Transport: Extending Pittsburgh Light Rail, Vienna Auto Use Just 27%, Fall Of China's Rail Ministry, Rail Vs. Air Market Share, Denver West Line Ready
March 25, 2013
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Pittsburgh Considers Light Rail to the North
WPXI
A year after opening the North Shore Connector, elected officials are talking with engineers about again extending Port Authority of Allegheny County's light-rail system.
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Urban Issues: Boston Adding Housing, Ethiopia's Middle Class, San Antonio's Busines Savvy Immigrants, Bay Area Low Income Workers Struggle
March 25, 2013
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Boston Looks to Add 30,000 Housing Units by 2020
Boston Globe
The city of Boston plans to add up to 30,000 new housing units by 2020 to meet the needs of a changing population that includes more families moving to the downtown area, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is set to announce on Monday.
Urbanism & Design: Low Impact Design Standards, Pittsburgh TOD, Height Isn't Density, Preserving Berlin Wall, Affordable Housing & Corridor Planning
March 21, 2013
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DDOT Drafting Low Impact Design Standards
Georgetown Patch
DDOT welcomes public feedback on draft design standards for low impact development and green infrastructure for the public right-of-way.
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Urban Issues: Austin Neighborhood Sustainability, Fed Water Resources Legislation, Money Wise & Resourceful Philly, Geography & Personality
March 21, 2013
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Implementing Policies to Sustain Family Neighborhoods in Austin
Austin Chronicle
Unless their habitat is preserved, species can go extinct. First, the polar bear. Next, families with children near Burnet Road.
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Environment & Ecology: Human Density & Climate Change, SF Water Future, Fighting NIMBY Enviros, Philly Green Innovation, Transpo Electrification
March 21, 2013
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Human Density and Climage Change
Price Tags
Nothing too surprising in this map of human dispersion on the planet. But on closer look, I had never appreciated how the highest densities in India and Bangladesh concentrate along a continual band south of the Himalayas:
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Transport: SunRail Expectations, Amtrak National Network, Transit Vital To Pittsburgh, Denver East Colfax Corridor Planning
March 18, 2013
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Don't Expect SunRail to Be Cure All
Orlando Sentinel
There I was, happily reading a front-page story about plans to bring assorted rail projects to Orlando, when I ran face first into these statements from transit supporters:
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Local Businesses Giving Telecommuting a Try
Virginian Pilot
Julie Rowland's townhouse sits back from a crescent-shaped street in Virginia Beach's Timberlake neighborhood. Few cars travel down it during the day. Inside, the phone almost never rings.
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: Phoenix LRT Development, MO Transpo Sales Tax, Preparing For Streetcars, Saluting LA Transpo Future, Marin to SF Rail
March 15, 2013
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Blogosphere: Seeking to Cultivate Change on LRT Lines
Global Site Plans
An ambitious project spearheaded by the City of Phoenix, Arizona State University (ASU), and St. Luke's Health Initiative called Reinvent Phoenix aims to change the way Phoenix's light rail is developed around neighborhoods...
An ambitious project spearheaded by the City of Phoenix, Arizona State University (ASU), and St. Luke's Health Initiative called Reinvent Phoenix aims to change the way Phoenix's light rail is developed around neighborhoods...
News: NOLA Streetcar Extension, TIFIA & States, Siemens & VW Trolley Trucks, Modifying Infra Buy America Laws, Traffic Noise Vs. Song Birds, Healthy City Living
March 12, 2013
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New York: Is It Safe to Cross?
New York Times
On a Friday afternoon last month, Martha Atwater went to buy cookies at a bagel shop on Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street in Brooklyn and was struck by a Honda sport utility vehicle that careered onto the sidewalk as she was leaving...
Read On New Orleans: Rampart Extension to Open in 2015 Louisiana Weekly
Work will begin next year on a $71 million North Rampart…
On a Friday afternoon last month, Martha Atwater went to buy cookies at a bagel shop on Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street in Brooklyn and was struck by a Honda sport utility vehicle that careered onto the sidewalk as she was leaving...
Read On New Orleans: Rampart Extension to Open in 2015 Louisiana Weekly
Work will begin next year on a $71 million North Rampart…
Blogosphere: Bikes & Business, Urban Mobility Report Critique, Long Distance Commutes, Dirty Urbanization Truth, Boston Giant Farm
March 8, 2013
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Blogosphere: Biz Impact of Bikes Dominates Meeting
Streetsblog
'Bikes mean business' is the official theme of this year's National Bike Summit; but that idea hardly needs any help in being put front and center...
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Those outside-the-car airbags are pretty sweet, but what if we could make cars automatically stop before they, you know, hit people?..
'Bikes mean business' is the official theme of this year's National Bike Summit; but that idea hardly needs any help in being put front and center...
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Those outside-the-car airbags are pretty sweet, but what if we could make cars automatically stop before they, you know, hit people?..
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