Blogosphere: A Fresh Look at American Sprawl
Streetsblog NYC
(March 9, 2010)
National: Dodd Promises Support for Smart Growth
Hartford Courant
(March 9, 2010)
Blogosphere: Smaller Cities Benefit from New Media
Next American City
As government increasingly embraces new media as a tool, many believe cities should take the lead role in developing and deploying new strategies for putting internet technology to use, paving the way for bigger state and federal initiatives...
(March 4, 2010)
Blogosphere: 10 Percent Solution for Urban Growth
New Geography
What if we achieved the urbanist dream, with people deciding en masse to move back to the city? Well, that would create a big problem, since there would be no place to put them...
(February 26, 2010)
Blogosphere: High Quality Transit Saves Money
Planetizen
Most North American cities offer only basic public transit service, with limited coverage and frequency, modest speeds, unattractive waiting areas, poor land use integration, and few amenities. Such service is used primarily by people who lack alternatives. In such communities, riders tend to abandon public transit as soon as feasible. ..
(February 25, 2010)
Blogosphere: Does Lowering Speed Save Lives?
Streetsblog
Megan McArdle at the Atlantic, writing on today's Toyota hearing in the House oversight committee, hears Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood claim that "lowering the speed limit to 30 mph would not save any lives, which is why we have minimum speeds on highways."...
(February 25, 2010)
FTA Livable Communities Website
Federal site links to many Reconnecting America resources for the development of sustainable communities, affordable housing and transit-oriented development
The Federal Transit Administration has launched a new Livable and Sustainable Communities Website to advance the Department of Transportation’s Livability Initiative and the Interagency Sustainable Communities Partnership.
(February 25, 2010)
National: Poticha Discusses Sustainable Development
Builder Online
(February 24, 2010)
Blogosphere: Power of the Grid
Human Transit
(February 24, 2010)
Blogosphere: Translating Livability Goals to Policy
Huffington Post
(February 23, 2010)


