Blogosphere: Bikes & Traffic Laws, Quality Of Life Investments, US As HSR Nation, Center Vs. Curb Running, Model Green Schools
July 23, 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: Bikes Are Not Cars Streetsblog SF If you follow just about any major media coverage of street etiquette and safety, by now you've probably seen a piece vilifying people on bikes for "running" stop signs... Read On |
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Commentary: Indianapolis Transit Efforts Stuck in State Indianapolis Star Earlier this month, several mayors and council leaders from local cities and towns gathered at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for a lunch with Brian Bosma, speaker of the Indiana House... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Transpo Investments and Quality of Life DC Streetsblog For a while it didn't seem certain, but after a critical vote earlier this month, it looks like California's on track to build high-speed rail. And, I'll be the first to admit, California - with two large, global metros just a few hundred miles apart - is a great place for it... Read On |
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Blogosphere: LaHood - America Becomming HSR Nation DOT Fastlane Now is a great time to talk about our investments in America's transportation network. Congress has passed--and the President has signed--a new transportation bill... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Technophile Wants Our Brains Human Transit I'm not sure if I should give this oxygen, but for the record: Randal O'Toole, the infamous anti-planning writer known for his blog The Antiplanner, has falsely implied that I agree with his critique of Los Angeles rail plans. Not so fast... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Pros and Cons of Center vs Curb Running Portland Transport The City of Boston has created a pretty nice one-sheeter laying out the advantages, disadvantages, and design principles of running exclusive bus lanes in the center of a road vs. along the curb... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Catelonia's Human Towers Polis Blog My recent trip to New York City coincided with the first ever visit of a Catalonian human tower building team to the U.S. Hailing from the city of Villafranca del Penedès in northeastern Spain, they are one of the most renowned teams among 58 found in cities and towns across the Catalonia region... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Citywide Plan for Austin's Lady Bird Lake Next American City On any given day after 5pm, thousands of joggers, cyclists and pedestrians descend onto the Roy and Ann Butler Hike and Bike Trail along Lady Bird Lake in central Austin, Texas... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Other Social Network - Cities Metropolis Magazine Sustainability is, by now, a well-embedded and highly visible part of public discourse. Buildings that breathe and cities that live are less science fiction than just plain science, and people are becoming more and more conscious of the impact their actions have on increasingly stressed ecosystems... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Suburbs Birth Diverse Neighborhoods The Atlantic Cities Despite the stereotypes, suburban communities are now at the cutting edge of racial, ethnic and even political change in America. Racially integrated suburbs are growing faster than their white counterparts... Read On |
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Blogosphere: A New Model for Green Schools The Atlantic Cities Rosa Parks Elementary School in Portland, Oregon is housed in a super-green building that earned a LEED-gold certification and, according to the US Green Building Council, uses 24 percent less energy than a comparably sized but conventionally built school... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Six Degrees of Twitter Suprageography The font sizes for the names correspond to the number of followers, while the colour ramp (light grey to yellow to blue) is proportional to the number of listings per follower. That is, someone who has a small number of followers, but has been listed by many of those people (and others) will appear bright blue... Read On |
