Oct 31
Mine / Stack / Vertigo : [Image: Michael Light, Bingham Pit photograph mounted and on display].A beautiful new book of photographs by Guggenheim Fellow Michael Light has been released. ...
BLDGBLOG
Oct 31
Velib gets trashed--Bike-Sharing Vandals : From the NYTimes:"Just as Le Corbusier’s white cruciform towers once excited visions of the industrial-age city of the future, so Vélib’, Paris’s bicycle rental system, inspired a new urban ethos for ...
Smart Growth
Oct 30
Appeals Court Agrees that Owner is Estopped from Seeking Release of Open Space Covenant Where Benefits Were Already Accepted : Vo-Land brought an action to lift a covenant that was placed on 96 acres of land in the Village of Bartlett and to disconnect the land from the Village. ...
Law of the Land
Oct 30
New Jersey governor says will freeze tolls after saying he'd revive 'monetization' on smaller scale : A close political race for state governor in New Jersey, and accusations that incumbent Gov Jon Corzine planned to revive his plan for monetization has extracted a commitment to freeze tolls during hi ...
Toll Roads News
Oct 30
Congress appropriates funds for GLRI : As anticipated, Congress approved $475 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Congress approves funds for Blossom land sale : Congress appropriated $4 million toward the purchase of 635 undeveloped acres surrounding Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Downtown Cleveland SID ediorial : A Plain Dealer editorial supports the proposed renewal of the Downtown Cleveland Special Improvement District. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
2009 Richard N. Campen Lecture : CWRU supplied more details about the upcoming lecture by Douglas Farr. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Euclid Waterfront Plan : Consultants from JJR presented a draft of their waterfront plan (PDF) to Euclid leaders on Wednesday. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Abandonment in Solon : Officials in Solon are discussing a proposed receivership program that the City would employ to address residential abandonment. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Welcome to Citiwire.net — October 30, 2009 : Welcome to Citiwire.net! Citistates Associate Sam Newberg (aka www.joe-urban.com) goes after the density hobgoblin, showing us we need more of it–indeed much more than we’re allowing ...
Citiwire.net
Oct 30
Failing the Density Test: Our Biggest Goblin : For Release Friday, October 30, 2009 Citiwire.net Halloween’s ghouls and goblins make for a spooky night in our cities and towns. ...
Citiwire.net
Oct 30
Detecting the Green Light: Local Chambers Ahead of Washington : For Release Sunday, October 30, 2009 © 2009 Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON — The U.S. ...
Citiwire.net
Oct 30
Get Your Wolf On : Surely one of the most encouraging conservation stories in recent years has been the phenomenal revival of wild wolves in the Rockies. ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 30
Water Reality Trumps Water Politics : California’s water politics are hopeless. That’s the only conclusion I can reach, and it was reaffirmed earlier this week when I attended a Great Valley Center forum on water. read more ...
California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Oct 30
Redefining what a creative building is : Would you live, work or play here? For many creatives, the answer would be yes, yes and yes.  What makes Portland’s Burnside Rocket the kind of building they want to see more of? On the outside… 1. ...
CoolTown Studios
Oct 30
Water Reality Trumps Water Politics : California’s water politics are hopeless. That’s the only conclusion I can reach, and it was reaffirmed earlier this week when I attended a Great Valley Center forum on water. read more ...
California Planning & Development Report
Oct 30
Think Tanks on TV : Last night, TVW aired a one hour televised no-holds-barred fight to the death friendly discussion with five think tanks in Washington State. If you haven't guessed already, Sightline was one of them. ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 30
Bikes at Work Where You Live, Part 1 : Wow. Our call for pictures of work bikes elicited such an overwhelming response -- more than 300 photos -- that we almost didn't know where to begin. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
The Omnibus Roundup – Hallowmeet-up, alt-energy theme parks, p.U.M.p, airport living, Performa, urban golf : Psyched for our meet-up tomorrow? You should be. It will be awesome. And no, costumes are not required, but feel free. ...
Urban Omnibus
Oct 30
The Race Is on to Map Out 300 Bike Racks for North Brooklyn : In September, dozens of people turned out for the Livable Streets Initiative's first bike rack hunt in North Brooklyn, where we identified about 70 spots that are begging for some nice bike parking. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
Our Parks Are Secure. What About Our Streets? : When are the police finally going to reclaim the streets from speeding and dangerous driving? When will pedestrians and cyclists be able to feel safe and secure on New York City streets? ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
Nudges, Laundry, and Trash : Wouldn't it be nice if there were painless and unobtrusive ways to promote a shift to sustainable behavior?  Well, there are. ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 30
On Clunkers debate, one point we can all agree on : A big "Thank you" to the White House blog team for a witty and perceptive account of Cash for Clunkers' real contribution to our economic recovery.If you haven't read about the brush-up that prompted ...
