Blogosphere: LA Bike Plan Progress, Commuting Criminals Myth, CEQA Reform Bill, Ontario Sprawl, DC Sustainability Plan
| 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: Fake Townhouses Hide Portals Messy Nessy Chic (via @albertatrebla) Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog Two years ago, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a host of city officials stood at the podium announcing a new day for cyclists in Los Angeles... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Myth of the Commuting Criminal Atlantic Cities In the fears of many, criminals ride transit. Therefore, if a new train or bus stop comes to your neighborhood, you can expect soon afterward an upsurge in unsavory types and the danger that comes with them... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Machines Under New York Atlantic Cities Coming soon(ish) to New York, the "East Side Access"! Set to open in 2019, the $7 billion project is one the greatest infrastructural works currently underway in urban America... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Steinberg to Unveil CEQA Reform Bill CAHSR Blog Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg today said he intends to propose a bill tomorrow that would reform the California Environmental Quality Act... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Tearing Down Robert Moses Parkway Planetizen From Niagara Falls comes news that the State of New York will rip out a two-mile stretch of the Robert Moses Parkway, which has divided city residents from the scenic Niagara Gorge for a half-century. .. Read On |
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Commentary: Sprawl Destroying Ontario's Farmland Toronto Star Political leaders must end sprawl and create higher-density communities surrounded by local greenbelts of protected farmland... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Can We Win This Century w Sustainability Fast Company By leading the planet on a global transition to cleaner, less resource-intensive living, can America save the world from the dangers of a growing population demanding more and more?... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rethink Smart Growth America Congress began the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) program in 1986 to incentivize the private sector to develop more affordable rental units for low-income households... Read On |
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Blogosphere: DC Unveils Ambitious Sustainability Plan The Atlantic Cities Earlier this week Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent Gray announced a bold sustainability vision that is as comprehensive and ambitious in its aspirations as any in the country and, frankly, worthy of comparison to those for other cities around the world... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Ending Milwaukee's Residency Reqs Urban Milwaukee Gov. Scott Walker has proposed ending the residency requirement for local employees statewide. This will have by far the biggest impact on Milwaukee, which has the most public employees... Read On |
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Blogosphere: City That Never Was Urban Omnibus In the 20 years following its accession to the European Union in 1986, Spain underwent unprecedented physical development that radically reshaped its major cities and metropolitan areas... Read On |
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Blogosphere: NY's Aff Housing Isn't Always Affordable Atlantic Cities By most measures, the New Housing Marketplace plan, an affordable housing development program put into place during the Bloomberg administration, has been a great success... Read On |
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Blogosphere: How to Build Generous Urbanism Original Green The neighborhoods and subdivisions that make up our towns and cities can be very generous, but they can also be really stingy as well, and their generosity is a great barometer of their prosperity and a good prognosis of their long-term prospects... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Music and the City: Sonic Landscapes This Big City The intersection of music and the city is a long-standing phenomenon. Historical music hubs, well-loved record stores and much revered music venues all signify well the presence of music production and performance in the city... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Micro Apartments Future of Urban Living Smithsonian Design Decoded There's a housing crisis in major American cities: it's too damn expensive to live in one... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Put the FBI in Suitland, Not Greenbelt Greater Greater Washington Talk of the FBI leaving its Pennsylvania Avenue heaquarters reached a fever pitch in the last week, with WMATA taking steps to enable its development partner at the Greenbelt Metro station to bid on the FBI... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Food Desert Maps Get Wrong The Atlantic Cities Food deserts, as they're traditionally defined, assume a world without transportation. The United States Department of Agriculture measures them this way:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Bangkok's White Knuckle Ambulances Next City (via @will_doig) It's 2 a.m. on a Friday night in Bangkok, and the clubs are closing. The city's fever pitch is now behind it - the pounding beats and colorful lights are dying down.. Read On |
