Blogosphere: End Of Boring NY, More Than Just Roadways, Postmortem On MAP-21, Cargo Bikes, Cincinnati Decline
July 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: MTA Capital Construction now less 'boring' 2nd Avenue Sagas Earlier this week, the MTA made, in the annals of capital construction, a relatively major announcement. On Wednesday morning at around 7:30 p.m., the final East Side Access TBM came to a stop six feet beneath the LIRR Main Line in Long Island City. The TBM named "Molina" made two runs and will now be scrapped. With its end, for the first time in three years, the MTA has no active tunneling machine boring through the city. ... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Future Is "More Than Just Roadways" DC Streetsblog Over the past two weeks, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association has sent letters to the Republican National Committee [PDF] and the Democratic National Committee [PDF], asking them to consider inserting a plank in their platforms about transportation. And they were clear in their letter that, despite being major cheerleaders for road-building, the future they see is multi-modal.... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Postmortem On MAP-21 TransFormCA Now that some times has passed since the whirlwind passage of a new federal transportation bill, it's time to assess the damage and figure out where we stand. ... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Myth Of "Europe" In American Politics Slate I'm constantly surprised by how often people on both sides of the partisan divide in American politics accept the frame that Democratic Party politicians want to make the United States more "like Europe."... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cargo bikes as tools for social justice Streetsblog If more people of modest means had access to an affordable, dependable cargo bike, could they avoid being sucked into "forced car ownership"?... Read On |
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Blogsphere: Story Behind Cincinnati's 50-Yr. Decline Urban Cincy Cincinnati, like all peer cities, recorded its peak population in the 1950 and has steadily lost residents since. Specifically, Cincinnati has lost 205,000, or 43 percent of its peak population of 503,998 as recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, the population of Cincinnati's metropolitan statistical area has doubled to 2.2 million. ... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cumulative Transit Development Impact eurweb As California pushes the button to speed up its aging transit systems statewide, first-as a form of economic development to drive the state's sagging economy, and secondly, to efficiently manage a projected population boon of 50 million residents by 2025, there has been an increasing concern about the realities of environmental hazards that urban (and even suburban) communities face.... Read On |
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Video: Bikeshare Arrives In Chattanooga Price Tags How long is it going to take the last critical commentators of urban cycling - particularly sports jocks and business leaders with political aspirations - to drop their sneering and get with the inevitable? ... Read On |
