Blogosphere: Transit Construction Costs, LA As Next Atlanta, Transpo Summit Videos, Making Great Neighborhoods
| 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: Relative Costs of Transit Construction Pedestrian Observations The relative costs of different technologies of transit are not fixed. Although there are some rules of thumb for the ratio of tunneling cost to above-ground transit cost, the actual ratio depends on the city and project, and this would favor the mode that's relatively cheaper... Read On |
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Blogosphere: LA? You Could be Atlanta Grist Slate's business and economics correspondent, Matthew Yglesias, recently penned a paean to L.A.'s newfound love affair with mass transit, only to be pummeled by the L.A. Weekly:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Videos from the Transportation Summit CNU Were you unable to attend the 2012 CNU Transportation Summit? Watch video excerpts from the Jeffrey Tumlin (Nelson\Nygaard) and John Horsley (AASHTO) debate... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Cali's Future Not a Series of Tubes California High Speed Rail Blog One of the more annoying talking points used by high speed rail critics is that HSR will somehow be "obsolete" by the time it's built... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Don't Expect Driving to Go Up Again DC Streetsblog This whole "peak car" may be more than just a sustainability nut's fantasy. We've seen time after time that young people are souring on car culture and finding other ways to get around and connect with friends... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Conservatives, Urbanists, & Liberals CNU After reading all manner of political posts on Facebook and various listservs, it occurs to me that conservatives and liberals are more alike than they think. Both groups are driven in part by an emotional fear of concentrated power - sometimes sensible, sometimes not. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: San Antonio Mayor Wants Sales Tax for Edu This Big City This summer has been a blast for those of us contemplating the future of politics in America. The past few weeks have afforded the distinct pleasure of learning about the life and career of Julian Castro.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Growing Power Scores $5M to Feed Cities Grist (via @tdechant) Food-justice organization Growing Power - with its now-iconic greenhouses, composting worms, fishponds, and multiple generations of graduates - is well-known as a model worth replicating... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Makes Neighborhoods Great DC Streetsblog Walk Score is a service that quantifies how walkable your neighborhood is and helps connect people with housing in areas where they can live car-free or car-lite... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Do HUD Units Keep People Happy? Next American City More than 1 million American households live in HUD housing. How many of them are happy? If that sounds like an odd question, it became more relevant last week when the journal Science revisited the findings of a study conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over a 20-year period... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Portland Really Young Person Retirement? The Atlantic Cities After visiting Portland, Oregon, this past summer, Slate correspondent Matthew Yglesias wrote that he heard a joke about the city's economy repeated several times:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Building a New Downtown Planning Commissioners Journal As someone who lives in a university town, I can tell you it's not every day that the university's and town's perspectives on a key issue are closely aligned... Read On |
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Blogosphere: City vs Suburbs Ignores Real Issues Greater Greater Washington In a recent column for Salon, Will Doig laments the "invasion" of new, suburban downtowns that he calls a symbol of white flight. But "city" and "suburb" aren't as clear-cut as he makes it out to be, nor should suburban town centers be anything to worry about. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Bowling Alone Urbanism Burgh Diaspora Subsidizing home ownership in the city is a bad idea. Among urban renewal policy wonks, conventional wisdom holds that helping lower income families secure a mortgage will improve a neighborhood... Read On |
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Blogosphere: California's Planning Leadership Planetizen A new report from the NRDC and Move LA documents the implementation of California's landmark SB 375, the nation's first law to link transportation and land use planning with greenhouse gas emissions... Read On |
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Blogosphere: When Did Washington Change? The Economist Free Exchange LAST week, the Census Bureau published new county-level income data, which revealed that seven of the nation's ten richest counties are located in the Washington metropolitan area, a share that has only risen of late... Read On |
