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The New York Times
A Southern Success Story for Public Transportation Offers Lessons in Livability
By JOSH VOORHEES of Greenwire
Published: April 5, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — By nearly all accounts, the new light-rail project here has been an unexpected and nearly unprecedented success. But that hasn’t stopped local and federal officials from wishing they could go back in time and take a second crack at planning it.
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Grist Blog
Sustainable urban farming ideas that think inside the box.
By Todd Woody
In my last Green State column, I wrote about Agriculture 2.0. The conference, held in Silicon Valley recently, brought together venture capitalists and sustainable ag startups in an effort to jump start a market for the regional distribution of fresh food.
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Grist Blog
My family (yours, too) needs rich social spaces-not cars-to be happy
By David Robers, April 4, 2010.
Human communities are ecosystems, and in all ecosystems diversity is the key to health and resilience. …The most reliable way to maximize happiness is through social connectedness…if we want more healthy, happy people, we should create more supportive social networks.
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Charolette Observer.com
Donovan: more ‘ud’ in HUD
By Ron Stodghill, April 04, 2010
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, like many of his predecessors, hits all the notes of the quintessential change agent: He’s a scholarly yet results-oriented leader who wants to restore of the glory of American cities.
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Second Avenue Sagas Blog
A Nation in Support of Public Transportation
By Benjamin Kabak April 4, 2010
For much of the last two years, New Yorkers have witnessed a battle of mass transit funding and public transportation policy. While New York City, the state’s economic driver and only area of New York experiencing a population growth, needs and relies on its mass transit system to function efficiently and productivity, the state legislators holding the purse strings have not readily embraced making tough choices over public transportation funding.
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Infrastructurist.com
Will Bikers and Pedestrians Ever Be ‘Equal’ to Drivers?
By Melissa Lafsky, April 5, 2010
Ray LaHood came out big for bikers and pedestrians during the recent National Bike Summit (see a clip of his speech above). In fact, he was so fired up after the meeting, he went on to announce a “major policy revision” that aims to end the “favoring [of] motorized transportation at the expense of nonmotorized,” by enacting policies for cyclists and walkers that are similar to those enacted for automobiles.
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The New York Times
Builders Ponder a Housing Mandate
By ELSA BRENNER, March 31, 2010
AS Westchester tries to comply with a federal settlement mandating the creation of affordable housing in mostly white, well-to-do communities, the construction of low-cost units continues in low-income, racially mixed areas.
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Publicola Blog
Why I Choose to Live Car Free
Posted by Erica C. Barnett on April 3, 2010
This weekend, as we mentioned in Morning Fizz yesterday, I’ll be moderating a panel at the Climate Neutral Seattle Unconference about the challenges and opportunities involved with living car-free in Seattle.
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The Philadelphia Enquirer
Measuring affordable housing
By Al Heavens, March 4, 2010
With the extended federal tax credit set to end April 30 (closings deadline: June 30), real estate agents and builders will spend the next few weeks trying to get buyers off the fence and into new houses.
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San Francisco Cronicle
Open space little effect on housing, study says
John Wildermuth, Sunday, April 4, 2010
Land preservation efforts in Silicon Valley and surrounding areas have had only a minor effect on housing construction, according to a new Stanford study that looks to end decades of squabbling between environmentalists and developers.
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Detroit Free Press/Freep.com
Posted: April 4, 2010
What Detroit could be in 10 years
When you assemble all the proposals, plans and dreams that have been advanced in recent months, the city of 2020 looks dramatically different than it looks today: smaller, smarter, greener, more mobile, with more job opportunities — and once again the pounding heart of a metropolitan region.
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The Rest of the Planet
Alternative-Energy News
Abu Dhabi To Build First Full Eco-City
April 7, 2010
When we talk about the Middle East Asia, we imagine harsh terrain, blazing sun and sand dunes.
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Things you need to know along the corridor.
West Corridor Construction closures, detours (compiled by the City Manager’s Office, City of Lakewood, Colorado & Denver Transit Construction Group).
[In consideration of length of the closures, I’m sending you to my web site for that information.
Street closures due to light rail construction
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