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Highway to Boulevard: Reclaiming and Revitalizing Our City
Submitted by kapoppel on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 2:42pm
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three-cornered politics
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:38amYesterday, the voters of ten Atlanta counties voted "no" in a referendum on a regional sales tax to expand both roads and public transit. The new tax was favored by the region's business establishment, and opposed by groups as varied as the Sierra Club and local Tea Party groups.
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The Impending Conflict over the Oklahoma City Boulevard Represents a Cultural Paradigm Shift
Submitted by eshadid on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 11:26amThe impending conflict over the Oklahoma City Boulevard is far-reaching both in terms of cause and consequence. When Steve Lackmeyer, in his coverage of the Boulevard in the Oklahoman, makes reference to “cars vs. people’, he is referencing the growing realization among Oklahoma City citiz... read more »
The Cost of Mobility in Louisville
Submitted by Tim Huff on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 1:53pmThe Louisville Ohio River Bridges Project, a joint effort by Kentucky and Indiana to expand the junction of I-65, I-71 and I-64, aims to break ground on the East End Crossing in August. Let’s take a moment to reflect on how these changes will affect Louisvillians.
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"City Design Matters": A Multimodal Transportation View with Brent Toderian
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 2:25pmBrent Toderian is the former Chief City Planner of Vancouver, President of Toderian UrbanWORKs in Vancouver, and serves on CNU's Highway to Boulevard Advisory Committee. The following videos focus on the transportation aspect, especially, but not limited to, biking, of designing a city.
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How Walking and Biking Add Value to Your Community and Change the System: An Interview with John Norquist
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:04pmProject for Public Spaces interviews CNU's own John Norquist this week about 'what urbanists need to learn,' the role of decision makers in terms of transportation, and the upcoming CNU 2012 Transportation Summit. Norquist is the keynote speaker at Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place conference set for Sep... read more »
How Road Subsidies Might Cause Transit Subsidies
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 11:36amA recent article by Josh Barro admits that cars are subsidized through road spending, but argues that roads are less subsidized per capita because so much of car-related spending is private.
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The Transportation Bill- Not As Bad As You Might Think
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 07/02/2012 - 10:36amCongress recently passed a two-year transportation funding bill, to less-than-glowing reviews from environmentalist-oriented transportation lobbies.
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Sprawl lobby wants to have it both ways
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 10:57amA recent video on the Reason Magazine website criticized Washington, DC's bikeshare program, on the ground that the program's primary beneficiaries are well-off whites.
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Join IGO CarSharing for Details on the "Future of Transportation"
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 2:46pmIGO CarSharing will be hosting lunch and a panel discussion on the "Future of Transportation" Wednesday, July 11, 2012. As Chicago's leading non-profit carsharing organization, IGO is celebrating 10 years within the Chicago region. The panel discussion will include three key speakers - Gabe Klein, T... read more »