Blogoshpere: Future Of Long Buses, Renting SF City Parking, Slimming Streets, Choosing Road Congestion, New Tampa Vision
September 27, 2012
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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. |
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Blogosphere: A Future for Long Buses? Human Transit I've repeatedly said that if you need a high capacity vehicle with just one driver, over a sustained period of time, you probably have a good reason to build rail... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Citywide Parking Rentals Will be Allowed SF Streetsblog A bill allowing many residential parking spaces to be rented to residents citywide was passed unanimously by the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday despite criticisms that it could encourage car commuting and discourage property owners from converting garages to housing units... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Slimming Streets American Dirt My latest post went up last night on UrbanIndy.com. The issue it features is fairly parochial: a minor collector street on the east side of Indianapolis is far wider than it needs to be... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Walkscore App a Step Forward T4 America Blog Few single actions have helped advance the cause of walkable neighborhoods more than the launch of WalkScore.com a few years ago. In a simple and elegant formulation, Walk Score summed up what it meant to be "walkable" and put a value on it... Read On |
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Blogosphere: We Choose How Congested Our Roads Are Drawing Rings Around the World This BBC article about traffic congestion in Sao Paulo carries on like 180km traffic jams are an inescapable fact of life there and congestion is an insoluble problem... Read On |
| URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT |
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Blogosphere: Faith in Local Government Still Strong The Atlantic Cities Americans' faith in the feds is fading, but trust in state and local government is rising substantially. According to survey results released today by the Gallup organization, roughly two-thirds of Americans express a fair or great deal of trust in state government and even more .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: A New Vision for Tampa 83 Degrees Media Take a few minutes to envision a better Tampa: A walkable, bikeable community with a public transit system and increased population in the downtown urban core; a city with strong, safe neighborhoods, more parks and connections to a riverfront with clean waterways... Read On |
