Blogosphere: Boehner's Gas Statistics, Transport Role In Healthy Communities, Next Major Real Estate Cycle, Cities & Biodiversity, Transit & Food
September 6, 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: Boehner and Gas Statistics DC Streetsblog Out of thin air, House Speaker John Boehner sent an email yesterday with the subject line, "Labor Day Pain: Gas Prices Have Doubled on President Obama's Watch." As evidence of the "doubling" charge, Boehner links to his own website, where he claims... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Transport's Role in Healthy Communities New Public Health The National Prevention Strategy is a national effort engaging 17 federal agencies to develop cross-sector strategies to reduce preventable illness and disease and improve Americans' health. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Transportation and Globalism Urban Land Institute A review of this issue of Urban Land brings two themes to mind: transportation and globalism. They are intimately intertwined, of course, with advances in transportation-along with the internet-enabling today's global economy... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Fixing Takes More Than Money Bacon's Rebellion Yes, Virginia, the Old Dominion has a transportation funding crisis. The problem has been highlighted for the upteenth time in a letter from government leaders from urban crescent encompassing Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Next Major Real Estate Cycle The Atlantic Cities Not too long ago in Washington, D.C. - and still today in plenty of other cities - "walkable urbanism" was a niche real estate market. Developers weren't all that interested in mixed-use, compact projects, of the kind where carless urbanites might live, work and grocery shop in strolling distance... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cities and Biodiversity The Nature of Cities For all of us working in the field of "cities and biodiversity", it is well worth reflecting on our achievements. We can take personal satisfaction knowing that we contribute to a meaningful cause with tangible results... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Transit + Food, Sustainability in Philly City Tank Like many transit agencies, Philadelphia's SEPTA has adopted ambitious goals for sustainability performance. However unlike most other agency plans, SEPTA's "Septainability - Going beyond Green" sustainability program has established a specific goal to improve access to local food via transit, supported by the following initiatives:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: A Roadmap for Urban Agriculture ASLA Dirt While New York City already has some 700 urban farms and gardens spread throughout its five boroughs, urban farming still feels ad-hoc, somewhat tacked-on in many places... Read On |
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Blogosphere: New App Tracks Investments in DVRPC Next American City The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission yesterday released a free, online mapping program, designed to make tracking the flow of government and non-profit dollars throughout the region much easier... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Land Quilts to Restore Ecology Metropolis Magazine Ever have fond memories of feeling wrapped safely in a quilt? We all love that feeling of comfort and safety that comes with quilts, blankets and the loving hands that made them... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cities and Careful Use of Words NRDC Switchboard I've been clean and sober for 20 months now and still counting. Lest you think that I am about to take you down a path of Too Much Information, please join me in lifting a beverage of choice to celebrate that it has been at least that long since I last used the word "vibrant" in my writing... Read On |
