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Urbanism & Design: National Parking Policy Graphics, Zero Parking Toronto Skyscraper, Train Station Development

May 21, 2013
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Apple Valley MN, Auckland, Bellevue WA, Canada, Chicago, Commuter Rail, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Highways & Automobiles, Illinois, Minnesota, New Zealand, Ontario Province, Parking, Pedestrians & Walkability, Smart Growth & Sprawl, TOD, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBANISM & DESIGN Kemper Freeman Plans Big Bellevue Development  Seattle Times   Kemper Development wants to build 2 million square feet of additional retail, office, hotel and residential space covering more than a block of prime real estate at Northeast Fourth Street and Bellevue Way Northeast.
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Urbanism & Design: Security Trumps Urbanism In NY, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Impress, Making Walking To School Safer

May 20, 2013
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Affordability, Bay Area, California, Charlotte, CNU, Demographics, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Greece, health, Health & Environment, housing, New York, New York State, North Carolina, Pedestrians & Walkability, San Mateo, Schools, Streetcar, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN World Trade Center Security Will Kill Its Urbanism  New York Times City Room, via: @witoldr   The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began…
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Urbanism & Design: Charlotte TOD Success, St. Louis Ballpark Redevelopment, Downtown Pittsburgh Building Boom, Boston Fenway Redevelopment

May 15, 2013
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Bay Area, Boston, California, Charlotte, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Hercules, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Omaha, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Smart Growth & Sprawl, St. Louis, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN Charlotte Officials Tout South End that Transit Built  Charlotte Observer   With construction booming in Charlotte's South End, city leaders on Tuesday called the area a model for the kind of smart growth that transit projects can spur in struggling neighborhoods east, west and north of uptown.
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Environment & Ecology: SF Trash Incentives, Tracking City Carbon Footprints, Climate Imperative Of Santa Monica TOD, Love & Hate For Marin County

May 14, 2013
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Bay Area, California, Climate Change, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Health & Environment, Los Angeles, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Monica, TOD, tracks, Tracks Environment & Ecology, Transit
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Throw Out Less Trash, Get a Smaller Bill  San Francisco Examiner   Waste bin, recycling bin or compost bin? Elliot Easom never paid close attention to which piece of trash belonged in which bin - black, blue or green - until he became aware of an incentive being offered to his neighborhood.
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Urban Issues: Template For New LA, Food Desert Mobile Oasis, Seattle Affordable Housing Failure, Reversing Atlanta Job Sprawl

May 13, 2013
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Affordability, Atlanta, California, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Georgia, health, Health & Environment, Hollywood Calif., housing, Illinois, Los Angeles, Michigan, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, South Hampton Roads, Texas, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Virginia, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Hollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles  Los Angeles Times   Over 12 years as the area's councilman, he has championed high-density 'smart growth' that's been business-friendly. But community activists worry about rising rents and traffic-choked streets.
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Urban Issues: Social Media & Planners, Seattle Foreclosure Pain, Online Taxes & Local Stores, Chicago Housing Growth

May 8, 2013
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Affordability, British Columbia, Canada, Chicago, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, housing, Illinois, Seattle, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Social Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases  Planetizen, Brent Todarian   With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate participatory planning, and build better places.
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Urbanism & Design: Boston South Bay Plans, America's Falling Population Density, Pleasant Hill BART TOD, Revitalizing Wichita

May 7, 2013
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Bay Area, Boston, California, Demographics, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pleasant Hill, San Francisco, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Design, urban, Urban Form, Wichita
URBANISM & DESIGN Resident's Plan Calls for Mixed Use in Boston South Bay  Boston Globe   Nearby residents and other neighbors of the South Bay Shopping Center have developed a master plan to help guide future development in the area.
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Urbanism & Design: Dallas TOD & Library Seeks Developer, Seeding Micro Apartments, Street Artists Vs. Govt, Neighborhood Strength Is People

April 24, 2013
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Affordability, Barcelona, Boston, Dallas, DC, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, housing, Massachusetts, Spain, Texas, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington DC
URBANISM & DESIGN Dallas Seeks Private Developer for TOD, Library  Dallas Morning News   The City of Dallas is looking for a private developer to deliver a long promised Vickery Meadow library branch.
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Urbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car Free, LRT To Revitalize Poor Denver Area, Impact Of Driverless Cars

April 23, 2013
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Affordability, Bay Area, Boston, California, Charlotte, Chicago, Colorado, DC, Denver, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, France, Hawaii, Highways & Automobiles, Honolulu, housing, Illinois, Light Rail, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Nashville, New York, New York State, North Carolina, Oregon, Paris, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Portland OR, San Francisco, Seattle, Tennessee, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington, Washington DC
URBANISM & DESIGN Google's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters  Seattle Times   The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to stick it to the high-tax, high-regulation West Coast again:
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Urbanism & Design: Reviving East Midtown Manhattan, Santa Rosa TOD Vote, Tampa Ped Friendly Makeover, Zombie Subdivisions

April 22, 2013
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Affordability, California, Canada, Chicago, Colorado, Denver, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, EU, Florida, housing, Illinois, Light Rail, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Missouri, New Urbanism, New York, New York State, Ontario Province, Pedestrians & Walkability, Santa Rosa, Smart Growth & Sprawl, St. Louis, Tampa, TOD, TOD And Equity, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN A Better Way to Revive East Midtown Manhattan  New York Times   WE are told that New York needs to be lofted back into global competitiveness. That the city isn't modern enough.
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