News: 'The Cobra Effect' & Traffic Control, Yankee Stadium Parking Default, Oakland's Art Crawl, Physical Laws Of Cities, Trees Cool Cities

October 12, 2012

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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.

TRANSPORT

National: Consequences of Trying to Control Traffic

Transportation Nation

The latest Freakonomics Radio podcast takes on something the called "The Cobra Effect." (Visit their web page for a full explanation; the short version involves a disastrous attempt by the Indian government to get rid of cobras.)..

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Gainesville: Ridership High, Eastside Routes a Concern

Gainesville Sun (via @hawkinsgnv)

For the Gainesville Regional Transit System, it's a time of record ridership and continued challenges with bus service on the eastside...

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National: Yankee Stadium Parking Company Defaults

Transportation Nation

The Yankees are in the playoffs after another successful season. But a key part of their stadium operation is a failure: the company that owns the Yankees Stadium parking garages has defaulted on more than $237 million in bonds...

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URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT

Oakland: Is Art Murmur Outgrowing Its Name?

New York Times

One wonders if Gertrude Stein would write "there is no there there" about Oakland if she could see the thousands of people who convene every month for this city's rambunctious art crawl and street bacchanal...

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National: Physical Laws Embedded in Cities

Discover Magazine (via @tdechant)

The son of a dressmaker and a professional gambler, Geoffrey West was born just after the outbreak of World War II and raised in relative poverty in postwar England...

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National: Calthorpe - Key to Cool City? Trees

PBS (via CNU Salons)

This week on the NewsHour we have been looking at how the urban heat island effect and climate change turn up the thermostat on U.S. cities, and how places like Chicago are trying to cool off with greener infrastructure...

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News: 'The Cobra Effect' & Traffic Control, Yankee Stadium Parking Default, Oakland's Art Crawl, Physical Laws Of Cities, Trees Cool Cities

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