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New York: Businesses Near Cycle Improvements Boom
NY Times Cityroom (via @jeffreytumlin)
The Bloomberg administration has long trumpeted the safety benefits of its many roadway initiatives, hoping to rebuff critics who consider the policies to be undue interventions from a meddling city...
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Nashville: Branding Crucial for BRT Plans
Nashville Tennessean
Branding Nashville's proposed East-West Connector as more than a typical bus route will be one key to its success, the head of Cleveland's transit agency told Middle Tennessee public officials Friday...
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Atlanta: Streetcar Project Needs More Bike Lanes
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Atlanta streetcar project is skimping on bike lanes in order to protect some metered parking spaces, writes a local bicycle activist...
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India: More on the Indian Court's BRT Ruling
New York Times India Ink
In a landmark ruling that overturns conventional traffic engineering approaches, the Delhi High Court last week advanced the idea that transportation facilities are for moving people, not cars, and should favor all users, not just the minority fortunate enough to use private cars...
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Research: Greening Strategies for Compact Cities
Urban Ecosystems
Urban greening contributes notably to quality of life and ecosystem services in cities. Compact cities in developing and developed countries are commonly beset by greenspace deficit...
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Ottawa: TOD to Boost East Side Construction Near LRT
Ottawa Citizen
New rail stations east of downtown are almost as close to the core as West Wellington and Westboro and should soon see monster condo and office construction to match, the city said Monday in revealing plans aimed at guiding that development...
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Research: How Transit-Oriented are Rezonings
TRB TRID
This article describes how Mayor Bloomberg's administration has publicly advocated that new residential development should be targeted to neighborhoods that are well served by public transit...
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National: Urban Middle Class Boosts School Diversity
USA Today (via @hayaelna)
As taped piano music plays, Ashley Brown issues a stream of commands. Firm and insistent, she strides around the tiny studio and puts her third-period ballet students through their steady, rhythmic paces...
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Los Angeles: Groups Want Silver Lake Parcel for Park
Los Angeles Times
The 10.2-acre plot is one of the largest undeveloped areas left in the city. Neighborhood groups and Councilmen Eric Garcetti and Tom LaBonge are taking steps to ensure it's protected...
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