urbanism & Design: Smarter Development Rule Book, Lessons From Chicago Suburb, Albuquerque's Answer To Sprawl, Cincinnati Staircases

April 15, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN A Simpler, Smarter Rule Book for Development in Sacramento  Sacramento Bee   There are very good reasons why the building industry and business groups, architects and design organizations, and environmental, bicycling and walking advocates all support modernizing Sacramento's cumbersome and antiquated zoning code.
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Urban Issues: Detroit Quest, Baby Boomer Urban Housing Impact, Building A Better City, Investing In Fiber, Housing Mititagates Transit Noise

April 15, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Dan Gilbert's Quest to Bring Back Detroit  New York Times Magazine   THE best way to experience all that is strange and a little otherworldly about downtown Detroit is to walk the streets around 5 p.m. on a weekday.
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Transport: Madison BRT, Australian HSR $120B, DC Streetcar Joint Development, Designing Boston Transit Map

April 12, 2013
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TRANSPORT Madison BRT Plan Greeted Favorably by Officials  Capital Times   Enthusiasm is high for a new model of speedy bus service for Madison - but so is the potential price tag.
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Urban Issues: Portand Incentives For Nike, Affordable Housing & Transport Options, Rethinking Town Centers

April 12, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Portland Considers Luring Nike to South Waterfront with Incentives  Portland Oregonian   Attempting to lure Nike to Portland's South Waterfront District, city officials have considered offering unprecedented financial incentives of about $80 million for parking garages, parks and new streets tied to a massive company expansion, The Oregonian has learned.
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Transport: Transit Wiki, Richmond VA Transit Network Plans, Driving Down & Highway Spending Up, Speeding Seattle Transit Studies

April 11, 2013
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TRANSPORT Transit Wiki for Information Sharing  Human Transit   I've recently learned of a new resource for sharing knowledge and best practices related to transit planning: transitwiki.org.
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