Blogosphere: NY Carpool Cheating, Mayor's Innovation Challenge, Income Inequality Images, Defending ACS
June 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: Slugging Should Be Legal Getting from Here to There The Wall Street Journal has a story about the Port Authority of NY/NJ ticketing drivers who pick up passengers in order to qualify for the cheaper car pool lanes across the George Washington bridge... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Bloomberg Funding Innovation The Next American City This morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new competition that will award $9 million in prize money to cities that dare to innovate. Called the Mayor's Challenge, the competition launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Residents Picnic to Reclaim Streets The Polis Blog At least 2,000 residents of Brussels took to the streets last Sunday to demand more room for pedestrians and cyclists in the city center. With a picnic on one of the central avenues, they blocked car traffic for a couple of hours... Read On |
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Blogosphere: More Images of Income Inequality Per Square Mile A month ago, I covered a study showing how tree cover was related to income level. A couple of weeks later, I posted images gleaned from Google Earth showing how easy it is to spot income inequality from space... Read On |
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Blogosphere: In Defense of Chicago Market Urbanism First of all, I should start out by saying that I've only ever been to Chicago once, and I really don't remember anything but the inside of my aunt's house. I remember asking them if there was good mass transit, and they said Metra is good, but the L, which is near them, is not something they'd ride... Read On |
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Blogosphere: What If Mayors Ruled the World? The Atlantic Cities "We're the level of government closest to the majority of the world's people. While nations talk, but too often drag their heels-cities act." That's a recent quote from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Defending the ACS The Next American City Republicans in Congress have mobilized to eliminate one of the most important and cost-effective federal programs for cities: The American Community Survey (ACS). For those unfamiliar with the ACS, here's a summary from the New York Times:.. Read On |
