Blogosphere: What Constitutes City vs. Suburb?
Next American City
I'm a little late to the game on this one, but last month Joel Kotkin had a widely-panned Wall Street Journal article attempting to debunk what called "the myth of the back to the city migration." He did this by way of pointing out that the downtown condo markets in Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas have been downright abysmal since the start of the housing bust, and just as abysmal as suburban markets, if not worse...
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(August 12, 2010)
Twin Cities: Growth to Sprout on Hastings Corridor
Minneapolis Star Tribune
When the Red Rock commuter train begins rolling between Hastings and the Twin Cities by the end of the decade, a surge in economic development will be going along for the ride...
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(August 11, 2010)
Blogosphere: Public Sector and Financing for TOD
Crossroads
A few months ago, a colleague - and friend to RenewLV - forwarded a great post from Streetsblog on a transit-oriented development case study from the Portland area. The story concerns the leadership of Metro (Portland's regional metro government) in pushing for mixed-use, high-density development in a suburban area along Portland's light-rail line. This was a development that, before Metro intervened, was slated for low-density retail amid a huge parking lot...
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(August 11, 2010)
Blogosphere: Public Sector and Financing for TOD
Crossroads
A few months ago, a colleague - and friend to RenewLV - forwarded a great post from Streetsblog on a transit-oriented development case study from the Portland area. The story concerns the leadership of Metro (Portland's regional metro government) in pushing for mixed-use, high-density development in a suburban area along Portland's light-rail line. This was a development that, before Metro intervened, was slated for low-density retail amid a huge parking lot...
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(August 11, 2010)
Portland: I-205 LRT Should Have Been Build on 82nd
Portland Tribune
Although federal, state and local officials lined up to praise the Interstate 205 MAX light-rail line when it opened last September, Metro Chief Executive Officer Michael Jordan thinks it should have been built instead along 82nd Avenue...
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(August 11, 2010)
Seattle: New Streetcar Plaza for Westlake
Post Intelligencer
By next spring, transit riders and downtown shoppers will have a new outdoor plaza to enjoy where the South Lake Union Streetcar ends outside Westlake Center. The plaza is part of a longtime plan to establish Westlake as a seamless transportation hub for people connecting to the streetcar, light rail or the monorail, and to add an active, pedestrian-friendly urban space to downtown...
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(August 10, 2010)
New Jersey: New Bayonne Station Seen as a Boon
The Jersey Journal
Some Bayonne business owners are eagerly anticipating the new Eighth Street Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station, viewing it as a potential boon for the area....
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(August 10, 2010)
Salt Lake City: Rethink the North Temple Plan
Deseret News
Timing, as the saying goes, is everything. If the nation's economy were on sound footing, subsidizing improvements on North Temple, along the new TRAX line, probably would still pinch some property owners....
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(August 10, 2010)
International: Greater Density Allowances Near Transit
Hindustan Times
The Delhi government has recommended the Union Urban Development Ministry to let property owners increase the floor area ratio (FAR) in localities close to the mass rapid transit system (MRTS) - metro and Bus Rapid Transit - corridors from the existing 350 per cent to 400 per cent...
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(August 10, 2010)
National: Transit Death by a Thousand Cuts
Citiwire
I will show my age when I say that I remember the last of the streetcars being ripped up to make way for the automobile. Fifty some odd years latter, it seems every city in America is betting its economic future on new light rail systems. Therein lies the story of the modern American experience with transit...
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(August 9, 2010)
