Blogosphere: LA Transit Expansion, NY Subway Connectivity, Cargo Bikes, Building Energy Benchmarks, Community Gardens
August 15, 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: LA's Olympic Scale Transit System The Source First, I want to be very clear about something: I have no idea whether the Los Angeles region in the future will want to bid on hosting the Olympic Games. ... What I think is interesting is that with or without a future Olympics, the transit landscape in Los Angeles County will be noticeably different the next time the Games may land here. ... Read On |
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Blogosphere: On The Connectivity Of Subway Lines Second Avenue Sagas Even as we're debating shuttering some subway stations, it's easy to overlook how subway line routing can impact neighborhood development. A recent piece in The Wall Street Journal brings that point home though.... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Value In Doing Cycletrack Right 1st Time Twin City Sidewalks Riding in downtown Minneapolis last week, I was pleased to discover a shining white row of plastic things along the First Avenue cycletrack. Until this moment, I'd never realized how happy a bunch of white plastic thin two-foot long thingies could make me. Now they routinely visit my dreams, dancing like the broomsticks in Fantasia, and I'm starting to worry about my sanity.... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Hauling Pecks & Pounds By Bike Urban Milwaukee Recently, Breakaway delivered three big boxes of shirts to the Wisconsin Bike Fed's Milwaukee office with their Harry vs Larry Bullitt cargo bike. Only a few years ago, european bakfiets (box bikes) and other cargo bikes were rare and hard to find in Milwaukee. Lately it seems like every time I turn the corner round, someone is pedaling past on a long john, trike or long tail..... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Turbulent Weather, Turbulent Politics Price Tags Andrew Revkin, the 'Dot Earth' blogger for New York Times, discusses the connection between the turbulent weather, droughts and floods, and the politics of climate change... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Calif Launches Climate Change Website California High Speed Rail Blog Governor Jerry Brown is taking the fight against climate change - and those who obstruct action on climate change - to a whole new level. This week the governor announced a new website designed to rebut the people who continue to deny that global warming is real. The site, Climate Change: Just the Facts, is a product of the governor's Office of Planning and Research.... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Building Energy Performance Benchmarks Next American City Why do people obsess over prices at gas stations when, say, their habit of jackrabbiting the pedal at traffic lights costs them more than they save from shopping cents on a gallon? The answer is simple: We like games with tangible goals. Find the glowing numerals of a deal and you've beaten the game.... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Giving Urban Retail A Competitive Edge ASLA The Dirt With Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development, Robert J. Gibbs, ASLA, a landscape architect and planner, has written a comprehensive guide to revitalizing retail in old urban centers.... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Most Popular Urban Infrastructure Atlantic Cities We've all got our favorite pieces of urban infrastructure. Some people like manholes. Others enjoy streetlights. But what is the most favored city part of all? We've come to a conclusion by comparing Flickr tag counts for a number of key city elements.... Read On |
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Video: Community Gardens 101 Urban Times I know many individuals who have expressed a strong interest in starting a garden in vacant lots in their neighbourhood, yet are unsure of where to actually begin. The process can seem overwhelming, but starting a garden is much easier with strong planning and preparation. Live Green Toronto has produced a great introduction to the basics of starting a local community garden, giving a solid introduction to the basics of getting a garden up and running... Read On |
