Blogosphere: A Fresh Look at American Sprawl
Streetsblog NYC
American advocates for livable streets know that our addiction to the automobile is almost without peer. We know that we've given our land to driving lanes and parking lots and our air to exhaust fumes....
(March 9, 2010)
National: Dodd Promises Support for Smart Growth
Hartford Courant
Acknowledging that he's running short on time, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd on Monday promised that he'll step up his work for a law to promote networks of affordable housing and mass transit....
(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
Poticha, who is director of HUD's newly created Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, speaks on land use, transit patterns, economic recovery, and the government's vision for a healthier built environment...
(February 24, 2010)
Blogosphere: Power of the Grid
Human Transit
Why do transit planners love grids? Now and then you'll even hear one muttering about "grid integrity" or "completing the grid." What are they talking about? Suppose you're designing an ideal transit system for a fairly dense city where there are many activity centers, not just one big downtown....
(February 24, 2010)
Blogosphere: Translating Livability Goals to Policy
Huffington Post
In March, the Partnership for New York City and PricewaterhouseCoopers will publish the third, annual installment of "Cities of Opportunity", a comparative review of the factors that make twenty-one great world cities attractive to business....
(February 23, 2010)
