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New York's transit agency blows opportunity to build housing above its new subway line
Philip Langdon, New Urban Network

On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, home to some of the world’s most expensive real estate, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is letting building sites go to waste.

0 Fri, Sep 3rd 2010 1:40pm
Our mobile money pits: The true cost of cars
Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz-Fernandez, authors of the 2009 book Carjacked, wrote a nice piece on the costs of car ownership in the US.

0 Thu, Sep 2nd 2010 1:19pm
Missing the point on how to reduce traffic deaths
Philip Langdon, New Urban Network

The cost of traffic accidents is horrendous, but epidemiologists and The New York Times seem at a loss as to how to combat it.

0 Thu, Sep 2nd 2010 7:29am
Cuts in New Jersey school busing could be good for kids
New Urban News

Many New Jersey schools have eliminated "courtesy busing" for students living within 2 miles — a move that could help fight obesity, Zoe Baldwin argues.

0 Wed, Sep 1st 2010 8:34am
Suburbia is sublime; why try to become a big city?
The Virginian-Pilot

A columnist for The Virginian-Pilot, Kerry Dougherty, loves her suburbia.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 6:46pm
New York smart growth bill signed by Gov. Paterson
New Urban Network

The Smart Growth Public Policy Infrastructure Policy Act, which aims to spend more of the New York State’s tax money on infrastructure in compact communities and less of it in sprawling locations, was signed into law at 8 PM Aug. 30 by Gov. David Paterson.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 6:25pm
Needed: a better way of keeping infrastructure working well
New Urban Network

The old way of maintaining America's subways and other transportation components should be replaced, says a tech expert who has pondered the problems of Washington's MetroRail system.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 3:03pm
New York's variable-price parking program proves a boon to a Brooklyn neighborhood
StreetsBlog.org

Higher parking prices at busy times are allowing businesses in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood to serve more customers, a review of the city's Park Smart program finds.

0 Fri, Aug 27th 2010 11:35am

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In New York, arterial streets are the deadliest
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The altered demography of post-Katrina New Orleans
'Dynamic parking' proposed for study in New Haven
Environmentally advanced mixed-use project approved in California
Fourteen Maryland transit stations will be designated for TOD, governor says
New developer for mixed-use project in Wheaton, Maryland
Can Washington, DC, Waltz with Walmart?
Bait Bike bags bicycle bandits
Build a Better Burb contest
SGLI launces new project
Corner Cars in Hoboken
NuRide rewards alternatives to SOV
Georgetown's Redding CT plan falls through
Consultants criticize New Orleans hospital plan
Tysons Corner plan wins approval
Atlantic Station is home to thousands
Potomac Yard surges ahead
Philly infill TOD announced
Free parking comes at a price
Walmart stores scale down for urban markets
New LEED credential
Abogo: the latest transportation and sustainability tool
Trend is Toward Smaller Homes
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Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 6. September 2010
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Mon, Sep 6th 2010 10:30am
‘Around Cincy’ video shows off Cincinnati’s vibrant Fountain Square
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In The Headlights
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Mon, Sep 6th 2010 9:47am
Pessimistic? really?
City Comforts blog
Sun, Sep 5th 2010 10:19pm
Upcoming Events for the Week of September 6th, 2010
Urban Milwaukee
Sun, Sep 5th 2010 7:05pm
"No comment." St. Louis Fails to Weigh In on Arch Competition
Urban St. Louis
Sun, Sep 5th 2010 4:56pm
I Go to Luogo
Draw Your Own Conclusion
Sun, Sep 5th 2010 11:44am
Will the real Daniel Burnham please stand up
Architecture Here and There
Sun, Sep 5th 2010 10:32am
Milwaukee Intermodal Station Train Shed Project to Start in October (Renderings)
Urban Milwaukee
Sat, Sep 4th 2010 7:58pm
Exporting (sub)urbanism: Kuala Lumpur and the communist world
Market Urbanism
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