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Urban Issues: The Great Senior Housing Sell Off, SF Housing Movement, Sexual Politics Of Urban Environments, H1-B Visa Race, Transit Spending & Unemployment In Fresno

April 2, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Get Ready for the Great Senior Housing Sell Off  Chicago Tribune   Something in salmon compels them to swim upstream. An invisible force calls swallows to return to Capistrano.
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Transport: Healthy Cycling, British Columbia's Transit Dreams, Map21 Helps Rural States, GAO Says HSR Estimates Reasonable

April 1, 2013
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TRANSPORT Biking Shown as Good Way to Stay Healthy  Grist   It's always a pleasure when scientific studies confirm your own long-held opinions, especially when what you think flies in the face of all conventional wisdom.  
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Transport: Hampton Roads Transit Criticism, Wal-Mart Customer Delivery Idea, Divide Over Transpo Funding, California HSR Lawsuit

March 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hampton Roads Transit Board Defends Agency Against Report  Virginian Pilot   The Hampton Roads Transit Board of Commissioners defended the agency Thursday against an outside panel's critical review of its finances and record keeping, and ordered its own internal auditor to review the findings.
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Environment & Ecology: Preparing For Climate Change, Energy Use Sustainability, Urban Heat Island & Bugs, Oahu's Green Buffers

March 29, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 82% of Americans Want US to Prepare for Climate Change  USA Today   Should the United States prepare for climate change? And who should pay? A Stanford University survey released Thursday finds that 82% of Americans want the nation to prepare
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Transport: Mountain View Traffic Goal, Norfolk Transit Fiscal Issues, LA Metro Measure R Acceleration, Supply Side Congestion Combat

March 27, 2013
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TRANSPORT Mountain View Council Walks Back Traffic Reduction Goal  San Jose Mercury News   The Mountain View City Council backed away Tuesday from its earlier position that no new net vehicle trips should result from future development in the North Bayshore Area and instead set its sights on lowering the drive-alone rate from 62 percent to 45 percent by 2030.
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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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Transport: Unique Funding For Underground Extension, National Transit Lobby, Mesa Rail Extension Stalls, DART Parking Experiment Faltering

March 26, 2013
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TRANSPORT Unique Funding Proposed for Northern Line Extension  Railway Technology   The proposed extension of the Northern Line of the London Underground is one of the major infrastructure projects heralded by the British Government in its recent budget. But will the unique funding scheme, under which a loan underwritten by government will be paid off by local businesses, succeed in the current turbulent economy?
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Other Views: Orlando Sunrail's Next Stop, Boondoggle Station; Blocking HSR in Florida Remains Fiasco

March 25, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Orlando Sunrail's Next Stop, Boondoggle Station  Daytona Beach News Journal   Volusia County Chair Jason Davis raised the hackles of some of his council colleagues recently when he went to Washington, D.C., and pitched an alternative route for the SunRail commuter line.  
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Transport: A Look At St. Louis Streetcar Proposal, Portland Mulls Tri-Met Takeover, Freight Rail Anti-Trust Legislation, Controversial 'Bike Highway'

March 22, 2013
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TRANSPORT A Look at the Downtown St. Louis Streetcar  Urban Review St. Louis   Much of the talk about the proposed Downtown to CWE modern streetcar line has been focused on.
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Urbanism & Design: Low Impact Design Standards, Pittsburgh TOD, Height Isn't Density, Preserving Berlin Wall, Affordable Housing & Corridor Planning

March 21, 2013
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Affordability, Bay Area, Berlin, California, DC, Development & Redevelopment, Durham, Economic Development And TOD, EU, France, Germany, Highways & Automobiles, housing, Los Angeles, Marin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, North Carolina, Paris, Parking, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, San Rafael, Smart Growth & Sprawl, State Policy, Station Area Typologies, Streetcar, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Corridors, Transit Design, Transit Funding, Transit Supportive Density, urban, Urban Form, Washington DC, Zoning & Coding
URBANISM & DESIGN DDOT Drafting Low Impact Design Standards  Georgetown Patch   DDOT welcomes public feedback on draft design standards for low impact development and green infrastructure for the public right-of-way.
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