Blogosphere: Chicago BRT Jobs Advantage, Next Secretary Of Transportation, Urban American Dreams, STL Public Housing
January 31, 2013
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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: Revolving Door, Asphalt Lobby/DOT Head DC Streetsblog Like Jerry Wray, Oklahoma DOT Director Gary Ridley has split his career between public office and lobbying on behalf of the asphalt industry. He started out in the mid-1960s, working as an equipment officer for the DOT... Read On |
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Blogosphere: BRT Advantage in Creating Jobs Chicago Streetsblog This morning at Freedman Seating, a Humboldt Park-based company that will be making seats for hundreds of new CTA buses, Mayor Rahm Emanuel argued that better public transportation can give a shot in the arm to the local economy... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Color of London's Commute Drawing Rings Around the World Today saw the release of detailed Census data on, among other things, the mode of transport those in work use to get to work... Read On |
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Blogosphere: How Will Next Secretary Build On Legacy DC Streetsblog He strung it out long enough, but Ray LaHood has finally announced that he's resigning as Transportation Secretary. Speculation has been rampant for months about who could replace him, and now it kicks into high gear... Read On |
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Blogosphere: BBC Brings You Planning in Reality Show Next American City Remember when Stephen Colbert, while parodying the pro-gun contingent's use of violent video games as a scapegoat for mass shootings, took a tangential jab at the planning profession?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: American Dream Can Be Urban Dream Too Greater Greater Washington The classic image of the "American Dream" is, for many, a house with a big yard, 2 cars, and so on. Is that image still relevant, even as many people choose to live in walkable urban neighborhoods?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Gentrification of Franklin Avenue Urban Omnibus When Ruth Glass, an urban sociologist at University College London in the 1950s and 1960s, first coined the term "gentrification" in 1964, she was investigating the links between housing and class struggle in post-war London... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Charlotte Improves Streets for Cyclists Plan Charlotte While cities such as Memphis have gained national attention for proclaiming a bicycle-friendly goal, Charlotte has been quietly taking a number of steps to improve its own streets for cyclists... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Kengo Kuma on Scale and Pattern Trace SF Kengo Kuma splits his time between professional practice and academia. He began his practice in the early 90's with a small office in Tokyo; his practice is now over 150 employees with offices in Tokyo and Paris, and projects in Europe, the US, and China... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Governments Prepare for Aging Population Governing If state and local governments are going to meet the needs of the nation's rapidly aging population, they must start preparing now. The Census Bureau counted 40.3 million Americans age 65 and older in 2010 - about 13 percent of the total population... Read On |
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Blogosphere: City Life Changes Dealing w Distractions Atlantic Cities City life requires a lot of attention. Navigating a busy sidewalk while processing loud storefronts and avoiding rogue pigeons may feel like second-nature at times, but it's actually quite a bit of work for the human brain... Read On |
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Blogosphere: London's Religious Concentrations Adam Dennett So, today the ONS treated us with some brand spanking new Census data, all the way down to Output Area level (zones of about 150 to 500 people)... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Changes in Digital Signage Coming Metropolis Magazine In preparation for a panel I'll be moderating on February 26, at the Digital Signage Expo (February 26-28) coming to the Las Vegas Convention Center, I decided to learn more about my panelists, their subjects, and the potential breakthroughs in media technologies... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Reinventing Metro Providence Urbanophile I was very pleased this week to be a guest on Ted Nesi's "Executive Suite" talk show on WPRI-TV in Providence. We spent about half an hour talking about the challenges and opportunities facing the region... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Transformed Public Housing in STL Metro Trends Blog Last spring, I got an invitation to appear in a documentary about the evolution of public and mixed-income housing in St. Louis. I lived in St. Louis when I was a teenager and have vague memories of the demolition of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe development... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Separation of Church and Parking Atlantic Cities The story in most U.S. cities goes that on the seventh day, even parking enforcement officers rest. But thanks to slashed municipal budgets and seemingly never-ending congestion on the roads, that's quickly and likely irrevocably changing... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Understanding China's Olmstead ASLA Dirt a new book on the ideas and work of Kongjian Yu, FASLA, put together by former Harvard Design Magazine editor William Saunders really enriches our understanding of a landscape architect many consider to be China's Frederick Law Olmsted... Read On |
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Commentary: SLU Rezone Could Usher in New Era Seattle Times If the Seattle City Council embraces the rezone of South Lake Union, it will usher in a new era of urban design for the city that prioritizes people and sustainability, according to guest columnists Jerry Dinndorf and Brock Howell... Read On |
