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May 21, 2013|Tony Burgess, Fort Worth Star Telegram
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"I'm trying to train new skills for this new generation of shamans who broker the negotiations, the dialogue if you will, between the mega-cities of society and the rest of the living Earth." Read On
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Transport: Life At 3MPH, LA BRT Crush Loaded, Conservatives & Bicycles, An Infrastructure Bank Without Fed Money

May 21, 2013
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TRANSPORT Video: What If We Lived at 3MPH?  TEDX, via: @Civitae   What if we all lived life at 3 mph? Wayfarer Jonathon has walked thousands of miles over the last few years in response to that question, including an across-country walk
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Urbanism & Design: National Parking Policy Graphics, Zero Parking Toronto Skyscraper, Train Station Development

May 21, 2013
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Apple Valley MN, Auckland, Bellevue WA, Canada, Chicago, Commuter Rail, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Highways & Automobiles, Illinois, Minnesota, New Zealand, Ontario Province, Parking, Pedestrians & Walkability, Smart Growth & Sprawl, TOD, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBANISM & DESIGN Kemper Freeman Plans Big Bellevue Development  Seattle Times   Kemper Development wants to build 2 million square feet of additional retail, office, hotel and residential space covering more than a block of prime real estate at Northeast Fourth Street and Bellevue Way Northeast.
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Urban Issues: Struggling To Reach Suburban Poor, Different Cities We Inhabit, SNAP & Diet Quality, Devolution Of London

May 21, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Advocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor  NPR   Poverty has grown everywhere in the U.S. in recent years, but mostly in the suburbs. During the 2000s, it grew twice as fast in suburban areas as in cities, with more than 16 million poor people now living in the nation's suburbs
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Environment & Ecology: Grappling With Urban Air Pollution, TCU Prairie Prophet, BRT Lines Produce Less Smog

May 21, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY How Clean is the Air We Breath in Cities?  The City Fix   More and more cities worldwide are grappling with the ever-increasing menace of air pollution - especially in India, which contains some of the most polluted cities in the world.
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May 20, 2013|Norman Wright, Better Cities and Towns
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"...one thing is clear: everyone supports The New Urbanism. But only to a point. We know its Charter is a good expression of what cities should be. After that, we recognize there are countless means to achieve the end." Read On
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Transport: Virginia Beach LRT Planning, Moderating Congestion Worries, San Diego Trolley Gets Fed OK, Fed Infrastructure Timelines

May 20, 2013
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TRANSPORT Virginia Beach Light Rail at a Crossroads  Virginian Pilot   The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront.
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Urbanism & Design: Security Trumps Urbanism In NY, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Impress, Making Walking To School Safer

May 20, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN World Trade Center Security Will Kill Its Urbanism  New York Times City Room, via: @witoldr   The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began…
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Urban Issues: Corruption & State Capitals, Gen Y Housing Preferences, Growing Suburban Poverty, Value Of City Rankings

May 20, 2013
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Affordability, bicycles, Buffalo, California, Chicago, Demographics, Federal Policy, Florida, health, Health & Environment, housing, HUD, Illinois, Marin, Miami, Norfolk, Ridership, Santa Monica, Smart Growth & Sprawl, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Virginia
URBAN ISSUES Are State Capitals in Big Cities Less Corrupt?  Chicago Magazine, via: @otiswhite   Given that Chicago politics is code for pretty much anything anyone thinks is corrupt or even impolitely…
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Environment & Ecology: Biomass Energy & Deforestation, Giant Sewer Balloon Plugs, China's Agriculture History

May 20, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Biomass Energy Use Leading to African Deforestation  All Africa   ACCORDING to Bariki Kaale who is Energy and Environmental Specialist based in Dar es Salaam, biomass fuels accounts for over 94 per cent of the total energy used for cooking with no affordable alternative energy sources in the foreseeable future.
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