Blogosphere: Open Data, New Routemaster Bus, Sustainable Streetscapes, North Korea's Urban Vision, Oakland Streetcar
December 22, 2011
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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: Contracts Should Require Open Data Greater Greater Washington Governments often hire private contractors to operate transportation services or build technology tools. When those projects provide open data as part of the program, customers can benefit at little or no cost. When open data is left out, governments are throwing money out the window... Read On |
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Blogosphere: New London Routemaster Design Dezeen (via @urbanophile) Here are some more photos of the prototype of Thomas Heatherwick's redesign of the iconic routemaster bus for London, unveiled last week as reported on Dezeen Wire. A New Bus for London by Heatherwick Studios.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: SF's Sustainable Streetscape Project SF Streetsblog After a six-year-long process, residents of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview joined city staffers yesterday to mark the completion of the "Model Block" project, a prototype for street design that's better for the environment and more conducive to neighborhood life... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Kim Jong Il's Vision for the City The Atlantic Cities When news of Kim Jong-Il death hit the Internet, reflections on the North Korean dictator's legacy appeared almost immediately: his outlandish propaganda! His mercurial temperament! His fashion sense! Even the memes he inspired... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Social Media Avalanche The Atlantic Cities Oakland, Calif., Mayor Jean Quan had been getting an earful. And an email inboxful. And a Facebook wallful. Her leadership in the handling of the city's Occupy protesters had gathered international attention, as the encampment was torn down and clashes between protesters and police had left many injured.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Oakland to Do Streetcar AA Oakland Streetcar Plan After applying for a state grant nine months ago, the Oakland Tribune reported on Sunday that the city has received the grant and will begin the Alternatives Analysis soon (likely early next year)... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What Can New Zealand Learn from Asia? Auckland Transport Blog Last week I was invited to appear on the Asian Radio Show on RadioLIVE to discuss the topic of what New Zealand can learn from public transport in Asia. Having spent a large part of this year travelling across Asia by public transport I guess I can now consider myself something of an instant expert on the topic.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Rejection of Funds Upsets Folks DC Streetsblog Troy, Michigan is down one transit center, $8.5 million in investment and an unknown number of jobs this week after City Council voted 4-3 Monday to reject a federal grant aimed at improving rail transit in metro Detroit... Read On |
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Blogosphere: The Importance of Public Realm Joe-Urban Are we doing enough to create good cities and urbanism? Due to property rights, we cannot always control exactly what is built on private land, but we can certainly have a say in the ever-so-important prublic realm... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Creating Landscape Soundtracks ASLA Dirt Washington, D.C.-based musicians and brothers Hays and Ryan Holladay released the first "location-aware album," a free smartphone app, for the National Mall earlier this summer and then, just recently, an app for Central Park in NYC. .. Read On |
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Blogosphere: World's Next 20 Tallest Skyscrapers The Atlantic Cities If skyscrapers followed a human course of development, we might say they're about to enter puberty. By 2020 the world's 20 tallest towers will achieve an average height of 1,962 feet (nearly 600 meters)... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Highlighting Indy's Bus Plan Urban Indy A great bus plan was released to the citizens of Indianapolis on December 13th 2011. This plan proposes double the service over existing IndyGo bus service, identifies rapid transit corridors in the form of BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) and also spells out a future for a dependable bus service for the city of Indianapolis as well as Carmel... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Stuck or Content? Atlantic Cities Before I moved to Ohio, I might have agreed with Richard Florida's recent posts on the part of America that's "stuck." He wrote that: "America can be divided into two distinct classes, the stuck and the mobile"... Read On |
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Blogosphere: 1,000 Recycled Doors Make Great Facade Pop Up City 1,000 recycled doors are enough for the South Korean architect Choi Jeong-Hwa to transform a dull ten-story building into a fresh-looking landmark... Read On |
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Blogosphere: A Most Wonderful Time for City Places NRDC Switchboard The winter holidays remind me of how special public spaces can be, how they make cities, and us, more alive. It is impossible to have a great community without great public spaces - appealing and accommodating streets, sidewalks, parks, storefronts, plazas, accessible cafes, and so on. .. Read On |
