Urban Issues: Mel Watt FHFA, SF Ellis Act Maps, San Gabriel Valley Asian Population Growth, Suing Blight
May 3, 2013
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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…
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…
Urban Issues: Blighted Properties, Spanish Country Life, Naming Streets in Berlin, Food Deserts
May 2, 2013
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Baltimore Community Groups Sue Blighted Property Owners
Baltimore Sun, via: @RWhelanWSJ
Six Baltimore community groups filed an $8 million lawsuit Tuesday against a Texas man whose companies own dozens of properties in the city, alleging that he failed to improve rundown homes after purchasing them at tax sales and allowed them to become a danger.
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Urbanism & Design: TOD As Sprawl Repair, Architect Paolo Soleri, 'Pedestrian Street' Zoning, 3 Pillars Of Seoul Development, Sidewalks As Parking Lots
April 11, 2013
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TOD Project Begins Sprawl Repair in Baltimore
Better Cities and Towns
Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Maryland, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) that, upon completion, will support more than 1.2 million square feet of commercial office space
Urbanism & Design: Tourniquet For Hemorrhaging Retail, ATM Banking Revolution, Revitalizing Pittsburgh, Density & Voting, Design Oriented vs. Passive Traffic Safety
April 2, 2013
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Treating Hemorrhaging Retail with a Tourniquet.
American Dirt
It's a topic I can rarely avoid for long: the ups and downs of the American retail landscape.
News: Texas HSR Complications, Ft. Lauderdale Streetcar OK, London's New Urban Park, Retail Prospers Downtown, Penn Station TOD
March 14, 2013
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Texas: Begging TXDOT to Not Mess Up HSR
Dallas Observer
Texas Central Railway's plan, announced almost a year ago now, to build a high-speed rail line linking Houston and North Texas has hit a not altogether unexpected complication: inter-city squabbling over where the bullet train will stop...
Read On Fort Lauderdale: Streetcar Gets County OK Railway Age
Broward County, Fla., gave its approval Tuesday for a streetcar loop, dubbed "The Wave," to serve Fort…
Texas Central Railway's plan, announced almost a year ago now, to build a high-speed rail line linking Houston and North Texas has hit a not altogether unexpected complication: inter-city squabbling over where the bullet train will stop...
Read On Fort Lauderdale: Streetcar Gets County OK Railway Age
Broward County, Fla., gave its approval Tuesday for a streetcar loop, dubbed "The Wave," to serve Fort…
News: Transit Ridership Surges, Baltimore Red Line EIS OK, Death Of Cottonbelt Line, Ann Arbor's Transit-Supportive Density, DC Joint Development
March 11, 2013
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National: Transit Surges as Americans Return to Work
Reuters
The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record last year, as more people returned to work, according to an annual survey released by the leading U.S. transit association on Monday...
Read On Baltimore: FTA Approves Final EIS for Red Line Progressive Railroading
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on the Baltimore Red Line's…
The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record last year, as more people returned to work, according to an annual survey released by the leading U.S. transit association on Monday...
Read On Baltimore: FTA Approves Final EIS for Red Line Progressive Railroading
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on the Baltimore Red Line's…
Blogosphere: Bicycle Oriented Development, NYC Lessons For LA, Richmond Top Innovators, Participatory Budgeting, True Urban Mixed Use, Energy From Rope Drives
March 4, 2013
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Blogosphere: Bicycles and Economic Development
Bacon's Rebellion
Richmond is gaining traction as a bicycle-friendly region but it is a slow and arduous process...
Read On Blogosphere: NYC Transport Boss Offers LA Lessons Metro's The Source
I had the good fortune of attending a forum last night with Janette Sadik-Khan, the innovative Transportation Commissioner for New York City...
Richmond is gaining traction as a bicycle-friendly region but it is a slow and arduous process...
Read On Blogosphere: NYC Transport Boss Offers LA Lessons Metro's The Source
I had the good fortune of attending a forum last night with Janette Sadik-Khan, the innovative Transportation Commissioner for New York City...
News: Nashville BRT TOD, SF Car Share Parking Rules, Oregon Lottery Transport Funding, Sacramento Urban Identity
February 22, 2013
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Nashville: BRT Route Expected to Spur Development
Nashville Business Journals
Nashville's development community is embracing Mayor Karl Dean's proposed bus-rapid-transit system along the West End corridor...
Read On San Francisco: Carsharing's Unlikely Foe Transportation Nation
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to allow residential developers to add more parking spots to their new apartment buildings-- if those spots are…
Nashville's development community is embracing Mayor Karl Dean's proposed bus-rapid-transit system along the West End corridor...
Read On San Francisco: Carsharing's Unlikely Foe Transportation Nation
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to allow residential developers to add more parking spots to their new apartment buildings-- if those spots are…
News: LaHood's Departure, Paying Per Mile, Aging Demographics & Transport, Dallas TOD Wins Award, Memphis Innovation Community
January 30, 2013
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National: It's Official, LaHood is Out
DC Streetsblog
After a few false alarms, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has finally come out and said it: He's leaving the administration...
Read On National: "I Will Not Serve a Second Term" DOT Fastlane
I want Fast Lane readers to be among the first to know that I will not serve a second term as Secretary of Transportation...
After a few false alarms, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has finally come out and said it: He's leaving the administration...
Read On National: "I Will Not Serve a Second Term" DOT Fastlane
I want Fast Lane readers to be among the first to know that I will not serve a second term as Secretary of Transportation...
Blogosphere: Revolutionizing Transit, FTA Funding Cuts, Mexico City's Commuter Paradise, Tucson Streetcar View, Terrifying Maintenance Backlog
January 22, 2013
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Blogosphere: How to Revolutionize City's Transit System
CNU Salons
How does a city go from a bus-only transit system to a multi-modal network in a decade? Despite early setbacks, metropolitan Orlando is well on its way to getting connected. In the next few years, public and private projects - mostly on existing rails - will shape the way Central Floridians get around...
Read On Blogosphere: A Triumph of Marketing Over…
How does a city go from a bus-only transit system to a multi-modal network in a decade? Despite early setbacks, metropolitan Orlando is well on its way to getting connected. In the next few years, public and private projects - mostly on existing rails - will shape the way Central Floridians get around...
Read On Blogosphere: A Triumph of Marketing Over…
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