Blogosphere: Private Bonds For Infrastructure, Nashville Future Tied To Transit Growth, Communities As Social Networks
October 26, 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: Promoting Infrastructure w Private Bonds The New Republic The federal government contributed about 25 percent of total public spending on transportation and water infrastructure over the past decade. So, for good reason, many local governments and transportation agencies are preoccupied these days with the threat of the automatic across-the-board spending cuts from Washington... Read On |
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Blogosphere: BRT, LRT Advance in SW Corridor Portland Transport Before the meat of the post, some apologies for my scarcity the past two months or so. I always seem to take blog-cation in the fall, and it happened again this year--have been quite busy with work and home, so haven't had much time for PT... Read On |
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Commentary: Transit Growth Reflects Metro's Future Tenneseean After years of urban areas bleeding jobs and population, American metros like greater Nashville have made a remarkable comeback that few could've envisioned in the early 90s... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Invest in Transportation to Enhance Places Greater Greater Washington Should the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) use its scarce transportation resources to bypass cities to relieve congestion?.. Read On |
| URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT |
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Blogosphere: Communities are Social Networks Atlantic Cities Cities are obviously more than just the sum of their physical assets - roads and bridges, offices, factories, shopping centers, and homes - working more like living organisms than jumbles of concrete... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Housing A Factor Slowing Economy Atlantic Cities All you had to do was say yes. That was what it used to take to get a home loan. Of course, you're probably old enough to remember 2006, back when "tarp" was just a word for what baseball uses during rain delays. But the lenders who made those loans?.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: China to Create Car Free Satellite City Construction Digital Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture announced that it has completed a master plan for Chengdu Tianfu District Great City, a self-sustaining, environmentally sensitive 1.3-square-kilometer satellite city... Read On |
