Blogosphere: Care For Separated Bike Lanes, City As Engine, Open Data & City Hall, Homeownership & Civic Engagement
August 22, 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: The Case for Separated Bike Lanes The Atlantic Cities The other day, Doug Gordon decided to try a little bike lane experiment. Gordon, author of the Brooklyn Spoke blog, placed red plastic Solo cups (yes, the ones you use when drinking from a keg).. Read On |
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Blogosphere: San Jose Sets Out to Be Bike Friendly SF Streetsblog San Jose - which wants its central district to become the urban center of Silicon Valley - hopes to build the Bay Area's most bike-friendly downtown, where pedaling to work, school or the farmers market is "safe, convenient and commonplace" for people of all ages... Read On |
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Blogosphere: City as Engine NPR Cosmos and Culture Blog Cities may be the defining element of human civilization. The path from hunter-gatherers in the Paleolithic era 25,000 years ago to the high-tech, high-wonder jumble we inhabit today runs straight through cities. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Disrupting City Hall to Open Government Next American City You probably know more about the locale for tomorrow night's House Hunters International, or the flavors on next week's Cupcake Wars, than you do about construction planned for across your street or building code violations on your block... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Spread of Walmart The Atlantic Cities Sam Walton opened his first two stores in Arkansas by 1965:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Homeownership Fosters Civic Engagement Greater Greater Washington Last year, former DC mayor and current Councilmember Marion Barry tried to get the city to forbid construction of any new apartment buildings in his ward. The purpose?.. Read On |
