Urbanism & Design: Boston South Bay Plans, America's Falling Population Density, Pleasant Hill BART TOD, Revitalizing Wichita
May 7, 2013
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Resident's Plan Calls for Mixed Use in Boston South Bay
Boston Globe
Nearby residents and other neighbors of the South Bay Shopping Center have developed a master plan to help guide future development in the area.
Environment & Ecology: Interaction Of Nature & Cities, Kansas Would Outlaw Sustainability, Lancaster As Solar Capital Of California
April 10, 2013
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Interaction of Nature and Cities
Science Alert
People usually think about biodiversity and nature in terms of national parks, reserves and wildlife. Yet humans have a growing urban footprint across the planet.
Environment & Ecology: Farmscrapers In China, Preserving Calif. Farmland, Air Pollution Linked To Deaths, Essential Elements Of Green Cities, Ways To Green Schools
April 4, 2013
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Could Farmscrapers Turn Cities Green?
Salon
A France and Belgium-based architecture firm is adding farms to urban skyscrapers to help China's polluted cities
Blogosphere: Detroit Freeways, Modifying Gas Tax, BRT In US Not Golden, Funding With Value Capture, Bike Crash Lessons, War On Pedestrians
January 18, 2013
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: Does Detroit Need Another Freeway?
DC Streetsblog
If there's a city that could serve as a cautionary tale for overbuilding highways, that city is Detroit. So it's fascinating - and encouraging - to see this city going through an internal tussle over the wisdom of building a highway...
Read On Blogosphere: Outgoing AASHTO Director - Tax by Dollar DC Streetsblog
When the federal gas tax was set at…
If there's a city that could serve as a cautionary tale for overbuilding highways, that city is Detroit. So it's fascinating - and encouraging - to see this city going through an internal tussle over the wisdom of building a highway...
Read On Blogosphere: Outgoing AASHTO Director - Tax by Dollar DC Streetsblog
When the federal gas tax was set at…
News: Drunken Driving Toll, Minneapolis Hypercongestion Research, Amtrak To Wichita Expansion, Tulsa Rapid Bus Plans, Memphis Switches To BRT
January 8, 2013
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
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National: Rate of Fatal Crashes Involving Intoxication
Dallas Morning News (via Walkable DFW)
Dallas' rate of fatal car accidents involving drunken driving is a whopping 41.4 percent. That ranks the city No. 5 of the nation's 25 most populous cities in fatal car accidents involving intoxication, according to data from UX Blog...
Read On Research: Hypercongestion in Downtown Minneapolis Journal of…
Dallas' rate of fatal car accidents involving drunken driving is a whopping 41.4 percent. That ranks the city No. 5 of the nation's 25 most populous cities in fatal car accidents involving intoxication, according to data from UX Blog...
Read On Research: Hypercongestion in Downtown Minneapolis Journal of…
Blogosphere: Traffic Engineering Fail, Light Rail & Freight Rail, KC Streetcar Plan, Infrastructure Cliff, Millennials & Suburbs
December 6, 2012
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Blogosphere: Fundamental Failure of Traffic Engineering
Atlantic Cities
What if we designed cities for pedestrians and people on bicycles rather than engineering them for people in cars? What if a bike lane were as easy and intuitive to use as a chair, for instance, or a toothbrush, or a smartphone?..
Read On Blogosphere: City Likes SW LRT, Not Current Plan Minnesota Post
Nobody wants the freight…
What if we designed cities for pedestrians and people on bicycles rather than engineering them for people in cars? What if a bike lane were as easy and intuitive to use as a chair, for instance, or a toothbrush, or a smartphone?..
Read On Blogosphere: City Likes SW LRT, Not Current Plan Minnesota Post
Nobody wants the freight…
Blogosphere: London Transport Policy Gridlock, Toronto Bike Lane Protest, Weak Market TOD Strategies, Diverse Neighborhoods
November 14, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: London's Transport Policy Gridlock
Guardian UK
As attention has turned again to Tube strikes and fares hikes, debate about the capital's transport issues ignores the bigger picture..
Read On Blogosphere: Bike Lane Protected by Protesters Streetsblog.net
Yesterday was supposed to be the day that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford removed the Jarvis Street bike lane. But things didn't go exactly according to plan. As…
As attention has turned again to Tube strikes and fares hikes, debate about the capital's transport issues ignores the bigger picture..
Read On Blogosphere: Bike Lane Protected by Protesters Streetsblog.net
Yesterday was supposed to be the day that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford removed the Jarvis Street bike lane. But things didn't go exactly according to plan. As…
News: Atlanta Infrastructure Vote, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, MBTA Trolley Toy Sets, Adopt-A-Stop Program, Habitable Bridges
July 31, 2012
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TRANSPORT Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill
Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention....
Read On Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com
TRANSPORT Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill
Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention....
Read On Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com
News: Kansas City Streetcar, Amtrak TOD, NJ Commuter Rail Needs, Cheering Calif. HSR, Consensual Urban Politics
January 20, 2012
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Kansas City: City Puts Streetcar on Fast Track
Kansas City Star
Kansas City's best chance to get a downtown streetcar line in the next few years likely hinges on two unusual elections to be conducted by September. The city council set that process in motion Thursday to meet a deadline this summer for $25 million in crucial federal funding...
Read On Pennsylvania: Amtrak Breathes Life into Ardmore Project Main Line Media
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Kansas City's best chance to get a downtown streetcar line in the next few years likely hinges on two unusual elections to be conducted by September. The city council set that process in motion Thursday to meet a deadline this summer for $25 million in crucial federal funding...
Read On Pennsylvania: Amtrak Breathes Life into Ardmore Project Main Line Media
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Blogosphere: Recovery in Storm Crushed Kansas
October 5, 2011|Atlantic Cities
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Ever since an EF-5 tornado plowed through town in May of 2007, redevelopment has had a different definition in Greensburg, Kansas. About 90 percent of the small town was effectively destroyed. Rebuilding was a challenging prospect, but also one of opportunity... Read On
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