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Oct 30
The Weekly Carnage : The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem across the metro region. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
Off-Duty Cop “Taken Into Custody for DWI” After Bronx Pedestrian Death : Image: WABCMinutes after posting the latest installment of The Weekly Carnage, we came across the story of another NYPD-involved pedestrian fatality, this time an elderly woman, killed by an off-duty ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
The Public Process: How NIMBY's Encourage Suburban Sprawl : Now is the time to roll out new planning ideas – different codes, new public review processes, original ways of thinking. ...
California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Oct 30
The Public Process: How NIMBY's Encourage Suburban Sprawl : Now is the time to roll out new planning ideas – different codes, new public review processes, original ways of thinking. ...
California Planning & Development Report
Oct 30
Fresh Warnings on Climate Overstatement : Scientists point to the risks of glossing over climate complexity in warnings on warming. ...
Dot Earth
Oct 30
The High Cost of Free Riders : Whenever the prospect of funding our transit system with bridge tolls or congestion pricing arises, you can count on a hue and cry from aggrieved motorists about subsidizing other people's commutes. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
Randy Olson on the Christianized Darwin Crusaders. : Last year comic actor Ben Stein bamboozled evolutionists with his anti-evolution movie “Expelled!”. ...
Eco-Compass
Oct 30
Bringing Farms to the Heartland — of Suburbia : Today on the Streetsblog Network, St. Louis Urban Workshop looks at the concept of "agriburbia" -- a way to bring some meaningful food production to suburban sprawl: In St. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
DOT's Secretary Awards ceremony recognizes service above and beyond : Yesterday we held DOT's 42nd annual Secretary Awards ceremony. ...
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Oct 30
Today’s Headlines : The Bike Lane Boom: How Does It Play in Western Queens? ...
Streetsblog
Oct 30
The Importance of Cars; The Irrelevance of Transit : A new study published by the Cascade Policy Institute provides more evidence that the automobile is a key part of the nation’s economy. ...
The Antiplanner
Oct 29
In Calculating Maximum Density Zoning Regulation Allowed Commission to Consider Parent Parcel in Existence at Time Regulations Were Adopted : The applicants applied to the commission for permission to subdivide their four acre parcel of property located in Avon into two lots, each lot comprised of two acres. ...
Law of the Land
Oct 29
An open letter to Steve Levitt : Dear Mr. Levitt, The problem of global warming is so big that solving it will require creative thinking from many disciplines. ...
RealClimate
Oct 29
Macquarie to split gems from dud pikes : Macquarie are proposing to split their portfolio of pikes into the gems (called Mature MIG) and the duds called (called Active MIG). ...
Toll Roads News
Oct 29
Toll plans, TMC problems, empty nesters, Ashby regs : Yet again I've let the backlog of smaller items get too large, so I'm going to have to break them up into a couple of posts.If you missed it, here's my reaction over at my Chronicle Opportunity Urbani ...
Houston Strategies
Oct 29
Wanted: Smart Workers for Smart Grid : Early this week, President Obama gave a speech touting the $3.4 billion in grants the federal government has awarded to local companies, utilities and cities working to improve the country’s aging and ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 29
Eyes on the Street: The Gateway Center Pedestrian Maul : When it opened its doors this spring, the Gateway Center mall was plugged as a boon to the South Bronx. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 29
Emergent Urbanism at the University of Montreal : I was invited to the complex systems laboratory of the Université de Montréal this week to present emergent urbanism to their twenty-member large research group. ...
Emergent Urbanism
Oct 29
Broken Streets Theory: How to Alter the Psychology of Reckless Driving : Jessie Singer has a great feature in the latest issue of TA's Reclaim magazine (now available online), examining the NYPD's failure to curb dangerous driving. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 29
More from the "You can't make this stuff up" dept. : From today's WSJ: "Politicians Butt In at Bailed-Out GM" Read more below. Setting the salaries of a few senior execs on Wall Street is nothing. ...
Peter Gordon's Blog
Oct 29
House Committee tackles distracted driving : Today I went back to Congress to talk about distracted driving. Distracted driving poses a serious danger on our roadways. And I have made it my cause to reduce that danger. ...
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Oct 29
Dakota County Adopts Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target : Lebanon Hills Visitor Center - A LEED Certified Dakota County Building Dakota County is the first county in Minnesota to complete an greenhouse gas emissions inventory for government operations and ad ...
Net Density
Oct 29
Modernism's Olmsted : Famed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin died this week at the age of 93. ...
Planetizen Op-Eds
Oct 29
Council Raises Unattended Idling Fines. Will NYPD Enforce? : The City Council on Wednesday approved a bill that could prevent future disasters like last January's Chinatown tragedy, which claimed the lives of preschoolers Hayley Ng and Diego Martinez. ...
Streetsblog
Oct 29
Who would want to be an architect? : "Who would want to be an architect?" the Times asks. ...
BLDGBLOG
Oct 29
Who would want to be an architect? : "Who would want to be an architect?" the Times asks. ...
Bldgblog
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