Blogosphere: Congestion & Economics, Federal Dept. Of Cities, Pop Up Parks, Race For No. 2 City, GOP Reaching Out To Cities
| 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: Hersman Would be DOT Disappointment Systemic Failure Deborah Hersman, according to some news reports, is the leading candidate to head the Dept. of Transportation. If true, that would come as something of a disappointment... Read On |
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Blogosphere: In Defense of Congestion Better Cities and Towns Here's an excellent study reported in Atlantic Cities that shows that increased congestion is related to stronger economies. This study, by Florida Atlantic associate professor Eric Dumbaugh, is a direct attack on the Texas Transportation Institute's annual congestion index.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: TTI Fails Again with Congestion Analysis DC Streetsblog The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) got it wrong again. Their 2012 Urban Mobility Report (using 2011 data) just came out [PDF]. Like every year, they tout their "improved methodology," but the authors still haven't made the changes that would make their congestion rankings meaningful in the real world... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Will Cent Transpo Tax Include Transit? Citizens for Modern Transit Senator Mike Kehoe, R- Jefferson City and chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, held a press conference today to announce his efforts to push for a one-cent sales tax for transportation in Missouri... Read On |
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Blogosphere: London Bike Share Marches North Suprageography It's not just Wandsworth and Fulham that will be getting Barclays Cycle Hire in the next year or so when Phase 3 goes live - Hackney and Islington will be getting a few too... Read On |
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Commentary: The Great Gerrymander of 2012 New York Times (via @cruikshank) HAVING the first modern democracy comes with bugs. Normally we would expect more seats in Congress to go to the political party that receives more votes, but the last election confounded expectations... Read On |
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Commentary: Obama Needs a Department of Cities New York Daily News (via @brenttodarian) President Obama has signaled that he will focus in a second term on immigration, gun control and climate change. All these issues are important, but none is as critical to his long-term legacy as helping chart a more livable, prosperous and creative course for the future of American cities... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Pop Up Parks Dwell (via @mikelydon) Truck in potted trees. Set up cafe tables. Paint in some bike lanes. The temporary streetscape might be the perfect urban fix for our times... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Is DC Passing Chicago as Second City? City Journal The Washington, D.C., region has long been considered recession-proof, thanks to the remorseless expansion of the federal government in good times and bad... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Advancing Advanced Metro Industries Brookings Pristine clean rooms, gleaming components, jaw-dropping technical exploits: America's advanced industries (AI) sector is the focus in Denver today as the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program delivers a new competitiveness strategy for the Colorado space industry at a dynamic forum with Gov. John Hickenlooper... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Pollution Reaches Japan, Soon California Grist My wife and I used to have an annoying neighbor. There were various ways in which he was annoying - he would holler every Sunday during the Saints games and would stand outside talking on his cell phone at all hours of the night... Read On |
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Blogosphere: GOP Could Reach Out to Cities...But Grist The most famous cliché of editorial advice - "write what you know" - has always served me in good stead. I've often regretted ill-advised ventures outside my areas of expertise... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Wikipedia is Mapping Itself The Atlantic Cities Get ready for a bewildering wealth of information. Wikipedia is about to start mapping itself... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Teenagers, Lost Downtown Demographic Sustainable Cities Collective (via @brenttodarian) Teens and young adults want to go out with their friends, and they like to stay out as late as possible. That's a fact of life. But where do most of these teens and young people spend their time?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: How to Manage Information Overload Planetizen Urban planning professionals and researchers increasingly face information overload. Todd BenDor and Rob Goodspeed suggest three techniques for strategically monitoring the web for new research and ideas... Read On |
