Quote of the Day
October 29, 2010|Pasadena Star News
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"It would be easier for people to park once and experience all of the districts as opposed to just one of them,"
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Blogosphere: Downtown Doesn't Need Those Highways
October 29, 2010|Walkable DFW
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You know how pet gold fish only ever grow as big as the vessel that holds them will allow, some uncanny equation that always retains a natural proportion. Downtown, as a living organism, is very similar.. Read On
Twin Cities: Researchers Watch Health Impacts of LRT
October 29, 2010|Minnesota Post
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Cars and trucks, planes and trains, all have an impact on the human condition as they wend their way through our cities and our lives - no less so the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Line now under construction between the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis...
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Pittsburgh: Funding for Transit Village Moves Forward
October 29, 2010|Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Jim Aiello Sr. recalled he was a "young 60-year-old" when he started working on a Castle Shannon development project more than a decade ago. Now 71, he said he's finally close to seeing plans for the Shannon Transit Village come to fruition... Read On
National: Joliet Transit Village Closer to Reality
October 29, 2010|Herald News
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What seemed like a planner's dream just months ago suddenly became reality Tuesday when the state awarded Joliet $32 million for a new public transit center downtown.... Read On
Dallas: Lewisville Development Near Rail Station
October 29, 2010|Dallas Morning News
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Developers broke ground Thursday afternoon on a mixed-use development that will take advantage of Denton County's first commuter rail line. The 90-acre Hebron 121 Station project is being built in Lewisville by Huffines Communities... Read On
Quote of the Day
October 28, 2010|Austin American Statesman
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"High-speed rail, you're talking gazillions of dollars," LeCody said. "I don't know where we're going to get that."
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Blogosphere: City Innovation Grows at Higher Rate
October 28, 2010|Price Tags
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Scientists and animal lovers had long observed that as life gets bigger, it slows down. Flies live for hours or days; elephants live for half-centuries. The hearts of birds and small mammals pump blood much faster than those of giraffes and blue whales.... Read On
Blogosphere: Using GIS to Show Impacts of Factors
October 28, 2010|NRDC Switchboard
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University of Iowa historian Colin Gordon has produced an amazing series of maps of metropolitan St. Louis, showing geographic patterns over time related to four categories: white flight; race and property; municipal zoning; and 'urban renewal.' There are 28 maps in all, some of which can be combined into hybrids.... Read On
Blogosphere: District Energy and Transit Investments
October 28, 2010|Sustainable Industries
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RailVolution was in Portland last week and I spent some time advocating a new item for the agendas of our ever-so-visionary, transit-savvy visitors from around the country. While streets are torn up to place streetcars or light rail tracks, why not add the underground pipe infrastructure for district energy?...
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