Blogosphere: Road Diet Benefits, Tampa Streetcar Stimulus, Freeway Mistakes, 12 Step Sprawl Recovery, Helsinki Townhouses
March 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: Road Diet Reduces Collisions Seattle Bike Blog Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today... Read On |
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Commentary: Tampa Streetcar Set Out to Rev Economy Atlanta Journal Constitution Tampa's current streetcar system opened in 2002. By 1994, when Mayor Dick Greco was elected, plans were under way and interest was growing in developing the south and east sides of downtown... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Happens If March 31 Passes Politico What would it look like if Congress fails to extend transportation policy past March 31? Immediately, most of the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax would expire, potentially saving Americans at the pump as gasoline prices skyrocket but draining the already-shaky Highway Trust Fund $110 million a day... Read On |
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Blogosphere: City Freeways A Mistake, What Now? NRDC Switchboard I am of the opinion, which is by no means universally held, that the Interstate Highway System, whose construction was begun in the 1950s, was good for America, or at least a net plus when it comes to travel between cities... Read On |
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Opinion/Editorial: Meet Sam Schwartz New York Times IF you live in New York, commute to New York, or occasionally visit what Russell Shorto called the island at the center of the world, you have experienced the indignity of our city's transportation hell. You have endured the screeching, flood-prone subways... Read On |
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Blogosphere: London Finds Uses for Parking Data Digital Communities (via @wagenblast) In the London borough of Islington, parking enforcement officers patrol a 12-square-mile area that's home to more than 180,000 people. As one might expect in a metropolitan area, the borough is composed of a compact network of roads, businesses and homes... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Revisiting Congestion Pricing in NYC Second Avenue Sagas Congestion pricing is one of those ideas that, rightfully so, just won't fade away. While the official effort to bring a rational road usage and transportation funding plan to New York City died an ignoble death at the hands of Sheldon Silver a few years ago, urban advocates and transportation planners have kept the flame lit.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Could That False Tweet Cost You? New York Times Mark W. Miller did not think Cincinnati should be spending money on a streetcar project, and he said so on Twitter. He urged his hundreds of followers to vote against the project, which was on the local ballot last November... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Ralph McQuarrie Reimagined Cities Too Per Square Mile From the moment Princess Leia's Corellian corvette blasted on-screen, I was hooked on Star Wars. Well, I imagine I was-I don't even remember the first time I saw A New Hope. It's as though I was born liking the movies... Read On |
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Blogosphere: 12 Step Sprawl Recovery Program Original Green America has descended far into the strong darkness of sprawl addiction, and while much of the future lies shrouded in more uncertainty than usual, one fact shines clear: we can no longer afford to sprawl... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Is Providence North Most Rust Belt City? Rust Wire Whether it is the Beehive of Industry, the Renaissance City, or the Creative Capital, this city has been changing hats for centuries. That isn't a typo, this place is old... Read On |
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Blogosphere: 40 Years of Las Vegas Sprawl The Atlantic Cities Las Vegas's notorious sprawl has been well documented but that doesn't mean we'll ever get bored of looking at it. NASA, via one of its Landsat satellites, has released a fun time-lapse video showing the city's last 40 years of seemingly endless growth... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Helsinki Welcomes Townhouses Urban Finland Good news for all of us urbanists: the townhouse (or terraced house) concept is creating a buzz in Helsinki. Last Thursday I attended a seminar by the City Planning Department on the subject of introducing townhouses to the city fabric in a larger scale... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Urban Politics Stall Growth, Push Rents Forbes Blogs In big cities across the country, housing costs keep creeping up. Rents aren't rising out of sync with inflation-but they are, in most cities, hitting us renters hard... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Inequality of American Cities The Atlantic Cities Inequality is shaping up to be one of the biggest issues in the 2012 presidential election. The Occupy movement may have waned since last fall, but its focus on the privileges of the top one percent has yet to go away... Read On |
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Blogosphere: College Towns Are Happy Towns The Atlantic Cities College towns top the list on the latest metro-level rankings on the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, takes the top spot, followed by Charlottesville, Virginia, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Provo-Orem, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado... Read On |
