Blogosphere: Placard Abuse, GOP Transport Platform OK, BRT Transit Band-Aid, Uban 'Map Geek', State Vs. City
September 4, 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: Placard Abuse Threatens Parking Reform SF Streetsblog If cities needed any more reason to curb handicap placard abuse, here it is. The authors of a new study out of Los Angeles point out that rampant placard abuse threatens to undermine performance parking programs... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Why R Transport Platform Is OK Transportation Issues Daily Some stakeholders are upset with the transportation sections of the national Republican platform (pdf). We aren't upset, and here's why... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Using BRT as a Transit Band Aid Atlantic Cities When a new metro line opened up in Istanbul a couple weeks ago, it mostly served as a reminder of something the city has been awaiting for the better part of a decade. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: LA Asks Voters to Extend Transit Tax Transport Politic Lacking the federal support to advance its transportation projects forward as quickly as the leadership - and perhaps the public - desires, L.A. County residents will vote on whether to extend a 1/2-cent sales tax for thirty more years... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Twitter, Google Docs, and Carpools Pluggd In (via @humansindesign) Mumbaikars are known for their resilience. Yet another example of their fighting spirit was on display yesterday when thousands of people stranded in heavy rains came to each others help... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Mapmaker, Artist, or Programmer The Atlantic Cities Some people look at the abundance of urban data out there and see an academic research paper. Others maybe see a table or a graph or a chart. Self-proclaimed "map geek" Eric Fischer sees some of the most intriguing maps and spatial images found on the Internet, just waiting to be created... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Leader as Strategist, Persuader Otis White I've met a lot of mayors over the years. Some were smart, a few were philosophical, many were shrewd, but only a handful were strategic. One of the few, Frank Martin, died a few weeks ago... Read On |
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Opinion: With Gehry, Facebook Plays It Safe New York Times Opinionator I read with some amusement the news that Facebook had brought on the architect Frank Gehry to design an expansion to its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. Or more specifically, a new warehouse for engineers at its Menlo Park headquarters... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Abandoned Walmart Turns Largest Library Pop Up City Walmarts, the granddaddy of big box stores, are ubiquitous in America. Their lumbering structures and parking lots cover vast areas - a single store is the size of 2.5 football fields... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Chicago's Housing Experiment Salon On the corner of Larabee and Division Streets in Chicago, a woman named Andrea stands in front of her home, a quasi-public housing development with a surreally pristine, Ikea-esque veneer... Read On |
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Blogosphere: State vs. Cities, Adding Up Damage KCET City council members in California are the voters' most trusted elected officials. State legislators? Not so much. In a recent national survey, cities get high marks for the quality and extent of their services -- a 73 percent approval rating... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Legislators Look to Pass New Redev Bills California Watch California redevelopment funding may not be dead after all. Four bills that would expand cities' and counties' ability to divert property taxes for local development projects have made it to the final sprint of the state legislative session, which ends today at midnight, and are now on the governor's desk... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Height Isn't Density The Greater Marin Much noise has been made over the height of the Civic Center Station Area Plan (SAP). Quiet and Safe San Rafael (QSSR) has called it "very high density", citing increases to the unit-per-acre arrangement as proof. But density is not height, and height doesn't mean density... Read On |
