Urbanism & Design: Crowdfunding Rotterdam Bridge, Density Done Well,...
URBANISM & DESIGNMoscow Business Complex Sees Rebirth Wall Street Journal Watch out Canary Wharf, Moscow City is rising. Five years after grinding to a halt during the global economic crisis, the...
View ArticleTransport: Calif. Super Majority Law, Houston Pay To Play Driving, Flywheel...
TRANSPORTIn California, 2/3rds Vote Means You Lose Los Angeles Times, via: @rpuentes Measure J fell just 0.6% shy of the required two-thirds approval as support fell in upscale enclaves. Some...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: East Portland Rises, Makeover For Dead Dallas Mall, TOD...
URBANISM & DESIGNBiotech Firms Select Newer Urban Clusters Commercial Property Executive Out with the old and in with the new seems to be the motto for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies...
View ArticleTransport: Generational Shift In Travel, Streetcar Property Assessment,...
TRANSPORTHipmunk CEO Sees Generational Shift in Travel Skift Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a "generational shift" under way...
View ArticleTransport: FY2014 New Starts, Cambodia Overpass 'Achievement', Nashville...
TRANSPORTFTA Releases FY2014 New Starts Report FTA This Annual Report on Funding Recommendations is issued by the United States Secretary of Transportation to help inform the appropriations process for...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Vancouver Density Lessons For Seattle, Skateboarding Vs....
URBANISM & DESIGNCraft Brewer Surly buys Minneapolis site for $20 million Brewery Minneapolis Star Tribune The company bought land for a "destination brewery" in Minneapolis' Prospect Park...
View ArticleReconnecting America To Provide Free Place-Based Sustainability Technical...
Reconnecting America, as a partner in Livability Solutions, has been selected to provide technical assistance to the Seattle Department of Planning & Development and Valley Metro in Phoenix as part...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car...
URBANISM & DESIGNGoogle's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters Seattle Times The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to...
View ArticleTransport: Oregon Wants Light Rail Or No Bridge, VMT Of Rural Vs Urban...
TRANSPORTOregon Will Kill CRC If It Doesn't Include Light Rail Seattle Times Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's office says a proposed $3.4 billion Columbia River bridge will die if Washington state tries to...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Green Building Lobby Wars, A Carbon Neutral Seattle,...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYUSGBC Fights Back Against Lobbying Industries Treehugger Green building has been under attack on all fronts recently by the wood, plastic and fossil fuel industries, all of...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Reporting Chicago Violence, Atlantic City's Fate,...
URBAN ISSUESReporter Reflects on 20 Years Reporting Chicago Violence The Fader, via: @owashb For the past 20 years, Alex Kotlowitz has been reporting on why young people in Chicago shoot each...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Social Media & Planners, Seattle Foreclosure Pain, Online Taxes...
URBAN ISSUESSocial Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases Planetizen, Brent Todarian With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate...
View ArticleTransport: Colorado Road Funds For Transit, Infrastructure & Democracy,...
TRANSPORTColorado Road Money Can Be Used for Transit Now Denver Post, via: DC Streetsblog A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Vancouver Affordability, Geography Of US Suicides, Atlanta...
URBAN ISSUESPushing Back on Wendell Cox's Vancouver Claims Price Tags If (you've) heard once, (you've) heard a hundred times that it takes about 10 years of average household income to buy an average...
View ArticleTransport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR...
TRANSPORTBike Infrastructure Debate Settled Streetsblog Net For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Fruit Activism & Urban Gardens, Stress On Urban Birds,...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY'Fruit Activists' Take Urban Gardens in New Direction New York Times Fruit looms large in the California psyche. Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Template For New LA, Food Desert Mobile Oasis, Seattle...
URBAN ISSUESHollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles Los Angeles Times Over 12 years as the area's councilman, he has championed high-density 'smart growth' that's been business-friendly. But...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Wisconsin Vs. Milwaukee, Obama Brand Of Regionalism, Housing...
URBAN ISSUESIs Wisconsin State Legislature at War with Milwaukee? Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via: @urbanophile Even before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the...
View ArticleTransport: Metra Leery of WiFi Costs, Salt Lake Freeway Revolt, GOP...
TRANSPORTMetra Leery of WiFi Costs Chicago Tribune Nearly half of riders use electronic devices, study finds, but providing wireless service on trains would be expensive, technologically difficultRead...
View ArticleBest Practices For TOD Strategies & Legislation
Documents detailing transit-oriented development efforts in Seattle and Dallas have been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.Sound Transit TOD Program Strategic Plan describes Sound...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: National Parking Policy Graphics, Zero Parking Toronto...
URBANISM & DESIGNKemper Freeman Plans Big Bellevue Development Seattle Times Kemper Development wants to build 2 million square feet of additional retail, office, hotel and residential space...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Less Car-Dependent Infill, Wasted Seattle LRT Opportunity,...
URBANISM & DESIGNDemand Will Rise for Less Car Dependent Infill Urban Land Institute Demand will continue to rise for infill residential development that is less car-dependent, while consumers'...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: How Seattle Thwarts Innovative Building
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYHow Seattle Thwarts Innovative Building City Tank Seattle prides itself on its forward green thinking. However, it lags terribly behind on forward green doing. Why is that?Read On
View ArticleTransport: I-5 Bridge Collapse, Bikeshare & Bike Ownership, Empty...
TRANSPORTSection of I-5 Bridge Collapses in Washington State Los Angeles Times Nobody dies as people and vehicles are plunged into the Skagit River. Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Oregon Land Use Law Value, Dallas Freeway Teardown, NY...
