Blogosphere: Subway Twitter Updates, Shared Streets, Case For LA TOD, Declining Traffic, Bike Share Safety
May 24, 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: Twitter Feed for Every Subway Line Recombu The lovely folks over at TfL are trying to make Londoners journey times a little easier and have launched Twitter feeds for each underground line, to keep commuters in the capitcal up-to-date of delays and station closures. A rather good idea in our books... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Shared Streets and Evolving Traffic Code Urban Omnibus In the early 1970s, Mayor John V. Lindsay and his administration pursued an ill-fated proposal to turn Madison Avenue between 44th and 57th Streets into a pedestrian mall with limited access to buses, emergency vehicles and delivery trucks... Read On |
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Blogosphere: LA and the Case for TOD LA Streetsblog For those of us who grew up within walking distance of a commuter bus or train stop, the concept of development near rail stations seems like the natural way cities develop and expand. Where there is a train station, there are amenities around it - homes and businesses - the things that make a city, a city. It is just common sense... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Tea Party Aims at Bike/Ped in Conference DC Streetsblog Although Senate Republicans had hoped the carefully crafted compromise over the Transportation Enhancements program would stand, some House members are stating their insistence that the program be stripped out entirely in conference... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Traffic Down in the Last Year? DC Streetsblog More interesting and puzzling news about Americans' evolving driving habits: Research group INRIX recently announced that urban traffic congestion plummeted 30 percent in 2011 over the previous year... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Florida's Pedestrian Problem Helm of the Public Realm In recent years, the Sunshine State bore the brunt of national criticism regarding roadway safety due to our alarming record of pedestrian fatalities. While it's true that we carry the highest pedestrian fatality rate.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: City Invests Millions in Parking Garages Urban Indy The past year, civic boosters have cheered new infill development occurring in the city. Noteworthy among these developments, are 2 that I would like to focus on here. The first being the multi-use parking structure in Broad Ripple, something we have reported on heavily in the past... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Does Bike Share Mean for Safety? The Atlantic Cities Citi Bike, New York City's long-awaited bike share program, is launching in July. Earlier this month the program released a draft map of bike share stations; all told Citi Bike will boast 600 stations and 10,000 bikes. In short, the Citi is about to get a lot more Biki. So what does that mean for safety?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Interview with Bruce Katz, Jennifer Bradley Next American City As vice president of the Brookings Institution and director of the Institution's Great Lakes Economic Initiative, respectively, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley have spent years researching and promoting policy reforms intended to help metropolitan regions grow and prosper. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Edible Urbanism and Civic Opportunism City of Sound This screen grab of an iPhone app is interesting for a number of reasons. One reason is seemingly mundane, and concerns the procurement of such things, yet could unlock possibilities nonetheless... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Is Urbanism a Misnomer? City Commons Being married to a guy who grew up in North Dakota has made me very aware that the word "urbanism" doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. As generally used and understood academically, urbanism is not about cities and city life per se.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Is Your Park Score? City Parks Blog How many people in your city live within walking distance of the nearest park? In what neighborhoods should park improvements or additions be targeted to maximize impact? How well is your city's park system serving the needs of its residents?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Local Food Craze Swamps Area Markets Plan Charlotte Cars jammed the parking lots, spilled over onto the lawn and relentlessly circled, searching for spaces. One recent Saturday at the state-run Charlotte Regional Farmers Market, Arlene Haigler could plainly see how a national trend had come home to North Carolina... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cause/Solution to Transit Displacement Seattle Transit Blog I've finally made it through Puget Sound Sage's much-hyped report "Transit Oriented Development that's Healthy, Green, and Just." I read it warily, but was pleasantly surprised by many of the conclusions, even as I had issues with some important omissions... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Spain's Colorful Street Artists Urban Times Cuellimangui comes from a small city in South East Spain (Orihuela). His complicated patchworks of organic shapes bring life to inanimate objects and the abstract forms he paints. His vivid and complicated use of colours are indeed arresting... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Creative With Urban Megadata This Big City You're in the local supermarket buying a box of breakfast cereal. You pick up a box, and before dropping it in the trolley, give it a quick swipe with your smartphone... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Housing Restrictions Holding Back Growth Slate Moneybox What does George Lucas have to do with Facebook? They're both embroiled in an extremely dire Bay Area housing shortage that's holding back the region's economic potential. This is a problem not just for the Bay Area but for the country as a whole... Read On |
