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Blogosphere: Arkansas Parking, Salt Lake Suburbia, California Sustainable Communities, Transpo Bill Critique, Charlotte Financing
December 6, 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: Arkansas Surrounds Capital with Parking
Streetsblog.net
Another day, another sad tale of government officials trying to cram as many parking spaces downtown as possible. Today's example is especially disappointing because what was standing in the way of 100 additional parking spaces near the state capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas were the sort of things that make cities nice: namely trees and sidewalks...
Another day, another sad tale of government officials trying to cram as many parking spaces downtown as possible. Today's example is especially disappointing because what was standing in the way of 100 additional parking spaces near the state capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas were the sort of things that make cities nice: namely trees and sidewalks...
Blogosphere: The High Cost of Low Density
October 14, 2011|Smart Growth America
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Smart growth can reduce costs for municipal governments, and with so many towns in America struggling financially it's time more places use these fiscally responsible strategies. News this week from Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Florida and Maine highlight the fact that many small cities are struggling to make ends meet. ... Read On
Blogosphere: The Forbidden Crosswalk
October 5, 2011|Planetizen
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A crosswalk in Little Rock, Arkansas is forbidden to pedestrians from 6am to 6pm every day. Tim McKuin asks, what's the deal? The "anti-people" sign, as McKuin puts it, is on a very important intersection near City Hall and the historic Capital Building... Read On
Twin Cities – Denver Peer Exchange on Transit, TOD and equity issues
September 12, 2011
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Program Director Catherine Cox Blair will be in the Twin Cities this week with a contingency from Denver for a Twin Cities – Denver Peer Exchange on Transit, TOD and Equity Issues. The exchange is supported by the Mile High Transit Opportunity Collaborative.
Transportation in the Clinton Years
June 17, 2011
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Reconnecting America President and CEO John Robert Smith will participate in a panel discussion at the "Transportation in the Clinton Years: A Period of Innovation, Vision & Vigilance 10th Anniversary" at the Clinton Presidential Center and Library in Little Rock, AR. Smith's panel on "Transportation Innovation and the Economy" will focus on highway, transit, rail and aviation reauthorization.
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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Mesa: Pushing for a New Main Street Plan
October 30, 2009|Arizona Republic
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The plans, visions and proposals that have poured forth over the years about reviving downtown Mesa might, if piled together, reach as high as one of the skyscrapers that never got built there.
But now, armed with a $300,000 federal stimulus grant, Mesa is making another run at it. This time, unlike a hapless Charlie Brown condemned to perpetually whiff at Lucy's football, the city hopes to finally connect....
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But now, armed with a $300,000 federal stimulus grant, Mesa is making another run at it. This time, unlike a hapless Charlie Brown condemned to perpetually whiff at Lucy's football, the city hopes to finally connect....
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Fayetteville: LRT in the Future
August 3, 2009|Northwest Arkansas News
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Perhaps some day, people will commute from downtown Fayetteville to the Northwest Arkansas International Airport by train instead of driving a car on the highway. Besides interconnecting the major cities in Northwest Arkansas, a light rail could be an economic catalyst, presenter Steve Luoni said at the "Visioning Rail Transit" event Thursday in the Fayetteville Public Library....
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TCRP Report 31 Volume 2: Funding Strategies for Public Transportation, Casebook
January 1, 1998|Price Waterhouse LLP
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Case studies of innovative methods for generating revenue for the capital and operating costs of public transportation
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