Blogosphere: US Transpo Funding, Segregation's End, Toronto Transit Fight, Maryland Gas Tax, Software Of Placemaking
February 1, 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: Senate Bill - Fed Funds Support Service DC Streetsblog All eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans' grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate's transportation bill finally got some answers... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Why Does Infra Resemble Third World? Governing Take a look around your community and I bet you'll see pothole-filled roads, rusting bridges and decaying train stations. It is rare, rather than the rule, to see unblemished asphalt, gleaming railings and bright platforms. Yet we are, by all estimates, one of the richest societies in the world. What gives?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Segregation's End Exaggerated The New Republic The Manhattan Institute just released a new study by economists Ed Gleaser and Jacob Vigdor called "The End of the Segregated Century." It cheerfully notes that segregation is at its lowest level since 1910 and that all-white neighborhoods "are virtually extinct.".. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Some Republicans Don't Like House Plan Streetsblog.net Remember how NRDC's Deron Lovaas said the new transportation bill proposed by House Republicans is "a march of horribles"? Well, he wasn't exaggerating... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Real Time Info Raising Ridership Numbers Transit Wire niversity of Iowa officials say that the Bongo real-time passenger information system has led to increased bus ridership. The GPS-based system, which stands for Bus on the Go, lets passengers find bus locations... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Fight for Transit City Continues Transport Politic Transportation is an intensely political game in Toronto. Canada's largest city, home to millions of daily transit users, has been fighting for half a decade on how to expand its rail network over issues that might be familiar to inhabitants of many metropolises... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Memories of Unknown Cities Polis Marc Yankus's sleepy-eyed portraits of the city "as it sinks into slumber, as it rouses itself to face a new day" are beautiful images of an indefinite time and place. Having originally studied to be a painter, Yankus took up photography as a way to generate collage materials for his compositions... Read On |
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Opinion: Maryland Needs Gas Tax for Transport Funding Washington Post IN THE MAELSTROM of tax increases proposed by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D), it's easy to lose track of which are most critical. For a start, it's useful to identify which needs have been most and longest neglected - and near the top of that list is transportation... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Potential of Pinellas Light Rail Tampa Bay on Track The reality of Pinellas County was laid out in blunt terms by HART board member Dr. Steve Polzin. During their joint meeting with PSTA on January 9, Polzin noted that while Hillsborough County grew 23 percent in the last decade, Pinellas shrunk by a half percent... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Federal Way Targets Sound Transit Seattle Transit Blog Last week, a group of legislators led by Rep. Katrina Asay (R, 30th) and Senator Margarita Prentice (D, 11th), dropped several bills on behalf of Federal Way, all potentially damaging to Sound Transit and expansion of light rail... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Enviro Value of Existing Buildings The Straight Line Last Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation released a report demonstrating something some will find counterintuitive or even dubious, but which many of us in the historic preservation field have thought for years: reusing existing buildings almost always offers more environmental savings than demolition and new construction. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Springfield Wants to Be Resurgent Governing It's a familiar story: Many of America's great industrial cities have watched employment, income and population plummet over the past 50 years as manufacturing jobs have fled to the suburbs and foreign shores. Yet, for a few of these cities, the 21st century has been a period of rebirth, and Springfield, Mass., wants to tap in to the secret of their success... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Ford Attempts to Stall Transit City Debate Steve Munro In a bizarre political move at the TTC meeting today (January 31), Ford loyalists voted to gut staff recommendations on working with Metrolinx to finalize a framework for construction of the Eglinton project. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Transit Accessible Nightlife in Indy Urban Indy In honor of IndyGo's decision to offer FREE bus rides during the final superbowl weekend, Urban Indy decided to put on our drinking caps and start exploring what routes might be useful for a visitor. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Software of Placemaking The Urbanophile Using the tech metaphors so common now, we have tended to focus on the "hardware" of place, the land, bricks and mortar. But maybe it is time to think more in terms of the "software", of how we program and run places day to day... Read On |
