Blogosphere: Pension Fund Helps MU Project
February 11, 2010|City of Lakes Urbanism
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Workday Minnesota has an article on how union pension funds helped to finance the Ellipse on Excelsior project under construction St. Louis Park. The $33 million development received $26 million in financing from the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, allowing the project to move forward in a difficult lending environment that has seen many similar projects stalled over the past year....
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Twin Cities: Met Council Does What Meant to Do
February 11, 2010|Minneapolis Star Tribune
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In a recent news story ("Despite growth, highway expansion called unlikely," Jan. 29), the Star Tribune reported complaints from officials in Scott and Carver counties that the Metropolitan Council is not doing enough to expand highways to serve future growth in their areas....
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Los Angeles: Buzz Over Development Project
February 11, 2010|Los Angeles Times
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A proposal to build a large medical complex along with hundreds of homes and retail shops at a busy West Los Angeles intersection has touched off heated debate about congestion versus renewal in an already intensively developed area that's facing dozens of other construction projects....
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Quote of the Day
February 9, 2010|Salt Lake Tribune
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"If we're going to change the way Utah develops and make this actually be an urban neighborhood, we're going to have to really work at it."
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Blogosphere: Rethinking Redevelopment
February 9, 2010|Baltimore Sun
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Let's say you are a governor and need your state legislature to renew a highly effective economic development program that has helped a single jurisdiction, albeit one with a high concentration of poverty, much more than the rest of your state.....
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Blogosphere: Bellvue Station Accessibility
February 9, 2010|Seattle Transit Blog
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As a follow up to Ben's post this morning, here's a nice walkshed graphic from Sound Transit that shows the accessibility for the various light rail alignments that the report covered:....
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Blogosphere: Rail Won't Save Detroit
February 9, 2010|Transport Politic
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Detroit's half-dead nature has captured the nation's attention over the past year. Though the whole country continues to suffer from the recession, the emptying of Michigan's largest city is notable to the degree that its fate seems practically irredeemable: Given its economic, social, and political position, how can the city survive?...
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Detroit: Transit Plan a Perscription for Detroit?
February 9, 2010|New York Times
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The biggest jolt in "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City" comes as the director of Madrid's subway and light-rail system talks about the importance of infrastructure...
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Video: Detroit at Transportation Crossroads
February 9, 2010|PBS
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Once a hub of innovation, Detroit's now stands as the symbol of an industry's struggle for progress. As much of the world looks to faster, cleaner and more modern transportation, the Blueprint America series on infrastructure examines the future of the Motor City and transportation in America...
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Blogosphere: Bellvue's Proposed Station = Less TOD
February 9, 2010|Seattle Transit Blog
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We reported this morning on a report covering new light rail options for East Link's downtown Bellevue alignment and later showed that a 405 station is less accessible than other alternatives. We've editorialized in the past that Sound Transit should put the downtown Bellevue light rail stations in the right place, with that place not next to a freeway. Readers should know by now that we're no fans of a 405 station....
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