Blogosphere: Healthy Walk, TRAX Funding, Best Transit City, Roads Costs, Parking Space, Bendy Buses, Silicon Subway
December 13, 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: Healthy Life with Half Hour Walk
Streetsblog.net
Arthritis? Diabetes? Depression? Anxiety? Whatever might ail you, the best prescription may just be a half-hour walk. That's according to research by Dr. Mike Evans, an expert on preventive health care...
Read On Blogosphere: Reinventing Cities with Ziplines The Atlantic Cities
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Arthritis? Diabetes? Depression? Anxiety? Whatever might ail you, the best prescription may just be a half-hour walk. That's according to research by Dr. Mike Evans, an expert on preventive health care...
Read On Blogosphere: Reinventing Cities with Ziplines The Atlantic Cities
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Blogosphere: Better Busways, Streetcar Revitalization, Megaregional Change, Grading Highways, TOD in Dallas
December 5, 2011
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Opinion: Better Busways Don't Require Own Lanes
Talk Gwinnett
No good deed goes unpunished. In reference to the editorial "Streetcar nirvana," that appeared in the Nov. 26 Opinion section, let me clarify my opinion of the streetcar...
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No good deed goes unpunished. In reference to the editorial "Streetcar nirvana," that appeared in the Nov. 26 Opinion section, let me clarify my opinion of the streetcar...
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News: Streetcar Costs, Fares & Ridership, Democratic Tech, Cleveland's New Core, Houston Density, Floating Cities, Detroit's Urban Farming
November 30, 2011
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
Portland: Costs Drop for Lake O Streetcar
Oregonian
Costs for an ambitious and controversial project to connect Portland to Lake Oswego by streetcar can be trimmed by an estimated $58.9 million by making major changes to a proposal that's already gone through years' worth of vetting...
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Costs for an ambitious and controversial project to connect Portland to Lake Oswego by streetcar can be trimmed by an estimated $58.9 million by making major changes to a proposal that's already gone through years' worth of vetting...
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Blogosphere: NY Subway History, Fringe Suburbs, Rethinking Offices, Urban Ecology, Highway Death Maps, Urban Kids, Pocket Parks
November 28, 2011
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Blogosphere: The Progressive Reaction to IRT Subway
Forbes Blogs
nycsubway.org has an amazing trove of transit history, and I just got done reading "The Impact of the IRT on New York City" by Clifton Hood, on the effects of New York's first subway rapid transit line, first opened in 1904...
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nycsubway.org has an amazing trove of transit history, and I just got done reading "The Impact of the IRT on New York City" by Clifton Hood, on the effects of New York's first subway rapid transit line, first opened in 1904...
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Blogoshpere: Rust Belt Stereotypes, Transit Confusion, Multipolar Cities, A Better Bus, The Transit Core, Indoor Bee Keeping
November 21, 2011
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Blogosphere: Rust Belt Stereotypes
Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is poor. It's not news. The Rust Belt is also heavily segregated. Both facts are related. Zones of extreme segregation and poverty serve to siphon potential of a city's limited human capital, and they create negative externalities that sap a city's limited resources...
Read On Blogosphere: Streetfilms Q&A with Mia Birk Streetfilms
In the past year,…
The Rust Belt is poor. It's not news. The Rust Belt is also heavily segregated. Both facts are related. Zones of extreme segregation and poverty serve to siphon potential of a city's limited human capital, and they create negative externalities that sap a city's limited resources...
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Blogosphere: Texas & California HSR, Amtrak Distance Trains, Parking Problems, and Backyard Chickens
November 7, 2011
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Blogosphere: TxDOT's Rationale for HSR, or Not
Dallas Observer
On Tuesday we noted that the Texas Department of Transportation is looking for a firm to ID would-be routes for a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, using $15 million in Federal Railway Administration High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program funds awarded over the summer...
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On Tuesday we noted that the Texas Department of Transportation is looking for a firm to ID would-be routes for a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, using $15 million in Federal Railway Administration High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program funds awarded over the summer...
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Blogosphere: Cleveland Gets Serious About Fixing
October 28, 2011|ASLA Dirt
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Facing continued economic decline and an ever-shrinking population, Cleveland, which has some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country, has come up with an aggressive plan to bring the city back... Read On
Cleveland: Cities Would be Linked by Transit
October 26, 2011|Cleveland Plain Dealer
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An ambitious, 16-year plan to resurrect Lorain County's bus system and link Sandusky to Cleveland by commuter rail lacks a key ingredient -- money... Read On
National: Poverty's Surge in the Cleveland Burbs
October 26, 2011|New York Times
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The poor population in America's suburbs - long a symbol of a stable and prosperous American middle class - rose by more than half after 2000, forcing suburban communities across the country to re-evaluate their identities and how they serve their populations... Read On
Blogosphere: Rap Scene Economic Development Tool
October 24, 2011|Rust Wire
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It can be argued that the heart of American hip hop has been shifting to the Rust Belt for some time now. While Detroit is the anchor, both the Pittsburgh and Cleveland scenes have been taking off of late... Read On
