Quote of the Day
Press Register
"It's quaint. It's pedestrian-friendly. It's completely illegal under most cities' zoning rules, including the ordinances that govern most development in Mobile."
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(August 16, 2010)
Blogosphere: Can A Toll Serve as Growth Boundary?
Greater Greater Washington
It's a commonly accepted axiom among many of the contributors of this blog that freeway tolls help drivers internalize the cost of their housing and transportation decisions. Could Virginia use tolls as a substitute for a statutory growth boundary? ...
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(August 16, 2010)
Blogosphere: Transit Trust Fund, 21st Century Solution
Greater Greater Washington
Cities and towns all over the United States are demanding more transit infrastructure. But a lack of funding has stymied transit expansion. Finding a solution to this problem is essential...
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(August 16, 2010)
Maryland: Magic Johnson Invests in TOD
Maryland Gazette
An investment team including former basketball star Magic Johnson announced a $17.5 million assist to build a 1.6 million-square-foot planned community across from the Dorsey MARC station planned by Lutherville's Preston Capital Management....
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(August 16, 2010)
International: Cairo's Poor Uncertain How They Fit In
Los Angeles Times
They squirm through hillside garbage and nose around the threshold of his house. He wants to escape but he sees only slums, a vast empire of crumbling brick and tangled kites, filled with faces just like his. He had imagined a better life....
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(August 16, 2010)
National: Free Parking Comes at Price
New York Times
In our society, cars receive considerable attention and study - whether the subject is buying and selling them, the traffic congestion they cause or the dangerous things we do in them, like texting and talking on cellphones while driving...
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(August 16, 2010)
Bay Area: If You Build a Transit Village Will They Come?
Capricious Commuter
A new parking garage is going up at the Richmond BART station as part of a trend of building transit-oriented development near rapid transit stations. Work began Tuesday on a six-story parking garage that will free up space for construction of 100 homes at the station, reports Katherine Tam in the Contra Costa Times....
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(August 16, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Peter Sagal's Blog
"I had time to yell STOP STOP STOP! but not to brake, and she never saw me."
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(August 13, 2010)
Blogosphere: Cali Dem Blasts HUD Happy Talk
Politico
Rep. Dennis Cardoza doesn't think that Housing and Urban Development Department Secretary Shaun Donovan has any right to tout the administration's successes at preventing home foreclosures in California. ..
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(August 13, 2010)
Sacramento: Light Rail to Airport Faces Uphill Battle
Sacramento Bee
For decades, Sacramento Regional Transit has built light-rail lines through all manner of urban terrain, but its planned line through Natomas to Sacramento International Airport may represent the agency's toughest task yet...
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(August 13, 2010)
