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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: 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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Urban Issues: Obama's Budget & Cities, Connecting People To City Services, Real Estate Pros Endorse TOD, Creating Equitable TOD

April 11, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Obama's Budget Released  DC Streetsblog   The Obama Administration has put forward an opening bid in what are sure to be contentious 2014 budget negotiations, issuing a solidly progressive transportation budget that calls for increased overall spending and continued investment in passenger rail.
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Urban Issues: A NIMBY Paradise, Controlling Austin Development, Oil Addicted Cities, Seattle Affordable Housing Debate, Unemployment From Child's Perspective

March 28, 2013
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Affordability, Austin, DC, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Highways & Automobiles, housing, New York, New York State, Seattle, Texas, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, urban, Urban Form, Washington, Washington DC
URBAN ISSUES New York City is a NIMBY Paradise  The Daily Beast   Apparently, there is a popular impression of New York as "of New York as a builder-friendly city that's constantly exceeding the bounds of rational development".
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Urbanism & Design: NIMBYs Stifle Innovation, Urban Courtyards, Denver's New Density, Vancouver Parking Circa 1966, Financing Walkable Places

March 27, 2013
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Arlington, VA, Bangkok, California, Canada, Colorado, DC, Denver, Economic Development And TOD, Glendale, Highways & Automobiles, Parking, Pedestrians & Walkability, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, Suisun, Thailand, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit Supportive Density, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Zoning & Coding
URBANISM & DESIGN How NIMBYs are Stifling Neighborhood Innovation, Bars, Eating  Slate Moneybox   How NIMBY stupidity is stifling urban bars and restaurants-and blocking a major opportunity for small-business growth.
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Urban Issues: Well-Paying Job Shift, Omaha Bike & Sprawl Debate, NOLA Transit Equity Focus, Importance Of Code Enforcement

March 27, 2013
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Affordability, bicycles, bus, Demographics, Ecuador , housing, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Orleans, Ohio, Omaha, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Ridership, Smart Growth & Sprawl, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, Transit Funding, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Youngstown, Zoning & Coding
URBAN ISSUES Minnesota's Well Paying Jobs Shift to Health Care  Twin Cities Finance and Commerce   It is less blue collar - unless blue nurses scrubs count.
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Urban Issues: Poverty As Contagion of Obesity Epidemic, Seattle Affordable Housing Shortage, Land Conservancy Affordable TOD Land Purchase

March 19, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Poverty Ignored Contagion of Obesity Epidemic  New York Times   Under the category "Summer Rentals That Have Gone Terribly Wrong," there are perhaps few parallels to the experience of Charles Henry Warren, a Manhattan banker who, in 1906, took a house in Oyster Bay on Long Island's North Shore.
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News: CAHSR Engineering Oversight, Detroit Streetcar Gets Fed Funds, Modeling Travel Behavior, Multifamily Streetcar TOD, Urban Design & Health

January 22, 2013
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues.  It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. TRANSPORT California: Engineers Questions HSR Oversight San Jose Mercury News
As California prepares to embark on its largest public works project in decades, a union that represents state engineers is questioning whether all the construction work will be thoroughly scrutinized...

Read On Blogosphere: Detroit Streetcar Project Wins Fed Funding Rail.Co
The U.S. government has backed a community-led light rail project in…
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Blogosphere: Detroit Freeways, Modifying Gas Tax, BRT In US Not Golden, Funding With Value Capture, Bike Crash Lessons, War On Pedestrians

January 18, 2013
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Affordability, bicycles, bus, Detroit, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, housing, Iowa, Joint Development, Kansas, Kansas City, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pedestrians & Walkability, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, St. Paul, TOD, TOD And Equity, TOD Finance, tracks, tracks opinion, Transit, Transit Funding, Transit Supportive Density, Twin Cities, urban, Urban Form, Value Capture, Zoning & Coding
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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: Does Detroit Need Another Freeway? DC Streetsblog
If there's a city that could serve as a cautionary tale for overbuilding highways, that city is Detroit. So it's fascinating - and encouraging - to see this city going through an internal tussle over the wisdom of building a highway...

Read On Blogosphere: Outgoing AASHTO Director - Tax by Dollar DC Streetsblog
When the federal gas tax was set at…
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