URBANISM & DESIGNOregon Land Use Laws Still Valuable After 40 Years Statesman Journal More than most places, Oregon is defined by its landscape. From coastal headlands, through interior valleys,...
View ArticleTransport: NYC Bike Share, Virginia Beach Private LRT Questions, SF Taxi...
TRANSPORTGiving Citi Bike an Early Tryout NY Streetsblog Today, New Yorkers turned out under sunny skies to try out bike-share for the first time.Read On LRT Station a Go in African American...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Human Macroecology, Boston's Green Housing Plan, City...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYThe Emerging Field of Human Macroecology Scientific American Sustainability efforts have been on the cultural radar for many years. Increasingly, cultural norms instruct us to...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: 'Activating' Seattle Streets, Neighborhood Stability, A...
URBANISM & DESIGNActivating the Streets in Pioneer Square Crosscut The ISI has been studying streets and alleys in Seattle's "first neighborhood" and suggesting ways to make them safer, more usable...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Opportunities & Challenges In TOD, Dallas Freeway...
URBANISM & DESIGNWhy Are Chicago's Sidewalk Cafes on the North Side? WBEZ Why the city's sidewalk oases thrive on the North Side, but barely survive on the South and West sidesRead On Opportunities...
View ArticleTools for Estimating VMT Reductions from Built Environment Changes
IntroductionThe transport sector accounts for nearly half the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Washington State (WSDOT 2009). Addressing transport sector GHG emissions is a priority for mitigating the...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Seattle District Voting, Bikes & Local Economy, Grocery Stores...
URBAN ISSUESPush to Create Council Districts Moves Forward Seattle Times A group that wants Seattle City Council members elected by district is expected to turn in enough signatures Tuesday to qualify...
View ArticleUrbanism&Design: 100 Years Spatial Planning In Europe, Active Living Around...
URBANISM & DESIGNSpatial Planning in Europe Over the Last 100 Years Planning Resource The European Council of Spatial Planners has just published a book to mark "A Centenary of Spatial Planning in...
View ArticleTransport: Columbia Crossing LRT, Roundabout Bike Bypass, Paying To Operate...
TRANSPORTLight Rail, Blight or Bliss? The Columbian Love it or hate it, light rail's tracks are firmly embedded in plans for the Columbia River Crossing. But what will that mean for Vancouver?Read On...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Nashville's Symphony Trouble, Stockton Housing Bubble, Housing...
URBAN ISSUESNashville's Symphony In Trouble The Urbanophile Nashville has been on a roll in recent years, with a rapidly growing population (including a rapidly expanding immigrant base), robust job...
View ArticleTransport: Dumb Infrastructure Decisions, Lima's Insane Bus System,...
TRANSPORTThe Politics of Dumb Infrastructure Decisions Minneapolis Star Tribune We have a political situation in the United States where Democrats are too eager to build anything if it creates a job...
View ArticleTransport: Cleveland Motorists Vs. Cyclists, Ann Arbor To Detroit Rail Plan,...
TRANSPORTCleveland Motorists, Cyclists Seek a Truce Cleveland Plain Dealer Every cyclist who's spent time on the road has heard it - scolds, curses and shouts from drivers who want them to move over or...
View ArticleUrbanism&Design: Short Walks & Diabetes, Elevators & Skyscraper Heights, How...
URBANISM & DESIGNShort Walks After Meals Could Cut Diabetes BBC, via: @brenttoderian A 15-minute walk after each meal could prevent older people developing type-2 diabetes, a study has found.Read...
View ArticleSound Transit System Access Policy
The Sound Transit resolution establishing a system access policy for infrastructure and improvements to facilitate customer access to transit services has been added to the Resource Center best...
View ArticleTransport: Rio's Wireless Tram, Boston Focus On Frequent Bus Routes,...
TRANSPORTRio's Wireless Tram Project Moves Forward Global Rail News Politicians in Rio have signed off R$1.2 billion to start construction of the city's new catenary-free tram network.Read On MBTA...
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Reminder: Making the Most of Transit Through Regional TOD Implementation:...
Transit planning is well underway, lines have been built, but what more can partners do to leverage the potential of their networks to support transit-oriented districts and economic development goals?...
View ArticleHUD TA Team Implementation Site Visit and Peer Exchange
Reconnecting America Project Manager Elizabeth Wampler will be participating in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Technical Assistance Implementation Site Visit and Peer Exchange in...
View ArticleVideo: Making the Most of Transit Through Regional TOD Implementation -...
$codeSlides used in the video are available below.Transit planning is well underway, lines have been built, but what more can partners do to leverage the potential of their networks to support...
View ArticleLessons In TOD Data & Implementation Tools
Reconnecting America Interim President & CEO Allison Brooks and Project Manager Elizabeth Wampler will be in Seattle on August 12-13 to train Planning & Development Department staff in...
View ArticleImproving Our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Pricing Affect...
(Report website)ForewordDriver response to congestion and road pricing is an essential element to forecasting the future use of roadway systems and estimating the effect that pricing has on demand and...
View ArticleState Tools For Estimating VMT Reductions
Research from Ohio and Washington exploring how to estimate the impact changes in the built environment may have on travel behavior and total vehicle miles traveled have been added to the Resource...
View ArticlePerformance Measures for Local Livability and Multi-Modal Transportation Webinar
$codeThis webinar originally aired Oct. 16 and was the second of two sessions offered by Reconnecting America as part of Transportation for America's technical assistance program for the MAP-21...
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