Urban Issues: Small Grants Aid Cities, Oregon Redevelopment Tax Shift, Lessons From Harlem, DC Food Truck Politics
May 23, 2013
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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.
Urbanism & Design: Security Trumps Urbanism In NY, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Impress, Making Walking To School Safer
May 20, 2013
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World Trade Center Security Will Kill Its Urbanism
New York Times City Room, via: @witoldr
The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began…
Urban Issues: Demographic Evolution Of Cities 1950-2050, Fighting Gentrification, An Urban School System That Works, SF Trash Inspectors
April 5, 2013
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Chart: Demographic Evolution of Cities 1950 - 2025
Urban Demographics, via: @trnsprttnst
A nice chart showing the U.N. estimate for the demographic evolution of cities between 1950 and 2025.
Environment & Ecology: Farmscrapers In China, Preserving Calif. Farmland, Air Pollution Linked To Deaths, Essential Elements Of Green Cities, Ways To Green Schools
April 4, 2013
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Could Farmscrapers Turn Cities Green?
Salon
A France and Belgium-based architecture firm is adding farms to urban skyscrapers to help China's polluted cities
Urban Issues: Nashville's Time To Shine, US Housing Supply, China's Housing Restrictions, Charleston Creative Corridor
April 1, 2013
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Nashville's Time to Shine is Now
Nashville Tennessean
Half a century ago, the founding fathers of Metro knew their city was coming up short.
Urban Issues: Negotiating Density, Unemployment & Transit, DC Budget Of Urban Issues, Tech & Customer Service
March 29, 2013
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Negotiating Down Density is Not Fiscally Sustainable
Vibrant Bay Area
I know a land-use planner whose judgment I respect. During our years of working together, she often said that a compromise is appropriate if it equally disappoints people on both sides of a disagreement.
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Urbanism & Design: Zappos Inconvenient Office, Saving Schools & Libraries, Young Moving Downtown In Pittsburgh, Digital Mapping & Cartography
March 18, 2013
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An Intentionally Inconvenient Office in Las Vegas
Business Insider
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh recently jumped into the debate over working from home that was sparked by Yahoo's recall of its remote workers, telling CNBC that he feels that it's difficult to build a strong company culture when you have lots of telecommuters.
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Saving Schools and Libraries by Giving Up their Land
New York Times
The Brooklyn Heights library is neither the oldest nor the most dilapidated branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system. But the 52-year-old limestone building is nonetheless ripe for demolition.
Blogosphere: Amtrak-State Partnerships, Senate Restores MAP-21 Funding, Eliminating STROADS, Indy Blue Line Alternatives
March 14, 2013
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Blogosphere: Expand State Amtrak Partnerships
Brookings
As passenger rail ridership grows nationwide, Amtrak and some states are engaging in innovative new partnerships to foster this demand...
Read On Blogosphere: Ambitious Plan Needed for Twin Cities Minnesota Public Radio
Transit planners are fantasizing about making Minnesota's next generation transportation system reality. That means changing the way…
As passenger rail ridership grows nationwide, Amtrak and some states are engaging in innovative new partnerships to foster this demand...
Read On Blogosphere: Ambitious Plan Needed for Twin Cities Minnesota Public Radio
Transit planners are fantasizing about making Minnesota's next generation transportation system reality. That means changing the way…
Blogosphere: Transit As Urban Industry, China Profitable HSR, Case For Higher Gas Tax, Subway Cell Phone Service Debate, Iceland Landscape Lessons
February 25, 2013
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Blogosphere: Transit as Urban Industry
Rebuilding Space in Urban Place
Back during the initial streetcar study in DC (DC Transit Futures), I made the point that if DC were to (re)develop streetcars to the extent discussed, then we could work to even develop streetcar manufacturing facilities...
Read On Blogosphere: Four of China's HSR Lines Profitable Systemic Failure
According to a report late last year, four of the country's high-speed rail…
Back during the initial streetcar study in DC (DC Transit Futures), I made the point that if DC were to (re)develop streetcars to the extent discussed, then we could work to even develop streetcar manufacturing facilities...
Read On Blogosphere: Four of China's HSR Lines Profitable Systemic Failure
According to a report late last year, four of the country's high-speed rail…
News: Chicago Details BRT Lanes, Virginia Transpo Deal, Federal Repair First Focus, SimCity Education, NYU Big Data Campus, Multifamily Housing Starts Drop
February 21, 2013
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Chicago: City Outlines Bus Only Lanes
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago's Department of Transportation and the CTA today released details on a new public transportation initiative called Bus Rapid Transit...
Read On National: Virginia House/Senate Strike Transpo Deal Transportation Nation
In a final attempt to reach a compromise on measures to raise substantial new revenues for transportation before the scheduled adjournment of the…
Chicago's Department of Transportation and the CTA today released details on a new public transportation initiative called Bus Rapid Transit...
Read On National: Virginia House/Senate Strike Transpo Deal Transportation Nation
In a final attempt to reach a compromise on measures to raise substantial new revenues for transportation before the scheduled adjournment of the…
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